The Andersons routed Reineke 20-1 in a girls slowpitch softball game last Friday.

COLUMBUS — Carey junior Addystin Lykins’ goal has been to stand on the podium, make those in her school and town proud and make the finals of the state track and field meet. And thanks to posting the fifth-best qualifying time in the preliminaries of the 400 dash in 58.51 on Friday, she will have an excellent chance to do then when she competes in the finals at 10:35 a.m. today at Ohio State University’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

COLUMBUS — Finishing third at the state track and field meet as a freshman set high expectations for the future for Mohawk’s Taeylor Mullholand. Having a personal best height of 5-6 this year set the bar even higher. Mullholand entered the state meet this year hoping to improve upon her third-place finish last season. Although she cleared 4-10, 5-0 and 5-2, Mullholand wasn’t able to clear 5-3 on any of her three attempts and finished in 10th place Friday evening at Ohio State University’s Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

COLUMBUS — It wasn’t the ending of his high school track career that Wynford senior Alizhah Watson envisioned. It also wasn’t the result that Watson and members of the Wynford boys 400 relay team hoped for at the state track meet Friday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

COLUMBUS — The Carey boys 1600 relay team had hoped their time at the preliminaries of the state track meet would be lower than their time at regionals. No such luck. A team with two first-year runners, the Blue Devils had the 11th-best preliminary time of 3:28.63, 1.5 seconds slower than their regional time. Seniors Andrew Bell, Austin Hertel and Griffin Summit and freshman Bryce Conti finished about a half-second back of the final qualifying time of 3:28.11.

ELIDA — Upper Sandusky does not want to be a stranger to regionals any longer. The Rams won a district championship for the first time this season, but fell 3-0 to top-ranked Archbold in the first regional game in school history. The Rams have hopes of making a regional appearance more of the norm from now on.

ELIDA — Upper Sandusky starting pitcher Jason Holly had faced the minimum through 4 2/3 innings. But that’s when the hits started coming for Archbold.

Community members, family and friends of the Carey boys and girls track teams gathered Thursday afternoon to give the teams a proper send-off. A caravan of supporters led by Carey Fire Department fire trucks with the teams on board drove through Carey before the athletes loaded the bus to head out.

CAREY — Effectively executing their handoffs, practicing their sprints after receiving the handoffs and improving their times have been the keys to the Carey boys 800 and 1600 relay teams’ success this season. Now, the biggest test of the season awaits as seniors Griffin Summit, Andrew Bell and Austin Hertel and freshman Bryce Conti will race in the 800 relay at 10:30 a.m. and the 1600 relay at 12:10 p.m. Friday in the state meet.

CAREY — Carey’s Sarah Reinhart will be making another appearance at a state competition in her freshman season. And this time, it is even more notable.