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Highland County Press sports editor Stephen Forsha throws down the pom-poms and stops being a cheerleader for the Big Ten Conference after their performance on New Year's Day.

Ohio's popular muzzleloader deer season is set to open statewide January 8-11 according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. Last year, hunters checked 24,078 white-tailed deer during the statewide hunt.

The North Adams Green Devils fell to the Manchester Greyhounds, 87-49, Thursday, Dec. 30 in the annual McDonald's Holiday Classic. Travis Combs led Manchester with 30 points, including five 3-pointers.

Happy New Year. With this being my first column of 2011, I thought it would be the perfect time to look into the Highland County Press crystal ball (actually, it is just an empty candy bowl) to make predictions for the 2011 sports year.

Arnold Sutter was the new head coach at Wilmington. Sutter, who hailed from northern Ohio, had most recently been JV coach at Sycamore in the Cincinnati area. At McClain, Ted Downing had departed and had been replaced by a young fellow named Rick Van Matre. Van Matre was from the Middleport/Pomeroy area and had been an assistant coach at Gallia Academy under legendary mentor Jim Osborne.

The Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs showed exactly how high-powered their offense is capable of being Wednesday in the night cap of the Wilkin Scholarship Tournament at LCHS. LC powered their way to their season-high in scoring, defeating Glenwood New Boston, 75-45.

The Whiteoak Wildcats were unable to hold onto a fourth quarter lead Wednesday night against the Paint Valley Bearcats. PV outscored the Wildcats 20-10 in the final frame for a 56-50 victory over WHS, in the Wilkin Scholarship Tournament at Lynchburg-Clay High School.

The Whiteoak Wildcats were unable to hold onto a fourth quarter lead Wednesday night against the Paint Valley Bearcats. PV outscored the Wildcats 20-10 in the final frame for a 56-50 victory over WHS, in the Wilkin Scholarship Tournament at Lynchburg-Clay High School.

The following are the team standings as of Dec. 28, 2010 for Lowe's Construction Mixed - Highland Lanes.

Pressure on both sides of the court by the McClain Tigers completely flipped a Highland County rivalry matchup around Tuesday night at McClain High School. The Tigers put together a 21-0 scoring run in a span of under eight minutes near the end of the third and start of the fourth quarters to defeat the Fairfield Lions, 60-47.

Pressure on both sides of the court by the McClain Tigers completely flipped a Highland County rivalry matchup around Tuesday night at McClain High School. The Tigers put together a 21-0 scoring run in a span of under eight minutes near the end of the third and start of the fourth quarters to defeat the Fairfield Lions, 60-47.

The Whiteoak Lady Wildcats are still looking for their first win of the season. Though they scored in double figures in two quarters on Monday, they were held to a combined 13 points in the first and third quarters for a 58-46 loss to the Northwest Lady Mohawks.

"What we have here at North Adams is special. I've just survived. Some nights, you've got five people in the stands who are happy because their children are playing, and everyone else is unhappy because their children aren't playing. But I hope that I've put a positive imprint on most of the students who've been a part of the program. I hope that I've helped make them better as young adults. There have been a lot of success stories come through the program."

Hillsboro junior Chase Gilliland proved to have ice water running though his veins Thursday at Hillsboro High School, with the game in his hands. With Hillsboro needing two points to send the game into overtime, the junior released the ball with 3.8 seconds left on the clock and tied the game at the buzzer, nothing but net, with the Indians eventually winning the game in overtime, 68-62.