Friday night saw the Whiteoak Wildcats open their 2024-25 season with a convincing 42-point win over conference rival Ripley, and they followed that performance with a second consecutive victory, defeating East Clinton on Saturday night.

2024-25 Southern Hills Athletic Conference boys basketball capsules/schedules.

2024-25 Southern Hills Athletic Conference girls basketball capsules/schedules.

The Georgetown Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is currently investigating a two-vehicle fatal traffic crash that occurred Nov. 12 at approximately 10:15 a.m. on US 62 near milepost 19 in the Village of Russellville.

Barron M. Poole, 50, of Ripley, Ohio, was sentenced recently to 15 years in federal prison after having pleaded guilty to attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, announced Thomas J. Jaworski, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.

The Southern Hills Athletic Conference recognized the 2024 All-SHAC Volleyball Team during the fall sports banquet Sunday, Oct. 27.

The Southern Hills Athletic Conference recognized the 2024 All-SHAC Boys Soccer Team during their fall sports banquet Sunday, Oct. 27.

The Southern Hills Athletic Conference honored the 2024 All-SHAC Girls Soccer Team during their fall sports banquet Sunday, Oct. 27.

The offense and defense of the Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs played at a top level on Thursday at Lynchburg-Clay High School in their Division V SE District Quarterfinal game against the No. 19 seeded Ripley Blue Jays, winning by an 8-0 score.

The Southern Hills Athletic Conference announced Tuesday the 2024 All-SHAC teams for the fall season, with Highland County having 43 players and four coaches honored.

The Ripley seventh grade volleyball team finished first in Division II of the Southern Hills Athletic Conference with a SHAC record of 11-2.

Fussnecker & Sons Tractor Sales, located at 842 South High Street in Hillsboro, celebrated their official grand opening with the Highland County Chamber of Commerce, Brown County Chamber of Commerce, along with family, friends and members of the community, on Sept. 14.

The Lynchburg-Clay varsity high school soccer program didn’t allow a goal in two separate matches on Monday (Aug. 26), with both the boys and girls teams earning shutout wins against the host Ripley Blue Jays.

The Fairfield Lions boys soccer team earned a big Southern Hills Athletic Conference victory on Wednesday evening with the Lions defeating the Ripley Blue Jays, 2-1 at Fairfield High School.

On Thursday, Aug. 8 at Hilltop Golf Course, the Whiteoak Wildcats golf team defeated a Southern Hills Athletic Conference foe, the Ripley Blue Jays.