Recaps from recent Hillsboro, Lynchburg-Clay, Fairfield and Whiteoak girls basketball games.

Ticket sales opened Tuesday at 10 a.m. ET for all five major race weekends scheduled for 2024 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Individual events and Mid-Ohio Season Race Passes will be available at advance pricing online at midohio.com.

The Cincinnati Bengals Monday signed nine players to Reserve/Future contracts. They will not count on the team’s active list until Feb. 12, the Monday after the Super Bowl. 

The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced Monday the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame Class during ESPN's "Championship Drive Presented by Allstate."

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).

Highland County Sports Schedule for the week of Jan. 8-14 (varsity only).

In its 39th year of honoring the nation’s most elite high school athletes, Gatorade Monday announced Alec Rothe of Scioto High School in Dublin is the 2023-24 Gatorade Ohio Volleyball Player of the Year.

The NCAA has released a historical membership dashboard, a first-of-its-kind resource that includes high-level details and summary information on every NCAA member school and conference. 

After pulling out a win on Sunday against the Browns to secure Cincinnati’s first AFC North victory of the year (thanks Jeff Driskel), Cincinnati officially ends the season with a winning record of 9-8.  

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.

The Cincinnati Bengals Saturday elevated CB Sidney Jones IV and WR Stanley Morgan from the practice squad to the active roster for Sunday’s game against Cleveland.

The Cincinnati Bengals have named CB Chidobe Awuzie as the recipient of their 2023 Ed Block Courage Award.

The NCAA Women's Volleyball Rules Committee, which met this week in Indianapolis, recommended allowing players to contact the ball more than once with any part of the body in a single attempt on a team's second contact when the ball is played to a teammate.

Both the Hillsboro Christian Academy varsity teams earned a victory Jan. 4 against the Fayette Christian School’s varsity teams. The HCA Lady Crusaders defeated the FCS Lady Crusaders, 32-25. The HCA Crusaders defeated the FCS Crusaders, 56-42.