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.

To make a tournament run, teams have to be playing their best when it matters most. That has been the case for the Wyandot County Special Olympics basketball team, which has made a surprise run to this weekend’s state tournament.

For the second year in a row, Wes Vent has been named among Ohio’s best basketball players. The Upper Sandusky senior was on the Division II All-Ohio Third Team released Tuesday.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Being a mother is first for Maryann Holderman, and so she made the difficult decision to step down as Riverdale girls basketball coach Monday. With daughter Sydney headed to play basketball at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan, next year, Holderman no longer was going to have the time to be both the coach and mother she wanted to be. “The bottom line is I want to be able to go watch Sydney play,” Maryann said. “I want to be a mom in the stands.”