COLUMBUS — As soon as 2005 Upper Sandusky High School graduate Jake Diebler learned an assistant men’s basketball coaching position at Ohio State University was going to come open, he expressed interest. After Mike Schrage left to become the head men’s basketball coach at Elon University, Diebler reached out to Ohio State men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann, whom he had become acquainted with over the last two years.

SYCAMORE — A men’s slowpitch softball league is forming in Sycamore with games to begin later in July. An old timers league also is forming, with games to begin in late August.

KIRBY — The Kirby St. Mary’s Festival is hosting a 5K and a cornhole tournament. The Kirby Off Road Course 5K Run/Walk is 7 p.m. July 26, with registration beginning at 6 p.m. at the St. Mary’s Center.

Upper Sandusky High School will host a fall sports parents meeting at 7 p.m. July 22 in the high school gym. Parents of all fall sports athletes are expected to attend.

Children in kindergarten through eighth grade and their parents are invited to Mighty Ram Camp on July 22, 24 and 26. The nutrition and fitness program is 6-7:30 p.m. at the Upper Sandusky High School football practice field, behind the baseball diamond, and is open to students from any school district.

Westbrook Assisted Living jumped out to a 7-0 lead and held off Reineke 8-5 in the semifinals of the Upper Sandusky Girls Slowpitch Softball league minor league tournament Thursday.

MARYSVILLE — Fairbanks’ Travis Brake won a playoff over teammate Justin Brackenridge to win the 16-18 division in the Heart of Ohio Junior Golf Association tournament Tuesday at Blue Creek Golf Course in Marysville. Both players shot 75s, with Brake winning the playoff on the second hole.

MANSFIELD — Shelly Acres edged the Upper Sandusky White Sharks summer swim teams, 145-122 in boys competition and 180-97 in girls competition, on Saturday in a meet at Shelly Acres in Mansfield.

COLUMBUS — Although a number of athletes switched events this past weekend in the Special Olympics State Summer Games, Wyandot County still found its typical high level of success. The Indians racked up medals in 28 events, with 11 golds among them, in the annual event held in the Columbus area.

Michelle Skaggs competes in the 30-meter motorized wheelchair slalom Friday in the Special Olympics State Summer Games at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.