RIDGEWAY — North Union defeated Ridgemont 50-43 in an eighth grade boys basketball game on Wednesday. Landon Newland scored 19 points and Mason Stuck added 16 for the Gophers.

Jayden Cornell had an off-night shooting for the Kenton boys basketball team on Tuesday night, going scoreless for the first three quarters of the Wildcats game against Wapakoneta. The freshman came alive for six points in the fourth quarter and none of those points were bigger than the final two.

The Ada and Kenton swim teams split a dual match at the Hardin County YMCA on Tuesday night. Led by Klava Katayama’s two first place efforts, the Ada girls won seven events on the way to a 97-64 victory, while the Wildcat boys, led by Landon Bartlett and Garrett Thomas’ two firsts, won six events on the way to a 92-53 win.

ADA — Upper Scioto Valley’s Kaycee Carroll netted 26 points to lead the way as the Rams pulled away for a 68-52 victory over backyard rival Ada on Tuesday night. The Rams, who improve to 4-13 on the season, jumped ahead 19-12 after eight minutes and 35-23 by halftime before putting the game out of reach with an 18-13 advantage in the third quarter.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Riverdale got off to a fast start, outscoring Tiffin Calvert by 21 points in the first half, on the way to a 55-30 non-conference girls basketball win on Tuesday night. The Falcons, who led 20-6 after eight minutes and 34-13 at halftime, pushed their lead to 51-20 after three quarters before coasting to the win.

BELLEFONTAINE — The Ben Logan bowling teams split a pair of matches with Bellefontaine on Tuesday afternoon. The Lady Raiders won 2,511-2,289.

BELLEFONTAINE — Kenton Ridge took a nine-point halftime lead and then held off host Ben Logan in the second half for a 57-53 Central Buckeye Conference victory on Tuesday night. The Raiders, who fell behind 11-7 after eight minutes and 31-22 at halftime before outscoring the Cougars 20-15 in the third eight minutes, drop to 6-12 overall and 2-7 in CBC action.

DOLA — North Baltimore outscored Hardin Northern in each of the first three quarters on the way to a 53-24 victory over the Lady Polar Bears in a non-league contest on Tuesday. The visiting Tigers jumped ahead 16-2 after eight minutes and 29-9 by halftime before putting the game away with a 16-7 advantage in the third quarter.

BELLEFONTAINE — The Ben Logan eighth grade girls basketball team defeated Urbana 34-22 on Tuesday night. Lynzee Cronkleton netted 12 points to lead the Raiders.

ST. PARIS — The Ben Logan girls basketball team clinched its fourth straight outright Central Buckeye Conference Mad River Division championship with an 86-40 win over Graham on Monday night. The Raiders, led by a 31-point effort by Nikki Current, wasted little time taking control as they led 24-12 after eight minutes and 46-22 at halftime.