Wyandot County Special Olympics recently competed in the state aquatics meet at Ohio State University. Taking part were (from left) Karsyn Askum, Clayton Miller, Connor Swartz and Danika Miller.

BASCOM — MaKayla Elmore had 25 points, 13 rebounds, four assists, four blocks and three steals to lead Hopewell-Loudon to a 58-29 victory against Riverdale in a Blanchard Valley Conference girls basketball game Thursday night. The Chieftains (4-1, 2-0 BVC) took a 20-4 lead after one quarter and extended it to 32-12 at halftime and 45-17 after three quarters.

FOREST — Wyandot County Church Dartball League play opened Thursday night with Heritage Christian Union Church sweeping Lighthouse Pentecostal Church of God, 2-1, 6-3 and 3-2.

ATTICA — Upper Sandusky’s eighth grade girls basketball team took a 35-18 victory against Seneca East on Thursday. Kaidance Iles led the Rams with 13 points, followed by Lauren Schoenberger with 11 points.

Early in the first quarter, Upper Sandusky coach Jeff Winslow beckoned his team to attack and do it quickly. It took 17 seconds for Cameron McCreary to score, but the Rams were in firm control.

GALION — Upper Sandusky dropped a pair of close duals to open its wrestling season, losing 39-36 to Ashland Crestivew and 44-33 to Northmor in a quad meet Wednesday at Northmor. The opener for the Rams came down to the final match with the Cougars’ Brent Eicher holding on for a 2-1 victory with the match tied at 36.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Coming out on top in a game in which the teams combined to shoot 26.5 percent might be considered winning ugly to some, but not to Upper Sandusky coach Jerry Vent in his team’s 32-24 victory against Colonel Crawford on Tuesday night.

FOSTORIA — In the first half, the 3-point shooting of Mohawk guard Austin Tusing and guard/forward Hunter Gottfried kept the Warriors ahead. In the second half, it was the free throw shooting of Zach Hayman as well as Keith Jenkins and Tusing that enabled the Mohawk boys basketball team to hold off Fostoria’s comeback attempt in the late third quarter and early fourth quarter for a 67-53 victory over Fostoria on Tuesday at Fostoria High School.

NEW WASHINGTON — Wynford got into a quick deficit and was unable to recover in a 51-37 loss to defending Northern 10 Athletic Conference champion Buckeye Central on Tuesday night. The Buckettes (2-1, 1-0 N10) scored the first eight points of the game.

ATTICA — Once again, the Seneca East girls basketball team proved why it is one of the favorites to win the Northern 10 Athletic Conference. The Tigers outscored the Carey girls basketball team by six points in the first quarter, 13 points in the second quarter and seven points in the third quarter in a 59-29 victory over the Blue Devils on Tuesday at Seneca East High School.