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Our beloved Redlegs currently hold a wildcard spot in the National League standings with a record of 55-46. After a massive sweep against a tough Arizona team, Cincinnati looks to continue its momentum against the division opponent that has gave them trouble all year — Milwaukee. While Cincinnati certainly has hopes of winning the National League Central, it needs to keep an eye on the wildcard race as we scoreboard watch throughout the end of the season.

This entire past weekend was a special time for Reds fans as it was the official induction weekend for Bronson Arroyo, Danny Graves and Gabe Paul. The three who joined the 2023 class were more than deserving and it was an honor to see them be gifted their red jackets.

Veterans golf outing

Reds in First Place

As we all know by now it was a very busy weekend in the Queen City as Taylor Swift took the stage at Paycor Stadium for two concerts. While I certainly like some of her music, my wife and I didn’t make the trip and stuck to our weekend at Great American Ballpark. The 12-time Grammy Award winner put on quite a show it appears per my social media feeds, and I thought today would be a great time to associate some of her song names with Reds players before the All-Star Break.

The Hillsboro football program held its last day of youth camp. The camp ran the month of June and the program had 80 young athletes ranging from grades 1-6. “I Just wanted to thank all the people involved in helping. Some of our youth coaches from Liberty Park, our middle school coaches, our high school coaches and most of all our high school players participated in making our camp successful,” Hillsboro coach Nathan Horne said. “They did a great job with the youth athletes and our youth athletes did a great job as well.” The Indians open the regular at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18 when they host Western Brown in a non-conference game at Richards Memorial Field.

The sixth grade Lady Mambas basketball team brought home a first place finish last weekend at the Knoxville, Tennessee AAU Basketball World Championship. With just seven local players the Lady Mambas of Hillsboro battled hard to earn first place in the world tournament to finish the year with a record of 23-10 and as national champs. The team finished in first place in tournaments three times, second place twice and third place twice. Coaches Derrik Haithcock and Aleesha Shriver would like to thank the players and families for all their hard work and commitment and the community fir its support and sponsorships. At the AAU World Championship the Lady Mambas went 6-0 by defeating Dayton Kroc Center 42-9, LA-Lady Shockaz 40-26, MD DPR/DMV Hoops Academy 41-33, MS Fly Girls Coach 44-20, Dayton Kroc Center 44-23, and DPR/DMV Hoops Academy from Maryland, 66-48. Picturd are (l-r) coach Shriver, Taelyn Shriver, Hayden Rideout, Mckenize West, Lanaya Smith, Jayla Haithcock, Libby Webster, Maddie Easter, Aurora StringField and coach Haithcock.

Spring sports student-athletes were recognized at Monday Greenfield Exempted Village School Board meeting for their achievements in baseball, softball and track and field.

Elly De La cruising into first place

While the number of male and female students eligible for sports rose in four of Highland County’s five school districts for the 2023-24 school year, in basketball they will all remain in the same Ohio High School School Athletic Association divisions they played in a year ago.