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.

Pat Packer (left) of Upper Sandusky awaits her omelet to be made by Upper Sandusky FFA member Maddison Stansbery, while USHS FFA member Eli Kinley awaits a customer at his station during the annual farmer’s share breakfast at Trinity Evangelical Church this morning. Members of the Carey, Mohawk, Riverdale and Upper Sandusky FFA chapters spent the morning cooking and serving …

BUCYRUS — Wynford rallied in the seventh inning but came up short in a 6-5 loss at Bucyrus to open the softball season Wednesday. Freshman Hannah Messmer (0-1) had six strikeouts and two walks in a loss in her varsity pitching debut.

SYCAMORE — Mohawk scored in all four innings it batted and rolled to a 16-2 victory against Mohawk to open Northern 10 Athletic Conference softball play Wednesday. The Warriors (3-0, 1-0 N10) scored twice in the first and five times in the second inning to lead 7-0 before the Bucks (0-2, 0-1 N10) scored their runs in the top of the third.

SYCAMORE — Josh Dentinger shut down Mohawk through five innings on the mound and delivered two hits to lead Buckeye Central to a 6-4 victory in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference baseball opener Wednesday. Dentinger doubled and scored the go-ahead run on Trent Craft’s double in the top of the fourth inning.

BUCYRUS — Wynford’s N10 baseball opener at Bucyrus was delayed in the top of the seventh inning due to darkness, with the Royals up 6-3. The seventh inning will be played before the start of the teams’ rematch at Wynford at 5 p.m. Friday.

Upper Sandusky Police Chief David “Dunkin’ Donuts” Olds drained three shots in a row with five seconds on the clock to beat Wyandot County Prosecutor Doug “Hillbilly with a Law Degree” Rowland, and Upper Sandusky High School girls basketball coach “Jolly” Brent Fahle edged out Mohawk boys hoops coach Paul “Prodigal Son” Dunn in a 19-17 shootout in the DC-U Madness hoop shoot tournament Tuesday. Olds, representing the Law Enforcement Region, and Coach’s Region winner Fahle will go head-to-head in Monday’s Final Four of The Daily Chief-Union’s bracket-style arcade basketball shooting contest and canned food drive to benefit Wyandot County food pantries.