Using inside play from senior Gabby Boone and junior Chelsey Riddle the Fairfield Lady Lions earned their first win of the season Saturday night, defeating the Hillsboro Lady Indians 57-34.
The Hillsboro Indians defended their new home court, as they used big runs and lone-range shooting to defeat county rival Fairfield 74-59 Saturday night at Hillsboro High School.
The Hillsboro Indians defended their new home court, as they used big runs and lone-range shooting to defeat county rival Fairfield 74-59 Saturday night at Hillsboro High School.
Free-throw shooting was the big turning point for the Fairfield Lions Friday night with the team finishing 20 of 37 from the foul line in a 60-56 loss to the East Clinton Astros at Grandle Gymnasium.
Allowing the Manchester Lady Greyhounds to gain double figures in all four quarters, mixed with 26 turnovers, the Fairfield Lady Lions were forced into their second loss of the season falling 56-45 Thursday night.
With double digit efforts from both of their top post players, the Fairfield Lady Lions were unable to win their 2009-10 season opener, as they fell to non-league foe East Clinton 55-41 Saturday night at Grandle Gymnasium, in Leesburg.
Former Fairfield High School standout and current Bluffton University sophomore volleyball player Courtney Zimmerman is apart of the current Bluffton team that has reached the Division III NCAA Regional Tournament with wins this past weekend.
The Fairfield Lady Lion volleyball season came to an end Wednesday night at Wellston High School, as they lost in three sets to No. 2 seeded Eastern Meigs in the Division IV SE District Semifinals.
In a thrilling, five-game match, the Fairfield Lady Lions captured their first sectional volleyball championship Thursday, defeating the Whiteoak Lady Wildcats, 19-25, 25-22, 26-24, 22-25 and 15-10 in the final game.
It wasn’t that the pressure was already high enough for senior Fairfield keeper Gabby Boone to take part in a sudden death, shootout at the net, but she lined up for and made the fifth and final offensive attempt for the Lady Lions (in almost complete darkness) as FHS defeated Highland County rival Lynchburg-Clay 2-1, winning their first Division II SE District Sectional championship.
