NORWALK — Upper Sandusky senior Connor Johnston sprung to his feet, leaped around the mat while shouting “yeeeessss,” picked up his coach Noah Blankenship and eventually hugged Blankenship and another coach with his head buried in their shoulder, showing exuberance.

COLUMBUS — An Upper Sandusky native has one of the biggest fights of his life later today at the Arnold Sports Festival in downtown Columbus. Travis Davis, a 2005 graduate of Upper Sandusky High School, began fighting mixed martial arts professionally in 2016. He competes in the middleweight (185 pound) and light heavyweight (205 pound) divisions, and possesses a 5-1 record.

BASCOM — A key defensive adjustment and a spark from the bench helped the Carey boys basketball team pull away late in a 66-46 victory against Western Reserve Friday night in a Division III sectional semifinal game at Hopewell-Loudon High School.

FOREST — A Wyandot County girl earned an exclusive opportunity from the Ohio State Beekeepers Association last month. Cloey Ward, 12, of Forest, was selected as a participant in the OSBA 4-H Partnership Program.

GALION — As painful as the memories of last season’s 16-point tournament loss to the Norwalk girls basketball team were, the Upper Sandusky Rams came into Thursday’s district semifinal hoping to avenge last season’s loss to the Truckers.

FINDLAY — With its star player on the bench in foul trouble, the Carey girls basketball team dug deep Thursday night to hold off Arcadia and advance to the Division IV northwest district finals with a 55-45 victory at Liberty-Benton High School.

The Upper Sandusky High School chess club hosted an event Wednesday afternoon at Senior Connection in downtown Upper Sandusky. The event was open to the public, with players of all skill levels invited to either play against club members or to learn to play.

BASCOM — On a night when their second leading scorer was held scoreless, the Carey boys basketball team still found enough offensive balance to advance to the sectional finals. Junior guard Griffin Summit scored a career-high 21 points and senior guard Trey Bame added 11 points including three 3-pointers as the Carey Blue Devils defeated Wynford 64-41 on Wednesday in the Division III sectional semifinal at Hopewell-Loudon High School.

A dream over a year and a half in the making was realized by Jeremiah Johnson Tuesday when the Wyandot Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at his Upper Family Fitness gym in Upper Sandusky.

Wyandot County representatives including township trustees, the county commissioners, community leaders and first responders met Tuesday to discuss ways to improve safety at dangerous at-grade intersections on U.S. 23. Tuesday’s meeting was a follow-up to the U.S. 23 Corridor Access Study stakeholder meeting hosted by ODOT representatives on Jan. 30.