An inch here and an inch there equaled defeat for the Whiteoak Wildcats in their Division IV SE District title game Wednesday. The miscues in the infield turned into runs for their opponent, with the Wildcats falling to the Valley Indians, 3-1 Wednesday at VA Memorial Stadium.

An inch here and an inch there equaled defeat for the Whiteoak Wildcats in their Division IV SE District title game Wednesday. The miscues in the infield turned into runs for their opponent, with the Wildcats falling to the Valley Indians, 3-1 Wednesday at VA Memorial Stadium.

Wednesday, May 16 is circled on the calendar of the No. 3 seeded Whiteoak Wildcats as they will be gunning for a district championship, but standing in their way are the No. 1 seeded Valley Indians from Lucasville with a scheduled start time of 7 p.m. at VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe.

Wednesday, May 16 is circled on the calendar of the No. 3 seeded Whiteoak Wildcats as they will be gunning for a district championship, but standing in their way are the No. 1 seeded Valley Indians from Lucasville with a scheduled start time of 7 p.m. at VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe.

Looking at the Whiteoak Wildcats' 9-3 winning score of the Division IV SE District semifinal over the Green Bobcats could be deceiving because it doesn't tell the entire path the Wildcats took to gain the win.

The Whiteoak Lady Wildcats are sectional champions. WHS, a No. 7 seed, used strikeout pitching and timely hitting to their advantage on Saturday, as they won in shutout fashion, defeating No. 2 seeded Sciotoville (Portsmouth East) 4-0 at PEHS.

Wanting to keep sharp during down time in-between postseason games, the Whiteoak Wildcats and Fairfield Lions added a third meeting to their slate against each other Friday. For the third time this season it was Whiteoak who were the victors in the non-league game, defeating the Lions 10-8 at WHS.

It has been one of the better weeks of the season for the Whiteoak Lady Wildcats, as they have won twice, including Wednesday as they defeated the Manchester Lady Greyhounds, 17-10 in a Division IV SE District Sectional semifinal matchup at MHS.

Whiteoak junior pitcher Gage Carraher not only helped lead the Wildcats' 8-1 Division IV SE District Sectional final win, but he did it by making the Manchester Greyhounds swing and miss … a lot, striking out 14 batters, setting the single season WHS strikeout record, en route to the Wildcats' 12th sectional championship.

Whiteoak junior pitcher Gage Carraher not only helped lead the Wildcats' 8-1 Division IV SE District Sectional final win, but he did it by making the Manchester Greyhounds swing and miss … a lot, striking out 14 batters, setting the single season WHS strikeout record, en route to the Wildcats' 12th sectional championship.

The Fairfield Lions boys track and field team and the Lynchburg-Clay Lady Mustangs each were runners-up in the 2012 Southern Hills League Track & Field Championships, Friday at Manchester High School.

The Fairfield Lions boys track and field team and the Lynchburg-Clay Lady Mustangs each were runners-up in the 2012 Southern Hills League Track & Field Championships, Friday at Manchester High School.

Commitment Baseball School is coming to the following locations, this summer.

Listed is the All-Southern Hills League for boys and girls.

The 2012 baseball and softball All-Southern Hills League teams have been released by the SHL, as teams are voted on by coaches of the league.