LIMA — The Ridgemont eighth grade boys basketball team fell to Perry 61-47 in the Northwest Central Conference championship game on Saturday. The Gophers, who finish their season with a 15-4 record, received a game-high 24 points from Landon Newland.

BOWLING GREEN — Ada’s Klava Katayama and Zach Beaschler will have to wait until today to find out if they qualified for the Division II state swim meets.

Kenton kept its game close with Elida for eight minutes on Friday night. Unfortunately for the Wildcats after that it was all Bulldogs as they used a dominant performance, clogged up the paint defensively and controlled the boards on both ends of the floor to pull away for a 63-34 Western Buckeye League victory.

While the Kenton basketball team has been winning games on the court the past couple of seasons, one notable personality – Wiley the Wildcat – has been getting plenty of notic on the sidelines.

ADA — After fighting back in the third quarter to briefly retake the lead, Ada saw Columbus Grove pull right back in front and take control in the fourth during Friday night’s contest. Grove went on to outscore Ada 19-11 in the final quarter to win 51-41 in the Northwest Conference’s “Battle of the Bulldogs.”

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Clinging to a one-point lead at halftime, the Riverdale boys basketball team made a key adjustment to pull away from McComb in the third quarter en route to a 69-48 victory Friday in a Blanchard Valley Conference game.

DEGRAFF — Upper Scioto Valley took care of business on Friday night, outscoring host Riverside by 14 points over the final three quarter on the way to claiming 63-50 victory and a share of the Northwest Central Conference championship.

MARION — Hardin Northern was unable to withstand the offensive output from Elgin on Friday night, falling to their Northwest Central Conference foe 62-28. The Polar Bears drop to 0-21 overall, 0-8 in the NWCC. The Comets, who clinched a share of the NWCC title with Upper Scioto Valley, climb to 18-3, 7-1.

Ada High School senior Seven Williams (left) and sophomore Kyle Zimmerly show off the bright orange socks the Bulldogs basketball team will be wearing during their final home game tonight. The socks are to bring attention to Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month.

ELIDA —Trailing Elida by three points with 22 seconds left, with possession of the ball and a winning Western Buckeye League record on the line, there was no panic in the Kenton Lady Wildcats on Thursday night. After a timeout, Jenna Manns took a pass from Ellie Miller and hit a basket in the paint while being fouled, giving her a chance to tie the game.