In Spring League play at Memorial Park Golf Course, the team of Brian McFadden, Dean Brim, Jeff Butcher, Lew Hanna and Tami McFadden are holding first place at 31 under with one week of play left. The team of Paul Coker, Reg Sampson, Bryant Piper, Andy Tudor and Joni Rensing are in second place with a 27 under and the team of Brad Hanna, Todd Hayter, Doug Wright, Don Dodds and Judy Brim are in third place with a 23 under.

The second farm Indians defeated the Dodgers 10-7 on Monday afternoon. Leading the way for the Indians was was Braylen Miller with a triple and 2 doubles; Nolan Asman with 3 singles; Emma Kaylor with a double and a single; Tatum Dale with a triple; Mya Hunsaker with a double; Brendan Potter and Dakota Hale-Adkins with 2 singles each; Domanic Sloan, Eliannah Miller and Stewart Kaylor with singles.

TIFFIN — Just one season removed from failing to qualify for the Division III regional meet, Ada pole vaulter Nora Dellifield has propelled herself to a spot at the 2019 state meet in Columbus next Friday. Dellifield cleared 10-04 at the D-III regional meet at Tiffin on Friday, good enough for a fourth place finish.

PIQUA — It was a bit more difficult than the first two times, but Ben Logan’s Madison Manns is going to the Division II state track meet in the high jump for the third straight year. A year after advancing to Columbus by winning the Piqua regional track meet with a top leap of 5-2, Manns easily cleared 5-2 on Thursday afternoon. So did four other jumpers.

The second farm Indians defeated the Reds 20-1 in Kenton Little League action on Thursday night. Hitting for the Indians were Jayce Bordner with 3 home runs, Tatum Dale and Nolan Asman with home runs and 2 singles each, Emma Kaylor had a home run and a single, Solomon Petty and Braylen Miller with a triple and a single each, …

TIFFIN — It was a rough first day for area athletes as no one was able to finish among the top four finishers and earn a trip to state at the Division III regional track meet at Heidelberg University on Wednesday afternoon. Hardin Northern’s Frank McCoy came the closest to earning a trip to state on the first day of competition as he had a leap of 20-3 1/4 to finish sixth in the long jump.

Receiving athletic booster awards during the Kenton High School spring sports awards program on Wednesday night were (from left) Hayden Hicks (boys track), Paige Osborn (girls track), Bobby Halsey (baseball), Taj Chahal (boys tennis) and Natalia Conley (softball).

Five Riverdale players were recognized on the All-Blanchard Valley Conference softball teams released on Wednesday. Falcon freshmen Allison Donaugh and Lainie Howell were selected to the first team, while junior Justine Messmer was chosen second team and sophomore Alyson Greer and freshman Brookelyn Walter were both honorable mention.

DAYTON — The Ben Logan softball team’s softball tournament run came to an end on Wednesday afternoon as West Jefferson defeated the Raiders 7-2 in the Division III regional semifinals at Wright State University. The Raiders led 1-0 after scoring a first inning run before West Jefferson took control of the game with three runs in the third inning and four more in the fourth frame.

A trio of Ada players received honors on the All-Northwest Conference softball teams released on Wednesday. Ada senior Alexis Ennis was chosen to the second team, while classmate Raina England and sophomore Leona Dalton received honorable mention.