Wynford coach Gabe Helbert challenged his defense all week coming into Friday’s game against Upper Sandusky after having its 33-game Northern 10 Athletic Conference winning streak snapped by Seneca East. The Royals rose to the occasion in a big way, and at times, the defensive secondary players may as well have felt as if they were playing on offense.

SYCAMORE — A trend that the Bucyrus football team is still attempting to reverse is how to avoid the second half slump. Friday was no exception.

NORTH BALTIMORE — The points were not hard to come by Friday night in a wild shootout between visiting Riverdale and North Baltimore in a Blanchard Valley Conference football game. Turnovers ended up making the difference as Riverdale had five takeaways and pulled away in the second half of a crazy 77-42 barnburner against the Tigers.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Tyler Hart’s goal with 10:48 remaining gave Riverdale a huge 2-1 victory against Van Buren on Thursday in boys North Central Ohio Soccer Association play.

LEXINGTON — Upper Sandusky’s doubles team of Jodi Smalley and Mara Smalley advanced to the third round but the Rams’ season came to an end during the Division II sectional tournament Thursday at Lakewood Racquet Club in Lexington.

FINDLAY — Upper Sandusky junior Brett Montgomery wasn’t sure if he wanted to hit a 2-iron or a driver off of the tee on the 16th hole of Red Hawk Run Golf Course during the district tournament Thursday.

BOWLING GREEN — Mohawk’s Logan Drum shot an 87, while Carey’s Ethan Tanner finished with a 90 on Thursday in the Division III district golf tournament at Stone Ridge Golf Course near Bowling Green.

SYCAMORE — Wynford hung close until late in the first set, but first-place and Division IV state No. 9 Mohawk took over for a 25-15, 25-7, 25-13 victory in Northern 10 Athletic Conference volleyball play Thursday night.

ATTICA — Jessica Bowerman powered 16 kills as Seneca East finished strong after dropping the first set, taking a 19-25, 25-12, 25-17, 25-17 victory against Upper Sandusky on Thursday night.

LIMA — Led by goalkeeper Cortni Brown, the Upper Sandusky girls soccer team’s defense hung tough for three-fourths of the match, but Lima Bath scored three times in the final 18 minutes to take a 3-0 victory Thursday.