Kenton held an eight-point lead against Van Wert early in the fourth quarter of the Western Buckeye League boys basketball battle on Friday night. The Wildcats could not hold off the Cougars, however, as Van Wert battled back to pull out a 55-53 overtime win.

McGUFFEY — While Upper Scioto Valley never had a lead over Lima Temple Christian in the second half, it had one when it mattered: At the sound of the final buzzer. That buzzer didn’t come until an extra four minutes of play, with the Rams coming out on top 64-63 in overtime for their ninth-straight win in Friday’s Northwest Central Conference boys basketball game.

The Hardin County Crime Task Force made the biggest seizure of methamphetamine in its history on Wednesday in Roundhead Township. In the process, an operating methamphetamine lab was put out of business, reported Sheriff Keith Everhart.

Crews attempt to contain the diesel fluid and cargo leaking from a large tanker truck after it flipped while driving through the community of Roundhead on Thursday morning. According to the report from the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office, Duane Bruns of Celina was cited for operating without reasonable control.

The Kenton wrestling team won three of the first four weight classes and four of the eight matches wrestled during its Western Buckeye League meet with Van Wert on Thursday night. Unfortunately for the Wildcats, Van Wert took two of the three voids and the Cougars recorded pins in all their wins on the way to the 36-25 win.

Kenton’s Lucian Lay watches his shot after releasing the ball during the Wildcats bowling match against Shawnee on Thursday night. Shawnee won both the boys and girls matches.

From the beginning, the lines between the prosecution and defense in the Dennis Dellifield case were drawn. Hardin County Prosecutor Brad Bailey believes that during the two-day trial in Hardin County Common Pleas Court he presented enough evidence to convict the former Allen East music teacher of four felony counts of attempted obscenity involving a minor; two felony counts of attempted illegal use of a minor in nudity oriented material and two misdemeanor counts of attempted illegal use of a minor in nudity oriented performance.

A trailer at Rush Trailer Park in Kenton was deemed a total loss following an electrical fire Wednesday afternoon. According to a report from the Kenton Fire Department, firefighters were dispatched at 5:31 p.m. to a trailer fire at 723 W. Lima St., Lot 74.

ADA — Led by senior Amy Bullimore’s team-high 20 points, 12 rebounds and three steals, the No. 10 ranked Ohio Northern Polar Bears controlled the paint on both ends of the court in Wednesday night’s game against Wilmington. The Polar Bears allowed just two buckets from inside the arc in the first half while hitting 12 of their own, helping them on their way to a 71-48 Ohio Athletic Conference victory.

The Trophy Bassmasters held their annual year-end awards banquet recently at The Plaza Inn in Mt. Victory. Completing a dominate season and winning the top honor of Angler of the Year was John Clark.