Loveland's Blake Carrigan makes contact with a pitch during a Division II, Region 8 semifinal baseball game June 3, 2025, against Teays Valley at Athletes in Action Sports Complex in Xenia.

First, it was Loveland basketball. Now, the baseball program broke a regional drought.

The Tigers ended a 25-year regional tournament drought by beating Clayton Northmont, 6-2, May 29 to win the Division II, Region 8, Southwest 1 District title at Hamilton Ross High School.

The 11th-ranked Tigers have raced out to early leads with timely hits on offense. Meanwhile, a stellar pitching staff has kept opponents on lockdown during their six-game win streak, not allowing more than four runs in a game during that stretch. That run handed Loveland an Eastern Cincinnati Conference and Southwest 1 District championships.

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