Highland County Sports Schedule for the week of April 22-27 (varsity only). Schedules subject to change due to weather.

The McClain varsity baseball team picked up a hard-earned and well-played victory over a very good Huntington team Thursday night but had to hang on at the end, winning 5-4.

On Tuesday in Greenfield, the Panthers, behind senior Brady Armstrong, shut out the Tigers, 7-0.

Joe B. Stewart is now a “Rocket Man,” so to speak, as he has been named the new varsity boys basketball head coach for the Fayetteville Rockets. Thursday evening saw the Fayetteville-Perry Board of Education approve the recommendation of Superintendent Tim Carlier. 

After dropping a disappointing 16-4 decision at Miami Trace on Monday night with Panther starting pitcher Kaylee Everhart earning the victory on the mound and McClain senior Gracie Bowers suffering the loss, on Tuesday on Daryle Unger Memorial Field in Greenfield the tables were turned. The Lady Tigers came from behind and got a much-needed 9-4 win over their Fayette County rivals.

Saturday (April 13) and Monday (April 15) the McClain Tigers gained valuable wins on the baseball diamond by defeating Vinton County at home and the Miami Trace Panthers on the road for a Frontier Athletic Conference victory. 

Getting to play under the lights in Greenfield on Saturday night (April 13), the McClain Lady Tigers played a non-conference game against the Waverly Lady Tigers, falling by a 9-2 score. 

The Hillsboro Indians and McClain Tigers competed at the 2024 Washington Court House Invitational on Friday, April 12 at Washington High School, where the Hillsboro boys team won their meet, and the Hillsboro girls team were runners-up in their respective meet. 

The Roger Bacon Athletic Department announced Monday that Mike Noszka has been hired as the new head coach for their boys basketball team, after one season at McClain.

Highland County Sports Schedule for the week of April 15-20 (varsity only). Schedules subject to change due to weather.

On Tuesday and Wednesday evening, the McClain Tigers faced the Jackson Ironmen in Frontier Athletic Conference action, once at Mitchell Park in Greenfield and the other in Jackson, where the Tigers lost each game. 

In a span of two days in Greenfield and Jackson, the McClain Lady Tigers lost to the Jackson Ironladies by scores of 10-4 and 7-0. 

The McClain Athletic Department recently hosted a college signing for senior Ethan Hill, who signed his letter of intent to wrestle for Muskingum University.

Saturday saw the Fairfield Lady Lions sweep a tri-doubleheader, as they earned wins against the Paint Valley Lady Bearcats and the McClain Lady Tigers. The same three-team event also saw McClain gain a win over PVHS. 

This past Thursday (April 4) at Southeastern High School, the McClain and Whiteoak track and field teams competed at the RL Davisson Invitational, where the Lady Tigers won the event with a first-place finish of 161 points.