BL softball claims 6-5 win over Tecumseh NEW CARLISLE — Ben Logan held off Tecumseh 6-5 in a Central Buckeye League softball game on Thursday. The game was tied 1-1 before the Raiders plated four runs in the top of the fourth inning. Read More
Waugh leads Raiders to CBC win over Tecumseh NEW CARLISLE — Cole Waugh threw a four-hit shutout, striking out 10 batters, to lead Benjamin Logan past Tecumseh 3-0 in a Central Buckeye Conference baseball matchup on Thursday. The Raiders, who plated all three of their runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, racked up seven hits on the day, led by Waugh’s two singles and a double. Read More
O-G sweeps KHS tennis OTTAWA — Ottawa-Glandorf defeated Kenton 5-0 in a Western Buckeye League tennis match on Thursday afternoon. In singles action, O-G’s Craig Recker was a 6-0, 6-0 winner over Andrew Boyer; Kevin Recker topped Cruz Bryant 6-0, 6-1 and Carter Welsh cruised past Hayden Robinson 6-1, 6-0. Read More
Five-run 6th inning lifts Bluffton over Ada, 9-4 ADA — Bluffton used a five-run fifth inning to grab the lead on the way to a 9-4 Northwest Conference baseball win over Ada on Thursday afternoon. After both teams plated single runs in the first inning, Ada took the lead with two runs in the bottom of the second frame. Read More
Ada tennis gets by Wapak WAPAKONETA — Ada swept Wapakoneta 5-0 in a non-league boys tennis match on Thursday afternoon. Claiming singles victories for the Bulldogs were Zach Beaschler, who topped Jeffrey Adkins 6-0, 6-1; Cade Mullins, who topped Jordan Moening 6-1, 6-0 and Miranda Wills, who was a 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (10-6) winner over Curtis Hughes. Read More
Third grade champs The third grade Kenton Wildcat girls basketball team recently finished its season undefeated and won the championship of the Northwest Ohio Youth Basketball League. Read More
Pirates score early and often in win over HN DOLA — Riverside jumped on top early and never looked back plating runs in all five innings on the way to a 14-2 win over Hardin Northern in a Northwest Central Conference baseball game Monday afternoon. The Pirates tallied four runs in the first and five in the second to grab a 9-0 lead. Read More
Riverside rallies past Polar Bears DOLA — Hardin Northern could not make an early two-run lead hold up as Riverside rallied past the Polar Bears 5-3 in a Northwest Central Conference softball match on Monday afternoon. Read More
ONU baseball sweeps Capital LANCASTER — The Ohio Northern baseball team got dominating pitching performances in a 2-1, 6-0 sweep over Capital on Monday afternoon in a game played at Beavers Field in Lancaster. The Polar Bears (14-6 overall, 2-2 Ohio Athletic Conference) got a 4-hit shutout in the nightcap from sophomore Josh Mohr. Read More
Big innings help comets pick up win over Gophers LaRUE — Host Elgin had a pair of five-run innings on the way to a 12-0 win over Ridgemont in a Northwest Central Conference baseball game on Monday afternoon. The Comets, who improve to 5-0 on the season and 1-0 in league play, plated a run in the first before taking control with a five-run second inning. Read More
County makes strides with drug problem, but still has much more to accomplish ADA — In the past five years, Hardin County has taken strides in dealing with the opiate epidemic through treatment, yet there is still much to be done, a panel of local leaders told Ohio Northern University students on Friday. State Rep. Robert Cole Sprague, Hardin County Prosecutor Brad Bailey and Sheriff Keith Everhart presented their views on the local effort to curb the crisis in a program at the Pettit School of Law in the college’s moot courtroom.
ACU says radio ads attacking Jon Cross are false The largest conservative organization in the United States is challenging the latest radio ads and mailings attacking the conservative credentials of Jon Cross of Kenton, a Republican candidate for the 83rd House District in Ohio. The American Conservative Union (ACU), in a letter from David Safavian, general counsel, has sent a cease and desist letter to the political action committee behind the ads, the Conservative Alliance PAC.
Mount Victory park project advances MOUNT VICTORY — The Mount Victory CIC and Friends of the Park are closing in on the completion of the Mount Victory Village Park project which was started in 2004. The design for the park was approved by the village and it included a golf green, lawn game area near the shelters and a splash pad which will be reviewed in the near future.