Six small farms were visited as part of the Auglaize and Hardin County New and Small Farm College on Saturday, April 8. The New and Small Farm College was an eight-week short course held at the Ohio State University Lima campus in February and March.

For eight innings the Kenton baseball team was locked in an even matchup with Wapakoneta on Thursday night. Everything came apart for the Wildcats in the ninth inning, however, as Wapakoneta found its batting stride and plated seven runs to pull away for an 8-1 Western Buckeye League victory.

RIDGEWAY — Ridgemont broke a tie game with a three-run sixth inning on the way to a 5-2 win over Ada in non-league baseball action Thursday. Cameron Smith and Cole McKinley had singles to lead off the sixth inning before Alex Ramsey drove in the go-ahead run with a double.

RIDGEWAY — Ada held off a late Ridgemont rally to claim a 6-4 win in non-league softball action on Thursday. The Bulldogs, who improve to 5-1, led 6-1 going into the bottom of the sixth before the Gophers rallied for three runs off Bulldog reliever Kaiti Newland.

Ridgemont High School recently held its winter sports program recognizing its boys and girls basketball athletes and cheerleaders.

The Benjamin Logan's Robotics Team competed at the National Robotics Challenge in Marion. The team entered in various competitions including: combat bot, robo hockey, Sumo bot, and Internet of Things.

Kenton High Scool graduate Mo Gray competed on the winning 200 meldey and 200 free relay teams for the Ohio State University Club swim team in at the Collegiate Club National meet in Atlanta last weekend.

Mike Schlegel and Vickie Burchiel, co-managers of Village Pantry donated 100 cases of water to Kenton Little League to assist with the league’s Healthy Choice program that promotes water consumption instead of other sugar drinks.

ADA — The National Council for Home Safety and Security has recognized Ada as the 16th safest city in Ohio this week. The list of Ohio’s 50 Safest Cities refers to populations of 5,000 or more. The council reviews the most recent FBI Uniform Crime Report statistics along with their own population data and internal research to formulate and rank each city.