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Lynchburg-Clay High School’s Addison West will be playing basketball for the Ohio Christian Lady Trailblazers next season. West is a two-time All-Southern Hills Athletic Conference player (2023, 2024), was named honorable mention All-District 14 (2023) and 2nd team (2024). She earned spots on the Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association 2nd team in 2023 and 1st team in 2024 and was named honorable All-Ohio in 2023. West ended her career with 1,075 career points. Pictured (sitting) are Amy West (mother), Addison West, Matt West (father); (standing) Jackson West (brother), OCU coach Lauryn VanHoose and Lillian West (sister).

Lynchburg-Clay High School’s Jade Massey will be playing soccer for the Wilmington Lady Quakers next fall. Massey is a two-time All-Southern Hills Athletic Conference player (2022, 2023). She was honorable mention All-District (2021), 2nd team (2022) and 1st team (2023). She was named 1st team All-Ohio (2023) and was the SHAC and Southeast District Player of the Year for 2023. Pictured are (sitting) Brittany Massey (mother), JadeMassey, Jaime Massey (father) and (standing) JJ Massey (brother).

Lynchburg-Clay High School’s Macy Etienne will be playing basketball for the Otterbein Lady Cardinals next season. Etienne is a two-time All-Southern Hills Athletic Conference player (2022, 2024), was named honorable mention All-District 14 (2022) and third team (2024). She earned spots on the Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association third team in 2022 and 2024 and was named honorable mention All-Ohio in 2022. She ended her career with ,1144 career points. Pictured are (sitting) John Etienne (father), Macy Etienne, Crystal Etienne (mother), (standing) Devin DeHart (brother) and Allie Etienne (sister).

ATHENS — Larkin Friend and Trey House combined for 31 points, but it was not quite enough as the Fairfield Lions came up just short, 48-45, against South Webster in a Division IV regional semifinal game Tuesday at Ohio University’s Convocation Center in Athens.

More than 200 players, coaches, cheerleaders, managers and fans of the old county basketball tournaments attended the Roundball Reunion held Wednesday, March 13 at the Kelly Center on the Wilmington College campus. A total of 19 schools from Highland and Clinton counties were represented at the event, organized by Lynchburg High School graduate and Wilmington resident Bob Pittser.

The amount of Cincinnati Reds news in the last few days has certainly been overwhelming. Within 24 hours, Reds fans were dealing with the loss of possibly the best player in franchise history, a suspension of a very important piece of the lineup and the loss of a former number one prospect in the organization. I can’t say that I had that on my “bingo card” for the weekend. Let’s dive into what has happened and why I am over-stimulated with Reds news.

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All games at University of Dayton Arena.

Thirteen Highland County girls have been named to the 2023-24 Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association All-Southeast District Girls Basketball Teams.

COLUMBUS — McClain High School senior Ethan Hill made his second career appearance at the State wrestling tournament Friday, March 8 at the Schottenstein Center on the campus of The Ohio State University.