The Kenton boys and Riverdale girls came away with the top spots at the Hardin County 5k cross country meet at the Hardin County Fairgrounds in Kenton on Monday. The Wildcats took the top spot with a score of 44 in the boys race.

Kailey Keng, 6 (left) and Katie Keng, 4, concentrate on painting their pumpkins Saturday morning at the first Mount Victory Pumpkin Festival.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — In a matchup of inexperienced teams, Riverdale proved more able to control the flow of play. The Falcons took a 2-0 lead against the wind off a pair of handballs in the first half, and held possession in their opponent’s half for much of the second in a 3-1 victory over Upper Sandusky on Saturday.

In the 1960s, the Andy Griffith Show took its viewers to the mythical setting of Mayberry, N.C. Like many Americans, the four Loeffert boys became to know Andy, Aunt Bea, Opie, Barney and the endless supporting characters that brought the country charm to the village.

Senior Haylee Bushong, right, was crowned the 2017 Kenton High School homecoming queen prior to the Wildcats 43-37 win over Lima Shawnee. Crowning Bushing was KHS’s 2016 homecoming queen Daisy White.

Mackenzie McManus and Nolan Pelger were selected as the 2017 Benjamin Logan homecoming queen and king. The Raiders won their homecoming contest against Tecumseh by a score of 32-21.

Kenton and Shawnee made a lot of big plays during Friday night Western Buckeye League contest. The host Wildcats made one more play when they needed to, however, as time ran out on a late fourth quarter drive that could have given the Indians the lead and Kenton held on for a 43-37 homecoming win at Robinson Field.

After suffering abuse as a child, then as a young wife, a Hardin County woman now wants to minister to other women and children who have been abused. Charlotte Gooden shared her story of abuse and her strength to break free of it as guest speaker at the 2017 Candlelight Vigil to remember victims of domestic violence, hosted by Crossroads Crisis Center at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Kenton.

Hardin County Sheriff’s Deputy Christina Henderson (center) was named Deputy of the Year at the sheriff’s annual appreciation and awards program on Thursday night.

ELIDA — The Kenton boys soccer team’s Western Buckeye League title hopes took a big hit on Thursday night. Elida’s Jake Taylor scored the game’s only goal off a header he put past Kenton keeper Luke Woodruff just over three minutes into the game as the host Bulldogs edged the Wildcats 1-0 in a battle of the top two teams in the WBL.