MOUNT BLANCHARD — Since the first game of their season, the Riverdale baseball players have had their eyes set on avenging an early loss against Carey. After defeating Arlington 12-4 Thursday at Falcon Field in a Division IV sectional final game, the rematch against Carey will take place at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Findlay Marathon Diamond.

CAREY — It didn’t take the Carey baseball team long to prove that a first round exit wouldn’t happen this year. The Blue Devils scored three runs in the first inning, seven in the second and two in the fifth on the way to a 12-2 run-rule victory over Upper Scioto Valley in the Division IV sectional final.

CAREY — Art Connections was voted the overall Ohio Department of Transportation choice award winner out of eight counties at this year’s Paint the Plow contest. Employees at ODOT District 1 voted for the best plow design at the district’s “roadeo” event May 2.

It took six years, but it finally happened. Arik Schneider threw a complete-game shutout, Brett Bianchi hit a two-run triple and Brenyn Marquart hit his second home run in as many games as the Upper Sandusky baseball team overwhelmed Spencerville 8-0 on Wednesday at Upper Sandusky High School.

With the type of game Jenna Rodriguez had on Wednesday, it was only fitting the Upper Sandusky center fielder would catch the final out of Upper Sandusky’s 13-11 upset softball victory over rival Carey in Northern 10 Conference play.

Upper Sandusky native Riordan McClain narrowly edged out opponents Steve Reinhard and Doug Weisenauer Tuesday to capture the Republican nomination in the primary for the 87th District for the Ohio House of Representatives.

Rick Roberts recently captured this photo of neighbor Paul Amos mowing his lawn into a checkerboard pattern for which he has become known.

The hit only traveled about 40 feet, but it was far enough. With the Norwalk-Upper Sandusky Division II sectional semifinal softball matchup tied entering the bottom of the seventh inning, junior pitcher Alivia Oney led off with a double, but the next two batters grounded and flew out.

A year after the Junior High Track and Field State Championships were initiated, two Upper Sandusky Middle School eighth-grade students will be competing in the state meet for the first time. Gage Frey and Kendra Conley, both pole vaulters, each have qualified for the 2018 Junior High Track and Field State Championships that will take place Saturday at the Lancaster High School athletic complex.

McCUTCHENVILLE — The Wyandot County Historical Society met Monday with the county commissioners and a representative from UIS Insurance at the Overland Inn. The Overland Inn was originally built in 1829 as a stagecoach stop on the Harrison Trail.