SYCAMORE — Playing for the third time in five days, Upper Sandusky’s girls basketball team played well enough to accomplish one of its goals — the outright Northern 10 Athletic Conference championship. The Rams built a lead big enough early to stand for a 45-34 victory at Mohawk, giving Upper Sandusky its first league championship since it won the North Central Conference in 2013.

SYCAMORE — Coming back from down double digits on back-to-back nights was too much to ask. Mohawk fell behind by as many as 22 points and couldn’t make it all up in a 60-50 loss to Wynford in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference game Saturday. The road team led wire-to-wire. Zach Hoffman made four 3s and led three Wynford scorers in double figures with 16 points. Caleb Rausch had 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting and 12 rebounds.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — During the final week of August and the first few weeks of September, county fair goers flock to the fairgrounds in Findlay, Kenton and Upper Sandusky for the Hancock, Hardin and Wyandot county fairs, which fall on consecutive weeks. The fairs are home to a wide variety of livestock shows for members of 4-H and FFA organizations and open shows for adults.

The Wyandot County Chamber of Commerce capped off months of growth with a name change to kick off 2017. The ageny’s growth and success were acknowleged across the state Thursday evening when President and CEO Kathy Grasz was surprised with the Chamber of Commerce Executives of Ohio’s Chamber Professional of the Year award. Grasz received the award during the CCEO Winter Conference in Newark.

A New Riegel man accused of attacking Wyndot County Sheriff Mike Hetzel was arraigned Friday in county common pleas courtr. Joshua B. Risner, 30, pleaded not guilty to a second-degree felony charge of escape and assault, a fourth-degree felony. Risner is accused of assaulting Hetzel on the third floor of the Wyandot County Courthouse in November, while awaiting to enter the courtroom for a pretrial hearing for a seperate case.

Upper Sandusky shook up its rotation and at times looked shook up Friday against Buckeye Central. An 11-0 fourth-quarter run carried the Rams to a 61-54 win. Wes Vent had 26 points. “What’s nice about these kids is, they hate to lose and they just figure out a way to win. We’ve had games like this over the past couple of years, but they think they’re going to win no matter what,” Upper Sandusky coach Jeff Winslow said. “They just toughed this one out.”

BUCYRUS — Challenged to step up in the second half, Carey did just that behind huge efforts by Trey Bame and Cody Luzader. The Blue Devils guards combined for 10 3-pointers and 39 points after halftime to help rally their team for a 76-66 overtime victory at Wynford on Friday night.

Upper Sandusky police officers soon will spend less time writing tickets and more time patrolling the streets and keeping the city safe. Some police cars will be equipped with eCitation electronic ticketing systems.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Having already made a three-quarter-court shot at the halftime buzzer, a 3-pointer from about 23 feet certainly was well within Brittany Hovest’s range.