The Whitewater Wildcats made a statement, and grabbed some valuable playoff positioning, in a 30-0 win over the Fayette County Tigers on Friday night. Whitewater came into the game as the underdog in terms of region positioning after back-to-back tough losses to Sandy Creek and Carrollton. Now, if the season ended today, they would hold…
Sandy Creek has busted into the ranks of the state’s elite football programs over the last several years. They have state championships, famous alumni, heaps of big college signees, and national recognition and accolades. You can add their own documentary series to that list. “Sandy Creek: TheSeason” is shining a bright light on the Patriot…
Blink and you might have missed the moments before Our Lady of Mercy had Friday night’s game locked down. The Bobcats dominated out of the gate and kept up the pressure in a 56-20 victory over the Strong Rock Christian Patriots. After what the coaches thought was a lackluster effort in a win last week,…
One play, one extra point to be exact, was the difference in a gutwrenching 21-20 overtime loss for Whitewater. A missed extra point kept the Wildcats from pushing Friday’s game into a second overtime. Instead, the Carrollton Trojans got to head home with a region victory. Whitewater got a big effort on both sides of…
The high school football season is getting to the really interesting bits. Region play is well underway for all of our teams and the jockeying for playoff positioning is heating up. There’s been enough football played to start taking stock of where the season has headed for our teams. Along with that, I was sorting…
The Panthers have fully put a sluggish start to their season in the rearview mirror. Few teams are playing better than Starr’s Mill right now after they laid a 55-8 beating on the Morrow Mustangs on Thursday night. “Every time we get on the field, we get a little better,” said Starr’s Mill coach Chad…
Last weekend was a fruitful one for Fayette’s volleyball squad. The dust settled on the state’s region tournaments, and two teams emerged victorious. McIntosh, reigning state champions, claimed their region championship with a thrilling comeback win over Starr’s Mill. The Panthers won the first two sets 25-18 and 25-20 to put the Chiefs on the…
The Whitewater Wildcats opened their pursuit of a state softball championship with a bang, blasting the Arabia Mountain Rams in the opening round. Whitewater made quick work of the best-of-three series, winning game one 8-0 and game two 17-1. Whitewater is again carrying the flag for the county’s softball team as the long school in…
All the Panthers needed was nine minutes. In a short span in the second quarter, Starr’s Mill turned a defensive battle into a romp in a 42-7 win over the McIntosh Chiefs. Coming off of a disappointing 67-43 loss to the Drew Titans last week, the Panthers could have hung their heads. The defense could’ve…
For a while, the Whitewater Wildcats gave Sandy Creek everything they could handle. In a matchup of top ten teams, the Patriots surged late in a 30-14 victory. Whitewater’s defense was especially strong early as they held the high-powered Patriot offense to seven first half points. Star running back Eric Swinney was held in check…
