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A lucky charm has arrived for the Cincinnati Reds over the weekend and no, I am not talking about the lucky buckeye from the Miami Valley Gaming Commercials. Over the weekend, the greatest blessing ever decided to make an early arrival and I can officially call myself a father to my first child, Creed Don McAdow.

The Hillsboro boys ran away with the team title and the McClain Lady Tigers outdistanced the runner-up Lady Indians to claim the title Friday at the Hillsboro 62 Classics Diner Invitational at Hillsboro High School.

GREENFIELD — The Miami Trace Lady Panthers softball team made the trip to Greenfield on Tuesday for the second of back-to-back Frontier Athletic Conference games against the Lady Tigers of McClain High School.

It did not take long for local residents to respond to The Times-Gazette’s request to identify a picture the newspaper published on April 10 of the 1943-44 Highland County Basketball Tournament champion Lynchburg Bobcats. Two local residents, Virginia Rhonemus and Donald Wilson, called the next day to ID the picture. They both said Lynchburg defeated Fairfield, 31-10, in the tournament championship game that year. Pictured are (front row, l-r) Phillip Shaffer, Dean Gregory, Allen West, John Coldiron, Charles Coldiron and manager Tom Davis; (back row, l-r) manager Charles Speelman, Kenneth Hendee, Jim Cloud, Jean Roush, Richard McMahon, Dale Chaney and coach Guy B. “Shotgun” Shaffer. A picture that ran with this one showing the team’s cheerleaders has not been identified.

The Fairfield Lady Lions continued their winning ways Tuesday as they blanked the winless Ripley Lady Blue Jays in a Southern Hills Athletic Conference game, 10-0, in five innings.

EBER — A late rally lifted the McClain Tigers over Miami Trace, 11-6, in a Frontier Athletic Conference baseball played Monday on the Panthers’ home field.

Matt’s Take –

COLUMBUS – Spring football games, Ohio State’s included, probably should come with warning labels.

On the most beautiful day of this early spring thus far Monday, the Miami Trace Lady Panthers hosted the first of back-to-back Frontier Athletic Conference softball games with the McClain Lady Tigers. Miami Trace won the game by run-rule, 16-4, in five innings.

The Fairfield Lady Lions traveled Monday to North Adams High School to play the much improved Lady Devils in a Southern Hills Athletic Conference game. North Adams (4-5 overall, 2-1 SHAC) entered the game as the first place team in the SHAC large school division. But this afternoon the Fairfield Lady Lions (6-5 overall, 3-2 SHAC) played their best game of the season to defeat the Lady Devils 11-1 in five innings.