Zemerson (left) and Weston Yoder of Kenton are pictured with Browns player Christian Kirksey after they won a drawing to participate in the Cleveland Browns Field Day at the First Energy Stadium in Cleveland in August.

Students from the Benjamin Logan FFA Chapter competed in the District Rural and Urban Soil Judging contest held in Delaware County on Sept. 27. Emma Wenger, LeAnn Regula, Peyton Derr, Kyleigh Neeld, and Hallie Anderson represented the Urban Soil team.

Through watching her students show their animals and projects at the Hardin County Fair, first-year Kenton-Ohio Hi-Point FFA instructor Emily Burns saw first-hand the commitment and pride exhibited by those students in what they were doing.

The Hardin Northern Polar Bears will celebrate homecoming this week with activities capped by Friday's football game against Ridgemont. The members of the 2018 court include: (from left, front to back) freshmen Georgia Grindell and Aidan Gatchell; sophomores Haylie Spearman and Brock Hipsher; juniors Hannah Souder and Brayden Flowers; seniors Ashton Dye and Brady Lamb, Zoey Curtis and Brady Cramer and Gabby Weaver and Zach Pinks;

DOLA —Hardin Northern Elementary School has announced its Students of the Month. Kindergarten: Avery Ayers, Carly Conner, Ivan Rodabaugh, SheaLynn Taylor, Vivian Wilson, Kelci Cramer, Grace Doll, Zayden Good, Jase Rodabaugh, Kendrix Zitter

RIDGEWAY — Ridgemont avenged a loss to Kenton earlier in the day and defeated the Wildcats in a rematch 16-25, 27-25, 25-17 to claim the championship of the first Keegan McKee Memorial Tournament. The Gophers, who topped Upper Scioto Valley 25-15, 25-9 in their opening round match before falling to the Wildcats 20-25, 25-21, 25-21 in the their second match of the day, improve to 10-6 on the season.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Riverdale took a two-goal lead early in the second half and then held off Kenton the rest of the way for a 2-1 win in a non-conference girls soccer matchup on Saturday. Riverdale improves to 8-4-2 on the season, while the Wildcats drop to 8-6-2.

Lucinda Pfeifer (left), Hardin Memorial Hospital’s social worker, will be this month’s featured speaker at the Diabetes Support Group meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 10 at 1 p.m. in the McCullough Conference Room.

DOLA — When Hardin Northern School agreed to contract with the Hardin County Sheriff's Office for a Resource Officer last spring, the students and staff didn't realize they would be getting two for the price of one. Deputy Joe Carl brings his K-9 Officer Riley with him to work every day to the delight of the younger school children.

Hardin Northern football coach Mike Dennis, who is battling adrenal cancer, gives a wave to the crowd following a halftime ceremony in his honor on Friday night, performed by the Hardin Northern marching band, football players and cheerleaders who all formed the shape of a heart while the cheerleaders gave a cheer of support.