Winners of the 2nd Annual Hardin County Rib Cook-Off on Saturday at the YMCA in Kenton were (from left) second place, Cara and Josh Heater with son, Jackson; first place, J.D. Harvey, Rob Harvey and Shane Reisinger; and third place, Brent Boehm.

Kenton made the most of two first-half free kicks, putting them in the back of the net on its way to a 3-1 win over Riverdale in a girls soccer match on Saturday afternoon. The Wildcats improve to 9-3-1 on the season, while the Lady Falcons fall to 6-6-0.

Audrey Grindell and Ewan Martin were named the queen and king of the 2019 homecoming at Hardin Northern Friday night.

Former Hardin Northern coach Mike Dennis thanks the the Polar Bears crowd on Friday night after the weight room at the school was renamed in his honor.

Ada Kiwanis President Joe Ferguson called the Tuesday, Sept. 17 meeting to order at noon in the Dean’s Heritage Room, McIntosh Center, Ohio Northern University.

RAWSON — After losing an early 14-point lead to Cory-Rawson, the Riverdale Falcons responded with a touchdown to take the halftime lead and never looked back, defeating the Hornets 28-14 on Friday night.

WAPAKONETA — With Kenton holding a three-point lead and needing to make one more defensive stand, the Wapakoneta Redskins took over at their own 45 with 1:12 in the game.

RIDGEWAY - Lehman Catholic pulled away for a 42-20 victory over Ridgemont in a Northwest Central Conference football game on Friday night.

DOLA — Hardin Northern controlled the tempo of the game against Lime Perry for most of the first half Friday and led 7-0 as halftime approached.

Gardens are almost done for the season however, the gourds are growing nicely at the Friendship Gardens. Around the end of May a variety of gourds were planted at the four posts supporting the “roof” (an old satellite dish) of the structure you can see to the left as you come to the garden off of the parking lot into the Children’s Garden.