The Hardin County Family YMCA will be holding two fun runs for runners/walkers of all ages as part of Saturday’s Little Pumpkin Fest in Kenton. The runs will have a fall/Halloween themes to both runs and will be fun for all who participate.

Kenton High School senior soccer player Gabe Spears has never scored a goal in a varsity match. In fact, he has not seen any varsity action during the last three years as a member of the Wildcat soccer team, Even so, the Wildcat coaches and players will tell you Spears is the type of player every team needs.

The Kenton girls soccer team defeated Elida 4-0 in its regular season finale on Tuesday night. The Wildcats got a pair of goals from Hannah Holland in the game and one from Sidney Plott. They also scored on an own goal.

DOLA — Hardin Northern defeated Ridgemont in four games 25-21, 25-22, 10-25, 27-25 in a Northwest Central Conference volleyball matchup on Tuesday night. On the verge of dropping two straight sets after going up 2-0, trailing 24-18, the Polar Bears took seven-straight points to go up 25-24 before eventually capturing the 27-25 set win.

ST. MARYS — Logan Frey had a pair of goals and Drew Frey added a goal as Riverdale topped St. Marys 3-1 in a non-league boys soccer game on Tuesday night. Coby Miller had an assist for the Falcons, who improve to 11-0-3 on the season.

BELLEFONTAINE — The Ben Logan volleyball team clinched at least a share of the Central Buckeye Conference’s Mad River Division title with a 25-22, 25-23, 25-15 victory over Graham on Tuesday night. The Raiders improve to 15-6 overall and are 8-1 in league play with a one game lead over North Union with one CBC match remaining.

OTTAWA — First-place Ottawa-Glandorf swept Kenton 25-10, 25-5, 25-5 in a Western Buckeye League volleyball match on Tuesday night. The Wildcats drop to 4-15 on the season and 0-8 in the WBL.

VAN WERT — The Kenton Middle School football team defeated Van Wert 20-12 on Tuesday. Korbin Johnston had two touchdown passes and Brayden Prater and Trenton Delong were on the receiving end of those touchdown passes to lead the Wildcats. Grady Kleman added a rushing touchdown.

Kenton and Hardin Northern are both among the top eight teams in their respective divisions in the Ohio High School Athletic Association’s official weekly football computer rankings. The Wildcats (4-2 on the season) are ranked No, 7 in the Division IV Region 16, while Hardin Northern (4-2) is ranked No. 8 in Division VII Region 29.

ADA — Lincolnview defeated Ada 25-20, 25-16, 25-12 in a Northwest Conference volleyball match on Tuesday night. Megan Light led the Bulldog attack with 12 kills, 10 digs and 2 blocks and Miranda Wills added 6 kills, 9 digs and 3 aces.