SYCAMORE — With future Warriors watching, the Mohawk girls basketball team wanted to have a good performance. They did, using a quick start to take a 56-48 victory against Bucyrus for their first home win of the season.

Take a glance at the Northern 10 Athletic Conference’s stats and it isn’t hard to find Buckeye Central’s Courtney Pifher and 6-foot-2 center Lexi Evak’s names. Courtney Pifher and Evak showed why that’s the case on Friday, combining for 27 points in the Bucks’ 58-46 victory over Upper Sandusky at Upper Sandusky High School.

FINDLAY — The Riverdale boys varsity basketball team shot the lights out of the gym Friday night in a Blanchard Valley Conference game against Liberty-Benton. Riverdale shot 69 percent from the field en route to a 67-53 victory over the Eagles at Liberty-Benton.

MARION — Gage Ebert, Emery Pahl and Ashton Shepherd reached the semifinals of the Sally George Invitational to lead Upper Sandusky on the first day of the tournament Friday at Pleasant. Pahl won two matches by pin at 132 pounds, and Shepherd won a pair of decisions at 145 pounds.

The Wyandot County Indians varsity basketball team defeated the Seneca County Arrows 44-35 on Jan. 17. The Arrows ran out to a 14-8 lead after one quarter but the Indians (2-2) took control with a 17-4 advantage in the second quarter that gave them a 25-18 lead. They pushed their lead to 35-24 after three quarters.

SANDUSKY — Mohawk went 2-2 on the first day of the Sandusky St. Mary Central Catholic Division III Duals on Friday. Despite forfeiting at least four weight classes per match, the Warriors had losses of 51-18 to Norwayne and 39-27 to Archbold and victories of 57-18 against Monroeville and 45-36 against Tinora.

BELLEFONTAINE — Thane Gallegos reached the 138-pound semifinals to lead Riverdale on the first day of the Benjamin Logan Invitational wrestling tournament Friday. Gallegos won both of his matches with first-period pins.

LIMA — Carey’s Reece Mullholand, Hayden Jacoby, Tanner May and Ethan Schlack all reached the quarterfinals of the LCC Thunderbird Invitational on Friday at Lima Central Catholic. Mullholand had a pair of pins at 120 pounds, Jacoby won by major decision and decision at 160, May won his only match by pin at 182, and Schlack had two pins at 285.

SYCAMORE — Mohawk made runs late but it simply could not overcome its worst offensive half of basketball in suffering its first loss of the season, 53-43, to Colonel Crawford on Thursday night at Mohawk. The Warriors, who just earned the No. 10 spot in Division IV in the latest state poll, made just 5 of 27 field goals in the first half, falling behind 29-13 at the half.

MORRAL — Heading into Thursday’s contest, there had only been four games this season in which Wynford junior guard Josh Crall had been held under 10 points at the half. And only three games this season when Crall didn't connect from 3-point range.