MOUNT BLANCHARD — Evan McKee homered on the first pitch of the bottom of the first inning, and Riverdale was in control the rest of the game in a 5-1 non-conference baseball victory against Upper Sandusky on Saturday. The Falcons (2-1) added two unearned runs in the first inning and scored twice more in the second inning to provide plenty of run support for pitchers Trey Miller (1-1) and Jonathan Walter.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Upper Sandusky scored in four of five innings, including four runs or more in three of them, and rolled to a 17-0 non-conference softball victory against Riverdale on Saturday. The Rams (2-3) put four on the board in the first inning and then six more in the second.

Jennifer Rathburn is the new mayor of Carey. Wyandot County Common Pleas Court Judge Kate Aubry swore in Rathburn on Friday. She is the village’s first female mayor and fourth in the last year. The first issue she will face is prayer at council meetings.

No gas was detected at schools on Upper Sandusky’s north side Thursday after a work crew ruptured a gas line near the corner of North Seventh and Finley streets. Emergency calls to police from residents and officials at St. Peter and South schools reporting smells of gas began coming in to police about 8:30 a.m.

Sycamore Village Council President Tony “www.ReinekeFamilyDealerships.com” Flood outshot Carey Junior High and High School secretary Angie “The Tazmanian Typist” Niederkohr, 19-16, on Thursday to advance to the Final Four in the DC-U Madness hoop shoot tournament.

The sentencing of an Upper Sandusky man found guilty of two felonies involving the making of meth was delayed Thursday after he said he wanted a new attorney. Benjamin M. Gamble, 26, told Wyandot County Common Pleas Court Judge Kate Aubry he wished to fire Thomas Nicholson.

The Wyandot Sports Hall of Fame will host its annual banquet at 6 p.m. April 15 in the Masters’ Building on the Wyandot County Fairgrounds. Carey’s Cloyce D. Wentling, Sycamore’s Dan Bogard, Riverdale’s Steve Trout, Harpster’s James Dillion, Upper Sandusky’s Roxie Karg, Wynford’s Tom Schreck and the 1965-66 and 1966-67 Carey boys basketball teams will be inducted into the hall of fame.

River Valley pushed a run across in the top of the seventh inning and then held on for a 6-5 victory against Upper Sandusky in a non-conference baseball game Thursday. Both teams scored four times in the first inning and once in the third inning.

The DC-U Madness hoop shoot tournament and canned food drive continued Wednesday with The Daily Chief-Union newsroom staff getting in on the action.