For Whiteoak seniors Gage Carraher, Doc Seip and Luke Taggert, they have one goal they want to achieve, or more easily said, one location they want to return to during their final season as high school basketball players.
Since Mike Cooper took over as head coach of the Whiteoak Lady Wildcats what is now three seasons ago, they have had to start from scratch and rebuild a program. With that said, there are three current Lady 'Cats who have been with Cooper that entire time in senior Clarissa Johnson and juniors Morgan Campbell and Brittany Luman.
The 2012 Southern Hills League Boys Basketball Preview will take place on Friday, Nov. 23 at Eastern Brown High School. The boys South Central Ohio League Preview will also be on Friday, Nov. 23 at Miami Trace High School, starting at 6 p.m. (Clinton-Massie will not play due to state football playoffs).
Listed is the schedule for the 2012 Southern Hills League Girls Basketball Preview which will take place at North Adams High School on Friday, Nov. 16.
The Southern Hills League Fall Awards Night scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 23 at Lynchburg-Clay Hight School at 7 p.m. has been postponed. The Fall Awards Night has been changed for a second time to Thursday, Nov. 8 at Lynchburg-Clay at 7 p.m.
Michael Mangus and Blake Hildebrant are headed back to State. The Fairfield boys' team raced at the Division III Regional Cross-Country Championships at Pickerington North High School Saturday as the junior duo, again, paced their times to return to the State Cross-Country Championships.
The Whiteoak Lady Wildcats ended their season Wednesday evening at Jackson High School as they fell in three sets to No. 2 seeded Beaver Eastern in their Division IV SE District Semifinal match in the Jackson 1 bracket.
On Saturday, the Whiteoak Lady Wildcats cross-country team qualified for regionals for the second time in four years during their Division III SE District Championships race at the University of Rio Grande.
In one of two different Division III SE District cross-country races, the Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs and Whiteoak Wildcats raced, where LC placed third with a team time of 1:35:48.66, advancing to the regional championships at the University of Rio Grande.
In one of two different Division III SE District cross-country races, the Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs and Whiteoak Wildcats raced, where LC placed third with a team time of 1:35:48.66, advancing to the regional championships at the University of Rio Grande.
The Whiteoak Lady Wildcats took to the road Thursday night in the Division IV SE District Sectional Final match and traveled back to Mowrystown with a sectional title to the record as they defeated Portsmouth Notre Dame in five sets.
Thirty-five Highland County student-athletes from Whiteoak, Lynchburg-Clay and Fairfield earned All-Southern Hills League honors for their performance on the athletic fields, courses or courts this fall for the 2012 season.
The Southern Hills League Cross-Country Championships were held Saturday (Oct. 13) at Ripley High School, where the Fairfield Lions boys team captured the title for the second consecutive season, led by Michael Mangus, who was the individual champion for the third consecutive year.
