DEFIANCE — Kenton’s Jayden Cornell sank a three-pointer to score the first ever basket in front of a nearly full house in the first game in Defiance High school’s brand new gymnasium on Friday night. Unfortunately for the Wildcats, the highlights were few and far between the rest of the first quarter.

MOUNT VICTORY — Led by Quinn Sanders and Wyatt Daniels, the Upper Scioto Valley Rams took down Ridgemont 71-40 in a Northwest Central Conference clash Friday night. The USV boys improve their record to 7-2 overall, remaining unbeaten in the NWCC at 2-0. The Gophers remain winless with the loss, sitting at 0-11, 0-3.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Trailing only six to North Baltimore at the half, Riverdale was outscored 16-9 in the third, pushing the deficit to 13 and helping the visiting Tigers to a 62-54 win Friday night.

DOLA — Hardin Northern remains in search of its first win following a 77-45 loss at the hands of Fremont St. Joseph in Friday night’s boys basketball game.

McGUFFEY — Holding a 16-point lead over Upper Scioto Valley early in the third quarter, the Ridgemont Lady Gophers surrendered a 10-0 run to see the gap close to six with just under three minutes to go in the stanza. Following a timeout, Ridgemont refocused and got nearly all its points back by closing out the third quarter with a 9-0 run before going on to finish off the Lady Rams, 66-51, in Northwest Central Conference play on Thursday night.

Kenton’s Carter Kauble send a shot down the lane during the Wildcats bowling match against Wapakoneta on Thursday. Results of the match were not received by presstime.

ADA — Ada and Lima Central Catholic were tied two minutes into the fourth quarter during their girls basketball matchup on Thursday night. A Lady Thunderbirds 35-14 advantage on the boards proved to be too much for Ada to overcome as LCC broke open the tight game with a 13-3 run over the next five minutes on the way to a 51-39 victory over the host Bulldogs.

The Kenton Middle School seventh grade boys basketball team improved to 5-2 on the season by defeating Bath 55-46 on Thursday. Colby Quay tallied 14 points to lead Kenton.

The Black team defeated the White team in Masonic Pool Tournament play on Thursday night. The White team now leads the tournament by 27 points.

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