SYCAMORE — Mohawk was given a stiff test in the first half by Buckeye Central in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference football game Friday night in Sycamore, leading by just one score at the break. But the Warriors pulled away in the second half with some big passing plays, shutting out a motivated Buckeye Central squad 30-0. “I’m happy for …

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Riverdale’s spread offense is designed so that the pass sets up the run, and that is exactly what it did over and over again Friday night. The Falcons racked up 511 yards of offense and 22 first downs and never punted in a 63-6 blowout of Crestline at D. Ray Baum Field. Max Morris threw for 329 …

Braden Cano (right) was named the Upper Sandusky High School homecoming king and Madison Mann was named the USHS homecoming queen at the Upper Sandusky football game on Friday. Cano is a son of Jennifer and Nate Treadway and Moises and Heather Cano. Mann is a daughter of Chuck and Kathy Mann of Upper Sandusky.

COLLINS — Not every volleyball match will feature enough long rallies for a setter to finish 86 for 88 setting with 25 assists. And it’s that setter who helped get the ball to Western Reserve’s program leader in kills, Avery Tubbs, as well as other hitters. Tubbs finished with an ace, 13 kills and three solo blocks, and Baylee Rupert had 25 assists in Western Reserve’s 25-21, 25-

Upper Sandusky coach Donielle Crall was not thrilled that her team found itself in big deficits more than once. But, Crall was happy with the way her team fought back and never gave up.

NORTHWOOD — For stretches Tuesday night, Carey was dominant. At other points, not so much. But overall, it was a good enough performance to take a 25-19, 25-17, 25-17 victory against Northwood in a Division III sectional semifinal at Northwood. The No. 7 seed Blue Devils (11-12) advance to face No. 3 Otsego (19-2) in a sectional final match at …

Carey’s Emma Wagner (14) and Sadie Arend (4) team up for a block of Northwood’s Ashlyn Rable (8) on Wednesday night. Arend had six kills and four blocks, and Wagner finished with 24 assists in the Blue Devils’ 25-19, 25-17, 25-17 victory.

RAWSON — Having played just five days before, Upper Sandusky and Cory-Rawson were quite familiar with each other going into their Division IV sectional semifinal tournament girls soccer match Tuesday at Cory-Rawson. They played to a stalemate into the second half in the rematch before the Hornets finally broke things open and pulled away for a 3-0 victory.

SYCAMORE — Getting ready to serve, Mohawk’s Marah Gillig had to search for the ball after it skipped underneath the bleachers. That was essentially the biggest difficulty the Warriors faced Tuesday. Gillig served seven points in a row during set 1 to help Mohawk sprint past Woodmore 25-7, 25-16, 25-14 in Division IV sectional semifinal volleyball action at Mohawk.

VAN BUREN — It isn’t easy to counter attack when there are six or seven defenders near the box. Nor is it easy to pass or win the midfield when the formation isn’t recognized. Each of those aspects of the Van Buren’s game plan heading into Tuesday’s Division III girls soccer sectional semifinal against the Riverdale proved effective in the Black Knights’ 2-0 victory at Van Buren.