Upper Sandusky scored a run in the first inning but that was all it managed against Caleigh Rister as Bucyrus took a 5-1 victory in Northern 10 Athletic Conference softball play Monday. The Redmen (8-3, 6-2 N10) took the lead with two runs in the third inning and scored single runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings.

Upper Sandusky’s girls and boys were victorious and Wynford was third in a track and field tri-meet that also included Seneca East on Monday. The Rams girls won with 100 points, followed by the Tigers with 52 points and the Royals with 22.

CAREY — Carey’s boys and girls won and Mohawk’s boys and girls were second Monday in a track and field tri-meet Monday at Carey. The Blue Devils girls topped the Warriors, 74-56, with Buckeye Central scoring 37 points.

NEW WASHINGTON — Thanks to a seventh inning in which it scored six runs, the Carey baseball team remained undefeated with a 7-2 victory over Buckeye Central on Monday at Buckeye Central High School. With the game tied at 1 entering the seventh inning, Jordan Dasher singled, Brayden Wentling doubled, Trey Bame drew a walk and Grant Frederick, Caden Owens, Reece Mullholand, Marcus Miller and Dylan Grothaus each had an RBI single in the seventh inning for the Blue Devils.

NEW WASHINGTON — Carey scored five runs in the fifth inning and six runs in the seventh inning to pull away for a 16-2 victory against Buckeye Central in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference softball game Monday. The Blue Devils (10-2, 8-0 N10) scored a combined five runs in the first two innings but could not get separation until late.

NORTH BALTIMORE — North Baltimore used a five-run third inning to top Riverdale, 6-1, in a Blanchard Valley Conference baseball game Monday. The Tigers (7-4, 3-1 BVC) scored a single run in the first inning, while Aidian Loveridge singled in Alec Loveridge for the Falcons’ only run in the sixth inning.

NORTH BALTIMORE — Katelynn Weinandy threw a no-hitter as North Baltimore blanked Riverdale, 25-0, in a Blanchard Valley Conference softball game Monday. Weinandy struck out seven and did not walk anyone.

The most challenging thing about the spring this far has been the weather, but it finally took a turn for the better just in time for Saturday’s Swankhouse Invitational at Upper Sandusky. Both the Rams boys and girls finished third, while the short-handed Mohawk boys and girls team both came in eighth. Oak Harbor captured the boys and girls championships.

TOLEDO — Sure, the Upper Sandusky baseball team’s contest with Ottoville on Saturday may have been scoreless if the Rams hadn’t committed six errors, hit any batters or thrown wild pitches. But the Rams had a bigger challenge: Figuring out how to hit the fastball and curveball of Ottoville starting pitcher Josh Thorbahn.

Three of five entrants placed for Upper Sandusky as the Rams took third place Saturday in the Jim Grandy Invitational at Bucyrus. Levi Malone was runner-up at No. 2 singles, Landon Ramos and Grant Bower were second at No. 2 doubles, and Sam Stuckman and Keegan Hossler finished third at No. 1 doubles.