SYCAMORE — The Sycamore Volunteer Fire Department received a grant for first responders from a Seneca County charity during its meeting on Monday. The non-profit Just for Kids of Seneca County donated $1,700 to the Sycamore Volunteer Fire Department for the purchase of body armor vests, intended to be used during active shooter events as well as other situations which often involve children being needless victims.

Upper Sandusky played the two-time defending Northern 10 Athletic Conference champion Buckeye Central close but was edged 194-202 in an N10 girls golf match Monday at Lincoln Hills Golf Club.

BUCYRUS — The Wynford volleyball team bounced back from a loss Saturday by beating Crestline, 25-19, 25-15, 25-15, in a nonconference match Monday at Wynford.

Kimber Mann pulls back on the make-shift slingshot Saturday afternoon at the Block Party in Harrison Smith Park while playing a live version Angry Birds with a goal to knock down some buildings constructed out of cardboard boxes. The Block Party was hosted by the Apostolic Gospel Church of Upper Sandusky.

Jaidyn Thiel had a hat trick to lead Upper Sandusky to a 5-2 victory against Clyde to open the boys soccer season Saturday night. Luke Amert scored the other two goals for the Rams, who tallied three second-half goals to break a 2-2 tie at halftime.

Taylor Norris tied the school record for goals in a match, scoring five times as the Upper Sandusky girls soccer team blew out Clyde, 9-0, to open the season Saturday. Norris scored three times in the first half and twice in the first six minutes of the second half.

Construction of the 4-foot-by-18-foot flower bed and sign at the entrance of Bicentennial Park was completed last month. Pictured are Cory Boes, Drew Rall, Linda DeBolt and Janice Woods.

Wyandot County Infirmary Cemetery Memorial Committee founding members Kelli Smith (pictured) and Mary Reinhart worked together on Thursday to finalize the list of names that will be featured on the monument.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Riverdale scored three goals in the final 20 minutes to turn a deficit into a 4-2 victory against Cory-Rawson in its girls soccer season opener Friday night in North Central Ohio Soccer Association play. Payton Rodriguez and Haley Frey each scored a pair of second-half goals during a downpour for the Falcons.

The Wyandot Soil and Water Conservation District held its 70th annual meeting Thursday inside the Masters Building at the Wyandot County Fairgrounds. Incumbent Jeff Bowen was re-elected to the SWCD Board of Supervisors. He ran unopposed.