Over the past four years Hayden Hicks put the ball in the net more than anyone else in Kenton High School boys soccer history. Next year the Wildcats’ top goal scorer will look to begin making history at the college level at the University of Northwestern Ohio in Lima.

DOLA — Hardin Northern recognized its winter sports athletes at an awards banquet held on Wednesday night. Boys basketball players receiving special awards were Nevin Robson, offensive player of the year; Owen Wetherill, defensive player of the year; Hunter Jolliff, most improved player and Cody Wilmoth. Polar Bear Award.

The Black team defeated the White team in Masonic Pool Tournament play on Thursday night. The White team now leads the tournament by three points. High runs were by Gene Cook 40-63-41-70, Murrell Pryor 57-87-65-53, Jesse Downey 61, Lynn Dickerson 45, Chuck Brindley 48, Bob Flowers 61, Greg Dysert 56, Lou Downey 55.

Kenton had three individual champions on the way to first place out of 22 teams at the 2019 Division 1, 2, 3, 4 State Powerlifting Meet on Saturday at Kenton High School.

The Benjamin Logan cheer team placed second in the 2019 State Cheer Competition in Division IV at Ohio State on Sunday. Team members include seniors Mason Straker, Macy Arn, Peyton Kinney, LeAnn Regula and Kristen Miller; junior Kenzie Deardorf, sophomores Ella Studebaker, Raistlyn LeVan, Reise Anderson, Mary Bickham, Grace Grant, Elanie McWade and Gabe Hemmelgarn, and freshmen Sami Meeker and …

Kenton’s Jaron Sharp was the only area athlete to be named to the All-Northwest Ohio basketball teams released recently by the Northwest Prep Sportswriters Association. Sharp, a senior who averaged 22.3 points per game this past season for the Wildcats, was named to the second team.

COLUMBUS — Having to wrestle a returning state champion was already going to be a formidable task for Kenton junior Noah Eikenbary. Trying to win a match after suffering an injury proved to be even more difficult.

The White team defeated the Black team by five points in Masonic Pool Tournament play on Thursday night. The White team now leads the tournament by eight points.

COLUMBUS — Days after qualifying for the 2019 OHSAA Individual Wrestling Championships for the first time in his high school career, Kenton junior Noah Eikenbary didn't wait long to notch his first victory. With his championship preliminary match against East Liverpool’s Skylor Wooley scoreless after one period, an escape and a takedown in the second period was all Eikenbary (220 pounds) needed for a 3-0 victory over Wooley in the Division II championship preliminaries on Thursday at Ohio State University’s Jerome Schottenstein Center.

COLUMBUS — Even though their first trips to the 2019 OHSAA Individual Wrestling State Tournament didn’t end the way they hoped, Benjamin Logan juniors Joel Abbott and Steele Boysel are optimistic about the future. Abbott was pinned at the 1:15 mark by Jacob Potok of Akron St. Vincent St. Mary in at 145-pound bout at the Division II championship preliminaries on Thursday at the Jerome Schottenstein Center and later got pinned by Ontario’s Ethan Turnbaugh at the 4:45 mark in the Division II consolation round.