MOUNT BLANCHARD — Leading Riverdale by 10 points after a basket by Lindsey Smith early in the third quarter, the Kenton girls basketball team looked to be on the way to its first win of the season on Saturday afternoon. The Falcons — more specifically Brooke Kuenzli — had other ideas.

Saturday night at the Kenton High School gymnasium belonged to Jaron Sharp. The Kenton High School senior not only reached 1,000 points for his prep career with his 16th point of the game, but he also set a school record for points in a game with 47 as the Wildcats smashed Riverdale 89-52 in the battle of area rivals.

FREMONT — Upper Sandusky’s boys and girls took the championships Saturday in the Fremont St. Joseph Winter Invitational at Fremont Ross. The Rams girls won big, topping Norwalk 328-266 for first place, while the boys’ margin was smaller, 293-269, over Huron.

MORRAL — Ridgedale rallied in the fourth quarter to knock off Wynford 67-64 in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference boys basketball game Saturday night. The Royals (1-4, 1-2 N10) led 19-15 after one quarter, 29-27 at halftime and 43-38 entering the fourth quarter.

CAREY — Reese Hannam knocked down a 10-foot jumper with 14 seconds left to lift Mohawk to a 55-53 victory against Carey in a freshman boys basketball game Saturday. Hannam finished with 8 points for the Warriors, who were led by Nathan Geary with 18 points.

Upper Sandusky’s seniors have carried them so far this season and they did so again Friday night. Alexis Fogle, Maddie McLaughlin and Alivia Oney all scored in double figures as the Rams pulled away from Ridgedale to remain unbeaten in Northern 10 Athletic Conference girls basketball play with a 49-28 victory.

CAREY — It took seven games, but it finally happened. Senior Hannah Lonsway scored 13 points, Alaina Tiell and Sadie Arend each scored 9 points and Avarie Stewart added 5 points as the Carey girls basketball team got its first victory and snapped its season opening six-game losing streak with a 38-26 victory over Mohawk on Friday at Carey.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Riverdale pulled away with a big third quarter and won its third straight game by beating Leipsic 57-41 in a Blanchard Valley Conference boys basketball game Friday night at Riverdale. The Falcons (3-2, 2-0 BVC) took a 16-10 lead after one quarter before the Vikings (2-2, 1-1 BVC) cut their deficit to 27-25 by halftime.

NORTH ROBINSON — Wynford built a big lead in the fourth quarter and rode it to a 57-48 victory against Colonel Crawford in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference girls basketball game Friday night. The Royals (5-2, 3-1 N10) led 20-6 after one quarter and increased their lead to 33-16 by halftime.

CAREY — With Carey filling it up from the outside, it had it all going on Thursday night. Griffin Summit began the game with a pair of 3-pointers and scored 21 points, while Jordan Dasher connected four times from downtown and scored 15 points as Carey ran away from Colonel Crawford 49-34.