The Fairfield Lady Lions scored 130 points en route to the 2023 girls Southern Hills Athletic Conference championship Friday at Fairfield High School, while the Whiteoak Wildcats earned the boys SHAC title with 152.75 points.

The Fairfield Lady Lions had their string of 20 consecutive sectional championships (combined Div. III and IV) end Thursday afternoon at Fairfield High School with a 9-4 loss to the Westfall Lady Mustangs (10-9, 6-4 SVC) in a Div. III Southeast District Sectional Championship game.

On Saturday at Fairfield High School, the Lady Lions hosted a tri-match where the Lady Lions lost to two of the top teams in the area, Portsmouth Notre Dame and New Richmond.

The Southern Hills Athletic Conference this week released the All-SHAC baseball and softball teams, with 18 Highland County athletes gaining honors this spring.

In a game featuring the two champions of the Southern Hills Athletic Conference, the Fairfield Lady Lions — a SHAC Div. I co-champion — lost to the SHAC Div. II champion, the Manchester Lady Greyhounds, by a 10-1 score.

The Fairfield Lions capped off their 2023 Southern Hills Athletic Conference Division I championship season with one last conference victory, defeating the Manchester Greyhounds, 10-0 at FHS on Tuesday night, May 9.

The Fairfield Lady Lions junior high track and field team finished in first place at the Southern Hills Athletic Conference meet.

The Fairfield Lady Lions took the field Friday evening in new uniform jerseys, seeking their 24th Southern Hills Athletic Conference title and seventh consecutive championship as they faced the North Adams Lady Devils. The Fairfield Lady Lions (12-7, 9-3 SHAC) did not disappoint their fans, as they defeated the North Adams Lady Devils (4-12, 3-9 SHAC), 11-1 in six innings.

Two years in a row, the Fairfield Lions have won the Division I Southern Hills Athletic Conference championship, and in 2023 they won the title with one conference game left on the schedule.

The Southeast District has announced the 2023 baseball sectional pairings. The following are the first-round games for Highland County schools.

The Fairfield Lady Lions entered their Southern Hills Athletic Conference game in first place in Division I, while the Peebles Lady Indians sat in the middle of Division II of the SHAC standings.

There is a battle brewing for the Division I Southern Hills Athletic Conference championship, especially following Fairfield’s Tuesday night win over the Eastern Warriors by a 3-2 score, with the Lions winning in walk-off fashion in the bottom of the eighth for the extra-inning win.

On Friday, the McClain Tigers held the annual Bob Bergstrom McClain Track Invitational in Greenfield, where McClain won the girls meet and the Hillsboro Indians won the boys meet at McClain Field.

The Southeast District has announced the 2023 softball sectional pairings. The following are the first-round games for Highland County schools.

Fairfield wasted little time in their Southern Hills Athletic Conference game Wednesday (April 26), as a three-run first inning turned into an 11-1 win over the visiting Peebles Indians.