Friday night (March 29), the Whiteoak Wildcats took home a Southern Hills Athletic Conference win as they defeated the North Adams Green Devils, 4-3 in a makeup game from Thursday night.
The pairings are set for this week’s Ohio High School Athletic Association girls basketball state tournament at the University of Dayton Arena, in addition to this week’s OHSAA boys basketball regional tournaments.
The North Adams boys basketball team finished first in Division I of the Southern Hills Athletic Conference with a record of 13-0, earning the gold ball.
The North Adams Lady Green Devils seventh grade team finished their season as champions of both the Southern Hills Athletic Conference girls basketball tournament and Div. I of the SHAC.
On Hall of Fame night for the Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs, the home team put forth a strong effort, but lost in their Southern Hills Athletic Conference game to the visiting North Adams Green Devils, 57-41.
With first place on the line Monday night at Lynchburg-Clay High School, the host Lady Mustangs held the lead after each of the first three quarters, but that lead was never more than three points against the visiting North Adams Lady Green Devils.
Thursday night (Jan. 25) saw the Fairfield Lady Lions lose on the road in a Southern Hills athletic Conference game to the host North Adams Lady Green Devils — who are in first place in the Division I SHAC standings — by a 59-30 score.
Every sports winning streak eventually comes to an end, and Friday night, after 39 consecutive regular-season wins, the Fairfield Lions saw their regular-season winning streak come to a close after nearly a two-year span.
Meeting for the first time of their two annual matchups of the season, the first round of the Southern Hills Athletic Conference rivalry went to the North Adams Lady Green Devils, defeating the Lynchburg-Clay Lady Mustangs, 53-46 Monday at NAHS.
