Saturday (Aug. 24), the Hillsboro Lady Indians tennis team played in Clinton County at the Wilmington Invitational.

The Wilmington College women’s cross-country team begins their 2024 season at the Clark County Fairgrounds for the Wild Witt Exhibition, hosted by Wittenberg University on Friday. The Quakers will run a 5k that begins at 6 p.m.

The Wilmington College men’s cross-country team opens up their 2024 season on Friday at the Wild Witt Exhibition, hosted by Wittenberg University. The team will be running a 6k to begin their season.

The Cincinnati Bengals Monday waived DE Justin Blazek.

The McClain boys varsity soccer team overcame gut-wrenching heat and a late-game deficit to defeat Peebles, 2-1 Saturday on McClain Field.

The McClain varsity girls soccer team improved to 4-0 on the season after defeating Peebles, 6-0 Saturday afternoon on McClain Field in Greenfield.

Saturday (Aug. 24) the Lynchburg-Clay boys and girls soccer teams lost non-conference games to host Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy.

Three goals were more than enough needed by the Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs on Wednesday (Aug. 21) victory, as they gained a Southern Hills Athletic Conference win over the visiting West Union Dragons, 3-0 at LCHS.

Chillicothe's Eric Colaco (Denison University) has been named the 2024 Prospect League Mike Schmidt Player of the Year by a league-wide vote of the circuit's 18 field managers. This is in addition to be named the league's Roland Hemond Pro Prospect of the Year and an Eastern Conference All-Star.

On Thursday (Aug. 22), the Lynchburg-Clay Lady Mustangs lost a Southern Hills Athletic Conference match to the host North Adams Lady Green Devils in three consecutive sets.

Wednesday (Aug. 21) the Hillsboro Indians traveled to Clinton County and won a non-conference golf match at the Wilmington Elks against the Blanchester Wildcats, winning by 26 strokes.

Winning three matches on Thursday, Aug. 22 on the road, the Hillsboro Lady Indians earned a Frontier Athletic Conference win over the host Jackson Ironladies by a 3-2 score.

Wednesday, Aug. 21 saw the McClain Lady Tigers play in a tri-match, where they took on West Union and Piketon in non-conference play.

Wednesday (Aug. 22) and Thursday (Aug. 21), the Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs gained victories on consecutive days.

As always, I hate to write a negative column, but at this point in the season, I am unsure how I am going to make it through watching the remaining games. The Cincinnati Reds are 100 percent out of the race, the white flag is waving, and it is only going to get worse with injuries in the rotation.