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GREENFIELD — The annual McClain Jr. High Invitational took place last Wednesday with six schools competing for titles that saw the host Lady Tigers win the girls event and the Greenfield boys taking second on the boys side. The Hillsboro girls and boys finished fifth and fourth, respectively.

Maegan Pearson’s mother, Christine, grew up around horses and she and her husband, Dave, wanted to share that quality of life opportunity with their daughters. Maegan has taken her family’s passion for horse riding to heart and now, as a freshman at Wilmington College, qualified to compete at the International Horse Show Association (IHSA) Championships.

Over the weekend the Cincinnati Bengals received many great compliments on their draft and overall received some very high draft grades. While draft grades mean nothing, it does show that many experts believe that Cincinnati added at the right positions at the correct time during the draft to fit their needs. Let’s take a look at who will be wearing the orange and black this season:

LEES CREEK — The Fairfield boys and girls track and field teams both finished in fifth place Tuesday at the six-team Brett Wightman Invitational held at East Clinton High School.

She’s the best, most dominating pitcher in the Frontier Athletic Conference.

The Hillsboro Indians made the trip up to Miami Trace High School for the second of back-to-back Frontier Athletic Conference games Tuesday with the Panthers. At HHS Monday, Miami Trace won the game, 10-0 in five innings. On Tuesday, it was another run-rule victory by the Panthers over the Indians, this time by a score of 17-3.

The Miami Trace Panthers traveled south to the county seat of Highland County to Hillsboro High School for a Frontier Athletic Conference game against the Indians on Monday. The Panthers won the game, 10-0, in five innings.

Hillsboro junior Camryn Spruell threw a perfect game Monday as the Lady Indians defeated visiting Miami Trace, 8-0, to maintain a spotless record in the Frontier Athletic Conference.

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.