SYCAMORE — The Mohawk Warriors didn’t let some early adversity keep them down for long Friday night in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference football game against Colonel Crawford at Mohawk. The Warriors fumbled the ball on their first offensive play of the game, helping give Colonel Crawford an early lead, but the Warriors utilized some big plays in the passing game in the first half and some long runs in the second half to walk away with a critical 32-25 victory.

If there’s one trend the Carey football looked to debunk on Friday, it was their season-long struggles on offense. Mission accomplished. The Blue Devils rushed for 337 yards, including 159 by starting quarterback Ethan Beringer —who also passed for 134 yards and two touchdowns — and erased an early seven-point deficit by scoring 49 consecutive points in their 49-20 win over Upper Sandusky on Friday at Upper Sandusky.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Justen Stoner kicked a late 19-yard field goal to help Arcadia spoil Riverdale’s homecoming with a 38-35 victory on Friday night at Riverdale. Hayden Rader ran for four touchdowns and caught another for the Redskins, but the Falcons rallied from two scores down in the fourth quarter.

Both Wyandot County Special Olympics pairs, Ben Frey and Mark Johnson, and Clayton Miller and Nancy Johnson, earned gold medals in their divisions in the state unified tournament held recently at Meadow Links Golf Academy.

Three members of the Upper Sandusky High School Athletic Hall of Fame class of 2019 will be recognized before the start of the Upper Sandusky-Carey football game on Friday at the USHS athletic complex. The newest members of the USHS Athletic Hall of Fame include Jeff Warner, a 1978 graduate of USHS; Gary Ricker, a former USHS teacher and football coach; and Natasha Graboski-Mullholand, a 2006 graduate of USHS.

LEIPSIC — Paige Heitmeyer had five aces and five kills as Leipsic won a competitive first set and then rolled to a 25-19, 25-11, 25-11 victory against Riverdale in Blanchard Valley Conference volleyball play Wednesday at Leipsic. Liz Scheckelhoff had eight kills, and Kasey Brough finished with six kills for the Vikings (17-1, 8-1 BVC). Lyndie Hazelton passed out 20 assists.

CAREY — Carey senior setter Emma Wagner knew she was close to a milestone. Wagner entered Tuesday’s match versus Wynford with 996 career assists, and with her team leading by eight points in the first set, she set up a kill by McKenzie Row, giving Wagner her 1,000th career assist. She ran into the stands and handed the ball to her parents.

Upper Sandusky’s girls tennis team closed out the regular season with a 4-1 loss to Bellevue on Tuesday at Upper Sandusky. The Rams (5-11) got their only win from the No. 1 doubles team of Saki Fukuta and Mara Smalley, who beat Leighann Motley and Sage Garcia 6-1, 6-4.

BUCYRUS — Alexa Konkle and Emma Thiery had five aces each as Mohawk rolled to a 25-15, 25-6, 25-11 victory against Bucyrus in Northern 10 Athletic Conference volleyball play Tuesday at Bucyrus. Paityn Clouse had eight kills, Catherine Klopp finished with seven, and Tess Weinandy had six for the Warriors (11-6, 8-4 N10). Konkle added 23 assists.

NEW WASHINGTON — First-place Buckeye Central rolled to a 25-8, 25-14, 25-15 victory against Upper Sandusky in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference volleyball match Tuesday night. Lexi Evak led the Bucks (14-3, 12-0 N10) with 10 kills, while Alivia Niese finished with seven kills and two blocks. Kendra Ackerman had six kills and added three aces.