Lady Polar Bears cruise past BW ADA — Junior Amy Bullimore posted her second double-double in the last three games to help lift the No. 6-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team over Baldwin Wallace 68-43 on Wednesday night. The Polar Bears remain perfect on the season and improve to 20-0 overall and 13-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference, while the Yellow Jackets fall to 16-4, 9-4. Read More
Allen leads ONU men past Baldwin-Wallace BEREA — Senior Devon Allen tied a season-high with 27 points, leading Ohio Northern to a 94-76 victory at Baldwin Wallace on Wednesday night. The Polar Bears (13-7 overall, 11-2 Ohio Athletic Conference) run their winning streak to eight games and remain in a first place tie atop the league standings with No. 15-ranked Marietta. The Yellow Jackets fall to 9-11, 4-9. Read More
KMS girls basketball wins pair The Kenton eighth grade girls basketball team won a pair of games recently. The Wildcats defeated Marion Pleasant 39-18 on Tuesday. Lindsey Smith led the Wildcats with 10 points, while Makenzie Bays added 8 points. Also for the Wildcats, Kaylin Hildreth and Jenna Manns netted 6 points each, Laney Harpel had 4 points, Mary Heilman and Carly Dearing had 2 points each and Jazlen Hugley had 1 point. Read More
KHS’s Heintz to play football at Kent St. In recent years, Kent State has become a destination of sorts for Kenton High School football players after their high school playing careers are finished. When offensive lineman Tyler Heintz signed his letter of intent this morning to continue his education and football career at Kent State, he became the fourth Wildcat in the past seven years who will continue his education and playing career as a Golden Flash. Read More
Strong start lifts Lady Rams over Bulldogs McGUFFEY — With three long-range buckets from Emily Patton and 10 points from Shelby Spradlin in the first quarter, the two helped Upper Scioto Valley to a 23-9 lead against Hardin County rival Ada Tuesday night. Read More
KHS girls, Ada boys win dual meet The Kenton and Ada swim teams split a dual match at the Hardin County YMCA on Tuesday night. Kenton won the girls meet 90.5-72.5, while the Bulldogs were 85-67 victors in the boys meets. Read More
Raiders get past Kenton Ridge SPRINGFIELD — Ben Logan defeated Kenton Ridge 51-45 in a Central Buckeye Conference boys basketball matchup on Tuesday night. The game was tight the entire way as Kenton Ridge led 11-7 after eight minutes before the Raiders pulled ahead 18-16 by halftime and 31-30 after three quarters. Read More
ONU women up to No. 6 ADA — The Ohio Northern women's basketball team has moved up two spots to No. 6 in the ninth weekly D3Hoops.com poll, released Monday evening. ONU stayed perfect on the season with an overtime victory at Wilmington and a win over visiting Capital last week. Read More
Lady Falcons take care of Tiffin Calvert TIFFIN — Riverdale pulled away from host Tiffin Calvert early on and never looked back on the way to a 66-43 non-conference girls basketball victory Tuesday night. The Falcons, who were led by Sydney Holderman’s 22 points, jumped ahead 20-6 after eight minutes and 39-15 by halftime. Read More
North Baltimore runs past Lady Polar Bears NORTH BALTIMORE —North Baltimore broke open a close game in the second quarter on the way to a 73-32 victory over Hardin Northern in a non-league girls basketball contest on Tuesday night. The host Tigers led 15-11 after one quarter before pulling away to a 31-18 lead by halftime and a 50-24 advantage after three quarters. Read More
Four arson fires rock south Kenton area The streets of southern Kenton were a beehive of activity early Saturday morning as firefighters from 10 departments battled four separate arson fires in the area. Two of the homes were occupied, one was vacant and the fourth home was empty as the renters were in the process of moving.
Woman, 82, loses everything in arson fire on Saturday For 48 years the home of Gladys Adkins was a gathering place for the family and community. Her grandkids would go there to catch a nap after school.
Buckland opposes PAC involvement Cheryl Buckland, a Republican candidate for the 83rd House District in Ohio, said she has not encouraged the involvement of any political action committees (PACs) in her campaign. That followed the release of more radio ads and mailings attacking the conservative credentials of her opponent, Jon Cross of Kenton.