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Lady Mustangs drop SHAC games to Manchester and North Adams

3 days ago | highlandcountypress.com | Stephen Forsha

By Stephen Forsha, The Highland County Press In a big-time Southern Hills Athletic Conference battle on Wednesday (May 7), the Lynchburg-Clay Lady Mustangs lost to the visiting Manchester Lady Greyhounds by a 4-3 score at LCHS. The Lady Mustangs were first to strike with two runs in the bottom of the third inning, but Manchester responded with one run in the top of the fourth inning, then they added two runs in the top of the fifth for a 3-2 lead.
Whiteoak has road losses against Manchester, Fayetteville

3 days ago | highlandcountypress.com | Stephen Forsha

By Stephen Forsha, The Highland County Press The Whiteoak Lady Wildcats recently had two road losses in Southern Hills Athletic Conference play by falling to the Manchester Lady Greyhounds (May 6) and Fayetteville Lady Rockets (May 10).
Lions shutout against Manchester

3 days ago | highlandcountypress.com | Stephen Forsha

By Stephen Forsha, The Highland County Press The Fairfield Lions played the Manchester Greyhounds on Friday, May 9 where they lost their Southern Hills Athletic Conference game by a 12-0 score at FHS. Manchester scored nine runs in the top of the first inning, then added a run in the third and two final runs in the fifth inning. MHS totaled eight hits and had one error, while the Lions were no-hit and had three errors.
Mustangs win on senior day; Flowers tosses a no-hitter

3 days ago | highlandcountypress.com | Stephen Forsha

By Stephen Forsha, The Highland County Press The Lynchburg-Clay Mustangs hosted the Ripley Blue Jays for not only a Southern Hills Athletic Conference game, but it was senior day for LCHS on Saturday, May 10, plus LCHS senior Christian Flowers tossed a no-hitter. The final result saw the Mustangs defend their home diamond with a 22-0 win in five innings against the visiting Blue Jays. In the no-hitter by Flowers, he threw five innings and 65 total pitches.
Wildcats fall to host Rockets

3 days ago | highlandcountypress.com | Stephen Forsha

By Stephen Forsha, The Highland County Press The past Saturday (May 10), the Southern Hills Athletic Conference showdown between the Whiteoak Wildcats and Fayetteville Rockets in Brown County saw the Rockets defeat Whiteoak, 9-3. The Wildcats scored two runs in the top of the fourth and one run in the seventh inning. Fayetteville led the entire game with two runs in the bottom of the first, followed by a run in the second and a five-run fifth inning. FHS scored their final run in the sixth.
Indians defeated in 2 consecutive games against Blue Lions

3 days ago | highlandcountypress.com | Stephen Forsha

By Stephen Forsha, The Highland County Press The Hillsboro Indians faced Frontier Athletic Conference rival, the Washington Blue Lions on consecutive days this past Thursday (May 8) and Friday (May 9) in a home-and-home series where the Blue Lions won both contests. The first game took two days to complete due to rain and wet field conditions, but the Blue Lions were the victors by a 4-1 score. On Friday in game two, Washington won over Hillsboro 3-0.
Millions of people depend on the Great Lakes’ water supply; Trump decimated the lab protecting it

5 days ago | highlandcountypress.com | Anna Clark

By Anna Clark, ProPublica, https://www.propublica.org This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Just one year ago, JD Vance was a leading advocate of the Great Lakes and the efforts to restore the largest system of freshwater on the face of the planet. As a U.S. senator from Ohio, Vance called the lakes “an invaluable asset” for his home state.
Ohio Democratic Party Chair Liz Walters will step down by end of next month

6 days ago | highlandcountypress.com | Megan Henry

By Megan HenryOhio Capital JournalThe Ohio Democratic Party will have a new chair for the mid-term elections. Liz Walters is stepping down as Ohio Democratic Party Chair no later than June 30 she announced earlier this week on X, former known as Twitter.
Hillsboro trio pitches shutout against East Clinton

6 days ago | highlandcountypress.com | Stephen Forsha

By Stephen Forsha, The Highland County Press The Hillsboro Indians earned their fifth win of the season by defeating the host East Clinton Astros 3-0 in a non-conference game that saw three Hillsboro pitchers combine for the shutout. HHS scored two runs in the top of the first, and added their final run in the top of the sixth inning. The Indians finished the day with four hits and no errors. ECHS had two hits and committed three errors.
Lady Tigers unable to top former conference foe Clinton-Massie

6 days ago | highlandcountypress.com | Stephen Forsha

By Stephen Forsha, The Highland County Press In a game between two former conference rivals, the McClain Lady Tigers traveled to Clarksville on Wednesday to face the Clinton-Massie Lady Falcons, where they lost by a 10-4 score. There were positives for McClain on the scoreboard, as they were tied with CMHS at 1-1 when the first inning ended, and after the Lady Falcons scored three runs in the bottom of the third for a 4-1 CMHS advantage, the Lady Tigers battled back.