LANCASTER — Carey’s girls excelled in regional competition far from home Friday, qualifying for state in four events in Division III competition at Fairfield Union near Lancaster. The Blue Devils’ Addystin Lykins earned a state bid in the 200 and 400 dashes, Sarah Reinhart qualified for state in the 3200 run, and the Blue Devils appear to be headed for state as a wild card in the 800 relay.

First Federal Bank rolled past Positive Image 10-2 in a girls slowpitch softball game Monday.

LEXINGTON — Upper Sandusky’s Chloe Taylor picked the perfect time to run her personal best time in the 400 dash. Running in the eighth lane in the second heat of the preliminaries of the 400 dash at the regional track and field meet Thursday at Lexington, Taylor finished eighth overall in 1:01.72 and qualified for the regional finals of the 400 dash Saturday.

Upper Sandusky’s Luke Swavel was named coach of the year, and six of his players earned a spot on the All-Northern 10 Athletic Conference softball team released Thursday. The Rams’ Alexis Fogle and Alivia Oney earned first-team honors, as did Carey’s Bridget Mullholand and Hailey Niederkohr and Mohawk’s Paityn Clouse and Aubrie Harper. Swavel led the Rams to a major …

Upper Sandusky’s Scott Emerick was named the coach of the year in the Northern 10 Athletic Conference as released Thursday. Emerick has led the Rams to a 21-5 record, their first sectional championship in 10 years and their first league championship in 25 years — and just second ever in baseball. With a 14-2 N10 record, the Rams won an outright league title for the first time in school history. They have reached the district finals.

Coaching staff from the Heidelberg University football team helped teach Upper Sandusky youth Wednesday during Upper Sandusky Young Ram football camp. “It’s the second year we’ve been doing it,” Heidelberg football coach Scott Donaldson said.

The Upper Sandusky baseball team faces Gibsonburg in the Division III district final at noon Saturday at Shelby. Admission is $6 for adults and $4 for students. Only Northwest District Athletic Board passes will be accepted.

GALION — Mohawk got a little bit of everything a team needs to be successful in Wednesday’s Division IV district semifinal baseball game. It got some power hitting from Trey Combs, it got some well-executed small ball from Jesse Leeth and Landen Snyder, it got a shutdown pitching performance from Cole Widmer, and it got strong defense in a 4-0 victory against Buckeye Central at Heise Park.

TIFFIN — Carey senior Griffin Summit wishes he would have joined the track and field team earlier in his high school career. But running on the team for the first time this season didn’t stop him from helping his relay teams qualify for the finals of regionals or from breaking a long-held school record.

CAREY — Hailey Niederkohr broke a tie with a fifth-inning grand slam and Carey denied Bucyrus a share of the Northern 10 Athletic Conference softball championship with a 9-5 victory Wednesday at Waterworks Park. Niederkohr also tripled, singled, scored three times and finished with five RBIs. The Blue Devils (21-6, 13-3 N10) matched the school wins record and tied Bucyrus (19-19, 13-3 N10) for second place behind Upper Sandusky (17-7, 14-2 N10) in the league.