Tied for first place coming into the night, St. Paul Lutheran Church 2 took the Wyandot County Church Dartball lead by winning a series against co-leader Trinity United Church of Christ of McCutchenville with 5-0 and 5-1 victories and a 12-0 loss in between on Thursday.

BUCYRUS — Upper Sandusky reached the championship game of the Northern 10 Athletic Conference eighth grade boys basketball tournament by defeating Carey 57-32 in the semifinals Thursday at Wynford Elementary School. Keegan Isles led the Rams (15-1) with 21 points, followed by Levi Lamb with 17 points and Jackson Smalley with 13 points.

Before the start of the 2018-19 season, the Upper Sandusky girls basketball coaching staff wanted to mix up the training routine for the girls varsity and junior varsity basketball teams beyond weightlifting and sprints. That’s when the light bulb came on for Upper Sandusky assistant girls basketball coach Catie Richman.

BELLEVUE — Reece Mullholand, AJ Gernert and Tanner May all went 2-0 as Carey wrestling edged Vermilion 36-33 and lost to Bellevue 52-15 in a tri-match Wednesday at Bellevue. Mullholand bumped up to 132 pounds and got a pin against the Sailors and won by 5-2 decision at 126 against the Redmen.

BUCYRUS — The Upper Sandusky seventh grade boys basketball team defeated Wynford 43-29 in the semifinals of the Northern 10 Athletic Conference tournament Wednesday at Wynford Elementary School. Micah Shasteen led the Rams (14-2) with 14 points.

Upper Sandusky High School will be hosting a spring sports parent meeting at 7 p.m. Feb. 25. Parents of all spring sports athletes are expected to attend.

SYCAMORE — The Upper Sandusky junior varsity girls basketball game at Mohawk at noon Saturday will be two quarters only. Mohawk is low on junior varsity numbers because of injuries and ACT testing.

TIFFIN — The first organizational meeting for all coaches in the Sen-San-Wyan girls softball league is 7 p.m. March 6  in the Upper Room at St. Joseph Activity Center on Melmore Street in Tiffin. This instructional league is open to all girls in the surrounding areas and no girl will be denied participation on their home team.

SYCAMORE — It wasn’t the start the Mohawk wrestling team was hoping for, but trailing Upper Sandusky by 21 points after four matches, the rally began. The Warriors won five of the next six matches as the dual match against the Rams ended in a 30-30 tie on Tuesday at Mohawk. Upper Sandusky won by criteria.

NEW RIEGEL — When Carey shoots it from the outside like it did Tuesday night, there’s little an opponent can do. New Riegel was the victim of an 11-of-21 3-point shooting night for the Blue Devils, who rolled to a 74-41 victory in nonleague boys basketball play at New Riegel.