COLUMBUS — Carey’s Gavin Woods said Friday after qualifying for finals in the 400 dash at the state track and field meet that his only goal was to make the podium. He did that and more Saturday, running his lap in another personal-record time of 50.2 seconds.

COLUMBUS — Carey’s Trevor Cook’s last race wasn’t his best one, but he made up some ground on his last straightaway.

Riverdale’s Trey Miller earned first-team honors on the All-Blanchard Valley Conference baseball team released recently. The Falcons’ Aidan Loveridge was a second-team selection, and Wayne Frey and Evan McKee earned honorable mention.

Riverdale’s Janessa Taylor was a first-team pick to the All-Blanchard Valley Conference softball team released recently. The Falcons’ Hannah Morris and Lindsay Nichols earned honorable mention.

CAREY — Carey No. 4 scored five times in the fourth inning and then got a strikeout with the bases loaded to hold on for an 11-10 victory against Upper Sandusky Bookie’s Lawn Service in a SenSanWyan C League girls fastpitch softball game Friday.

COLUMBUS — Skipping the 3200 relay turned out to be a good move. Kyle Evans sat out the first event of the state slate to focus on his 400 dash, and he delivered the top time in Division III.

COLUMBUS — Riverdale senior thrower Carrol Pauley believes she has come a long way since her freshman year and she proved it with a second-place Division III discus throw at the state meet Friday in Columbus.

COLUMBUS — Gavin Woods continues to improve. A week after setting a personal record and qualifying for state with a 50.77 in the regional finals of the 400 dash, Woods made the state finals with another record-setting race Friday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

COLUMBUS — Mohawk’s girls distance relay finally made it to state, but once it was there, it felt every bit of the pressure. The Warriors did not run nearly as well as the 9:51.26 at Fairfield Union regionals that qualified them for state. Friday, Destini Oler, Anna Stillberger, Alexa Konkle and Madison Fredritz were 16th in 10:08.99.

COLUMBUS — With the best time in the state, Kyle Evans decided to focus on the 400 dash, leaving his teammates to run the 3200 relay for Riverdale. Ben Gannon, Justyn Scott, Josh Hunter and Antonio Renteria finished 14th in 8:27.58, 10 seconds slower than their regional time.