RICHWOOD — Most of the night, Wynford did everything it needed to do on defense to perfection except get rebounds. North Union’s 12 second-chance points were enough to win a defensive battle 43-35 to open the boys basketball season Friday night.

SYCAMORE —The Mohawk girls basketball team kicked off its regular season by hosting Lakota on Thursday night in a non-conference game. The Warriors were able to hang close throughout the contest, but size played a big part in Lakota’s 38-31 victory.

CAREY — Old Fort scored the first nine points, and with offense a struggle for Carey, it was a deficit that was too much to overcome Thursday night in a 45-22 victory by the Stockaders in a nonleague girls basketball game. Laini Gillet led Old Fort (2-0) with 11 points, Jenna Clouse had 10 points, and Morgan Miller finished with 9 points.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — It’s never easy facing a defending conference champion who returns the entire team for the 2018-19 season. On Thursday, the Riverdale girls basketball team found out just how difficult that can be.

Led by Grace Metzger’s 12 points, the Upper Sandusky seventh grade girls basketball team took a 32-22 victory against Ridgedale on Thursday. Also scoring for the Rams (2-0) were Bailey Fox with 8 points, Ryleigh Haas and Erin Merriman with 4 points each, and Mazzy Shoemaker and Sophia Nichols with 2 points each.

Mohawk’s Brent Konkle and Bryce Kirian took top honors on the All-Daily Chief-Union football team as coach and player of the year, respectively. Konkle, the Northern 10 Athletic Conference’s coach of the year, led the Warriors to a perfect 10-0 regular season that included an undefeated 7-0 record in the N10.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Three Wynford Elementary School cross country runners competed in the national elementary cross country meet in Louisville, Kentucky. Drew Stanek, 9, finished 66th of 233 runners in the 9- and 10-year-old race, finishing the 3,000-meter course in 12:49. He was 25th among 101 9-year-olds.

DOLA — A 10-point fourth quarter by Hardin Northern’s Maddie Grappy helped bring her team to within two points of Riverdale’s lead with just 20 seconds left of Tuesday’s non-league contest.

Mohawk’s Bryce Kirian and Brent Konkle and Carey’s Jordan Dasher were among area players to earn top honors on the All-Northern 10 Athletic Conference football team. Kirian was voted defensive player of the year, Dasher special teams player of the year, and Konkle coach of the year.

NORTH ROBINSON — Upper Sandusky’s boys rolled to victory in a season-opening swimming tri-meet against Colonel Crawford and Wynford on Monday at Colonel Crawford. The Rams boys scored 125 points, with the Eagles topping the Royals 58-33 for second.