Kenton High School graduate and Ashland University senior Travis Downing has been named to the 2018 Google Cloud NCAA Division II Academic All-America team for his efforts in the classroom and on the football field this fall. Downing, the Eagles long snapper for the past four seasons, was selected to the second team.
SPRINGFIELD — Kenton Ridge jumped on top of Ben Logan early and never looked back on the way to a 69-39 victory over the Raiders on Wednesday night. The host Cougars led 20-4 after eight minutes and extended the lead to 44-9 by halftime.
TROTWOOD — The Ben Logan girls swimming team won a meet at Trotwood Madison on Wednesday night, scoring 414 points. It was the first in-season meet the Raiders have ever won.
MOUNT BLANCHARD - Riverdale’s wrestlers split a pair of dual matches with McComb and Van Buren in a BVC tri-match on Wednesday. Riverdale edged McComb 30-23.
The Kenton basketball team ran away with easy wins over Indian Lake and Waynesfield-Goshen in its first two games this season. In the past two games, including a 46-29 victory over Ben Logan on Tuesday night, the Wildcats have shown they can grind out victories in defensive battles.
MOUNT BLANCHARD — Using a halfcourt press defense, Riverdale was able to force steals and turn them into points, leading to a 51-22 girls basketball victory over Ada on Tuesday night. Riverdale improves to 4-4 on the season, while Ada falls to 1-4.
The Kenton High School swim teams swept Wynford and split a meet with Bellefontaine at the Hardin County YMCA on Tuesday night. The Wildcats boys defeated Wynford 62-29 and Bellefontaine 63-29.
BELLEFONTAINE — The Ben Logan bowling teams dropped a pair of matches against Central Buckeye Conference foe Urbana on Tuesday night. Urbana edged the Lady Raiders by 13 pins 2,192-2,179.
MOUNT VICTORY — Allen East took control in the second half on the way to a 69-57 victory over Ridgemont in non-league boys basketball action on Tuesday night. Ridgemont led 15-9 after one quarter before the Mustangs rallied to tie the game at 28-28 at halftime and then outscored the Gophers 22-12 in the third eight minutes,
MOUNT VICTORY — Trailing by eight points after the first half, Ridgemont was looking to get a good start to the third quarter and cut into the Botkins lead. But it was the Trojans that came out of the half firing, netting five 3-pointers in the quarter on their way to earning a 63-38 girls basketball win over Ridgemont on Monday night.
