VAN BUREN — Mohawk advanced six wrestlers, Carey four and Riverdale three into the semifinals on the first day of Division III sectional wrestling Friday evening at Van Buren. The Warriors’ Caden Gurney (132 pounds), Morgan Price (145), Austin England (152), Grant Theis (170), Kaleb Leeth (182) and James Clouse (220) all reached the semifinals, assuring them of placing at least sixth in the tournament.

CANTON — Upper Sandusky senior Abbey Wenger’s high school swimming career may have ended sooner than she wanted, but she will look back on becoming the first two-time state qualifier in her coach’s tenure, providing mentorship for the first-time state qualifiers and nearly making it to the finals in her last competition.

Hard work has helped Brenyn Marquart realize his dream. The Upper Sandusky High School senior hit the weight room hard, increased his pitching velocity significantly and Thursday earned an opportunity to sign to play baseball at Tiffin University.

The sixth grade Upper Sandusky girls basketball team recently participated in the Central Ohio Basketball Association Tournament held over two weekends with 22 schools in its division. The girls won all three games in pool play against Teays Valley, Hilliard Bradley and Pickerington, earning them a No. 1 seed and a first round bye heading into elimination games.

The Upper Sandusky sixth grade boys basketball team finished the season 14-1 and won the Mid Ohio Basketball Association regular season and tournament championships.

One win was enough for St. Paul Lutheran Lutheran Church 2 to finish as the regular season champion in the Wyandot County Dartball League. St. Paul 2 won the opener 5-4 and dropped the next two games 6-0 and 1-0 on Thursday but finished a game ahead of Trinity United Church of Christ of McCutchenville, which also went 1-2 in the final week.

CALEDONIA — Wynford nearly erased a 20-point fourth-quarter deficit but hot-shooting River Valley was almost perfect at the foul line and did not let it happen. The Vikings connected on 13 3-pointers and made their first 19 free throws before missing their final attempt, holding off the Royals in a 94-88 shootout of a nonconference boys basketball game Wednesday night.

MONROEVILLE — Upper Sandusky senior guard Alivia Oney called it the Upper Sandusky girls basketball team’s biggest comeback since they erased a 24-point deficit against Riverdale two years ago. Fellow senior guard Alexis Fogle concurred.

KANSAS — Mohawk broke the school record for wins in a season with an 85-28 blowout of Lakota in a nonconference boys basketball game Wednesday night in Kansas. The Warriors (20-1) topped the previous mark they set last year when they finished 19-7.

Riverdale’s Brooke Kuenzli and Bry Vanden Bosch earned honorable mention on the All-Blanchard Valley Conference girls basketball teams. Vanden Bosch, a senior forward, averages 9.1 points, 6.1 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game and has shot 68.7 percent from the foul line.