Wynford routs Buckeye, 17-2 BUCYRUS — On its senior night, the Wynford softball team used a five-run first inning and a 12-run third inning to overwhelm Buckeye Central 17-2 in a run-ruled victory on Friday at Wynford High School. “Senior night was very special for all five of Wynford’s seniors who led the offensive attack,” Wynford coach Jamee Burke said. Read More
Upper girls track wins N10 title MORRAL — Last year, Upper Sandusky came up 2.5 points shy of the Northern 10 Athletic Conference girls track and field championship. The Rams made sure that did not happen again, running away with their first league title since 2001 on Friday night at Ridgedale. Read More
Ontario shows off lineup depth in win ONTARIO — With a lineup as deep as Ontario’s, there was no margin for error by Upper Sandusky’s defense or its pitcher, Alivia Oney. Mistakes mounted early, however, the Rams made six errors, and Oney was frustrated by a tight strike zone in an 11-1 loss to the Warriors in a Division II sectional final Friday at Ontario. Read More
Van Buren avenges earlier loss to Upper VAN BUREN — When the Upper Sandusky baseball team faced Van Buren pitcher Angel Garcia on April 5 amidst 38 degree temperatures, his curveball wasn’t moving as expected. Fast forward one month and six days, and although the conditions were still unseasonably cold, this time, Garcia pitched a two-hit shutout for five innings as the Black Knights overwhelmed the Rams 10-0 in a five inning run-ruled victory. Read More
Riverdale boys finish 7th, girls 8th in BVC meet FINDLAY — Riverdale’s boys finished seventh and the girls were eighth Friday in the Blanchard Valley Conference meet at Liberty-Benton. The host Eagles won both the girls and boys championship. Liberty-Benton’s girls scored 135 points, and the boys tallied 167. Read More
Royals’ Smith delivers 7 more shutout innings GIBSONBURG — With his older brother Wyatt Smith still unable to pitch due to pitch count, Noah Smith’s father told him he’d need to pitch the game of his life to help lead Wynford to a sectional title over Gibsonburg on Friday at Gibsonburg. Read More
Miller has 3 hits in win CAREY — Carey needed only four innings at the plate to score 10 times and run-rule Arcadia, 10-0, in a nonconference baseball game Friday. The Blue Devils (21-1) scored twice in the first inning and four times in both the second and fourth innings. Read More
Arcadia shuts out Carey CAREY — In its last regular season game, the Carey softball team got seven hits but was not able to score any runs in a 6-0 nonconference loss to Arcadia on Friday at Water Works Park. The Redskins scored two runs in the first inning and four in the fifth. Read More
Riverdale wins to set up rematch with Carey MOUNT BLANCHARD — Since the first game of their season, the Riverdale baseball players have had their eyes set on avenging an early loss against Carey. After defeating Arlington 12-4 Thursday at Falcon Field in a Division IV sectional final game, the rematch against Carey will take place at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Findlay Marathon Diamond. Read More
Bame gets 10th pitching win as Blue Devils coast CAREY — It didn’t take the Carey baseball team long to prove that a first round exit wouldn’t happen this year. The Blue Devils scored three runs in the first inning, seven in the second and two in the fifth on the way to a 12-2 run-rule victory over Upper Scioto Valley in the Division IV sectional final. Read More