There is a battle brewing for the Division I Southern Hills Athletic Conference championship, especially following Fairfield’s Tuesday night win over the Eastern Warriors by a 3-2 score, with the Lions winning in walk-off fashion in the bottom of the eighth for the extra-inning win.

On Friday, the McClain Tigers held the annual Bob Bergstrom McClain Track Invitational in Greenfield, where McClain won the girls meet and the Hillsboro Indians won the boys meet at McClain Field.

Fairfield wasted little time in their Southern Hills Athletic Conference game Wednesday (April 26), as a three-run first inning turned into an 11-1 win over the visiting Peebles Indians.

The Fairfield Lady Lions traveled to Aberdeen Tuesday evening to play the Ripley Lady Blue Jays in a Southern Hills Athletic Conference game where FHS won by a 9-5 score.

The past two games for the Fairfield Lions have seen them lose a close game to Valley at VA Memorial Stadium Monday, but bounce back for a Southern Hills Athletic Conference win over Ripley on Tuesday night.

The Highland County Chamber of Commerce donated a complete set of author Amanda Radke’s children’s books to Highland County youth organizations, as a thank-you for helping with their Ag is Everyone’s Business event that was recently held.

The Fairfield Lions scored runs in three innings on Thursday in Bainbridge, defeating the Paint Valley Bearcats by a 5-1 score in non-conference.

The Fairfield Lions were unable to gain a valuable road win on Tuesday night, as a four-run fifth inning by the home team Eastern Warriors led to a 5-3 loss for Fairfield in Southern Hills Athletic Conference competition.

For just the third time this season, the Fairfield Lions suffered a loss on the diamond, as they fell in a non-conference game to Greeneview by an 8-4 score at VA Memorial Stadium.

The Fairfield Lady Lions traveled to West Union High School to play the Lady Dragons in a Southern Hills Athletic Conference game played Friday afternoon, leaving with a 15-run win in five innings for the Southern Hills Athletic Conference victory.

The Fairfield Lions continued to add wins to their overall total on Friday night, winning in Southern Hills Athletic Conference action against the West Union Dragons by a 22-3 score at WUHS.

The Whiteoak Lady Wildcats (4-4, 3-2 SHAC) defeated the Fairfield Lady Lions (6-4, 3-2 SHAC) 8-7 in walkoff fashion Thursday as Molly McMullen singled Jaylie Parr home for the Southern Hills Athletic Conference victory at WHS.

The stage was set for both the Fairfield Lions and Whiteoak Wildcats to put on a highly skilled display of baseball on Thursday night, especially from the mound. Other than one inning where the host Wildcats committed two errors — which led to Fairfield runs — the game was flawlessly played between two of the strongest teams in southern Ohio.

The Fairfield Lady Lions continued their road trip through the Southern Hills Athletic Conference Wednesday afternoon, as they traveled to Seaman to play a much-improved North Adams Lady Devils softball team.

A six-run first inning set the scene on Wednesday evening for the Fairfield Lions against their Southern Hills Athletic Conference rival, the North Adams Green Devils. Those six runs were more than enough for FHS to give the Lions a 13-1 victory Wednesday on the road in Adams County.