Sports

COLUMBUS — In the OHSAA Division III State Track and Field Championships, Hallie Haines of Fairfield clocked 60.9 Friday in the 400-meter dash, finishing seventh in her heat. She did not advance to Saturday’s finale.

NEW CONCORD — The McClain Lady Tigers, fresh off their Division II District championship team win at Washington High School, sent several of its team members to Muskingum University last weekend to compete in the regional meet for a chance to earn qualification to the state tournament.

\BOSTON (AP) — Spencer Steer hit a two-run homer to break a seventh-inning tie and the Cincinnati Reds took advantage of Rafael Devers’ throwing error to come from behind and beat the Boston Red Sox 5-4 on Wednesday night.

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.

Elks Free Child Golf Clinic