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.

TIFFIN — The start to the Division III regional track and field meet Wednesday at Frost-Kalnow Stadium could not have been much better for Riverdale’s boys. The Falcons’ 3200 relay team of Ben Gannon, Antonio Renteria, Josh Hunter and Kyle Evans qualified for state with a third-place finish, and Taylor Bacon earned a state spot by placing fourth in the pole vault.

LANCASTER — Mohawk’s 3200 relay team has been on the cusp of punching its ticket to the state track and field meet over the past few years. It will not have to wait any longer.

TIFFIN — Carey freshman Addystin Lykins kept busy, while Riverdale senior Carrol Pauley punched a third straight ticket to the state meet to lead area girls on the first day of regional track and field competition at Tiffin’s Frost-Kalnow Stadium.

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.

Carey’s Teresa Gillig and Upper Sandusky’s David Young shared coach-of-the-year honors, and the Blue Devils, Rams and Mohawk combined to take eight of the 12 spots on the All-Northern 10 Athletic Conference softball first team released Tuesday.

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.

Mohawk’s Austin Harper and Carey’s Brayden Wentling were named All-District 9 baseball first-team selections Monday. Upper Sandusky’s Jevon Dible, Carey’s Easton Roark, Mohawk’s Wyatt Cook, Wynford’s Caleb Stone and Riverdale’s Trey Miller were second-team honorees.

Maddie McLaughlin hit for the cycle and scored four runs, and Schuster’s Flowers exploded for 12 runs in the first inning of a 26-10 victory over Buffalo Trading in slowpitch softball May 15.