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Highlights from Fort Loramie's 69-31 win over Russia in the Shelby County Athletic League game on Thursday.

Highlights from Sidney's 59-47 loss to Northmont in a nonconference game on Wednesday.

SIDNEY — A long scoreless drought in the second quarter was too much for Sidney to overcome in a nonconference game on Tuesday.

The Fort Loramie girls, now 10-1 on the season after Saturday’s thrilling victory at Ottawa-Glandorf, 55-52, needed a break from a series of weekend hikes to basketball games.

SIDNEY — When 2023 began, Kelis McNeal didn’t anticipate starting 2024 as a mother.

Sidney junior guard Jordan Scully dribbles with pressure from Tri-Village’s Sydnee Delong during a nonconference game on Saturday at the Patriot Activity Center. The teams played a back-and-forth contest filled with runs on Saturday. The Patriots made the last run, scoring the last six points to earn a 41-36 victory. Scully led the Yellow Jackets (8-3) with 14 points while Larkyn Vordemark added nine. Kynnedi Hager led the Patriots (9-1) with 23. Sidney is scheduled to travel to Tippecanoe next Saturday.

SIDNEY — Vandalia-Butler has frustrated opponents this year, and Sidney was the latest to be exasperated on Friday.

SIDNEY — Sidney had won 30 consecutive Miami Valley League games before Thursday. The winning streak ended against the same opponent who had last beaten the Yellow Jackets: Vandalia-Butler.

PIQUA — It was a tournament atmosphere with a big crowd at Garbry Gymnasium on Thursday in the first game of the WPTW Holiday Classic.

PIQUA — Kiara Hudgins missed almost all of her junior season while recuperating from knee surgery. Opponents are aware she’s back at full strength.