BUCYRUS — Students in the Wynford Local School district spend a large portion of their time in school preparing for and taking tests, exams and assessments according to principals Nelle Ratliff, elementary school principal; Julie Miller, junior high principal; and Chris Solis, high school principal.

CANTON — Upper Sandusky senior Abbey Wenger’s high school swimming career may have ended sooner than she wanted, but she will look back on becoming the first two-time state qualifier in her coach’s tenure, providing mentorship for the first-time state qualifiers and nearly making it to the finals in her last competition.

CAREY — Wyandot County residents are invited to dress up Saturday for the fourth annual Art Connections art auction fundraiser. The event this year will be held at the new Moreno’s Vault banquet hall in Carey and is open to everyone who has already RSVP’d.

First responders were on the scene this morning after a passerby reported a wrecked Dodge Ram 3500 abandoned on CH 44 near Ohio 199. The vehicle had damage to the steering wheel on the inside and was damaged on its front left side.

CALEDONIA — Wynford nearly erased a 20-point fourth-quarter deficit but hot-shooting River Valley was almost perfect at the foul line and did not let it happen. The Vikings connected on 13 3-pointers and made their first 19 free throws before missing their final attempt, holding off the Royals in a 94-88 shootout of a nonconference boys basketball game Wednesday night.

MONROEVILLE — Upper Sandusky senior guard Alivia Oney called it the Upper Sandusky girls basketball team’s biggest comeback since they erased a 24-point deficit against Riverdale two years ago. Fellow senior guard Alexis Fogle concurred.

Ben Reis, day shift custodian, clears the sidewalks at Upper Sandusky High School Wednesday morning. Snow storms closed Upper Sandusky Exempted Village School District, Carey Exempted Village School District, Mohawk Local School District, Wynford Local School District and Riverdale Local School District for the day.

SHELBY — Mohawk struggled to put points on the board for most of the first half, but a flurry of points near the end of the second quarter finally got it going and led the way to a 45-20 victory against Mansfield Christian in a Division IV sectional semifinal game Tuesday night at Shelby.

LIMA — Riverdale had the momentum going into halftime of its Division IV girls sectional basketball contest against Cory-Rawson on Tuesday night, The Hornets wasted little time in stealing it back in the second half as they pulled away for a 52-40 victory over the Falcons at Bath.

Carey FFA Chapter President Olivia Coppler introduces guest speaker Ty Higgins at the 2019 Wyandot County Ag Leaders Breakfast at the Masters’ Building this morning.