BELLEFONTAINE — Ten errors were costly for the Ben Logan softball team as the Lady Raiders fell to Springfield Northwestern in a Central Buckeye Conference game on Monday afternoon.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Van Buren scored two runs in the top of the first Monday and cruised from there to a 13-1 five-inning Blanchard Valley Conference baseball victory over Riverdale.

Celina scored five runs in the third inning and added seven more in the sixth on the way to a 12-5 victory over Kenton in a Western Buckeye League baseball game on Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats fall to 10-8 on the season and 1-7 in WBL play.

The Kenton baseball team opens sectional tournament play at home on Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats will host Elida in the sectional semifinals at 2 p.m.

No area schools received a top two seed in the district softball pairings released on Sunday. Hardin Northern was the top-seeded area team after receiving a No. 4 seed for the Division IV Kenton district. The Polar Bears will host Arcadia in a sectional final game at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 14.

MORRAL — The Riverdale baseball team split a twinbill with Ridgedale on Saturday afternoon, falling 3-1 in the first game before rebounding to win game two 5-1. Leading 2-1 going into the top of the seventh of game two, the Falcons scored three runs to put the contest out of reach.

BELLEFONTAINE — Wapakoneta won the boys and girls portions of the Raider Invitational track and field meet, hosted by Ben Logan on Friday night. The Redskins won the boys meet with 147 points. Bellefontaine was second with 129 points and the host Raiders placed third with 96 points.

The Kenton tennis team won all three singles matches on the way to a 4-1 victory over Bellefontaine on Saturday afternoon. Winning for the Wildcats were Jake Abbott, who defeated Tyler Frantz 6-2, 6-2 at No. 1 singles

DOLA — Hardin Northern fell to Van Buren 1-0 Friday night in nonconference softball. Van Buren pushed one unearned run across the plate in the top of the first against Addy Bame.

Dalton Kessler provided the clutch hit when Kenton needed it on Friday and the result was the Wildcats’ first Western Buckeye League victory of the season as they defeated Elida 3-1.