ADA — On Friday, Ada’s Klava Katayama will attempt to accomplish something no Bulldog girl has done before as she looks to earn a trip to the state high school swimming championships when she competes in the Bowling Green Division II district meet. And by looking at the rankings going into the meet, Katayama stands a good chance.

For the Kenton High School swim team, there were no expectations of them going into the 2017 sectional meet. However the Wildcats delivered a solid performance when it counted at the sectional meet last Saturday and qualified for five events in the Division II district meet in Bowling Green, which begins at 3 p.m. Friday at the BGSU Recreation Center.

Shenghang Tong plays an erhu, a two-stringed instrument for the Kenton High School and Middle School band members at a concert this morning at the middle school auditorium. Tong, along with Yunhe Wang and Yang Wei will perform at the Ada Public Library at 11 a.m. on Saturday and at Ohio Northern University’s Presser Hall Sunday at 4 p.m.

The Kenton girls basketball team suffered its fifth setback of the season Tuesday night, being nipped by River Valley 52-49 in non-conference action. The Wildcats led 6-0 early in the game after three-pointers by Ashley Morris and Kori Barrett, before River Valley rallied to take a 13-12 lead after eight minutes and a 30-28 lead at halftime.

DOLA — Arlington’s size in the paint was too much for Hardin Northern to handle Tuesday, as the Red Devils took control in the second quarter and never looked back on the way to a 79-32 non-conference boys basketball win. The Red Devils, who were paced by big man Logan Speyer’s 23 points, led 16-11 after one quarter before outscoring Hardin Northern 20-8 in the second quarter to grab a 36-19 lead by halftime.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — The Riverdale wrestling team split a tri-match with Bluffton and Tiffin Calvert on Tuesday night. The Falcons won three of the five matches that were wrestled against Bluffton, but were edged by the Pirates 24-23 as Bluffton picked up two wins by forfeit to just one for the Falcons.

A Kenton youth told Kenton City Council on Monday night that he would like to see designated bike lanes created on major city streets. Donoven Quail, 11, said he would like bike lanes going from local neighborhoods to school, shopping center and the movie theater.

When people think of Kenton High School athletics, football often is the first thing that comes to mind. In the winter of 1967, however, basketball fever swept across the city. It was during that season that the Wildcats won 16 straight games, including what at the time was a monumental victory over a powerhouse Shawnee squad, on the way to the school’s only sole Western Buckeye League championship.

A car rests upside down in a drainage ditch near McGuffey following a one-car crash Monday afternoon, resulting in the death of a McGuffey woman. Patricia Parr was killed when the car she was riding in went into the drainage ditch along the side of County Road 110. Parr was a passenger in the back seat of the car driven …

FOREST — When Jerrie Whitling said she wanted to leave the real estate business and buy a restaurant in Forest, everyone told her she was crazy. Upon accomplishing her goal, she embraced the moniker and named her restaurant the Crazy Lady Family Restaurant & Sports Bar.