NORWALK — Sure, the 2018-19 wrestling season may have ended sooner than three members of the Upper Sandusky wrestling team hoped it would. But the improvements they made as the season progressed, along with the fact they will all return next season, are what Upper Sandusky coach Noah Blankenship reflected on at the conclusion of the second day of the Division II district wrestling tournament Saturday at Norwalk.

Top seeds Don McLaughlin, Jim Stansbery and Dave Ross, along with Roger Ball, are into the championship bracket semifinals of the Wyandot Match Game bowling invitational at Wyandot Lanes. The first two rounds of the double-elimination tournament were held over the weekend, and mostly went as expected.

Pre-sale tickets are available at schools for this week’s district tournament games. Upper Sandusky is selling tickets from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and Tuesday and 5-7 p.m. Tuesday in the high school athletic office. No pre-sale tickets will be available after that.

BLUFFTON — Riverdale is celebrating like its 1987. The Falcons won their first boys basketball sectional championship in 32 years with a 50-28 blowout of Leipsic in a Division IV sectional final game Friday at Bluffton University.

MONROEVILLE — Upper Sandusky found out the hard way last year not to take sectional championships for granted. Eliminated in their first game last season, the Rams made sure that did not happen again, leading from start to finish in a 71-53 victory against Fostoria in a Division III sectional final game Friday night at Monroeville.

BASCOM — The Carey boys basketball team was planning to use a box-and-one defensive formation for all or most of the night against the Oak Harbor boys basketball team, but only used it in two possessions. Its man-to-man defense was stifling enough.

CAREY — The Mohawk Warriors got an opportunity to see what life would be like without all-time leading scoring Zach Hayman on Friday night. Hayman, who is nursing a knee injury, entered the game second in the Northern 10 Athletic Conference with a 21.1 per game scoring average, but he was not available to his team in the Division IV sectional championship game at Carey.

KANSAS — Carey’s Tanner May and Mohawk’s Morgan Price are a win away from state qualifying after picking up two victories to reach the semifinals of the district tournament in Division III wrestling competition Friday at Lakota.

NORWALK — Three of Upper Sandusky’s five district qualifiers remain in contention after the first day of Division II wrestling action Friday at Norwalk.

WILLARD — Forcing 33 turnovers and grabbing 21 offensive rebounds usually equates to a victory. But not on a night when a team doesn’t convert on those turnovers and shots simply don’t fall. The Royals shot just 18 percent from the field in their 54-33 loss to Sandusky St. Mary in a Division IV district semifinal Thursday at Willard.