PEMBERVILLE — Ethan Melroy gave the underdogs an early lift, and No. 6 Riverdale played toe-to-toe with the No. 2 seed in the district for about 70 minutes of a very damp sectional final game. Then the floodgates opened.

CAREY — Cardinal Stritch was the Toledo Area Athletic Conference co-champion, but the Cardinals had not seen a hitter like Sydney Kin before Wednesday night. Kin slammed 20 kills, including 10 in the first set, as the Blue Devils won their fifth straight sectional title with a 25-16, 25-18, 25-23 victory.

The Upper Sandusky junior high cross country team won the Northern 10 Athletic Conference championship. The Rams are (from left) Gracie Manns, Emma Brown, Claire Swavel, Liz Plymale, Emma Pever, Haley Lee, Hannah Herring and coach Jeff Fett.

The Upper Sandusky seventh grade volleyball team won the Northern 10 Athletic Conference championship. The Rams are (front row, from left) Roni Valentine, Kaylee Roberts, Cassidy Conrad, Ruth Baldwin; (back row) coach Catie Richman, Sydney Ham, Jenna Kurtz, Madison Byrum, Lindsay Weininger, Amara Hord and Alayna Thomas.

The Mohawk eighth grade football team went undefeated and won the Northern 10 Athletic Conference championship. The Warriors are (first row, from left) Zachariah King, Anthony Zender, Tyson Johnson, Tyler Hayman, Kaleb Leeth, Mason Tyree, Trey Combs;

ST. MARYS — The light rain that began around halftime had picked up by game’s end, and the Rams had a long drive on their humid school bus ahead. Seeded 11th out of 11 teams in its district with a draw straight into the sectional final, Upper Sandusky was overmatched to the tune of an 11-2 defeat at No. 3 St. Marys Memorial on Wednesday night.

FOSTORIA — The volleyball banner in the Fostoria High School gym is virtually blank, showing only a Great Lakes League title in 1976. There are no dates listed underneath sectional championships.

FORT RECOVERY — A shorthanded Riverdale volleyball team fell at Fort Recovery in a sectional semifinal match Wednesday, 25-17, 25-11, 25-15. Carrol Pauley and Jessica Johnston led the 12th-seeded Falcons (10-13) with seven kills each.

BELLEVUE — Despite a loss, Upper Sandusky volleyball coach Kerri Thiel had nothing but good things to say about how her team finished its season Tuesday night.

Statistically historic careers came to an end for the seniors of the Upper Sandusky girls soccer season as the No. 8 seed Rams fell to No. 4 seed Lima Shawnee on Tuesday, 4-0.