Highland County Sports Schedule for the week of Sept. 2-7 (varsity only). Schedules subject to change due to weather.

Five American swimmers advanced to the finals on Sunday at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Six-time Paralympian Jessica Long (Baltimore, Md.) and first-time Paralympian Morgan Ray (St. Augustine, Fla.) just missed the medal stand with fourth-place finishes in their respective events.

September will end with a bang for the Super DIRTcar Series as the Beasts of the Northeast debut at Ohio's Atomic Speedway for the two-day Rumble in the Hills – Sept. 27-28.

Though rain threatened to dampen the day, it did little to temper the electrifying energy of the velodrome, where spirited spectators witnessed Elouan Gardon (Acme, Wash.) secure a bronze medal for Team USA in his Paralympic debut.

Team USA’s Daniel Romanchuk (Mount Airy, Md.) and Jaydin Blackwell (Oak Park, Mich.) shone on the second day of Para track and field competition at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, leading seven Team USA medals by topping the podium in the men’s 5000-meter T54 and the men’s 100-meter T38, respectively.

McClain's cross-country teams hosted the 2024 McClain Opener Saturday, Aug. 24.

Two U.S. swimmers snagged gold medals on day three of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games at the Paris La Defense Arena. Olivia Chambers (Little Rock, Ark.) won the second Paris 2024 gold medal in her Paralympic debut in the women’s 400-meter freestyle S13. Four-time Paralympian and reigning women’s 200-meter individual medley SM7 champion Mallory Weggemann (Eagan, Minn.) won her second consecutive gold medal in the event. 2020 Paralympic bronze medalist Julia Gaffney (Little Rock, Ark.) earned a second straight bronze medal, joining Weggeman on the medal stand.

Hillsboro’s cross-country teams traveled to Circleville High School Saturday, Aug. 31 to participate in the challenging Circleville Kiwanis Invitational.

The annual NASCAR Awards – the year-end celebration honoring the sport’s top talents and brightest stars – will have a new home in 2024 … Charlotte, N.C. Home to many of the sport’s drivers, race teams and the NASCAR Hall of Fame, this will be the first time the NASCAR Cup Series Awards will be hosted in the Queen City.

On the opening night of track and field at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in front of a capacity crowd at Paris’ famed Stáde de France, Paralympic rookie Korban Best (Southlake, Texas) earned the first track and field medal for Team USA in Paris.

Ohio’s hunting seasons for squirrels, doves, and specific waterfowl opened in early September, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Archers can look forward to white-tailed deer hunting beginning later in the month.

College football season kicks off this weekend in Ohio and a pair of Republican lawmakers are trying to get rid of gray areas in the state’s name, image and likeness (NIL) law.

The Hillsboro Indians earned their first win of the 2024 season with a dominant effort on Friday night in Week 2, defeating the host Goshen Warriors, 32-7.

The McClain Tigers suffered a disappointing and heartbreaking overtime loss, 19-13 to McDermott Northwest Friday night on McClain Field in Greenfield.

With 2:43 left in the fourth quarter and the Paint Valley Bearcats ahead by 14 points over the West Jefferson Rough Riders, head coach Corey Dye shouted instructions to his defense as he paced down the sidelines at George Knisley Field … “We cannot let up! We can’t let up!”