ARLINGTON — Riverdale’s softball sectional final against Arlington had a little bit of everything Thursday night. There was a home run, a home run that wasn’t, an infield double, five Riverdale errors that led to no runs and a no-hit bid into the sixth inning.
CAREY — Snapping a seven-game losing streak isn’t easy, and neither was Carey’s Division IV softball sectional final against Ada on Thursday. In an ugly game with 10 combined errors, the Blue Devils produced an eight-run second inning and held on for dear life in a 9-7 victory.
BELLEFONTAINE — The Ben Logan baseball team cruised in its Division II sectional tournament opener as Austin Cline tossed a one-hitter to lead the Raiders to a 10-0 win over Urbana on Thursday.
COLUMBUS GROVE — Led by Carlee Marshall’s third-place effort in the long jump, the Ada girls are in second place with 14 points after the first day of the Northwest Conference track meet on Thursday.
WAYNESFIELD — The Upper Scioto Valley boys and girls track teams got off to a good start at the Northwest Central Conference track and field meet on Thursday.
McCOMB — There are a number of things Ada fans could point to that went wrong Wednesday in the Bulldogs’ Division IV sectional final baseball loss. The Bulldogs were held to two hits and did not score a run. McComb scored eight runs with two outs. Of the eight walks and one hit batsman issued by Ada pitchers, seven scored.
ARCADIA — The Upper Scioto Valley baseball team has struggled to hit against Arcadia ace Chad Baker in the past as he threw a no-hitter against the Rams last spring in the sectional finals.
When the Kenton baseball team defeated Elida 8-3 on Saturday, it was the first sectional tournament win for the Wildcat program since 2001. If the Wildcats can get past St. Marys this afternoon, they will lay claim to the sectional championship...
Hardin Northern pitcher Addy Bame was selected player of the year and Polar Bear mentor Jessica Mast was named coach of the year as the Northwest Central Conference All-League softball teams were announced on Tuesday.
Upper Scioto Valley outfielder Jayden Evans was selected first team and infielder Cameron Parker earned second team honors on the All-Northwest Central Conference baseball teams released on Tuesday.
