An inch here and an inch there equaled defeat for the Whiteoak Wildcats in their Division IV SE District title game Wednesday. The miscues in the infield turned into runs for their opponent, with the Wildcats falling to the Valley Indians, 3-1 Wednesday at VA Memorial Stadium.

Listed are results for various district track and field tournaments involving Highland County schools on the first day of their respective district meets.

Listed are results for various district track and field tournaments involving Highland County schools on the first day of their respective district meets.

The two champion teams in the Southern Hills League this season, the Eastern Lady Warriors and the Fairfield Lady Lions, met for the third time this season in preparation for district semifinal games, and this time it was the Lady Lions who came out with the win, defeating EB 4-3 Tuesday at EBHS.

Hillsboro rallied with a valiant effort in the seventh inning, but errors and being unable to string consecutive hits together proved to be just too much to overcome Tuesday in a Division II SE District semifinal game. The game saw the Tribe commit four errors, some of which led to runs, along with leaving nine runners on the bases, leading to a 4-3 semifinal loss to the Division II No. 10 state-ranked Gallia Academy Blue Devils at VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe.

Hillsboro rallied with a valiant effort in the seventh inning, but errors and being unable to string consecutive hits together proved to be just too much to overcome Tuesday in a Division II SE District semifinal game. The game saw the Tribe commit four errors, some of which led to runs, along with leaving nine runners on the bases, leading to a 4-3 semifinal loss to the Division II No. 10 state-ranked Gallia Academy Blue Devils at VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe.

Wednesday, May 16 is circled on the calendar of the No. 3 seeded Whiteoak Wildcats as they will be gunning for a district championship, but standing in their way are the No. 1 seeded Valley Indians from Lucasville with a scheduled start time of 7 p.m. at VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe.

Wednesday, May 16 is circled on the calendar of the No. 3 seeded Whiteoak Wildcats as they will be gunning for a district championship, but standing in their way are the No. 1 seeded Valley Indians from Lucasville with a scheduled start time of 7 p.m. at VA Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe.

Hillsboro Post 129 American Legion Baseball will be holding tryouts for the 2012 team on Sunday, May 20 at Shaffer Park, starting at 1 p.m.

Looking at the Whiteoak Wildcats' 9-3 winning score of the Division IV SE District semifinal over the Green Bobcats could be deceiving because it doesn't tell the entire path the Wildcats took to gain the win.

Two runs early weren't enough to overcome what turned into five errors on a soggy day of baseball as the Fairfield Lions had their season ended in the Division IV SE District semifinals, 6-2 to the state-ranked Racine Southern Tornadoes, Sunday at VA Memorial Stadium.

The McClain Lady Tigers softball team will be painting car windows in celebration of their recent sectional victory and preparation for their upcoming district softball game.

Though the Fairfield Lady Lions scored just one run, it proved to be just enough to win a Division IV SE District Sectional title, as FHS defeated the South Webster Lady Jeeps 1-0 Saturday at FHS as the Lady Lions claimed their 26th sectional title.

Though the Fairfield Lady Lions scored just one run, it proved to be just enough to win a Division IV SE District Sectional title, as FHS defeated the South Webster Lady Jeeps 1-0 Saturday at FHS as the Lady Lions claimed their 26th sectional title.

For a game with three combined runs and six combined hits, not even Hollywood could have come up with a more thrilling ending, as the McClain Lady Tigers scored two runs in the bottom of the seventh for a 2-1 Division II SE District sectional championship win over the Washington Lady Blue Lions, Saturday in Greenfield.