CAREY — Outside shooting is the perfect compliment to the Carey boys basketball team’s offense, especially with 6-foot-8 center Hayden Stone always a threat to score in the post. And on Saturday against Wynford, the Blue Devils, taking note that the Royals were in a zone defensively, connected on eight 3-pointers, including seven in the first half, in their 74-37 victory over the Royals at Carey High School.

CAREY — The Our Lady of Consolation staff earned its revenge against the eighth grade students in the second annual Christmas Benefit Basketball Game on Friday afternoon in the OLC school gymnasium. But that’s not what really mattered.

Florence Palmer celebrated her 103rd birthday at Westbrook Assisted Living and Memory Care in Upper Sandusky on Friday with a gift of 103 pink roses, although she’d prefer if people think she’s still 30.

SYCAMORE — It wasn’t the prettiest game, but the Mohawk boys basketball team got the job done against a gritty Carey team Friday night at Mohawk High School in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference game. The Warriors never trailed in a physical contest, but never created enough separation to get comfortable either, winning 46-40 in a defensive struggle.

After 25 years of service to his community, Wyandot County Sheriff’s Sgt. Dwight Kramer celebrated his retirement Thursday at the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office in downtown Upper Sandusky.

RAWSON — If there’s one person that the Riverdale girls basketball team has relied on this season, it’s senior forward Bry Vanden Bosch. In the midst of another slow start, a start in which the Falcons were trailing by 11 points early in the first quarter, the Falcons closed the half on a 14-point run, a run in which Vanden Bosch scored 11 of the Falcons’ 19 points the rest of the half.

The Upper Sandusky Middle School wrestling team finished fifth of 24 teams Saturday in the River Valley Invitational.

SYCAMORE — Mohawk Local School District teachers, administrators, board of education members and staff said goodbye to Superintendent Ken Ratliff with a retirement party Wednesday. Ratliff officially retires at the end of the year after serving as Mohawk superintendent for nine years.

Upper Sandusky’s boys and girls cruised to championships Wednesday in the Mount Gilead Invitational swimming meet held at the Marion YMCA.

For the second consecutive year, Stephanie and Randy Jacob, owners of Whole Life Fitness, are raising money to help children in Choluteca, Honduras, go to school. “We have the same nine kids and last year we were able to sponsor those nine kids plus an extra child since we raised $1,000 dollars,” Stephanie Jacob said.