BELLEVUE — Upper Sandusky lost two shortened non-league baseball games to open its season Saturday, falling 10-0 in five innings to Edison before dropping a 10-0, six-inning game against Bellevue. Clay Cooper was the winning pitcher for Edison, allowing four hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in five innings.

Upper Sandusky’s junior varsity softball team split with Bellevue on Saturday, scoring 11 times in the bottom of the seventh to win the high-scoring opener, 26-25, and then dropping a 14-9 decision in five innings in the second game.

Last weekend was a good one for the Walton family. Brandt Walton defeated his son Kory on the way to wrapping up his fifth Match Game Invitational at Wyandot Lanes, but the chip off the block would only be upstaged for a short time Sunday.

For the second year in a row, Upper Sandusky’s Wes Vent and Jeff Winslow took top honors on the All-Daily Chief-Union boys basketball team. Vent was tabbed the player of the year, while Winslow was picked as coach of the year.

St. Paul Lutheran Church 1 won the season-ending Wyandot County Church Dartball League tournament by going 4-1 and edging regular-season champion St. Paul 2.

Upper Sandusky High School and SportsCare at Wyandot Memorial Hospital are offering athletic physicals May 30 in the USHS gymnasium. WMH staff and local chiropractors and optometrists will provide physical exams for a $15 donation to the athletic department to be used for the purchase of supplies.

Fairhaven Community will be sponsoring a chicken barbecue drive-thru fundraiser from 4:30-6:30 p.m. April 19 with all proceeds supporting the Upper Sandusky High School athletic department. Meals include half a chicken, bacon and cheese scalloped potatoes, green beans and a roll. The cost is $8.50.

TIFFIN — The Tiffin Cal Ripken D League will have tryouts at 1 p.m. April 1 at Jocko Huffman Field at Hedges Boyer Park. Players who are 11 but not yet 13 by May 1 are eligible.

Robert’s Floors will be refinishing the gym floors at Upper Sandusky High School, East Elementary and Union School from June 28 through July 9. The USHS gym will be closed during this time and will reopen July 10.