AID -- The beat goes on.

The Symmes Valley Lady Vikings kept their Southern Ohio Conference record unblemished with an 11-0 rout of the Portsmouth East Lady Tartans Thursday.

Symmes Valley is 14-4 overall and 9-0 in the SOC. The Lady Vikings play at Portsmouth Notre Dame Monday.

The Lady Vikings jump in front 2-0 in the first inning.

With one out, Lori Harmon walked, Stephanie Burns and Kayla Bowman each reached on throwing errors to score a run, and Rebecca Capper singled to center for an RBI.

The lead went to 5-0 in the fourth.

Capper was safe on an error and came home when Erin Martin doubled to center. Martin moved up on a wild pitch and scored when Crabtree was safe on a fielder's choice. Harmon then singled home Crabtree.

Three more runs scored in the fifth and sixth innings.

In the fifth, Capper was hit by a pitch, Martin reached on an error, and Crabtree hit into a fielder's choice. Young singled home a run, Martin scored on a wild pitch, and Crabtree crossed the plate on Harmon's base hit.

In the sixth, Bowman singled, Martin singled, both moved up on a wild pitch, and Crabtree was safe on an error as Bowman scored. Mandy Estep singled him a run, and Cassie Myers grounded out as the final run scored.

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King and Day. Kristen Crabtree and Tommie Holbrook. W-Crabtree (10-K, 0-W). L-King. 2B-SV: Erin Martin. Hitting-East: Border 1-3, Coomes 1-3, Day 1-3; Symmes Valley: Tommie Holbrook 2-4, Erin Martin 2-3, Ginny Young 1-3, Mandy Estep 1-1, Kayla Bowman 1-3, Lori Harmon 1-2, Rebecca Capper 1-2.