As the Upper Sandusky girls basketball team shared the ball, passed to open teammates for a higher quality shot and broke Mohawk’s 2-3 zone with cutters, a tear could be seen in an eye of Upper Sandusky coach Jerry Vent. The Rams offensive efficiency, coupled with converting on turnovers, enabled the Rams to take a 24-point lead into halftime, setting the tone for the Rams’ 67-32 victory over the Warriors on Saturday at Upper Sandusky High School.

As well as Lexington’s Kyle Johnston shot the ball last season, he had been marred in a shooting slump so far this season. He broke out of it on Saturday. Johnston, a 6-foot-2 guard, made a career-high eight 3-pointers and led all scorers with 24 points, another career high, as the Lexington boys basketball team overwhelmed Upper Sandusky 76-50 at Upper Sandusky High School.

SANDUSKY — Upper Sandusky showed off its depth as both the boys and girls captured the championships Saturday in the A-Behr Blue Streak Classic XVII swimming invitational at Sandusky. The Rams girls edged the host Blue Streaks 264-235 for first place, while the Rams boys won big over Huron 305-207.

MORRAL — The Carey girls basketball team found a formula to be successful on offense. The Blue Devils got 22 offensive rebounds and made 24 of 35 free throws in a 47-38 victory Saturday at Ridgedale. Carey (2-9, 2-5 Northern 10 Athletic Conference) entered averaging just 29.7 points per game on 29.9 percent shooting from the floor and 48.7 percent shooting at the foul line.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — A 23-6 second quarter in favor of Riverdale turned a close contest into a runaway by halftime, allowing the Falcons to cruise in the second half to an 82-31 boys basketball win over Hardin Northern on Saturday in a nonconference game.

SYCAMORE — Mohawk forced 26 turnovers, often turning them into easy points in an 84-55 boy basketball nonconference victory against Ridgemont on Saturday night. The Warriors (10-0) jumped out to a 23-9 lead after one quarter and extended it to 46-21 by halftime.

ATTICA — Northern 10 Athletic Conference leader Seneca East’s defense overwhelmed Wynford by forcing 26 turnovers in a 54-29 victory by the Tigers in N10 girls basketball play at Seneca East. Seneca East (11-1, 8-0 N10) jumped out to a 19-8 lead after one quarter and pushed it to 34-14 by halftime.

MANSFIELD — Brayzin McDaniel and Emery Pahl each won three matches to lead Upper Sandusky in the J.C. Gorman Invitational wrestling tournament this weekend at Mansfield Senior. McDaniel had three straight consolation bracket pins at 138 pounds after he lost his opener by a 14-3 major decision.

Upper Sandusky faces a big nonconference test on Saturday night, on Friday night, it looked ready. On the eve of a showdown with Lexington, the Rams dismantled Bucyrus in a 92-47 victory in Northern 10 Athletic Conference boys basketball play Friday night.

SYCAMORE — Not long after the Mohawk boys basketball team switched from a full-court press to a three-quarters-court press and from a man-to-man defense to a zone in the second half, the Seneca East Tigers went scoreless for approximately six minutes.