BUCYRUS — Wynford junior Seth Benedict had never recovered a fumble in his high school career. But after the Wynford football team turned it over on downs to give Liberty-Benton possession on its own five-yard line with 10:03 remaining in the contest and the Royals trailing by five points, Benedict seized the opportunity.

KANSAS — Mohawk could not have scripted a better opening quarter Friday against Lakota. The Warriors scored on their first two drives and never looked back, topping Lakota 34-8 in the teams’ opening game of the season.

ARLINGTON — A close game at halftime turned into a blowout as Riverdale lost its football season opener at Arlington on Friday. Trailing by just 7 points at the half, Riverdale’s offense was shut down by an opportunistic Arlington defense, which intercepted Riverdale quarterback Alec Loveridge four times in the game and forced five turnovers overall.

NEW WASHINGTON — With its Northern 10 Athletic Conference volleyball winning streak in danger, Buckeye Central rose to the occasion, rallying from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Mohawk, 25-17, 26-28, 16-25, 25-16, 15-9, on Thursday night in New Washington.

CAREY — Dylan Grothaus shot a career-best 40 to lead Carey to a 174-191 victory against Wynford in Northern 10 Athletic Conference boys golf action Thursday at Bob’s Countryside Golf Course. Grothaus eagled No. 5, with Ethan Tanner doing the same and shooting a 42. Kole Phillips and Carter Frederick both finished with 46s.

CAREY — Colonel Crawford won a pair of close sets and swept Carey, 25-22, 25-23, 25-16, in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference volleyball match Thursday night.

Although he’s a junior and has run track at Riverdale High School, Eli Weber is running cross country for the first time this season. The Icebreaker Invitational on Wednesday at Upper Sandusky’s Harrison Smith Park was his first race.

ARLINGTON — Andrew Kuenzli medaled with a 41 to lead Riverdale to a 204-231 victory against Ridgemont in a boys golf match Wednesday at Sycamore Springs Golf Course. Rease Haley shot a 50, Curtis Tracy tallied a 51, and Justin Hartman finished with a 62 for the Falcons (7-6).

Pleasant won all three close matches while taking a 4-1 victory against Upper Sandusky in a girls tennis match Wednesday. The Rams (0-4) got their only win from Jodi Smalley in the No. 1 singles match. She downed Arielle Wenig 6-1, 6-3.

ELIDA — Elida blanked Riverdale, 3-0, to give the Falcons their first loss of the girls soccer season Wednesday. Brooke Reese, Cienna Kuhn and Marley Saull all scored for the Bulldogs (1-0). Jency Jenkins had an assist.