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Week 2 High School Football Preview: McClain, Hillsboro looking for first wins of ’24 season
Week one is in the books, and as week two takes place Friday night in the final week of August, both the Hillsboro Indians and McClain Tigers will be looking to gain their first win of the 2024 season. By. Stephen Forsha, The Highland County Press. Week one is in...
Highland gets past Shelby in Thursday volleyball
Highland claimed its second MOAC win of the week by defeating visiting Shelby on Thursday. While it was a 3-0 win, all three sets were closely contested. The Scots overcame an 18-11 deficit in the first in taking a 26-24 win before claiming the next two sets by scores of 25-21 and 25-22.
McClain hands Fairfield first loss of season
LEESBURG — Taking three sets on Monday night, the McClain Lady Tigers handed the Fairfield Lady Lions their first loss of the 2024 season, with MHS winning 3-0 at Grandle Gymnasium. The Lady Tigers — from the Frontier Athletic Conference — won by scores of 25-14, 25-16 and 26-24...
Lady Lion volleyball splits with Hillsboro
It was the second set of Frontier Athletic Conference contests in three days on Thursday, Aug. 29 as the Washington Lady Lions (1-5, 0-1 FAC) hosted Hillsboro (6-0, 1-0 FAC) for j-v and varsity volleyball action. The Lady Indians would win the varsity match in three sets, while the Lady...
Lady Lion volleyball swept by McClain
GREENFIELD — It was opening night in the Frontier Athletic Conference for volleyball, as the Washington Lady Lions (1-4) traveled to take on the McClain Lady Tigers (2-2). McClain would win in straight sets at the freshman, j-v and varsity levels to complete the sweep. In the freshman contest,...
Lady Tigers stay perfect with win over Washington
The McClain Lady Tigers soccer moved to 5-0 on the season with another shutout, this one a 4-0 victory over Frontier Athletic Conference foe Washington, in Greenfield Tuesday night. McClain, who has been as hot as the recent weather, battled the 90⁰ temperatures to blank an opponent for a fourth...
Chillicothe beats Miami Trace, 5-1
The Miami Trace Lady Panthers hosted Frontier Athletic Conference rivals Chillicothe on a very hot Thursday, Aug. 29. Miami Trace took an early 1-0 lead, but after that, Chillicothe scored five goals to take the victory, 5-1. Sophomore Elyse Day scored for Miami Trace less than one minute into the...
Cavaliers defeat Panthers, 5-1
It’s been a long, tough and certainly, at times, a frustrating series in boys soccer between Miami Trace and the Chillicothe Cavaliers. Another chapter in the series played out after dark following another very hot day in Fayette County Thursday, Aug. 29. Chillicothe led 3-0 at the half and...
Unioto Boys/Girls Sweep Huntington CC Invite
Article Presented By McDonald’s, “I’m Lovin’ It!”. The Unioto boys and girls cross county teams won team titles at the Huntington Invitational Tuesday night, despite the sweltering heat. Paint Valley took boys runner-up position while Adena was girls runner-up. Sherman William Lynch won the boys individual...
Soccer Game Preview: Minford Leaves Home
Minford is 9-1 against Waverly since October of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Minford Falcons will challenge the Waverly Tigers at 7:30 p.m. Minford will be strutting in after a victory while Waverly will be coming in after a defeat. Minford's defense...
Soccer Game Recap: Waverly Comes Up Short
Tuesday just wasn't the day for Waverly's offense. They lost 11-0 to the Wheelersburg Pirates on Tuesday. The Tigers haven't had much luck with the Pirates recently, as the team's come up short the last six times they've met. Waverly's defeat dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Wheelersburg,...
Reaper’s Display of Power: Ryan Gustin sweeps Saturday Fireball 50 at Atomic Speedway
CHILLICOTHE — Ryan Gustin gave an ode to Scott Bloomquist by channeling his inner “Dirt Track Dominator” on Saturday night at Atomic Speedway. Topping the scoring pylon in each appearance on the 3/8-mile racetrack, the Marshalltown, Iowa driver led all 50 laps through a wave of challenges from multiple World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Models competitors.
Highland golfers in MOAC meet
The Highland golf teams competed at Valley View in the second MOAC golf tournament of the fall on Tuesday. The Lady Scots finished fourth in their competition. Ceci Grassbaugh finished second overall with a score of 82. Also, Sierra Fitzpatrick had a round of 99 and Piper Dabbert shot 132.
More pickleball courts coming to city
WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, OHIO — At the city finance and personnel meeting Wednesday evening, the committee learned that more pickleball courts are coming to the city. In addition to the pickleball courts at Eyman Park, the Washington City School District presented a lease agreement and license agreement to the city to take over the tennis courts at 100 Circle Ave. near Gardner Park.
Game highlights: Unioto defeats Westfall in volleyball, Westfall golf wins in SVC matches
Girls tennis Wednesday's results Chillicothe 4, Circleville 1 No 1 Bella Flores defeated Marie Huggins(C) 6-0 6-0No 2 Judea Harding defeated Cora Wilson(C) 6-4 6-2No 3 Avery Miller defeated Olivia...
Miami Trace volleyball beats Jackson in 3 sets
JACKSON — The Miami Trace High School volleyball teams visited Jackson High School for play in the Frontier Athletic Conference Tuesday, Aug. 27. The Lady Panthers began defense of back-to-back conference titles with a 3-0 win. Scores of the sets were: 25-9, 25-11 and 25-14. Statistically for Miami Trace,...
Highland gets VB win over Harding
Highland picked up a three-set win at Marion Harding on Tuesday to improve to 4-1, 2-0 in league play. In topping the Presidents 25-12, 25-6 and 25-17, the Scots got 37 assists, 14 kills, 15 digs and four aces from Larsen Terrill. Kameron Stover added 18 kills and 11 digs, while Reagan Maibach had 13 kills and 12 digs. Also, Georgia Gantz finished with 17 digs and Addie Mullins contributed three kills.
Mustangs win SHAC tri-match; follow with 4-team match win
On Monday (Aug. 26), the Lynchburg-Clay boys golf team won a Southern Hills Athletic Conference tri-match by defeating Whiteoak and Fairfield at the Hillsboro Elks Golf Course. The Mustangs finished with a score of 164 against their Highland County counterparts, followed by Fairfield scoring a 191 and Whiteoak ending the...
Lady Indians tennis drops match at Clinton-Massie
The final result wasn’t what the Hillsboro Lady Indians tennis team wanted on Tuesday night (Aug. 27), as they lost on the road in their non-conference match to the host Clinton-Massie Lady Falcons by a 4-1 team score. The lone individual win for HHS was in second singles with...
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