The Rev. Loran Miracle dishes out pasta at Table One at its first community meal Tuesday evening at the downtown Kenton restaurant.

ARLINGTON — After back-and-forth first and early second quarters, the Ada Bulldogs held a 14-12 lead over Arlington in non-conference boys basketball action Tuesday night. But a rough overall second quarter for the Bulldogs saw them allow a 13-2 run before halftime, giving the Red Devils enough separation to hold back the visitors and take the 56-43 win.

The Riverdale basketball team got caught in a trap on Tuesday night. Kenton used its pressure defense to force the Falcons into 29 turnovers, converting many of those miscues into easy points, in rolling to a 63-37 boys basketball victory in the battle of area rivals.

ADA — Ada High School senior Libbie Milks participated in the 129th Rose Parade on Jan. 2 in Pasadena, Calif., as a flutist in the Bands of America Honor Band, and she could not believe how great the band sounded together. That sound did not come by accident, of course, with the group of students from all across the country holding rehearsals together prior to the performances. For Milks, those rehearsals were the most memorable part of her trip to Southern California.

The sixth-graders in Sarah Wood’s math class at Hardin Northern have been working on graphing points on the X,Y axis. They had a chance to have fun and apply their skills playing a large version of the popular game Battleship. Submitted photo    

MOUNT VICTORY — Ridgemont appeared to be on the verge of pulling away from Ada several times during the first half of the girls basketball contest between the Hardin County rivals on Monday night. However, the Bulldogs had answers from three-point range and were able to get back even every time. That was until the third quarter. Sparked by Meadow Cromer, the Gophers took control with decisive 14-0 run as they pulled away for the 65-55 non-conference victory.

Left, Ada’s Chase Sumner competes in the 152-pound weight class at the Van Buren Invitational on Saturday afternoon.

Kenton’s Wyatt Billenstein follows through on a shot during the Wildcats win over Lincolnview on Thursday night. Both the Wildcat boys and girls teams were victorious.

BELLEFONTAINE — Nikki Current set a new Ben Logan career scoring record on Wednesday night as she led Ben Logan to a 52-38 victory over Springfield Northwestern.

ADA — Coming out of halftime with a 12-point lead, the No. 9 ranked Ohio Northern women distanced themselves from Heidelberg by outscoring the visitors 29-10 in the third quarter on Wednesday night.