McCOMB — There’s no question the Carey volleyball team has heavily relied on junior outside hitter McKenzie Row, the team’s most experienced returning player from last year, throughout the 2018 season. Row remains in the top five in the Northern 10 Athletic Conference in kills and is among the conference leaders in aces and serve receiving.

The St. Peter School fifth grade volleyball team will finish their regular season at 1 and 3 p.m. Sunday at home with games against Carey Our Lady of Consolation and New Riegel All Saints.

ELMORE — Woodmore’s Hayden Heidebrink scored on a penalty kick with 9:53 remaining as the No. 2 seed Wildcats held off No. 5 Riverdale, 3-2, in a Division III sectional semifinal match Wednesday in Elmore.

Upper Sandusky senior quarterback Levi Malone was only 9 years old when he received a shocking, unexpected diagnosis. Five years later, another unexpected setback tested his patience, determination and resiliency.

Riverdale’s Bry Vanden Bosch and Tayler Ashburn each were given honorable mention on the All-Blanchard Valley Conference volleyball team released recently. Ashburn, a junior, was the Falcons’ leading hitter, averaging 2.2 kills per set, and ranked as one of their top servers with 27 aces.

MILBURY — Oh, so close. After winning game 3 and having a game point in game 4, Upper Sandusky nearly pushed its match against Rossford to a game 5. But, the fifth-seeded Bulldogs won the last three points of the match to top ninth-seeded Upper Sandusky, 25-19, 25-22, 18-25, 29-27, in a Division II sectional semifinal at Lake High School on Tuesday.

DOLA — After winning the first two games of its sectional match against Riverdale on Tuesday night, Hardin Northern went into hibernation in game three. Fortunately for the Polar Bears, alarm bells went off midway through game four as they were able to pull out a 25-14, 25-21, 22-25, 25-21 victory in the Division IV sectional semifinal.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Normally, the Galion girls soccer team runs a 4-4-2 formation. During Tuesday’s Division III sectional semifinal girls soccer match against Riverdale, the Tigers’ strategy was to keep nine players behind the ball at all times, with one player playing up, which switched a little in the second half.

CRESTLINE — Lainey Holman’s statistics do not stand out in any one area, but her overall impact was evident Tuesday night when she was not in the match. Wynford was not the same team after her injury late in the third set, and Crestline rallied for a 14-25, 20-25, 26-24, 25-17, 15-12 victory in a Division IV sectional semifinal match at Crestline.

LIMA — Sometimes the ball just doesn’t bounce your way. Robert Mooney’s midfield free kick in the final minute took a big hop, was deflected a couple of times, and Jacob Garver tapped it in for the game-winning goal with 14.1 seconds left as Bath handed Upper Sandusky a heart-breaking 2-1 defeat in a Division II sectional semifinal match Monday night in Lima.