VANDALIA — There is a phrase posted around the Butler baseball program this season. Work Wins. It is not flashy. It is not provocative. And inside the Butler program, it is not a slogan as much as it is a reminder — of how things have been done here for a long time. Before the Aviators became an annual fixture among the area’s elite, before records and rankings and championship conversations, the work came first. The kind of work that doesn’t always show up on a scoreboard. The kind that...

OXFORD —  On a stage they fought all season to reach, the Aviators finally met a challenge they couldn’t outrun. Facing a battle-tested...

OXFORD —  This time of year, the number of teams playing shrinks. The crowds grow. The pressure ratchets up. And if you want to keep...