CAREY — It didn’t take Carey High School junior Tanner May long to secure his place in Carey High School wrestling history. May, who had a first-round bye in the Carey Classic on Saturday at Carey High School, faced Fostoria’s Aaron Johnson in the second round, where he pinned Johnson at the 41-second mark. With the victory, May became the youngest wrestler in the history of the Carey High School wrestling program to win the 100th match of his high school wrestling career.

Upper Sandusky used a flurry of 3-pointers early to build a lead, and after Josh Crall rallied Wynford back into the game, the Rams used defense and post offense to put the Royals away 69-54 in Northern 10 Athletic Conference boys basketball play Saturday night. The Rams buried 10 treys in the first half, including seven in the first quarter, to take a 44-32 halftime lead.

An Upper Sandusky High School graduate is hoping he can spark residents of Wyandot County to help make a huge difference for at-risk youth in the community. Justin Swartz recently began the Wyandot County Mentoring Program. He was motivated to try something new after spending a decade working with children in need.

NORTH ROBINSON — The Upper Sandusky girls basketball team didn’t make more than two shots from the field in the second half of Friday’s contest versus Colonel Crawford. They didn’t need to. Leading by 12 over Colonel Crawford at the half, the Rams, often drawing fouls while driving to the basket, connected on 17 free throws in the second half to help them hold on for a 51-43 victory over Colonel Crawford at Colonel Crawford High School.

BUCYRUS — The Wynford and Buckeye Central girls varsity basketball teams were nearly exact opposites of each other shooting the ball in the first half Friday night in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference game at Wynford. Wynford was ice cold from the field, going 0 for 11 from beyond the arc while Buckeye Central was red hot, making six of its nine attempts from downtown, which allowed the Buckettes to take a 19-point lead into halftime.

Coffee took center stage Thursday evening as Beca House owner Steve Jackson gave a presentation to a packed house at the Upper Sandusky Community Library. “I was worried there were only going to be five people here,” Jackson said. “But this was a nice surprise.”

SYCAMORE — In their last 11 tries before Thursday’s matchup, the Mohawk boys basketball team hadn’t defeated Upper Sandusky. Additionally, the Warriors had yet to defeat the Rams in Northern 10 Athletic Conference play.

MORRAL — With 6-foot-8 Hayden Stone in the middle, Carey typically has a size advantage on just about any team. That was especially true Thursday night at Ridgedale. The much smaller Rockets, plagued by foul trouble, were no match for the Blue Devils in an 85-48 victory for Carey in Northern 10 Athletic Conference boys basketball play.

The Upper Sandusky Police Department returned to full strength with the hiring of a new police officer Wednesday morning. Charles Seeley was sworn in by Upper Sandusky Mayor Scott Washburn in council chambers.

The Wyandot Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting Wednesday morning at Trinity Evangelical United Methodist Church in Upper Sandusky. Wyandot County native Dr. Amy Collet Adams (pictured) was the guest speaker with a speech themed “Don’t get lost in the shuffle.”