Football is a violent sport and always has been. It’s not to say other sports are not violent, but a lineman gets hit every single play of a football game.

FOREST — Thirty-six competitors ran in the 2015 Hardin County Family YMCA Tree Town Trot 5K this year. The best overall time posted was 20:30 by Paul Frey.

KENTON — Fairbanks’ Todd Crowe II topped Marion Pleasant’s Griffin McCloy with a birdie on the first playoff hole after both carded a 79 in the 16-18 age division Thursday. Crowe won the fifth Heart of Ohio Junior Golf Association golf tournament at Veterans Memorial Golf Club in Kenton with a 41 on the front nine holes and a 38 on the back.

CAREY — The fourth annual Wyandot Sports Hall of Fame golf outing is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Aug. 15 at Bob’s Countryside Golf Course, 4204 OH 199, Carey. It is a four-person scramble and the first 18 teams to sign up will play.

SYCAMORE — The Sycamore Soccer League is accepting registrations through July 26. Area players age 5 by Aug. 1 through eighth grade are invited to join the recreational league. Games are played Saturday mornings at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Sycamore during September and October.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — The Riverdale youth football camp is scheduled to start Monday. The seventh and eighth grade will be from 8:30-10 a.m., while the third through sixth grades will be from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

ADA — The American Youth Basketball Tour is hosting the Midwest Summer Slam at Ohio Northern University in Ada from July 25-26. Summer Slam is for boys and girls teams from fourth grade up to varsity.

Upper Sandusky High School is hosting a fall sports parent meeting at 7 p.m. July 28 in the high school gym. Parents of all fall sport athletes are expected to attend.

MOUNT GILEAD — After having to cancel the first attempt to play the Heart of Ohio Junior Golf Association golf tournament at Pine Lakes Golf Club in Mount Gilead, rain hindered golf once again Tuesday as all three divisions were able to play just nine holes.