Kenton got off to a good start against Coldwater at Robinson Field on Friday night, needing just three offensive plays from scrimmage after receiving the opening kickoff to go ahead 7-0. However, the visiting Cavaliers were able to keep pace early and then took advantage of several Wildcat special teams mistakes and turnovers to take control of the game in pulling away for a 52-27 victory.

ADA — The Ada Bulldogs saw a glimpse of what they have to look forward to in the future, with sophomore quarterback Brandon Hull scoring three touchdowns to lead his team to a 30-16 victory over Upper Scioto Valley on Friday night.

ARLINGTON — A close game at halftime turned into a blowout as Riverdale lost its football season opener at Arlington. Trailing 14-7 at the half, Riverdale’s offense was shut down by an opportunistic Arlington defense, which intercepted Riverdale quarterback Alec Loveridge four times in the game and forced five turnovers overall.

Goshen Community Grange recently presented $500 community service scholarships to three 2018 graduates of Kenton High School. The scholarships are awarded on the basis of the variety and amount of community service each student participates is during their high school career.

When the United Way of Hardin County kicks off its 2019 campaign Thursday, it will do so without one of its cornerstone supporters. Bonnie McBride had served on the United Way board in many capacities during her 14 years of membership.

Mike Boyle (left) and Scot Gammon show off the new digital down markers to be debuted at the Kenton-Coldwater football game tonight. Boyle and Gammon had seen the markers used during a Georgia Tech football game on TV and thought they would be a new feature at the Kenton games.

COLUMBUS GROVE — Sidney Plott and Addison Modd had two goals each as the Kenton girls soccer team defeated Columbus Grove 4-0 on Thursday night. The Wildcats led 3-0 at halftime. Kenton, which improves to 3-0 on the season, travels to Upper Sandusky on Saturday.

The Kenton High School class of 1968 celebrated its 50th reunion on Aug. 10 and 11. On Friday night, a small group of 45 classmates and spouses met at the Kenton High School library for refreshments, socializing and walking the halls that they had walked 50 years ago.

ADA — For the past two years, Ada has celebrated its connection to the National Football League with a festival on Super Bowl weekend. Visitors huddled against the winter wind at the parking lot at the depot and listened to music around roaring fires as they waited for the lighted Wilson football to drop and welcome in Super Bowl Sunday.

His players didn’t put the ball in the net as much as Kenton boys soccer coach Jamie Bartlett would have liked during Wednesday night’s 4-0 home win over Ada. But there was not much else for the Wildcat mentor to be disappointed about after he watched his team control the run of play for almost the entire 80 minutes of the victory.