Leipsic outshoots Lady Falcons, 43-25 LEIPSIC — Leipsic outscored Riverdale in all four quarters on the way to a 43-25 Blanchard Valley Conference girls basketball victory on Thursday night. The host Vikings led 11-5 after one quarter and 20-9 at halftime before outscoring the Falcons 23-16 in the second half. Read More
USV falls to Lehman Catholic McGUFFEY — Lehman Catholic built a big early lead and then shutout Upper Scioto Valley 14-0 in the third quarter on the way to a 51-27 victory over the Rams in a Northwest Conference girls basketball game on Thursday night. The visitors led 14-4 after eight minutes and 26-13 at halftime before putting the game away in the third eight minutes. Read More
Middle school: January 11, 2019 The Ben Logan seventh grade girls basketball team fell to North Union 31-17 on Thursday. Georgia Bates netted 5 points and Kyndall Cronkleton had 4 points each for the Raiders. Maddie Herring added 2 points. Read More
Second half rally lifts ONU women over BW ADA — Ohio Northern trailed Baldwin Wallace by 15 points at halftime, but outscored its Ohio Athletic Conference foe 38-16 over the final 20 minutes for a 53-46 women’s basketball victory at the ONU Sports Center on Wednesday evening. Read More
Wildcats to face Wapak, Ridgemont hosts Polar Bears The Kenton boys basketball team goes after its first Western Buckeye League win when the Wildcats travel to Wapakoneta on Friday night. The Wildcats (7-2 on the season) have struggled in WBL play, dropping both of their league contests, including a 72-54 setback to Defiance last Friday. In that game, Jaron Sharp led Kenton with 17 points, while Jayden Cornell had 16 points. Read More
BL bowlers drop close match ST. PARIS — Graham nipped Ben Logan 2,522-2,521 in a battle of the Central Buckeye Conference Mad River Division bowling leaders on Wednesday night. Devon Snider had games of 183 and 203 for a 386 series to lead the Raiders. Read More
ONU men suffer road loss to Baldwin-Wallace BEREA — Despite a 32-point effort from Ryan Bruns and the first career double-double by Daniel Donner, the Ohio Northern men’s basketball team lost to Baldwin Wallace 90-75 Wednesday night in an Ohio Athletic Conference contest. The Polar Bears fall to 4-10 overall and are 0-7 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Yellow jackets are 10-4, 4-3. Read More
Middle school: January 10, 2019 RIDGEWAY — The Ridgemont seventh grade boys basketball team picked up its first victory of the season, defeating Crestline 18-11 on Wednesday. Leading the way for the Golden Gophers was Tate Martino with 6 points. Read More
Kenton boys, BL girls sweep quad meet The Kenton boys and the Ben Logan girls swept a swimming quad meet that also included Botkins and Indian Lake at the Hardin County YMCA on Tuesday night. Read More
Lady Gophers come up big in 2nd half of win GALION — Ridgemont overcame a slow start to pull way in the second half for a 58-42 victory over North Union in a non-league girls basketball game on Tuesday night. The Gophers trailed 17-12 after one quarter and 28-18 at halftime before outscoring the hosts 24-8 in the third quarter and 16-6 in the final eight minutes. Read More