On a night where a king and queen was crowned, the Fairfield Lions played the role of spoiler, as they crashed the homecoming festivities of the Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs, defeating the host team 57-42 Friday night for the Southern Hills League win.

On a night where a king and queen was crowned, the Fairfield Lions played the role of spoiler, as they crashed the homecoming festivities of the Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs, defeating the host team 57-42 Friday night for the Southern Hills League win.

The Hillsboro Lady Indians dropped their South Central Ohio League matchup with the Madison-Plains Lady Golden Eagles 50-38, Thursday night at Hillsboro High School.

The Hillsboro Lady Indians dropped their South Central Ohio League matchup with the Madison-Plains Lady Golden Eagles 50-38, Thursday night at Hillsboro High School.

The slump by the Fairfield Lady Lions was short lived as they got back to their winning ways, breaking their four-game losing skid Thursday night by defeating Southern Hills League counterpart Peebles 64-38.

The slump by the Fairfield Lady Lions was short lived as they got back to their winning ways, breaking their four-game losing skid Thursday night by defeating Southern Hills League counterpart Peebles 64-38.

Preseason football practice for the 1969-70 football season was drawing to a close. Paul Orr was back at McClain, and Dale Ambos was going into his second year heading up the Hillsboro program. Ambos, who played four years of football at Capital University, had been assistant football coach at Circleville for two years and was also an assistant at Lima Perry for a year. He had most recently been head football coach at Class A Roseville, near New Lexington, for the past two years. He was married and had two sons. He came to Hillsboro for the 1968 season, and his team won only one game.