Before a fireworks display capped off Opening Night festivities at VA Memorial Stadium, the Chillicothe Paints baseball club lit up the Richmond (Ind.) River Rats for eight runs, including a lead-off home run in the first Paints at-bat, for an 8-2 victory to start their 18th season.

 If it weren’t for Jack Norworth in 1908, one of the things that makes baseball so great wouldn't be a part of the game today.

Baseball games took place in different leagues at Shaffer Park, Tuesday, June 1.

Baseball games took place in different leagues at Shaffer Park, Tuesday, June 1.

Softball at Shaffer Park on Tuesday, June 1.

Softball at Shaffer Park on Tuesday, June 1.

The Lynchburg-Clay Athletic Boosters would like to recognize the 2009-10 Terry's Grocery/McGinnis Family Scholarship winners. The four winning seniors were Brad Keltner, Jessica Davidson, Cali Hatten and Lindsey Hawk.

Information for the Festival of the Bells 3 on 3 Basketball Tourney.

This coming Saturday is the Belmont Stakes race, the last, and longest, race of Thoroughbred Racing's Triple Crown. Super Saver won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness was won by Lookin at Lucky, so there is no Triple Crown win on the line this Saturday.

Results of regional tournaments involving Highland County athletes. (Updated with Saturday's events.)

Washington provided the opposition for the McClain Homecoming game Oct. 12. In an exceptionally impressive ceremony, attractive MHS senior Miss Brenda Sparger was crowned prior to the game, along with her court, which included Queen’s Attendant Cindy West, Senior Attendant Leann McNeil, Junior Attendant Florence Cannon, Sophomore Attendant Jill McNeil and Freshman Attendant Jenny Schneider. To make the evening a complete success, the Tigers displayed a tremendous defensive effort and  shut out Washington, before a huge Homecoming crowd, 7-0.

Seventy years ago, the McClain Tigers were Diamond Kings.

     I never had the opportunity to meet Rhett W. Stark. But seeing the way people celebrated and honored his life Monday at Mitchell Park in Greenfield spoke to me.

An upset brewed Wednesday at VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe as Eastern Michigan, a No. 7 seed, defeated the No. 2 seeded Kent State Golden Flashes 12-4 in the third game of the Mid-American Conference Tournament.

The No. 6 seeded Miami Redhawks couldn't catch a break and everything went the way of the the Toledo Rockets Wednesday in game two of the Mid-American Conference baseball tournament. The Rockets pounded out 15 hits and played excellent defense to gain a 7-1 victory, moving on in the winners bracket of the MAC tourney.