CAREY — The Carey girls basketball team jumped out to a huge first quarter lead against Bucyrus on Friday night and never looked back, winning 59-33 in a Northern 10 Athletic Conference battle. The Blue Devils (19-2, 13-2 N10) jumped in front of Bucyrus 20-2 in the first quarter and kept up the pressure, entering halftime with a commanding 32-8 lead.

RAWSON — A rough third quarter proved costly for Riverdale in a tightly contested Blanchard Valley Conference boys basketball match up Friday night against Cory-Rawson. The Falcons came out halftime with the score knotted up, but were outscored by nine in the decisive third quarter, eventually losing to Cory-Rawson, 63-57.

TIFFIN — The first organizational meeting for all coaches of the Sen-San-Wyan softball league is 7 p.m. March 7 in the Upper Room at the St. Joseph Activity Center on Melmore Street in Tiffin. This instructional league is open to all girls in the surrounding areas and no girl will be denied participation on her home team.

St. Paul Lutheran Church 2 added to its winning streak and its lead in the Wyandot County Church Dartball standings with a sweep Thursday of Trinity United Church of Christ of McCutchenville, 2-0, 7-5 and 9-0.

The question Thursday night was, would the Seneca East boys basketball team be able to handle Upper Sandusky’s full court pressure? As it turns out, forcing turnovers in a full court press wasn’t the only way the Rams found success defensively against the Tigers.

BUCYRUS — When games have been on the line this year, Mohawk has turned to guard Zach Hayman. On Thursday night, Hayman got help from forward Chris Klopp in putting away Wynford.

Carey High School senior Destiny DeFeo signed her national letter of intent to play basketball at Heidelberg University. “I got the chance to meet the team and they were really nice and I like them,” DeFeo said.

The Upper Sandusky seventh grade boys basketball team defeated Seneca East, 53-44, in the championship game of the Northern 10 Athletic Conference tournament Thursday at Wynford Elementary.

ARCADIA — Facing one of the Blanchard Valley Conference’s top teams, the Riverdale girls basketball team outscored the Redskins in the second and third quarter, but was outscored in the first and fourth quarters on the way to a 66-61 loss to Arcadia on Thursday at Arcadia High School.

BUCYRUS — One of the areas that Bucyrus girls basketball coach Taylor Whitaker has had confidence in the Redmen this season is their free throw shooting, even though they haven’t had many opportunities to get to the free throw line in high pressure situations.