OVC football preview
Aug. 17 at Ironton
The Ohio Valley Conference football preview will be held Saturday, Aug. 17, at Ironton High School.
Games begin at 5 p.m. and consist of two quarters. Here is the schedule: Fairland vs. Portsmouth; Chesapeake vs. South Point; Rock Hill vs. Gallipolis; Coal Grove vs. Ironton.
Admission is $5.

SOC volleyball preview
Aug. 17 at Ports. Clay
The Southern Ohio Conference volleyball preview will be held Saturday, Aug. 17, at Portsmouth Clay High School.
Games begin at 10 a.m. Here is the schedule: Clay vs. Minford; Western vs. South Webster; New Boston vs. Lucasville Valley; Symmes Valley vs. Northwest; Green vs. Waverly, Sciotoville East vs. Portsmouth West; St. Joseph vs. Wheelersburg A-team; Oak Hill vs. Wheelersburg B-team; Portsmouth Notre Dame vs. Beaver Eastern.
Admission is $5.

OVC volleyball preview
Aug. 16 at Ironton
The Ohio Valley Conference volleyball preview will be held Friday, Aug. 16, at Ironton High School.
Games begin at 5 p.m. Here is the schedule: Fairland vs. Portsmouth; Chesapeake vs. South Point; Rock Hill vs. Gallipolis; Coal Grove vs. Ironton.
Admission is $5.

ILL fall baseball/softball
instructional league set
The Ironton Little League fall baseball/softball league for ages 9-12 will be held from Aug. 25 to Sept. 29 at the complex.
The league will be from 2-4 p.m. on Sundays only. Fee is $20 per play and $10 for each additional sibling. T-shirts will be provided.
The league will provide instructional and competitive play.
For further information, contact (740) 550-6218 for baseball and (740) 646-3908 for softball.

Fairland starts signups for fall hoops league
Registration is underway for the Fairland girls Basketball Fall League.
The league is open to any girls i the Tri-State from grades 1-6 .
The league will run for six weeks beginning the week of Labor Day.
The focus of the league is on individual improvement, so players sign up as individuals, not teams.
For more information or a registration form, contact Jon Buchanan by phone at: 3046343294
By email: buc22@aol.com
On Facebook: Fairland Youth Girls Basketball Fall League.

Cincinnati Reds’ tickets
The Cincinnati Reds’ ticket hours are: non-game days Monday-Friday 9-5 p.m. Saturday 10-4 p.m. (not open October-February); Game Days 9 a.m. until end of the 7th inning.
Go online at cincinnatireds.com and click “tickets.”
Special ticket sales and special events and giveaways can also be found on the Reds’ team website. as well as information in becoming members of the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum.