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NEW YORK (AP) — Luciano Acosta scored a first-half goal, Brandon Vazquez scored on a late penalty kick and FC Cincinnati extended the best start in club history with a 3-1 victory over New York City FC on Wednesday night.

LANCASTER — The Whiteoak Wildcats (27-3) advance to the Division IV Region 15 championship game after defeating the Seneca East Tigers (16-13-1), 3-1, at Beavers Field.

Brady Chisman, a 2023 graduate of Lynchburg-Clay High School, has signed to play college basketball at Tiffin University. He was a four-year varsity player for the Mustang basketball program. He was named All-Southern Hills Athletic Conference in 2022 and 2023, named All-District 14 second team in 2023 and OPSWA All-District 1st team (2023) and 3rd team (2022). He was a member of the 2023 sectional championship team and scored 1,031 career points as a Mustang. Pictured are Brady Chisman, Deena Davis (mother), Scott Chisman (father) and Shelby Chisman (sister).

Trey Pitzer has signed to play soccer at Heidelberg University. He is a 2023 graduate of Lynchburg-Clay High School. He was named All-Southern Hills Athletic Conference (2021 and 2022) and was the Player of the Year in 2022. He was also named first-team All-Southeast District (2022) and second-team All Ohio (2022). Pitzer was a member of four Southern Hills Athletic Conference championship teams, three sectional championship and two district championship teams at Lynchburg-Clay. Pictured are Vince Pitzer (father), Trey Pitzer, Brandy Pitzer (mother), Drew Pitzer (brother) and Abby Pitzer (sister).

COLUMBUS – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the pairings and sites for this week’s baseball regional tournaments. Regional semifinals and finals are set for Thursday and Friday, respectively, across the state.

FIRST TEAM, ALL-FAC BASEBALL 2023 — (front, l-r) Titus Lotz, Player of the Year and Jonah Waters, Washington; Noah Ernst, Jackson; John Wall, Washington; (back, l-r); Kaden Penwell, McClain; Dillon Hyer and Gaige Stuckey, Miami Trace; Gaven Jones, Jackson; Tanner Lemaster, Washington; Ramey Wyant, Jackson. Not pictured: Mason Brown, Chillicothe.

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Twelve girls individuals and five relay teams and five individual boys and one relay team from Hillsboro and McClain qualified for the regional track meet during the 2023 Division II Southeast District Track and Field Championships held in Washington C.H.

Peyton Scott, the Lynchburg-Clay Lady Mustangs all-time leading scorer who went onto score nearly 1,900 points in four years at Miami (Ohio) University, has decided to transfer to the University of Oregon for the 2023-24 college basketball season.

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