MOUNT BLANCHARD — Riverdale’s girls took first place in a Blanchard Valley Conference quad track and field meet Tuesday at Riverdale. The Falcons topped Arcadia 97-63, with Leipsic taking third over Vanlue 52-38.

Sure, the Upper Sandusky baseball team scored 14 runs and Brenyn Marquart pitched a complete game in five innings. But those weren’t the only reasons the Rams’ 14-0 victory over Colonel Crawford on Tuesday at Upper Sandusky won’t soon be forgotten.

Area youth athletes were honored Monday evening at the Upper Sandusky City Council meeting. Upper Sandusky Middle School wrestlers Lane Montgomery, Bryce Kincade and Karson Alban were given Mayor’s Awards Monday for advancing to the state wrestling tournament last season.

When a blood test revealed that Columbus native Randy Zibell had an incurable liver disease, he couldn’t believe it. He was healthy, active and asymptomatic at the time. But over time as his liver began to fail, he realized at age 61, he was too tired to even walk across the parking lot in to work.

Success in identifying human trafficking requires an educated public that knows the signs, according to the Wyandot County Sheriff.

Upper Sandusky boys and girls were winners in a home tri-meet against Seneca East and Wynford on Monday at Upper Sandusky. The Rams girls topped the Tigers 92.5-30.5, with the Royals scoring 31 points, while the Rams boys topped the Tigers 84-64, with the Royals tallying 27 points.

Upper Sandusky committed six errors and suffered its first loss of the season 8-1 in a nonconference baseball game Monday at Upper Sandusky.

Upper Sandusky’s finest are on the move. In a special meeting over the weekend, the City of Upper Sandusky approved an emergency resolution to move the Upper Sandusky Police Department to the vacant building on 119 W. Johnson St. in Upper Sandusky, the former location of Dough-Si-Dough doughnut shop.

CAREY — This wasn’t the first time that the Carey girl's track and field team has won the Carey Blue Devil Relays, the annual track meet the Carey boys and girl's track teams host on their home track. It wasn’t the second or third consecutive time they have done so either. Thanks to eight first-place finishes in the running events and an overall team score of 141 points, the Carey girl's track team won the Carey Blue Devil Relays for at least the fifth consecutive time on Saturday.

Wyandot County Solid Waste Management District Coordinator Kyle McColly was eager to show off the county’s new baler at the recycling center before Friday’s quarterly policy committee meeting. McColly said the new Maren baler arrived March 14, was installed by A&C Compaction Equipment March 18 and was first put to work March 19.