MOUNT BLANCHARD — Holding an eight-point lead with under two minutes remaining, Riverdale had to fend off a late surge from Bucyrus to hold on for a 53-51 boys basketball victory Tuesday night.

MARION — Kenton knocked down 11 three-pointers and outscored Marion Harding in all four quarters on the way to a 67-36 win over the host Presidents on Tuesday night.

LIMA — The Ada boys swam to seventh place and the Kenton boys were 13th in the 19-team Holiday Invitational at the Lima YMCA on Tuesday afternoon.

BELLEFONTAINE — Trailing Lima Temple Christian 44-43 with one minute left in the game, Austin VanBuskirk drained a three-pointer from the top of the arc to put Ben Logan ahead on Tuesday night.

ADA — Dr. Suzanne Darmer feels like her last 10 years in Ada have been spent “in the best school district in Ohio.” In what was the only superintendency of her career, Darmer is hanging things up at the end of the calendar year, retiring from the Ada School District to be able to spend more time with family.

RIDGEWAY — The Ridgemont boys basketball team knew it was going into a matchup Friday night against a Parkway team that was a lot bigger and stronger than it was.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Going up against a high-pressure defense, Riverdale’s offensive game never fully clicked during Friday night’s boys basketball contest against Leipsic.

BELLEFONTAINE — Benjamin Logan overcame an early 11-0 deficit to defeat North Union 60-55 Friday night in non-conference girls basketball action.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Clay Thompson had everything ready for a surprise wedding proposal. The only thing he couldn’t control was the weather.