The Hardin County Family YMCA, in coordination with Ohio Northern University students, will host the first ever Jingle Bell Jaunt at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 2. The race will begin and finish at the Hardin County YMCA in Kenton.

TOLEDO — The Ohio Northern men's basketball team nearly pulled off a huge upset, trailing by just two points in the final three minutes before falling 72-62 in an exhibition game at NCAA Division I foe Toledo on Tuesday evening at Savage Arena.

Receiving Booster awards during the Kenton High School fall sports program on Monday night were (front, from left) Rocco Longbrake, boys golf...

The Riverdale boys soccer team recently received the Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association Team Academic Award for achieving a 3.39 team GPA. Pictured are team members during the team banquet last week. Submitted photo    

Players from three area schools received second-team recognition on the All-State soccer teams released over the weekend. Kenton junior Landon Bartlett and Ben Logan junior George Kern were voted to the Division II boys second team.

The Benjamin Logan varsity cheerleading team won the Mad River Division at the ninth annual Central Buckeye Conference competition at Bellefontaine on Saturday.

BEREA — The Ohio Northern football team celebrated Senior Day with a 42-25 victory over Baldwin Wallace on a cold Saturday afternoon at Dial-Roberson Stadium. The Polar Bears (7-3 overall, 6-3) finish in a three-way tie for second place in the Ohio Athletic Conference with a 6-3 record and clinch an upper division finish in the league for the 21st time in the past 22 seasons.

ADA — For the first time in school history, the Ohio Northern women's soccer team advanced to the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Div. III Women's Soccer Tournament as it kept its season alive by defeating No. 20-ranked Illinois Wesleyan 2-0 on Sunday afternoon at Kerscher Stadium.

WESTERVILLE — No. 3 Wittenberg rode the momentum of a tight Set 1 win to a 27-25, 25-14, 25-10 victory over No. 20-ranked Ohio Northern in the regional finals of the NCAA Div. III Volleyball Tournament on Sunday afternoon. The Polar Bears end their season at 29-6 overall, while the Tigers improve to 24-2.

Hardin Northern senior Shelby Alloway (center) signed a National Letter of Intent to continue her volleyball career and education at Division II California University of Pennsylvania.