CAREY — Thanks to a fourth quarter in which the Carey girls basketball team outscored Ridgedale by 9 points, the Blue Devils defeated the Rockets 55-41 in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference girls basketball game on Saturday. The Blue Devils (5-15, 5-10 N10) were led by Hannah Lonsway, who scored 14 points, and Sadie Arend, who scored 12.

ATTICA — Chris Klopp had a triple-double with 10 points, 12 rebounds and 10 blocks as Mohawk rolled to a 63-35 victory at Seneca East on Saturday night in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference boys basketball game. Zach Hayman scored 23 points and is averaging 26.3 points per game over his last four games.

BLUFFTON — After winning seven straight games, Riverdale dropped its second straight game with a 55-38 loss at Bluffton in a nonconference game Saturday night. Riverdale (12-7) struggled offensively, shooting just 37 percent, including 3 of 16 (18 percent) on 3-pointers, while Bluffton filled it up from deep by going 10 of 23 and shot 46 percent overall.

SYCAMORE — The Mohawk boys basketball team’s defense started as a man-to-man defense, then shifted to a zone in the half court. Then, as planned, the Warriors pressed, switching from a diamond press to a 2-2-1.

ATTICA — Just when Seneca East thought it was back in the game Friday night against Upper Sandusky in a boys Northern 10 Athletic Conference basketball matchup, Upper Sandusky stepped on the gas. With the Rams’ lead cut to 10 points in the third quarter, Upper Sandusky was fueled by a 17-2 run to close out the quarter and pulled away to defeat Seneca East 74-50 at Seneca East.

McCOMB — Tanner Schoreder scored 21 points to lead a trio of players who led McComb to a 51-49 upset of Riverdale in a Blanchard Valley Conference boys basketball game Friday night at McComb. Tyler Durfey added 16 points, and Tristan Sherick had 12 points, as the three accounted for all but two of the points scored on the night by the Panthers (6-9, 5-3 BVC). Brock Davis led the Falcons (12-6, 7-2 BVC) with 16 points, with Alec Loveridge adding 12 points. Seth McElree finished with 9 points.

The Wyandot County Indians topped Hancock County 40-33 on Monday in a Special Olympics varsity basketball game in Hancock County. Tyler Cooper led Wyandot County (3-2) with 22 points. Connor Swartz scored 6 points. Ben Frey, James Yoho and Clayton Miller finished with 4 points apiece.

SYCAMORE — Aubrey Margraf was attacking the basket with success early, and she got just what Mohawk needed when she did it late Thursday night. Margraf went straight down the right side of the lane for a layup with 2 seconds left to give the Warriors a 52-50 victory Ridgemont in a nonconference girls basketball game.

CAREY — With her team leading by only two points with over 4 minutes remaining, Upper Sandusky’s Alexis Fogle noticed something in the Carey girls basketball team’s defense. “They were playing off of me a little bit, and I decided to shoot it,” Fogle said.

BUCYRUS — Wynford senior Noah Smith wanted to walk on to the University of Akron baseball team. But the opportunity to play at a small college, a college with a baseball team that is ranked No. 22 in the country in the 2019 NAIA Baseball Coaches’ Top 25 preseason poll, proved to be the deciding factor in his decision.