DOLA — Riverdale’s girls were third and the boys were fifth Monday in the Hardin Northern Invitational track and field meet. Leipsic topped Arlington 166-136 for first place on the girls side, with Riverdale scoring 98 points in the meet postponed from Saturday.

Upper Sandusky’s girls and boys won big in a home tri-meet Monday against Ridgedale and Buckeye Central. The Rams girls scored 105 points, with the Rockets topping the Buckettes 31-20. The Rams boys scored 110 points, followed by the Rockets with 30 points and the Bucks with 17 points.

ATTICA — Rickie Lacy gave up a first-inning run but shut down Upper Sandusky after that, handing the Rams their first Northern 10 Athletic Conference loss of the year, 2-1, on Monday at Seneca East. Lacy (2-2) gave up an unearned run in the first inning. Parker Frombaugh reached on an error and scored on a Ben Sheaffer double.

ATTICA — Jillian Allgyre’s grand slam in the fifth inning was not quite enough to rally Seneca East, as Upper Sandusky held on for a 7-5 victory in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference softball game Monday at Seneca East. The Rams (12-5, 9-1 N10) led 6-1 after a four-run fourth inning but the Tigers (7-8, 4-7 N10) got to within one.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Van Buren had huge first and second innings and took a run-rule victory against Riverdale, 13-1, in Blanchard Valley Conference softball action Monday at Riverdale. The Black Knights (9-3, 6-2 BVC) took a 4-1 lead after one inning and then scored seven times in the second inning.

The Wyandot Sports Hall of Fame inducted the 2011 Wyandot Indians basketball team that won the Special Olympics Division 3 state championship. Former coach Ron Patrick (left) presented the team of (front) manager Ashley Beamer; (from left) coach Therese “Bucko” Barron, assistant coach Torry Fillmore, James Stone, Brent Hemmerly, Lisa Brown, Ben Frey, Tim Wickham, Billy McBee, James Yoho, Connor Swartz and scorekeeper Mindy Bowman.

Team members (front row, from left) Lori Davidson, Kim Thiel, Martha Schaller, Jason Kemerly; (back) Rob Carlton, Steve Miller, Jack Walton, Phil Burnside and Roger McColly went to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to play in the 80th Wisconsin State Dartball tournament April 6-7.

Growing up in a family of dirt bike racing enthusiasts, it wasn’t long before 7-year old Uriah Messersmith of Upper Sandusky developed a penchant for the sport as well. It didn’t take long for him to start earning accolades for his on-track accomplishments either. When he was 3 years old, he rode one of his family’s dirt bikes for the first time.

Upper Sandusky’s boys were second and the girls were third Thursday in the Bucyrus Middle School Invitational track and field meet. Avon won the girls title with 120 points, followed by Lexington with 93 points and Upper Sandusky with 76 points. Mohawk was fifth with 44 points, Wynford was seventh with 33 points, and Carey finished 11th with 9 points.

Even with Seneca East having lost two straight Northern 10 Athletic Conference games coming in, Upper Sandusky felt like the Tigers were the team to beat to prove they are the class of the league this year. The Rams got a two-hit shutout with 17 strikeouts from Jason Holly and knocked off the three-time N10 champs 1-0 on Thursday at Upper Sandusky.