MOUNT BLANCHARD — The Riverdale Quiz Bowl team has earned many titles and honors in recent years. This season it has won both the Hardin and Hancock county tournaments, competed in the WNWO Academic Challenge and the WBGU tournament. The team has also been qualified to compete in national quiz bowl competitions the last five years, but members’ school calendars included other activities that kept them from taking part in the contests.

LAS VEGAS — A month after competing at the Ohio state tournament as well as at nationals, Upper Sandusky senior Noah Clary has competed in yet another tournament before he heads to college. Clary placed fourth in the 2018 Marines Western Regional Freestyle on April 27-28 at the South Point Convention Center in Las Vegas.

A significant amount of help is on the way for people struggling with the opioid epidemic in Wyandot County. A federal grant will provide the medication Vivitrol at the Firelands location in Upper Sandusky for people wishing to overcome an opioid addiction through Targeted Capacity Expansion: Medication Assisted Treatment - Prescription Drug and Opioid Addiction Program.

Daniel Conkle (left) and Angel Cox help paint a shed by the pool at Harrison Smith Park in Upper Sandusky.

Improved clutch hitting. Less stranded runners. Better pitching. Not committing as many errors as they were early in the season. These are all areas in which Upper Sandusky baseball coach Scott Emerick sees improvement in the midst of the Rams’ five-game winning streak.

CAREY — The Carey baseball team built a six-run lead, saw it disappear when it gave up nine runs in the fifth inning and then rallied with a five-run sixth inning to beat Bucyrus, 12-10, on Wednesday in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference baseball game.

NEVADA — The White Shutter Winery’s new owners Jake and Kerri Thiel celebrated the opening of their remodeled barn Tuesday with a ribbon cutting ceremony. A grand opening event will take place at 5 p.m. Saturday.

Upper Sandusky Salon Lofts welcomed a new hair stylist on Monday. Brodie Johns, a 2014 graduate of Upper Sandusky High School, will be offering his services from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m Mondays and Tuesdays.

Eleanor Lorash, 90, of Carey, shows off her project she completed Tuesday afternoon at the woodworking class held in Senior Connection with Activities Director Amy Gardner.