BUCYRUS — By putting academics first, Wynford senior Seth Hoffman was able to zero in on a college choice to continue his track and field career. Hoffman signed Thursday to throw as part of the Miami University track and field team.

PIQUA — Shane Pack wasn’t at his best, but he was good enough to advance. A state placer in the discus last year, Pack will be back in Columbus for the same event next week after tossing a throw of 147-3 in the Division II regional track and field competition at Piqua on Thursday.

FINDLAY — Approximately 120 people attended a public hearing of the Hancock County Flood-Risk Reduction Program at the Winebrenner Theological Seminary in Findlay on Wednesday. The goal of the project is to lessen the flood conditions that are results of heavy rainfall.

FINDLAY — A young Carey team has played with confidence through its postseason run. Lone senior Dani Berardinelli-Clark has more to do with that than the numbers she puts up on the field.

When Elaine Boes Thomson and son Josh Boes quietly opened their restaurant for the first time April 30, they expected only a couple of close friends. What they got was a line of 15-20 people standing at the door.

Union Elementary students in kindergarten through third grade participated in field day at the school’s playground Tuesday afternoon. Union boosters donated funds to supply two bounce houses and free snow cones from Snowie.

FINDLAY — Carey’s run to the regional finals last year may have been considered by some a fluke, but there is no denying the Blue Devils have arrived as a small-school softball power after winning their second straight Division IV district championship Saturday.

MARION — Each year, Levi Brown, Riverdale’s technology and applied engineering teacher, attends the Ohio Technology and Engineering Educators Association Tech Conference. As he has done in the past, Brown took some of his students’ projects with him to this year’s conference in Marion to be judged along with projects from students all across the state. The results blew him away.

ATTICA — Seneca East scored four times in the bottom of the sixth inning and defeated Carey, 6-2, in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference softball game Monday in Attica.