FINDLAY — Carey faced a 2-1 deficit and then a 13-11 hole in the fifth set against Arlington, but Blue Devils coach Eric Vackert said he remained confident. Carey showed why. It won the last two sets, including the final four points of the fifth set to rally for a 19-25, 25-22, 23-25, 25-16, 15-13 victory Monday night against Arlington in a Division IV district semifinal match at Findlay High School.

FINDLAY — With a chance to force a fifth set, Mohawk held a 23-20 lead, but New Riegel rallied to knock off the Warriors in four, 22-25, 25-18, 25-16, 26-24, in a Division IV district semifinal match Monday night at Findlay High School.

LIMA — Upper Sandusky gave up three goals in the final 19 minutes of the first half, and that was more than enough for Lima Shawnee to take a 4-0 victory in a Division II sectional final girls soccer match Saturday at Shawnee. The district No. 3 seed Indians (10-4-3) advance to take on No. 2 Elida at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Elida.

GALION — Upper Sandusky’s Madelyn Shasteen and Mohawk’s Destini Oler, Anna Stillberger and Jared Vargo qualified for regionals out of the Amman’s Reservoir Park cross country district meet Saturday.

FINDLAY — Carey’s boys and girls teams and Riverdale’s Juleigha Collier and Kendra Collier qualified for regionals during district cross country competition Saturday at Owens Community College’s Findlay campus. Both Blue Devils teams took third place in their districts, while the Collier’s had top-16 individual finishes for the fifth-place Falcons.

BUCYRUS — Another year, another league championship for Wynford. Led by their defense, the Royals clinched at least a share of the Northern 10 Athletic Conference championship and improved to 31-0 all-time in the league with a 34-0 victory against Upper Sandusky on Friday night.

CAREY — Players usually don’t need any extra motivation in a rivalry game, but the Warriors had it Friday night at Carey. Mohawk was playing to crack the top eight in Division VII Region 26 with two weeks remaining in the season.

VAN BUREN — Riverdale gave Van Buren its best shot on Friday night in a Blanchard Valley Conference football game, but the Falcons could not stop Van Buren defensively en route to a 34-19 loss. Riverdale (5-4, 3-4 BVC) marched down the field on its opening drive with a steady diet of senior running back Aidan Loveridge.

CAREY — Playing a sectional final match against a team with only a handful of losses on the season is tough enough. Carey complicated things further with its own errors Thursday night, but it overcame them to take a 25-20, 26-28, 25-14, 25-20 victory against Hardin Northern.

SYCAMORE — Sectional championships have become routine for Mohawk volleyball, and the Warriors made it look pretty simple Thursday night. Mohawk controlled each set in a 25-17, 25-18, 25-16 victory against Gibsonburg in a Division IV sectional final. It was the Warriors’ eighth straight sectional title.