PANDORA — Holding on to a 3-1 lead, the Hardin Northern Polar Bears came up big with a five-run fourth inning to help dispatch Pandora-Gilboa 10-4 in Saturday’s baseball contest. Owen Wetherill and Daylin Pees each drove in two runs and had two hits including a double for the Polar Bears. Zach Kurtz also drove in two runs and had a hit.

McGUFFEY — An eight-run second inning helped propel the Upper Scioto Valley Rams to an 11-7 softball victory over Northwest Central Conference foe Waynesfield-Goshen on Saturday. Leading the Rams at the plate was Rylee Shepherd who was 3 for 4 and drove in two RBIs. Graesan Evans also drove in two had a single. Hailey Martin had a pair of hits including a triple and scored one runner.

DOLA — The Hardin Nothern Polar Bears shot out of the gate against Pandora-Gilboa on Saturday, scoring 11 in the first inning to set the tone for the rest of the contest and helping them to a 24-4 softball win. The Polar Bears didn’t slow down after the first, scoring four and six runs in the next two innings to go up 21-2.

McGUFFEY — Facing a one-run deficit in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Upper Scioto Valley Rams rallied for four runs to gain a 6-3 baseball victory over Northwest Central Conference opponent Waynesfield-Goshen on Saturday. The win improves the Rams to 2-5 overall, 1-1 in the NWCC.

The Kenton Middle School seventh grade team swept the Buckeye Valley seventh graders in a doubleheader on Saturday, earning 8-1 and 10-7 victories. In the first contest, Kenton started strong with a pair of runs before adding another in the third.

The Memorial Park Golf Club Tuesday Morning Ladies League will begin on May 7. Ladies are asked to arrive at the golf course at 8:15 a.m. for coffee, juice and donuts.

The Kenton girls placed second overall out of five teams in Friday’s Kenton Relays to lead the area teams, while the Wildcat boys took third. The Riverdale Falcon girls placed third and the boys team finished fifth.

ADA — A three-run fifth inning helped propel the Ridgemont Golden Gophers to an 8-5 softball win over the Ada Bulldogs on Friday. The Gophers got things started in the first inning when Emma Smith smacked a double on the first pitch of her at-bat, scoring one run for her team.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — The Riverdale Falcons scored early and often against Hardin Northern in Friday’s baseball contest, earning a 13-3 victory in five innings. After giving up one run in the top of the first to the visitors, the Falcons answered with three runs of their own.

ADA — Phillip Coulson pitched his Ada Bulldogs to a 5-0 shutout win over Ridgemont on Friday by striking out eight batters and surrendering just four hits in a complete game effort. Coulson’s pitching was complemented by the bat of Connor Frazier who was 2 for 3 and drove in a pair of runs for the Bulldogs. Austin Amburgey was …