SYCAMORE — Josh Dentinger shut down Mohawk through five innings on the mound and delivered two hits to lead Buckeye Central to a 6-4 victory in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference baseball opener Wednesday. Dentinger doubled and scored the go-ahead run on Trent Craft’s double in the top of the fourth inning.

BUCYRUS — Wynford’s N10 baseball opener at Bucyrus was delayed in the top of the seventh inning due to darkness, with the Royals up 6-3. The seventh inning will be played before the start of the teams’ rematch at Wynford at 5 p.m. Friday.

Upper Sandusky Police Chief David “Dunkin’ Donuts” Olds drained three shots in a row with five seconds on the clock to beat Wyandot County Prosecutor Doug “Hillbilly with a Law Degree” Rowland, and Upper Sandusky High School girls basketball coach “Jolly” Brent Fahle edged out Mohawk boys hoops coach Paul “Prodigal Son” Dunn in a 19-17 shootout in the DC-U Madness hoop shoot tournament Tuesday. Olds, representing the Law Enforcement Region, and Coach’s Region winner Fahle will go head-to-head in Monday’s Final Four of The Daily Chief-Union’s bracket-style arcade basketball shooting contest and canned food drive to benefit Wyandot County food pantries.

NEVADA — Bruce Samples, the owner of Nevada Country Market, is retiring after 48 years in the meat industry. The market is closing Friday. “The place is still for sale,” Samples said. Samples has owned the market on Nevada’s Main Street for the last eight years.

SYCAMORE — Mohawk errors helped Riverdale stay in the game, but the Warriors recovered and used an eight-run fifth inning to take a 12-2 run-rule victory against the Falcons in a non-league softball game Tuesday. Riverdale tied the game at 2 in the top of the second inning with the help of Mohawk mistakes.

March Madness is in full swing and the greatest matchups in Wyandot County hoops history are set. Not South Carolina versus Gonzaga, or North Carolina versus Oregon.

CAREY — The Carey baseball team is tired of waiting for next year. The future is now. Brayden Wentling doubled home Reece Mullholand with two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning to give the Blue Devils a season-opening 5-4 victory against Riverdale on Monday.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — With Hannah Lonsway in the circle, Dani Berardinelli-Clark could focus on taking care of business at the plate. Lonsway pitched a five-inning shutout, and Berardinelli-Clark smacked a double, a triple and a home run to lead Carey to a season-opening 10-0 victory over Riverdale.

KENTON — Molly Pees hit a game-tying home run in the bottom of the sixth inning and then delivered the game-winning RBI in the seventh to give Kenton a 2-1 win against Upper Sandusky in a non-conference softball game Monday.

KENTON — The Upper Sandusky boys tennis team opened its season with a 4-1 victory against Kenton on Monday. “It was a really good opening win for us with three new singles players from last year and the doubles teams all being new combinations,” Upper Sandusky coach Aaron Frazee said.