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The fourth Frontier Athletic Conference girls golf match was played on Thursday, Aug. 15 at the Chillicothe Country Club.

The McClain Lady Tigers golf traveled to Big Beaver Creek Golf Club in Piketon on Wednesday, Aug. 14, for a tri-match with the Red Streaks and North Adams.

On a beautiful weather day on Monday, Aug. 12, the Miami Trace and Washington girls golf teams hosted Fairfield for a 9-hole match at The Greens in Washington Court House.

This time of the year is perfect for a weekend spent inside my Mancave, as I love throwing the Bengals and Reds on in the garage and spending my evening in the recliner watching our Cincinnati teams. Having Bengals football back and watching our first preseason game is bittersweet, as I am still in baseball mode and hate to see summer slowly come to a close (I hate having to close up my pool).

The McClain Lady Tigers Golf team hosted a match with Washington Court House, Greeneview and Madison Plains on Thursday, Aug. 8 at Buckeye Hills.

The first Frontier Athletic Conference girls golf match took place on Monday morning, Aug. 5 at The Greens Golf Course of Fayette County. Washington, Miami Trace, McClain, Hillsboro, Chillicothe and Jackson were all on hand to participate in the competition.

Let me start out this article by saying that firing David Bell won’t fix the issues up and down this Reds roster. David Bell has a long tenure around the game of baseball and is highly regarded in the baseball community. However, his time in Cincinnati needs to come to an end, as someone has to take the blame for the mediocrity. Fans are growing impatient, we all are tired of the same issues year after year, and honestly, this year has been by far the worst management from Bell throughout his managing career. As much as I hate to do this, let me vent:

The McClain Lady Tigers golf team opened the 2024 season by playing a dual match with Goshen at Deer Track Golf Course on Tuesday, July 30.

I’ve watched the Cincinnati Reds for my entire life. I have been through the 60-win seasons. I watched the 2012 meltdown, I showed up for the 2022 100-loss season. But now, more than ever before, am I frustrated with the Cincinnati Reds. The lack of performance, being outmanaged and losing yet another series after the break has me just wishing for the Bengals season to arrive already. It’s becoming hard to watch and it is time for a drastic change. I hate a negative column, but here we go:

The Cincinnati Reds have unfortunately fallen back far enough to become sellers at the deadline. Their lackluster performance in Washington has officially become what I believe to be the nail in the coffin for this Reds season. I guess Joe Biden wasn’t the only person to drop out of the race in Washington this weekend. Of course, I hope I am wrong, but barring another 10-game win streak, I just don’t see Cincinnati making a run at the playoffs this year. Inconsistencies, injuries and just poor performances put this team six games below .500 at the time of writing, dead last in the National League Central, 10.5 games behind Milwaukee and 4 games back from a Wild Card spot. There are only two teams with worse records than the Cincinnati Reds in the National League, after a winning season from Cincinnati just a year ago.