The Ohio High School Athletic Association released the first MaxPreps Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) rankings on Wednesday for girls and boys basketball.
The McClain Lady Tigers varsity basketball team raised their overall record to 7-5 after a convincing 59-17 victory over Blanchester in Greenfield last Saturday afternoon (Jan. 6).
The second annual Chad Hodson Classic was held in Grandle Gymnasium at Fairfield High School Saturday, as six games were played with all five Highland County schools represented in the all-day event.
It was a game of two halves Friday night on the McClain hardwood when the Tigers and visiting Vinton County Vikings battled to a 72-69 double-overtime thriller, where the Vikings squeaked by at the end.
Both the McClain Lady Tigers and Fairfield Lady Lions finished their 2023 portion of their basketball schedule with a Highland County rivalry game Friday night. The two teams battled at McClain Gym, where it was the home team Lady Tigers outlasting the Lady Lions, 29-16.
The McClain Tigers saw their overall record drop to 1-8 on the season after losing a non-conference game to the visiting Adena Warriors, 50-27 Wednesday night in Greenfield.
A point differential of only three points separated the McClain Lady Tigers with the Waverly Lady Tigers and a non-conference win, as MHS fell on the road to Waverly, 45-42 on Monday, Dec. 18 at the Waverly Downtown Gym.
Playing to a difference of just nine points in the first half, the McClain Tigers and Hillsboro Indians battled close on the scoreboard for the first 16 minutes of game time in their Frontier Athletic Conference contest Saturday night (Dec. 23), but that changed in the second half.
On Saturday afternoon (Dec. 23), the Hillsboro Lady Indians fended off the McClain Lady Tigers, as it was the away team Lady Indians who broke a tied score with 33 seconds left in regulation which eventually led to the final 44-42 score that gave Hillsboro their fifth win of the season.
The McClain varsity girls basketball team picked up a big non-conference victory, 47-33 over Piketon Wednesday night in Greenfield to improve their overall record to 5-4 and 3-1 in the Frontier Athletic Conference.
For just over three and a half quarters, the Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs and McClain Tigers battled to a tied score at 36-36, as both teams had their high and low points in the non-conference showdown Tuesday night at LCHS.
