ELIDA — Trailing Elida by 11 points early in the fourth quarter of Friday night’s boys basketball game, the Kenton Wildcats were determined not to let the game get away from them. But after a 10-0 run by Kenton’s Jaron Sharp brought his team to within a point, some costly turnovers down the stretch proved too much for the Wildcats to overcome, falling 58-52.

MOUNT VICTORY — Landon Newland led the way with 22 points and Mason Stuck added 19 as Ridgemont held off Waynesfield-Goshen 65-53 in a Northwest Central Conference matchup on Friday night.

COLUMBUS GROVE — Down six at the half to Columbus Grove, the Ada Bulldogs were outscored 30-19 in the second half of Friday’s boys basketball contest, falling 60-43 on the road.

Ben Logan’s Nolan Robson goes up for a layup during the Raiders game against  Urbana on Friday night. Results of the game were not received by presstime. Times photo/Kendrick Jesionowski  

DOLA — Hunter Jolliff had 22 points to lead the way for Hardin Northern as the Polar Bears took a double digit first half ad and then held off Elgin the rest of the way for a 62-52 Northwest Centrl Conference win on Friday night. The Polar bears, who improve to 6-12 overall, evened their NWCc record at 4-4. Nevin …

MCGUFFEY —  Wayne Lowery netted 22 points including scoring his 1,000th point in a Upper Scioto Valley uniform as the Rams ran away for an 84-65 win over Riverside in Northwest Central conference boys basketball action on Friday. USV trailed 20-18 after eight minutes before outscoring the Pirates 19-14 in the second quarter to take a 37-34 lead into the …

VAN BUREN — Despite Coby Miller’s game-high 19 points, the Riverdale Falcons were unable to recover from an 11-point first-half deficit, falling to Van Buren on the road 54-43 in Friday night’s boys basketball game. The Falcons fall to 12-8 overall, 7-3 in the Blanchard Valley Conference. With the win, Van Buren improves to 12-5, with just one loss in …

Kenton rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit to take a three-point lead over Elida with seven minutes left in the game during the matchup of Western Buckeye League rivals on Thursday night. The Lady Wildcats could not sustain their momentum to the finish however as the visiting Bulldogs went on an 11-0 run and outscored Kenton 15-5 the rest of the way for a 46-39 victory.

Ben Logan football standout Cole Bibart signed a letter stating his intentions to continue his education and gridiron career at Heidelberg University on Thursday afternoon.

DOLA — Fort Jennings rallied in the fourth quarter to slip past Hardin Northern 37-36 in a non-league girls basketball game on Thursday night. The Polar Bears led 14-12 after eight minutes and 20-17 at halftime. The score was 27-24 in favor of Hardin Northern after three quarters before the visiting Musketeers outscored the Polar Bears 13-9 in the fourth quarter.