SYCAMORE — Tournament play started without a hiccup for Mohawk baseball on Saturday. The No. 3-seed Warriors topped 13-seeded Vanlue, 8-1, in Division-IV sectional semifinal action. Mohawk (14-8) hosts No. 7 Danbury in a 5 p.m. Wednesday sectional final.

CAREY — The Carey baseball team failed to find an offensive groove Saturday, and finished with just three hits and no runs, and the sixth-seeded Blue Devils fell at home to eighth-seeded Edison, 6-0, an overcast and rainy morning.

ADA — Carey’s girls finished third to lead area teams Saturday in the Ada Invitational. Van Wert was the girls winner with 97.5 points, while Ada topped Carey, 75-65.5, for second. Mohawk was eighth with 48 points.

SHELBY — Upper Sandusky’s boys took sixth Saturday in the Shelby Freshman/Sophomore Invitational. Shelby had 93.5 points to win, with Bellevue second with 88 points. The Rams scored 36.5 points.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Mo Britton and Quinten Bails pitched Ridgedale to a pair of shutout victories over Riverdale, 4-0 and 5-0, in a baseball doubleheader Saturday.

BUCYRUS — Bucyrus scored nine times in the first three innings and then got two more in the sixth inning to take an 11-1 victory against Wynford in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference softball game Friday.

Sydney Swavel’s eyes lit up in the bottom of the sixth inning when she saw “a meatball, straight down the middle.” The junior drove the fat pitch over the left field fence for her fifth home run of the season, giving the Upper Sandusky softball team a 5-4 lead over Tiffin Columbian in a non-league game Friday.

ELMWOOD — Upper Sandusky’s girls were second-place finishers in the John Ramsey Invitational at Elmwood on Friday. Van Buren edged the Rams, 155.5-150 for first place.

CAREY — Carey baseball won a non-league tuneup against Vanlue on Friday, 18-0, in its last game before tournament play begins Saturday.

BELLEVUE — Wynford won its seventh game in a row Friday, holding off a rally from Bellevue in a non-league baseball contest, 6-5. The Royals took a 1-0 lead in the second inning and added three runs in the fifth.