The 2024 Southern Hills Athletic Conference Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year and Coach of the Year were honored at the SHAC spring sports banquet, with both individuals from North Adams.
The 2024 Southern Hills Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships were held at Manchester High School on Friday evening, where the Fairfield Lady Lions won the girls championship, while the Whiteoak boys placed as runners-up in the boys event.
The McClain varsity baseball team combined great pitching and a lot of offensive firepower to soundly defeat North Adams, 14-2 Wednesday night on Tom Hixson Field in Greenfield.
The Hillsboro Indians earned their first win of the 2024 baseball season, snapping a 13-game streak of losses by defeating the Goshen Warriors on Saturday by an 8-4 score for the non-conference win.
Tuesday and Wednesday were good days for Lynchburg-Clay Lady Mustangs softball, as the team earned two consecutive Southern Hills Athletic Conference wins by defeating Peebles and North Adams.
The Fairfield Lady Lions kicked off the week with two consecutive Southern Hills Athletic Conference wins, defeating North Adams on the road, 11-1, then returning home to defeat Ripley, 10-0.
The Fairfield Lions added two more wins to their overall total on Monday and Tuesday, earning Southern Hills Athletic Conference wins over North Adams and Ripley, giving them a seven-game winning streak.
The past three games for the Lynchburg-Clay Lady Mustangs have seen them play hard, but the final results didn’t go in their favor as they’ve suffered losses on Saturday to Zane Trace and Williamsburg, and on Monday to the North Adams Lady Green Devils in a conference makeup game that was previously delayed.
The past three games for the Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs saw them win a game that was delayed last week at North Adams on Monday night, and this past Saturday, the Mustangs lost a tri-doubleheader at home against Zane Trace and Williamsburg.
In a Southern Hills Athletic Conference game that came down to a one-run differential, the Whiteoak Lady Wildcats lost to the host North Adams Lady Green Devils, 7-6 on Friday (March 29).
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.
