MOUNT BLANCHARD — Heading into its matchup with the Riverdale girls soccer team, the Upper Sandusky girls soccer team faced two formidable opponents — a perpetual rainfall that became more steady as the game progressed and a Falcons’ defense that had held opponents to two goals or less six times this season.

Area residents enjoyed the many different classic cars at the 2018 Autumn Cruise in downtown Upper Sandusky on Saturday.

COLUMBUS — There was no doubt who Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer was going to present the game ball to minutes after his team’s 49-6 victory over Tulane on Saturday at Ohio Stadium.

Upper Sandusky High School seniors Alivia Oney (left) and Peyton Hawk were named the 2018 Homecoming king and queen. Oney, an Upper Sandusky native, is a daughter of Nick and Deanna Oney.

Riverdale High School seniors Alex Rothlisberger (left) and Alec Loveridge were named the 2018 Homecoming king and queen at Friday’s football game against Vanlue.

BUCYRUS — In the blink of an eye, Wynford went from having a victory in its grasp to facing the prospect of a soul-crushing loss to Colonel Crawford on a night where neither team seemed to find its offensive footings. Less than one minute after scoring the go-ahead touchdown, the Royals needed a goal-line stand in the final seconds of the fourth quarter to preserve a 14-7 win over the Eagles in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference thriller Friday.

Even on the rare possession that the Upper Sandusky football team began a drive in its own territory, the Rams still managed to find the end zone. The Rams scored on five possessions and added a recovery of a blocked punt for a touchdown in a 42-6 rout of Buckeye Central on Friday at Upper Sandusky High School.

An Upper Sandusky man will be bringing a one-of-a-kind creation to the Autumn Cruise car show Saturday in downtown Upper Sandusky. Bob Smith, 66, a retired fabricator, bought the body of a 1926 Ford Model T last July and turned it into a custom street rod over the course of nine months.

The 2018 Riverdale homecoming court consists of (from left, seated to standing), freshmen attendants Paige Rothlisberger and Spencer Dodds, sophomore attendants Danielle Searfoss and Andrew Kuenzli, senior attendants Katy Miller and Jon McClain, Alex Rothlisberger and Alec Loveridge, and Brooke Kuenzli and Seth McElree, and junior attendants Libby Burd and Clay Young.

CAREY —  Approximately a quarter mile away from the finish line, Carey freshman Sarah Reinhart realized her fourth win of the season was in reach. And exactly 20 minutes and 57 seconds after the girls race at the Blue Devil Run on Thursday at Carey began, Reinhart, despite running in temperatures hovering around 87-88 degrees with perpetual sunshine, notched her …