CAREY — A fourth quarter run from the Carey girls basketball team brought the game within two points against visiting Colonel Crawford on Friday night in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference game, forcing a timeout from the Eagles’ coach. But the rally stalled in the final minutes as Colonel Crawford responded with its own run to defeat the Blue Devils, …

BUCYRUS — Six days after ending a four-year losing streak to Riverdale, the Wynford girls basketball team has reversed another trend with another rival. This time, the cross-town rival.

BUCYRUS — Upper Sandusky tried swimmers at new positions and mixed up its relay lineups and still came away winners against a much smaller Bucyrus team Friday at the Bucyrus YMCA. The Rams girls took a 146-44 victory and the boys won 160-16. “I was very happy with our performances,” Upper Sandusky coach Justin Richardson said. “We had several swimmers …

PANDORA — The Riverdale boys basketball team traveled into hostile territory Friday and walked away with a huge upset in overtime against Pandora-Gilboa. Pandora-Gilboa won its region in the 2017-18 season, but Riverdale wasn’t intimidated as Alec Loveridge, Coby Miller and Brock Davis all had double-digit points in the Falcons’ 64-58 overtime victory.

NEW WASHINGTON — Courtney Pifher broke out with her biggest game of the year, knocking down five 3-pointers and finishing with 25 points to lead Buckeye Central to a 56-31 victory against Mohawk in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference girls basketball game Friday night in New Washington.

CAREY — Keeping junior forward Hayden Stone out of foul trouble and limiting turnovers have been two points of emphasis for the 2018-19 Carey boys basketball team. On Thursday, the Blue Devils turned the ball over 18 times, although it was 10 fewer than in their win over Riverdale last week.

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.