For three Hillsboro seniors, they have seen the rebuilding of a basketball program as they have played at both the JV and varsity levels during their time at HHS, and now it is their time to add their final chapter to the rebuilding of HHS girls basketball.

For McClain junior Tara Karnes and sophomore Shania Massie, this season will be different than any other season before. The duo are the lone returning players for a Lady Tiger team that has no seniors, a situation that has occurred just twice in the past 32 seasons under head coach Dennis Overstake.

The latest group of Lynchburg-Clay Lady Mustang seniors all have taken a different path to their final high school season.

The Fairfield Lady Lions had to grow up quickly and on the go last year as they were all freshmen or sophomores as they entered the season. This season, the starting five of the Lady Lions have more experience and much to prove to not only their community, but to themselves as they want to continue what they started one year ago.

Since Mike Cooper took over as head coach of the Whiteoak Lady Wildcats what is now three seasons ago, they have had to start from scratch and rebuild a program. With that said, there are three current Lady 'Cats who have been with Cooper that entire time in senior Clarissa Johnson and juniors Morgan Campbell and Brittany Luman.

For what is three years now, the McClain wrestling program has been rebuilt basically from the ground up under head coach Shane Paul.

The Hillsboro wrestling team wants more of the same success from last season and even more as they return four of five state qualifiers and even more experienced wrestlers from one season ago.

Hillsboro entertained Blanchester Dec. 20, 1994, thumping the Wildcats, 74-60, to stay perfect in the SBAC. Then, on Friday, Dec. 23, the red-and-white traveled to Fayette County, where they battled the Miami Trace Panthers. Coach Thom Snyder felt that containing Trace seniors Aaron Trainer and Wes Scarberry was critical. The Indians did a respectable job, holding Trainer to 15 and Scarberry to 11.

For the first time this season, the Southern State Patriots didn't have the higher score after 40 minutes of basketball as they lost to Sinclair Community College 86-83 Monday at the Patriot Center in Hillsboro.

For the first time this season, the Southern State Patriots didn't have the higher score after 40 minutes of basketball as they lost to Sinclair Community College 86-83 Monday at the Patriot Center in Hillsboro.

The Lynchburg Blaze is a boys passers team that finished as state runners-up. They were defeated by St. Jude in the finals, 2-1, in the state SAY soccer tournament at Corpus Christi Sports Complex in Hamilton. The team went undefeated all season, winning their league, the league tournament and finishing second overall.

The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced the pairings and neutral site selections for the state semifinals of the football playoffs.

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