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City of Chillicothe threatens to demolish youth football concession stand
CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — The Chillicothe Youth Flag Football League says the City of Chillicothe is threatening to remove a building the league has used for concessions and operations for several years. The league says it pays rent to use the Yoctangee Park Annex and uses the building for concessions,...
High School Softball: Power rankings for Chillicothe-area teams after Week 5
CHILLICOTHE — Even as the final stretch of the high school softball season approaches, there's little slowing down teams around the area. Piketon and Westfall, two of the most emergent teams in the back half of the year, fought down to the wire Wednesday in a bout for control of third place in the Scioto Valley Conference. Chillicothe has won four straight. Unioto tied an OHSAA record for home runs in a game over the weekend. Playoffs...
Local man competes in Boston Marathon
CHILLICOTHE — Chillicothe man, Joe Jinks, recently took part in the Boston Marathon on April 19 of this year. The race is something he has been training for for years. Jinks said he has been running since junior high school, what originally started as participating in a sport he was good at turned into a a hobby he enjoys that helps him decompress and connect with friends.
1 month alert: World of Outlaws, Xtreme Outlaw tours joining for Ohio doubleheader at Atomic
CHILLICOTHE — Ohio race fans will be treated to a doubleheader weekend at Atomic Speedway with the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series and Xtreme Outlaw Midget Series presented by Toyota in May. For the first time, the two national series will run together at the...
Local athlete wins Elks National Hoop Shoot
CHILLICOTHE — Local fourth-grader Ainsley Weaver from Paint Valley has been working her way through the Elks National Hoop Shoot winning in her category locally and state-wide representing Chillicothe Lodge #52. Her talent took her all the way to the national competition where she tied with 24 of 25 shots to go into a...
McClain Tigers blow out North Adams
The McClain varsity baseball team combined great pitching and a lot of offensive firepower to soundly defeat North Adams, 14-2 Wednesday night on Tom Hixson Field in Greenfield. Senior starting pitcher Kaden Penwell got the complete-game victory on the mound, giving up just two runs while striking out nine batters...
Tigers take down Cavaliers with 11 runs
McClain didn’t hold back in the scoring column on Tuesday night (April 23) against the Chillicothe Cavaliers in Greenfield, defeating the visitors in their Frontier Athletic Conference game by an 11-9 score. Chillicothe was the first to score in the conference game, leading 1-0 after the first inning was...
Defense dooms Hurricane in 19-1 loss to Panthers
EBER — Wilmington committed nine errors and gave up 17 unearned runs Thursday in a 19-1 loss to Miami Trace in non-league baseball action in Fayette County. The Hurricane had three hits, singles by Joshua Tolliver, Brady Tolliver and Jake Stephens. Garrett Anderson drove in the only WHS run.
Lady Indians shut out Miami Trace for second consecutive day
Tuesday (April 23) saw the Hillsboro Lady Indians go on the road to Fayette County and return home with their eighth Frontier Athletic Conference win of the season, and 38th consecutive conference win, by defeating the Miami Trace Lady Panthers, 14-0 in five innings. Hillsboro (8-0, 16-2) dominated the FAC...
McClain hosts Lynchburg-Clay, Miami Trace in tri-meet
On Tuesday, McClain High School hosted a boys and girls tri-meet against Lynchburg-Clay and Miami Trace. McClain won the girls meet, with Miami Trace in second and Lynchburg-Clay in third. Miami Trace won the boys event, with McClain in second and Lynchburg-Clay in third. Listed below are results for McClain...
Martin concludes collegiate career with Second-Team All-RSC, Academic All-RSC honors
A strong three-day showing by Shawnee State senior golfer Erika Martin allowed the senior from Greenfield, Ohio to claim a fantastic showing inside the top 10 following the third and final day of the River States Conference Championships Tuesday for the eight women's golf programs that competed for the conference crown in 2024 — with Martin's three-day score of 255 placing the senior inside the top 10 and allowing the lead golfer to pick up Second-Team All-RSC accolades as a result.
Softball Game Preview: McClain Tigers vs. Piketon Redstreaks
The McClain Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Piketon Redstreaks at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday. McClain is out to stop a three-game streak of losses at home. McClain's hitters might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against Chillicothe on Tuesday....
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