Five baseball players from Highland County were selected to Prep Baseball Report All-Ohio teams for their play during the spring of 2026, as Lynchburg-Clay sophomore Quin Wells (Division V) and Whiteoak junior Izayah Clift (Division VII) earned first-team selections.

Tampering violations occurred in the North Dakota football program when football assistant coach Travis Stepps had impermissible recruiting conversations with a student-athlete from another school who had not been entered into the Transfer Portal, according an agreement released by a Division I Committee on Infractions panel.

The Southern Hills Athletic Conference honored the 2026 SHAC Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year and Coach of the Year during their spring sports banquet.

The NCAA recently released findings from two studies examining student-athletes’ perspectives on career preparation and life after college: the Growth, Opportunities, Aspirations and Learning of Students in College study, known as the GOALS study, and the Student-Athlete Needs, Aspirations and Perspectives study, known as the SNAP study.

I hate to even put that as the title of this column, as I hate to see the Reds lose, but it is best for them to do so, as they aren’t contending in 2026.  

The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the new divisional breakdowns for the upcoming fall sports tournaments in girls and boys golf, girls tennis, girls and boys soccer and girls volleyball.

The Southern Hills Athletic Conference presented the 2026 Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year and Coach of the Year awards during their spring sports banquet.

Rosters for the 2026 All-Star Futures Game presented by Nike were announced earlier this week on MLB Network.

Northwest Nazarene Men's Basketball Coach Jon Hawkins and Director of Athletics Paul Rush has announced that Quentin Williams will join the NNU staff as an assistant coach.

The Ohio High School Athletic Association released their new boys basketball divisions list on Tuesday (June 30) for the upcoming 2026-27 winter sports season, and for two Highland County teams, they have moved down one division each.

Boater Dan Moran of London, Ohio, caught a total of five bass weighing 12 pounds, 7 ounces, Saturday to win the Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on the Ohio River at Tanners Creek. The tournament was the second of five events of the season for the BFL Buckeye Division. Moran earned $3,540 for his victory.

Baba Miller, a forward on the University of Cincinnati men’s basketball team, was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers with the 36th overall pick in the second round of the 2026 NBA Draft Wednesday night.

Myla Toole was named to the 2025-26 Academic All-District® Women's Track & Field/Cross Country Team selected by College Sports Communicators on Tuesday. She earns the honors for the first time in her career.