Not only did the Lynchburg-Clay Lady Mustangs secure their 16th win of the 2023-24 season Thursday night, they also guaranteed a second-place finish in Division I of the Southern Hills Athletic Conference.
While we don’t have game action yet, we have officially made it to the week of pitchers and catchers reporting. Compared to last season, the pitching staff appears to be far better.
Former Alabama baseball head coach Brad Bohannon violated NCAA wagering and ethical conduct rules when he knowingly provided insider information to an individual he knew to be engaged in betting on an Alabama baseball game, according to an agreement released by a Division I Committee on Infractions hearing panel. After he was fired by Alabama, Bohannon failed to participate in the enforcement investigation, in further violation of NCAA rules.
Unlike the Bengals, Steelers, Vikings and 27 other NFL teams, 20 Wilmington College students are going to the Super Bowl. In fact, as of Thursday, they’re already in Las Vegas.
The McClain girls varsity basketball team celebrated senior night Wednesday with an impressive 60-23 shellacking of Zane Trace and wrap up the regular season with a 12-10 overall record and 8-3 in the Frontier Athletic Conference.
The Hillsboro Lady Indians won their regular-season finale on Wednesday night (Feb. 7), as they won at home against the Wilmington Lady Hurricane, 51-48.
Tuesday (Feb. 6) saw a Highland County battle that went down to the wire, as the McClain Tigers broke a tied score late in the fourth quarter and won their fifth game of the season by defeating a county counterpart, the host Whiteoak Wildcats, 43-40.
The Fairfield Lions boys basketball team has lost their past two games in a span of five days, as they fell on Friday (Feb. 2) to the Fayetteville Rockets, and on Tuesday (Feb. 6) against the Miami Trace Panthers, as both games took place at Grandle Gymnasium in Leesburg.
Double-figure scoring games by Fairfield’s Kelsey Clark, Faith Donley and Isabelle Hale were big factors in the Lady Lions winning Monday night at Miami Trace High School, as FHS defeated the host Lady Panthers, 55-43.
The Cincinnati Bengals Thursday announced the hiring of Justin Rascati as pass game coordinator. In addition, the team promoted Brad Kragthorpe to quarterbacks coach and Jordan Kovacs to secondary/safeties coach.
A Roundball Reunion will be held Wednesday, March 13 at 6:30 p.m. at Wilmington College’s Kelly Center, in the McCoy Room on College Street in recognition of the 60th anniversary of the last Clinton and Highland County tournaments.
