CAREY — Sadie Arend had a double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds as Carey defeated New Riegel 34-26 in a nonconference girls basketball game Tuesday night. Alaina Tiell finished with 8 points in a game that got off to a slow start offensively. Carey (6-15) trailed 4-3 after one quarter before taking a 16-13 halftime lead and 26-19 lead after three quarters.

BUCYRUS — Upper Sandusky edged Mohawk 49-46 in the championship game of the Northern 10 Athletic Conference eighth grade boys basketball tournament Saturday at Wynford. Keagan Iles led the Rams (16-1) with 18 points, followed by Levi Lamb with 11 points.

Upper Sandusky will play in a Division III boys basketball sectional final at 8 p.m. March 1 at Monroeville. It will be a split session. The first game will feature the winner of New London and Huron against Western Reserve at 6:15 p.m.

COLUMBUS — The 16th annual Ohio Youth Basketball tournament is Feb. 23-24 in Columbus for boys and girls teams in the third through sixth grades. Three different divisions in each grade will be available based on school size.

Upper Sandusky High School will be hosting a spring sports parent meeting at 7 p.m. Feb. 25. Parents of all spring sports athletes are expected to attend.

TIFFIN — The first organizational meeting for all coaches in the Sen-San-Wyan girls softball league is 7 p.m. March 6 in the Upper Room at St. Joseph Activity Center on Melmore Street in Tiffin. This instructional league is open to all girls in the surrounding areas and no girl will be denied participation on their home team.

DEFIANCE — Upper Sandusky qualified 13 different swimmers in 17 events for districts, broke numerous school records and won the boys championship during sectional competition Saturday at Ayersville. Abbey Wenger, Kami Swartz, Katie Conley, Cali Andres, Trever Daughenbaugh, Will Barnes and Quin Voorhees all qualified to swim at Bowling Green on Friday in individual district events as well as relays, and Maya Collins, Addison Byrne, Brody Williams, Gage Frey and Jacob Newsome join them in relays.

SYCAMORE — Upper Sandusky did not have it on offense on Saturday afternoon, but it did enough on defense to hold off Mohawk 38-32 in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference girls basketball game at Mohawk. The Rams used a 7-0 run at the end of the third though the start of the fourth quarter to take control after the Warriors tied the score, and that was enough.

BUCYRUS — Upper Sandusky forced Bucyrus turnovers on the first five possessions, and it was a sign of things to come Saturday night. The Rams suffocated the Redmen and blew them away 89-37 in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference boys basketball game.

CAREY — The first time the Buckeye Central boys basketball team faced the Carey Blue Devils, Carey center Hayden Stone was held under 10 points. Buckeye Central coach Eric Picklesimer credited the play of play of their defense, which had a lot of help on the backside, in limiting his chances in the first matchup.