Carey, Mohawk capture sectional titles 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. Read More
Local girl gets scholarship for beekeeping 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. Read More
Fogle makes history, but Truckers top Rams 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. Read More
Carey holds on despite Kin’s foul trouble 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. Read More
Age versus skill in chess club event 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. Read More
Summit and Bame’s huge night eliminates Wynford 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. Read More
Upper gym holds Open House Saturday 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. Read More
Local officials meet to discuss ways to improve intersection safety on U.S. 23 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. Read More
New Riegel’s 4th quarter surge ends Falcons’ season CAREY — Near the end of the third quarter of the Division IV sectional semifinal between the New Riegel and Riverdale boys basketball teams, it appeared the result could be similar to the first meeting between the Blue Jackets and Falcons, a one-point New Riegel victory. Read More
Police chief leads gun violence talk Upper Sandusky Police Chief Dan Ross spoke at Fairhaven Community Monday morning about gun violence. He was joined by USPD Capt. Seth Gillig. Read More