The 2024 Ohio Beef Expo, hosted by the Ohio Cattlemen’s Association (OCA), was held March 14-17 at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus. At this year’s event, Bill Tom of Washington Court House was posthumously awarded the Friend of the Expo Award for his dedication and contributions to the Ohio Beef Expo’s success. 

The Hillsboro Indians and McClain Tigers competed at the 2024 Washington Court House Invitational on Friday, April 12 at Washington High School, where the Hillsboro boys team won their meet, and the Hillsboro girls team were runners-up in their respective meet. 

The Hillsboro Indians’ miscues ended up being too much against the host and state-ranked Washington Blue Lions on the road Tuesday night, falling in the Frontier Athletic Conference game by a 10-1 score. 

It was a day full of rounding the bases for the Hillsboro Lady Indians, as they earned a Frontier Athletic Conference win on Tuesday night, defeating the host Washington Lady Blue Lions 20-2 in five innings. 

Playing away from Greenfield their past two games, the McClain Tigers defeated the Southeastern Panthers and fell to the Washington Blue Lions. 

The McClain varsity softball team got some sweet revenge on Wednesday night when they traveled to Washington C.H. and defeated the Lady Blue Lions 20-5 and avenged a disappointing loss to them on Monday night in Greenfield.

It was a pitcher’s duel for the first four innings of play Monday night when the McClain Tigers opened Frontier Athletic Conference play by hosting Washington on Daryle Unger Field in Greenfield.

The McClain varsity softball team suffered a disappointing loss Monday night to Frontier Athletic Conference rival Washington by a 11-7 score in Greenfield on Daryle Unger Field.

In a non-conference home game on Friday (March 29), the Fairfield Lions lost to the Washington Blue Lions, 9-1. 

The sixth Natural Resources Officer (NRO) Training Academy concluded last week, as 12 new law enforcement officers were sworn in by Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Director Mary Mertz during a commissioning ceremony at Deer Creek State Park Lodge and Conference Center.

Muskingum University senior catcher Ryan Schwartz was honored for his outstanding performance by being named Ohio Athletic Conference Baseball Hitter of the Week.

For the first time in program history, a member of the Wilmington College women's basketball team has received the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) Defensive Player of the Year award. The award was first given out in 2019, and Quakers guard Cassidy Lovett earned the honor Thursday, as well as being named Second Team All-OAC. 

A Washington Court House man indicted last month has been sentenced to at least six years in prison after pleading guilty in Highland County Common Pleas Court to felonious assault and abduction charges.

The Hillsboro Indians had one of their own named the 2023-24 Frontier Athletic Conference Player of the Year, as it was announced on Saturday afternoon that junior Tate Davis was named the POY by the coaches of the conference. 

Earlier this season, the Hillsboro Indians lost on the road to the Washington Blue Lions by 13 points, but on Thursday night in Hillsboro, that wasn’t the case.