SPENCERVILLE — Spencerville held Ada scoreless in the first quarter and never looked back on the way to a 54-11 Northwest Conference girls basketball victory on Thursday night.

ADA — Ohio Northern men's basketball team dropped a 79-70 decision to Baldwin Wallace on Thursday night at the ONU Sports Center. The Polar Bears, who fall to 4-16 overall and 0-13 in Ohio Athletic Conference play, were paced by Daniel Donner’s 20 points and nine rebounds.

BEREA — Baldwin Wallace topped Ohio Northern 70-45 in a Ohio Athletic Conference women’s basketball contest on Thursday night. The Polar Bears (11-9 overall and 5-8 OAC) were led by nine points from Tori Wyss and eight points from Alyssa Manley.

The action on the basketball court is expected to heat up this weekend as six of the seven area teams have home contests on Friday night. Kenton goes after its second league win in six tries when its hosts Shawnee in a Western Buckeye League contest.

The Hardin County Family YMCA has announced a new partnership with the Kenton Christian and Missionary Alliance Church to be able to bring volleyball to area residents at an open gym twice a month beginning in February. The open gym volleyball will be held at the church’s Great Room KCMA at 15436 Ohio 309 on the first and third Thursday of every month, beginning on Thursday, Feb. 7 from 7 to 9 p.m.

ADA — Anticipated temperatures of 15-below zero on Wednesday night forced the postponement of Ohio Northern’s men’s and women’s basketball games with Baldwin Wallace to tonight. The Polar Bear men will now host the Yellow Jackets for a  7 p.m. matchup tonight at the ONU Sports Center and the Polar Bear women will travel to Berea for a 7 p.m. …

The Kenton boys and girls swim teams swept a dual meet with Ada on Tuesday night at the Hardin County YMCA. The Kenton boys won 102-46.

ADA — Leading Ada by just three points midway through the third quarter, the Upper Scioto Valley Lady Rams went on a 15-2 run into the fourth, giving them a 16-point advantage. Ada made a late push with a 10-2 run, cutting the Rams’ lead to eight, but the USV held on down the stretch to earn a 48-36 victory over their county rival.

All Kenton High School athletic events have been canceled for today – including the varsity swim meet against Lima Bath that was scheduled to be held at the Lima YMCA. The Wildcats home wrestling meet against Defiance that was scheduled for Tuesday night has been moved to Monday, Feb. 4.

BELLEFONTAINE — Jonathan Alder took the lead in the second quarter and pulled away in the third quarter on the way to a 41-26 victory over Ben Logan in a non-league boys basketball game between Central Buckeye Conference cross-divisional teams. The game was tied 6-6 after eight minutes before the Knights outscored Ben Logan 8-2 in the second quarter and …