It didn’t matter that the Upper Sandusky boys basketball team turned the ball over twice in their opening possessions of the third quarter. Or that the Ridgedale boys basketball team drilled four 3-pointers in the third quarter.

BUCYRUS — Josh Crall scored 23 points and Wynford had a huge a first half but it was not enough as Colonel Crawford asserted itself in the second half of a 44-33 victory in Northern 10 Athletic Conference boys basketball play Saturday night. Crall scored 14 points in the first half as the Royals built a 21-11 lead at halftime.

SYCAMORE — Claudia Pifher knocked down four 3-pointers and scored 17 points to lead Buckeye Central to a 64-39 victory against Mohawk in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference girls basketball game Saturday. The N10 leader in 3-point shooting by a large margin, Claudia Pifher came into the game having made 31 of 54 (57.4 percent) on her 3-point tries. The freshman did not hurt that mark Saturday.

MARION — Emery Pahl won the 132-pound championship to lead Upper Sandusky in the Sally George Invitational wrestling tournament this weekend at Pleasant. Pahl went 4-0, winning his first two matches by pin. He topped London’s Ethan James in the semifinals 7-4 and rolled past Northmor’s Austin Amens 9-0 for first place.

SANDUSKY — Mohawk defeated Western Reserve 33-20 to take 13th place Saturday in the Division III Duals wrestling tournament at Sandusky St. Mary. The Warriors were 2-2 on the first day of the tournament Friday but went 0-4 in pool play Saturday, losing 34-27 to Van Buren, 62-9 to Edison, 48-30 to Montpelier and 45-27 to Mechanicsburg.

LIMA — Tanner May took third place at 182 pounds to lead four Carey placers in the LCC Thunderbird Invitational wrestling tournament this weekend at Lima Central Catholic. May cruised into the semifinals but suffered his first loss of the year, 4-3 to Ottawa-Glandorf’s Danny Rosales.

BELLEFONTAINE — Thane Gallegos finished fourth at 138 pounds to lead Riverdale this weekend in the Benjamin Logan Invitational wrestling tournament. Gallegos had two pins Friday to reach the semifinals but lost a 17-6 major decision.

The Upper Sandusky girls soccer coaching staff is providing Sunday Night Soccer winter training for girls in third through eighth grades. The sessions are 6-8 p.m. Sundays through March 24 (excluding Feb. 3) in the Upper Sandusky High School gym. Sessions are free.

CAREY — A hotly-contested Northern 10 Athletic Conference girls varsity basketball game between Carey and Wynford came down to the wire. With the score tied and 9.1 seconds remaining, Wynford’s guards passed the ball around the perimeter and the ball ended up in the hands of sophomore guard Lyndie Williams.

SYCAMORE — With future Warriors watching, the Mohawk girls basketball team wanted to have a good performance. They did, using a quick start to take a 56-48 victory against Bucyrus for their first home win of the season.