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.

SHELBY — Upper Sandusky’s Sam Stuckman and Levi Malone won a pair of matches and got within one of advancing to next week’s district tournament but came up short in Division II sectional action Thursday at Shelby.

ATTICA — Wynford coach Jamee Burke had the look of a person who just had the rug pulled out from under her. In a figurative sense, she had. Her Royals took a one-run lead on Seneca East in the top of seventh, but the Tigers came back with two in the bottom of the inning — the second coming with two outs — to defeat Wynford, 5-4, in a Division IV sectional final at Seneca East.

WOODVILLE — Wynford’s return to Woodville was a short one Thursday. Noah Smith quickly closed out a 2-1 victory for the Royals in their Division III district semifinal game that was suspended Wednesday in the bottom of the fifth inning.

It took six years, but it finally happened. Arik Schneider threw a complete-game shutout, Brett Bianchi hit a two-run triple and Brenyn Marquart hit his second home run in as many games as the Upper Sandusky baseball team overwhelmed Spencerville 8-0 on Wednesday at Upper Sandusky High School.

With the type of game Jenna Rodriguez had on Wednesday, it was only fitting the Upper Sandusky center fielder would catch the final out of Upper Sandusky’s 13-11 upset softball victory over rival Carey in Northern 10 Conference play.

WOODVILLE — It is not an ideal scenario for Wynford, but the opportunity for a tournament victory is there. After an hour-long rain delay, the Royals’ Division III sectional semifinal baseball game against Woodmore was suspended by distant thunder Wednesday evening in Woodville.