Greg Billing began covering high school, college and professional sports in the Miami Valley in 1988 when he was a junior at Miami East High School. The Wright State University graduate has worked at the Troy Daily News (1996-1997), Springfield News-Sun (1997-2001) and the Dayton Daily News (2001-2016). He was inducted into the Dayton Auto Racing Fan Club's (DARF) Hall of Fame in 2015 for his auto racing coverage and has also earned numerous Associated Press awards for stories, headline writing and special sports sections. Greg lives in West Milton with his wife and two daughters. When not covering events, he and his wife are cheering for the girls as they play a variety of sports for the Milton-Union Bulldogs.
In a Division IV district final against rival St. Henry on Friday night, Marion Local rose to the challenge with big efforts from 6-9 Jack Knapke and 6-8 Austin Niekamp. Marion's height advantage lifted the Flyers to the D-IV district title with a 59-50 win ... but not before St. Henry's rally from a 28-10 deficit to briefly take the lead. Greg Billing writes tournament basketball.
Both the Russia Raiders and Troy Christian Eagles cut down the nets after winning Division IV district titles at the University of Dayton Arena on Wednesday. Doug Borchers, brother of the late Dave Borchers, who coached the Raiders, got the honor of the final snip in memory of his brother. Russia gets Troy Christian in the regional semifinals Tuesday at Kettering's Trent Arena. Greg Billing writes Press Pros Basketball Tournaments.
