VAN BUREN — At the last minute — literally — the ball finally bounced Riverdale’s way. Logan Frey’s shot deflected off the bottom of the crossbar and down into the goal with just 49 seconds remaining to give the Falcons a 1-0 victory and the boys North Central Ohio Soccer Association championship Thursday at Van Buren.

Coming off of a 19-kill performance, Wynford senior outside hitter Lainey Holman didn’t wait long to finish with a double digit number of kills again. Holman finished with 14 kills in addition to 15 digs in the Wynford volleyball team’s 25-20, 25-20, 25-18 victory over Upper Sandusky on Thursday at Upper Sandusky High School.

CAREY — Carey closed out Northern 10 Athletic Conference play with a dominant 25-6, 25-8, 25-13 victory against Bucyrus on Thursday night. McKenzie Row pounded 13 kills and also was 22 of 22 serving and tallied eight digs to lead the Blue Devils (10-11, 9-7 N10).

MORRAL — Paityn Clouse and Catherine Klopp combined for 21 kills as Mohawk swept Ridgedale 25-17, 25-18, 25-17 in Northern 10 Athletic Conference volleyball play to end the regular season Thursday night at Mohawk. Clouse had 12 kills and a team-leading 12 digs, while Klopp had nine kills and a pair of blocks.

Cory-Rawson scored twice in the first 10 minutes, and that was enough to beat Upper Sandusky 2-0 in a girls North Central Ohio Soccer Association match Thursday at Upper Sandusky. Paige McVetta scored only 3:22 into the match, and less than six minutes later, Grace Roebke made it 2-0 in favor of the Hornets (9-6-1, 2-3 NCOSA).

RAWSON — Jaidyn Thiel and Payton Randall connected for goals four times as Upper Sandusky quickly erased an early two-goal deficit to defeat Cory-Rawson 4-2 on Thursday at Cory-Rawson. Matt White scored only 2:46 into the match, and Hunter Bixler converted a penalty kick three minutes later to give the Hornets a 2-0 lead.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Callie Sudlow scored a pair of goals as Riverdale closed out girls North Central Ohio Soccer Association play with a 3-0 home victory against Van Buren on Wednesday night. Haley Frey got the Falcons (8-6-1, 4-1 NCOSA) on the board first only 4:16 into the match with a goal assisted by Hanna Breidenbach. With just 4:21 left in the first half, Breidenbach assisted Sudlow’s first goal to make it 2-0.

COLUMBUS — Riverdale junior Andrew Kuenzli knows the challenge that awaits him. Two years after finishing in a tie for 51st place with a 38-over par score of 182 in the boys Division III at the state golf tournament, Kuenzli will compete at state for the second time in his high school career.

As Brett Montgomery prepares to play in his final high school golf event, he is not especially nervous. The Upper Sandusky senior has played in the state tournament twice before, including once at NorthStar Golf Club. “It’s almost a little bittersweet, my last tournament playing for this school, but this being my third year, I’m a little bit more comfortable,” Montgomery said.

Mid Ohio Athletic Conference champion Galion overwhelmed Riverdale 25-3, 25-13, 25-10 in a nonconference volleyball match Wednesday night at Riverdale. Jaden Ivy had nine kills, while Taylor Keeran added eight kills and Kerrigan Myers seven kills for the Tigers (21-1). Keeran also served five aces. Kate Schieber and Nicole Thomas had 10 digs each, and Kayla Hardy passed out 24 assists.