The McClain Tigers trailed for most of their Division II SE District Sectional Final game Monday night, but eventually took the lead in the top of the seventh inning against the host Miami Trace Panthers.
The Hillsboro Indians boys team placed second in the 2023 Frontier Athletic Conference Meet on Tuesday and Thursday this week at Hillsboro High School.
For the third time this season, the Hillsboro Lady Indians defeated their Highland County counterpart, the McClain Tigers, but this time the Lady Indians will be moving on in the 2023 Division II SE District Tournament.
The second round of the Highland County rivalry belonged to the McClain Tigers. Tuesday night at John Mitchell Park at Nixon Field, the McClain Tigers earned a Frontier Athletic Conference victory behind a second inning that saw them jump ahead of the visiting Hillsboro Indians, leading to a 4-0 shutout 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.
Continuing the tradition of McClain Lady Tigers basketball is what drives Shania Massie, as she’s a part of the storied McClain basketball tradition as a player and now as the new head coach of the program she once suited up for.
The McClain varsity softball team fell behind 2-0 after one inning but put their hitting shoes on the rest of the way and picked up a much-needed 11-6 victory over Washington on Daryle Unger Field in Greenfield Monday night.
On Tuesday, the McClain Tigers gained a three-run non-conference victory over Nelsonville-York at Mitchell Park in Greenfield for their seventh win of the season.
