MOUNT BLANCHARD — When Riverdale’s Carrol Pauley began high school four years ago, she had aspirations of being an athlete in college as a volleyball player. On Thursday, those dreams of continuing her athletic career at the college level came to fruition when Pauley signed a letter of intent to attend Ashland University

Wyandot County Soil and Water ditch maintenance supervisor Jeff Hohman shows landowners from Wyandot and Crawford counties areas of a proposed ditch project that would need work at a ditch hearing at Mohawk Community Library on Tuesday.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Several members of the Riverdale School District changed their TV viewing habits last Thursday to see the local team compete for the championship of a scholastic tournament. They saw two sets of brothers and their friend complete a victory over a 32-team field from throughout northwest Ohio in the WBGU-TV Brain Game finals with a win over Lake High School.

CAREY — Colonel Crawford stayed atop the Northern 10 Athletic Conference softball standings with a 5-1 victory against Carey on Tuesday. The Eagles (11-1, 7-1 N10) scored three times in the third inning and then two more times in the fifth inning.

Upper Sandusky mixed up its lineup Tuesday but still came away with a 4-1 victory against Bucyrus. With the Redmen forfeiting at both No. 2 and 3 singles, the Rams (9-2) needed to take only one match to come away a winner, and they got that quickly with a 6-0, 6-0 No. 1 doubles victory by Noah Frey and Alex Brodman against Alex Moore and Clay Schiefer.

CAREY — With a lawyer and a lawmaker sworn in Monday night, Carey is ready to get back to governing. Jessica Monday was appointed as village solicitor prior to a regular council meeting.

The Wyandot County Board of Commissioners recently received a third estimate for possible restorations to three stained glass windows at the Wyandot County Courthouse Vidonish Stained Glass Studios of Lexington submitted a $126,000 estimate, the highest estimate of the three.

Firefighters from Marseilles and Pitt Township responded to a mower that caught fire Monday afternoon in the 10,000 block of CH 77 near TH 108. The resident was riding the mower when she noticed flames between the blade deck and the engine.

BUCYRUS — In a game that featured a fair share of offense, it was a defensive play that saved the day for Mohawk in a 7-6 win. Down 7-5 in the bottom of the seventh, Wynford got back-to-back one-out singles from Caleb Stone and Wyatt Smith, and both runners moved into scoring position on a wild pitch.

Once Upper Sandusky’s bats finally came to life, they did so in a big way. The Rams (10-4, 6-1 Northern 10 Athletic Conference) scored seven times in the fifth inning and four times in the sixth to beat Seneca East, 11-2, on Monday.