The 2024 high school football season is set to kick off this Friday night, and for the purposes of Highland County, both the Hillsboro Indians and McClain Tigers start the season on the road, representing the Frontier Athletic Conference.
The fourth Frontier Athletic Conference boys golf match took place on Monday (Aug. 19) at the Hillsboro Elks Golf Course where the Chillicothe Cavaliers left the links as the team winners.
The Hillsboro Lady Indians tennis team earned a non-conference victory at home on Saturday by defeating the Portsmouth Lady Trojans 3-2 after a lengthy weather delay.
The Hillsboro Lady Indians improved to 4-0 overall to start their 2024 season, with their fourth win coming Tuesday night (Aug. 20) against the visiting Waverly Tigers.
Tuesday (Aug. 20) the Frontier Athletic Conference held their fifth conference event at the Hillsboro Elks with the Jackson Ironladies winning the six-team event.
In a home Frontier Athletic Conference match on Tuesday (Aug. 20), the Hillsboro Lady Indians lost all five sets to the Chillicothe Lady Cavaliers at HHS.
The Hillsboro Indians boys soccer team earned a solid non-conference win on Tuesday night (Aug. 20) by defeating the visiting Zane Trace Pioneers by a 1-0 score.
The Hillsboro Lady Indians went on the road for the first time in the 2024 season and returned to Highland County with a three-set win over the host Fayetteville Rockets, improving to 3-0 overall.
Along with hundreds of teams from around Ohio and over 2,000 athletes, the Hillsboro Indians opened the cross-country season at the highly competitive Early Bird Preseason Invitational, held Saturday, Aug. 18 at Fortress Obetz.
Qualifying for the playoffs for the past two seasons, the Hillsboro Indians are looking for a third consecutive trip to the postseason, and to do so, they’ll have some players returning from last season’s roster looking to make their mark on the field in 2024.
The McClain Tigers earned a spot in the Division IV playoffs last season, regained possession of the Rotary Bowl trophy and took a step forward in building their program into a year-to-year contender.
Both the Lynchburg-Clay Lady Mustangs and Hillsboro Lady Indians battled tough in the first half, as each team put on a strong display of soccer that left the visiting Lady Mustangs ahead by two goals.
Hillsboro soccer had a season-opening victory Friday night at Hillsboro High School, as the boys soccer team defeated the visiting North Adams Green Devils by a 4-2 score, while the girls soccer team won with a 5-0 score.
The season has started with two big wins for the Hillsboro Lady Indians volleyball team, as they won the 19th annual Highland County Spike & Dig Tournament championship on Saturday at Hillsboro High School.
