Carey goes 2-3 to open season at Findlay Duals FINDLAY — Carey finished 2-3 in the season-opening Findlay Duals on Saturday. The Blue Devils got a 41-40 victory against Wapakoneta and another win that was not available. Read More
Royals downed in overtime BUCYRUS — Josh Crall scored 30 points but it was not quite enough as Wynford fell 63-59 to Margaretta in overtime on Saturday evening. The Polar Bears (2-0) made 14 of 17 free throws in the game and outscored the Royals (0-2) 12-8 in the extra period. Read More
USV wins big over Riverdale McGUFFEY — The Riverdale boys basketball team dropped its second consecutive game with a 81-45 loss to Upper Scioto Valley on Saturday at Upper Scioto Valley High School. The Rams outscored the Falcons 19-9, 18-13, 28-9 and 16-14 in each of the four quarters. Read More
Arcadia runs away with 53-27 win ARCADIA — Scoring in double figures in the first three quarters, the Arcadia girls basketball team cruised to a 53-27 victory over Carey on Saturday at Arcadia High School. The Redskins outscored the Blue Devils 14-4 in the first quarter, 13-7 in the second quarter and 20-5 in the third quarter. Read More
Mohawk rolls to 71-46 victory against New Riegel in opener SYCAMORE — After an early eight-point lead prompted a New Riegel timeout, the Mohawk boys basketball team knew exactly what adjustment to make to put the game out of reach. After coming out in a half court man-to-man defense, Mohawk coach Paul Dunn switched to a full court press. Read More
Blue Devils hold off Falcons 55-52 CAREY — The Carey boys basketball team opened its regular season with a non-conference game against area rival Riverdale and the game didn’t disappoint. Both teams traded big swings of momentum with Riverdale having an opportunity to tie the game in the final 10 seconds, but the Falcons fell just short as Carey won 55-52. Read More
Upper runs away from Willard WILLARD — Upper Sandusky has plenty of options offensively, so when its defense buckles down this year like it did late in the second quarter, the Rams are hard to stop. They closed the first half on a big run and cruised to an 83-59 victory against Willard to open the season Friday night. Read More
Willard hands Upper Sandusky first loss of season 64-40 WILLARD — Alexis Fogle’s 3-point shooting — in the first half, she hit three of the Upper Sandusky girls basketball team’s five 3-pointers — coupled with free throws by Fogle, Hannah McKinniss and a coast-to-coast layup by Alivia Oney kept the Rams close early. Read More
Shooting, rebounding sink Royals RICHWOOD — Most of the night, Wynford did everything it needed to do on defense to perfection except get rebounds. North Union’s 12 second-chance points were enough to win a defensive battle 43-35 to open the boys basketball season Friday night. Read More
Mohawk edged by Lakota in opener SYCAMORE —The Mohawk girls basketball team kicked off its regular season by hosting Lakota on Thursday night in a non-conference game. The Warriors were able to hang close throughout the contest, but size played a big part in Lakota’s 38-31 victory. Read More