VAN BUREN — When the Upper Sandusky baseball team faced Van Buren pitcher Angel Garcia on April 5 amidst 38 degree temperatures, his curveball wasn’t moving as expected. Fast forward one month and six days, and although the conditions were still unseasonably cold, this time, Garcia pitched a two-hit shutout for five innings as the Black Knights overwhelmed the Rams 10-0 in a five inning run-ruled victory.

FINDLAY — Riverdale’s boys finished seventh and the girls were eighth Friday in the Blanchard Valley Conference meet at Liberty-Benton. The host Eagles won both the girls and boys championship. Liberty-Benton’s girls scored 135 points, and the boys tallied 167.

GIBSONBURG — With his older brother Wyatt Smith still unable to pitch due to pitch count, Noah Smith’s father told him he’d need to pitch the game of his life to help lead Wynford to a sectional title over Gibsonburg on Friday at Gibsonburg.

CAREY — Carey needed only four innings at the plate to score 10 times and run-rule Arcadia, 10-0, in a nonconference baseball game Friday. The Blue Devils (21-1) scored twice in the first inning and four times in both the second and fourth innings.

CAREY — In its last regular season game, the Carey softball team got seven hits but was not able to score any runs in a 6-0 nonconference loss to Arcadia on Friday at Water Works Park. The Redskins scored two runs in the first inning and four in the fifth.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Since the first game of their season, the Riverdale baseball players have had their eyes set on avenging an early loss against Carey. After defeating Arlington 12-4 Thursday at Falcon Field in a Division IV sectional final game, the rematch against Carey will take place at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Findlay Marathon Diamond.

CAREY — It didn’t take the Carey baseball team long to prove that a first round exit wouldn’t happen this year. The Blue Devils scored three runs in the first inning, seven in the second and two in the fifth on the way to a 12-2 run-rule victory over Upper Scioto Valley in the Division IV sectional final.

SYCAMORE — Hannah Jordan threw a no-hitter and got plenty of run support as Mohawk thumped Mansfield Christian, 32-0, in a Division IV sectional final softball game Thursday in Sycamore. The Warriors (16-7) won their eighth straight game and captured their 16th straight sectional championship, a string that began in their 2003 state championship season.

SYCAMORE — Once Mohawk got a lead, it settled in on defense and eventually pulled away with a 10-4 victory against Crestline in a Division IV sectional final game Thursday at Mohawk. The Warriors answered the Bulldogs two runs in the top of the second inning by scoring five in the bottom and did not trail again.

CAREY — Blayc Hacker struck out 13 batters and got two hits to lead the Carey softball team to a 5-1 victory over Hardin Northern in the Division IV sectional finals on Thursday at Water Works Park.