COLDWATER - Leading by 21 points at halftime, Coldwater appeared to be on the verge of blowing open the traditional football season-opener against Kenton on Friday night. The Wildcats had other ideas, however.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — A second-half shutout and pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns sealed a 40-18 Riverdale football victory over Waynesfield-Goshen to begin the 2017 campaign Friday. Aidan Loveridge helped out in a few ways as well, including returning the opening kickoff for a touchdown.

McGUFFEY — A 27-point first quarter for the Ada Bulldogs set the tone early and allowed them to cruise to a 40-7 win over Upper Scioto Valley in the season-opening football game on Friday. Helping the Bulldogs to victory was the combination of quarterback Seth Conley to Aaron Everhart.

MOUNT VICTORY — The Ridgemont Board of Education didn’t have to look far in selecting the future superintendent of the district. Sally Henrick, the current K-12 principal of curriculum and instruction, will be taking on the district’s top job as of July 1, 2018.

ADA – The Ohio Northern University Mobile Health Clinic has an official set of wheels. The 38-foot bus is in its first season of operation by the College of Pharmacy’s ONU HealthWise outreach efforts. It was obtained through support from CVS and Mercy Health in Lima.

FOREST — If everything goes according to plans, Forest may soon be the home of one of Ohio’s first medical marijuana factories. The future of the proposed 25,000-square-foot plant lies with a state board which is considering applications from 109 potential cultivators with just 12 to be licensed, said Janet Breneman, co-owner of Green Camp Provisions LLC.

Holding a two-goal advantage over Ada midway through the second half, the Kenton Wildcats smelled blood. And the Wildcats feasted as they netted six goals in a span of 12 minutes on the way to an 8-0 boys soccer win over the visiting Bulldogs on Wednesday night.

A crew from Studer-Obringer, Inc. prepares the site of the expansion of the Ada Public Library on Tuesday afternoon.

BELLEFONTAINE — The host Ben Logan boys were second of nine teams with 58 points at the Ben Logan Early Bird Cross Country Invitational on Tuesday afternoon. Jonathan Alder had four of the top six runners to win the meet with 28 points.

A large crowd made its way to Ohio Northern University’s observatory in Ada to watch the eclipse on Monday afternoon.