On a night when Kenton’s offense wasn’t in top form, the Wildcats defense stood tall. Jaron Sharp and Jon Hord recovered two fourth quarter Wapakoneta fumbles and the Kenton offense produced just enough points as the Wildcats pulled out a 15-10 victory over the previously unbeaten Redskins. Kenton improves to 3-1 on the season and 3-1 in the WBL, while Wapakoneta drops to 3-1 and 2-1.

While Hardin County school districts are showing success graduating students, most are flunking on preparing them for life after high school. That’s according to the annual assessment of the state's public schools released Thursday by the Ohio Department of Education.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Ada’s Miguel Jordan was fourth of 119 runners and Riverdale’s Eli Weber was fifth to lead area runners at the Riverdale Invitational cross country meet on Thursday night. Jordan crossed the line behind a trio of Hopewell-Loudon runners in a time of 18:17.22.

BELLEFONTAINE — After a scoreless first half, the Kenton boys soccer team took control in the second 40 minutes getting goals from Hayden Hicks and Garrett Wise to pull away for a 2-0 win over Bellefontaine in non-league action on Thursday.

Two years ago, it seemed like Terestina Ann Steele's life was going well. She was in her second year of training to become a nurse at Rhodes State and was an honor student.

Ada High School will top off its homecoming celebration on Friday night when the football team plays Delphos Jefferson. At that game the homecoming queen and king will be crowned.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — After Hardin Northern easily cruised to a game one win in its volleyball match against Riverdale on Tuesday night, it looked like it may be an easy night for the Polar Bears. The Falcons had other ideas, however, as they pulled away just as easily for a win in game two.

Ohio Department of Transportation worker Nathan Manson hoses down the new rumble strips cut into the pavement of Ohio 273 near the intersection of Ohio 292, just north of Ridgeway.

WAPAKONETA — Wapakoneta defeated Kenton 5-1 in a Western Buckeye League girls soccer match on Monday night. Sidney Plott scored the lone goal for the Wildcats on a penalty shot.

Caitlyn Stover of the Ada FFA was selected as this year's showman of showmen at the Hardin County Fair. Stover was the top sales person in the senior division of the poultry show and was named the best showman in handling all the species at the fair contest.