Upper Sandusky’s boys and girls cruised to championships Wednesday in the Mount Gilead Invitational swimming meet held at the Marion YMCA.

For the second consecutive year, Stephanie and Randy Jacob, owners of Whole Life Fitness, are raising money to help children in Choluteca, Honduras, go to school. “We have the same nine kids and last year we were able to sponsor those nine kids plus an extra child since we raised $1,000 dollars,” Stephanie Jacob said.

BUCYRUS — Wynford was sloppy at times but overall, it’s defensive pressure overwhelmed Carey on the way to beating Carey for the first time in five years in Northern 10 Athletic Conference play, 43-32, on Tuesday night. The Royals forced 32 turnovers and won their fourth straight game.

NEW WASHINGTON — With Buckeye Central’s 6-foot-2 center Lexi Evak and 5-foot-11 senior forward Courtney Pifher in the post, the most viable way for the Upper Sandusky girls basketball team to score was via outside shooting.

Upper Sandusky’s wrestling team dropped a pair of decisions in a super quad Tuesday, losing 42-33 to Van Buren and 54-24 to Pleasant. Garrett Thomas led the Rams by getting pins in both matches at 160 pounds.

BASCOM — Carey rolled to a pair of victories in a wrestling tri-match Tuesday at Hopewell-Loudon. The Blue Devils defeated Hopewell-Loudon 51-24 and Riverdale 60-18. The Falcons edged the Chieftains 30-28 in the other match.

BUCYRUS — Aubrie Harper scored 22 points and Aubrey Margraf finished with 15 points to lead Mohawk to its first victory of the season, 67-46, at Bucyrus on Tuesday night in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference girls basketball game.

The Upper Sandusky Elks recently held its annual Hoop Shoot at Upper Sandusky Middle School. The program was started in 1946 to promote focus, hard work and perseverance in youth.

The Upper Sandusky High School boys soccer coaches and players will be holding a winter/spring skills clinic for boys in third through eighth grades from 5-6 p.m. Sundays from Jan. 6 through March 17 in the high school gym. The cost is $6, which includes a T-shirt.

The OHSAA has deemed Jan. 18 as military appreciation night at high schools across the state of Ohio.  Upper Sandusky Middle School is a willing participant in this program, and while it does not have a game Jan. 18, nor is it a high school, it still will honor our military, both past and present.