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Adventure Cove Miniature Golf celebrates grand reopening
Adventure Cove Miniature Golf celebrated its grand re-opening for the 2024 season on Saturday, May 4 with an open house and ribbon cutting in conjunction with the Wilmington-Clinton County Chamber of Commerce. The open house featured new course games and challenges, snacks and drinks, Cruisers Roadside Grill, and a bouncy...
WHS unable to get top 4 finish on first day at Div. I district
BELLBROOK — The Wilmington boys track and field team failed to produce a top four finisher on Wednesday’s first day of competition in the Division I Bellbrook District meet. William Hildebrandt was 12th in the discus (116-6) while teammate Jesse Keith was 13th (115-5). Max McCoy and Josiah...
Warren falls to Washington Court House in sectional final
VINCENT — Washington Court House hitters were in attack mode from the very first pitch they saw, and the approach eventually reaped dividends as the Blue Lions broke a scoreless tie in the seventh inning and defeated Warren 4-0 in an Ohio Division II sectional final on Wednesday. “I...
Stewart, Jackson, Hildebrandt earn trip to Region 4 meet
BELLBROOK — Elijah Stewart and Julius Jackson blistered the Bellbrook High School track and William Hildebrandt was a powerplant in the shot put pit and all three qualified for the Region 4 Track and Field Championships next week. The Wilmington boys were competing Friday on the second day of...
WHS grad Brausch named Quakers first strength and conditioning coach
WILMINGTON, Ohio – Wilmington High School graudate Shadrach Brausch was named the strength and conditioning coach at Wilmington College. Brausch has already been an integral member of the Quakers athletics staff as the assistant athletic director for facilities & operations since the fall of 2023. “We were lucky in...
Hillsboro unable to fend off Circleville in district semifinals
The No. 3 seeded Hillsboro Lady Indians had their season come to a sudden stop on Wednesday evening (May 15), as they lost in their Division II SE District Semifinal game played at Ohio University against the No. 6 seeded Circleville Lady Tigers by a 6-4 score. Hillsboro — the...
Muskies at RFL, MHS art at D.C., HES time capsule
Editor’s note — We’re continuing our tradition of taking a look back each Saturday at some of the important, interesting or even odd events as they were reported during the same week throughout the years, along with interesting advertising features from years gone by. This week in...
Mustangs win sectional championship; defeat Valley
DODSONVILLE — Scoring runs in two separate innings, plus having a top-notch pitching performance from Cole Wells, the Lynchburg-Clay won a sectional game for the first time in over five seasons as they defeated the Valley Indians, 3-1 for a Division III SE District Sectional championship Thursday. “This is...
Tigers baseball falls in sectional final at New Lexington
MHS (10-16) went 1-1 in the postseason, but on Wednesday they totaled six hits and committed five errors in the season-ending loss. The Panthers collected nine hits and committed one error. New Lexington scored three runs in each of the first two innings for a 6-0 lead over the Tigers,...
Whiteoak Wildcats upset in sectional finals by Waterford
HILLSBORO — Wednesday saw the No. 2 seeded Whiteoak Wildcats fall in the sectional finals of the Division IV SE District tournament by a 3-1 score in 10 innings at Hillsboro High School. Whiteoak led 1-0 after the first inning as Eli Roberts scored a run, and that score...
NFHS unveils new Unified Sports Course in concert with Special Olympics
National Federation of State High School Associations, Press Release. To better understand how to implement a Special Olympics Unified Sports® program at the interscholastic level, the NFHS, in partnership with Special Olympics North America, has created the “Administering Interscholastic Unified Sports” course, available now for free on the NFHS Learning Center (www.nfhslearn.com).
7-under par 29 wins Community outing at Elks 797
The team of Gary DeFayette, Jack Carson, Don Sicurella and Frenchie Hatfield had a 7-under par 29 Thursday and won the Community Golf League outing at the Elks 797 Golf Club. The winners eagled Nos. 2 and 8 and carded birdies on Nos. 3, 4, and 7. The rest of...
Franklin rallies in 7th to end WHS baseball season 5-4 (updated boxscore)
FRANKLIN — Wilmington rallied in the top of the seventh then lost it in the bottom of the inning, 5-4, to Franklin Wednesday in a Division II Sectional baseball game. Wilmington led 2-0 then trailed 3-2 going to the seventh. The Hurricane took the lead, 4-3, with two runs in the final inning.
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