Six Highland County athletes competed in the second annual Ohio High School Athletic Association Seventh and Eighth Grade Track & Field State Championships this weekend, as Greenfield had five students and Hillsboro had one student participating.

The No. 7 seeded Hillsboro Indians went down to the wire in their Division II SE District Semifinal game with the No. 6 Gallia Academy Blue Devils Monday at Athens High School, though it was late-inning heroics in the bottom of the eighth that led to the Indians advancing to the district finals.

Both the No. 6 seeded Hillsboro Indians and No. 7 seeded Gallia Academy Blue Devils were the lower seed in their sectional final game, but both were left standing, and now they’ll meet on Monday evening at Athens High School in the Division II SE District Semifinals.

Though neither the Hillsboro Indians nor the McClain Tigers were able to win a team Frontier Athletic Conference track and field championship on Thursday, combined in the boys and girls events the two Highland County schools collected 10 individual event championships against their conference counterparts.

Though neither the Hillsboro Indians nor the McClain Tigers were able to win a team Frontier Athletic Conference track and field championship on Thursday, combined in the boys and girls events the two Highland County schools collected 10 individual event championships against their conference counterparts.

Though neither the Hillsboro Indians nor the McClain Tigers were able to win a team Frontier Athletic Conference track and field championship on Thursday, combined in the boys and girls events the two Highland County schools collected 10 individual event championships against their conference counterparts.

Though neither the Hillsboro Indians nor the McClain Tigers were able to win a team Frontier Athletic Conference track and field championship on Thursday, combined in the boys and girls events the two Highland County schools collected 10 individual event championships against their conference counterparts.

Though neither the Hillsboro Indians nor the McClain Tigers were able to win a team Frontier Athletic Conference track and field championship on Thursday, combined in the boys and girls events the two Highland County schools collected 10 individual event championships against their conference counterparts.

Though neither the Hillsboro Indians nor the McClain Tigers were able to win a team Frontier Athletic Conference track and field championship on Thursday, combined in the boys and girls events the two Highland County schools collected 10 individual event championships against their conference counterparts.

The third time was the charm for the Hillsboro Indians in their trio of games against the co-Frontier Athletic Conference champion Washington Blue Lions on Thursday night in the Division II Sectional Finals.

The third time was the charm for the Hillsboro Indians in their trio of games against the co-Frontier Athletic Conference champion Washington Blue Lions on Thursday night in the Division II Sectional Finals.

The third time was the charm for the Hillsboro Indians in their trio of games against the co-Frontier Athletic Conference champion Washington Blue Lions on Thursday night in the Division II Sectional Finals.

The third time was the charm for the Hillsboro Indians in their trio of games against the co-Frontier Athletic Conference champion Washington Blue Lions on Thursday night in the Division II Sectional Finals.

The third time was the charm for the Hillsboro Indians in their trio of games against the co-Frontier Athletic Conference champion Washington Blue Lions on Thursday night in the Division II Sectional Finals.

The third time was the charm for the Hillsboro Indians in their trio of games against the co-Frontier Athletic Conference champion Washington Blue Lions on Thursday night in the Division II Sectional Finals.