DOLA — Arlington jumped ahead by 19 points after one quarter and was never threatened in pulling away for a 69-15 win over Hardin Northern in non-league girls basketball action on Saturday. The Red Devils, who forced Hardin Northern into 38 turnovers, led 25-6 after eight minutes and 36-6 at halftime on the way to the win.

DOLA — A second half Hardin Northern rally came up short as Mechanicsburg held off the Polar Bears 45-44 in a non-league boys basketball contest on Saturday. Hardin Northern, which outscored Mechanicsburg 15-9 in the final eight minutes, trailed 15-2 after one quarter before closing within 24-17 at halftime and 36-29 after three quarters.

DAYTON — Macy Arn won the 200 freestyle and added a second place in the 50 freestyle to lead the Ben Logan swim teams at the 22-team Shawnee Invitational at Wright State University on Saturday. Arn scored 29 points in the meet for the Lady Raiders, who placed eighth as a team.

MOUNT VICTORY — Botkins defeated Ridgemont 44-42 in eighth grade boys basketball action on Saturday. Mason Stuck led the Gophers with 24 points and 8 rebounds, while Landon Newland added 12 points, 15 rebounds and 7 assists.

DEFIANCE — The Kenton Lady Wildcats have been able to overcome some struggles at the free throw line throughout the early part of the 2017-18 basketball season. On Friday night at Defiance, those struggles at the charity stripe finally proved to be costly for the Lady Wildcats.

DEFIANCE — Kenton’s Jayden Cornell sank a three-pointer to score the first ever basket in front of a nearly full house in the first game in Defiance High school’s brand new gymnasium on Friday night. Unfortunately for the Wildcats, the highlights were few and far between the rest of the first quarter.

MOUNT VICTORY — Led by Quinn Sanders and Wyatt Daniels, the Upper Scioto Valley Rams took down Ridgemont 71-40 in a Northwest Central Conference clash Friday night. The USV boys improve their record to 7-2 overall, remaining unbeaten in the NWCC at 2-0. The Gophers remain winless with the loss, sitting at 0-11, 0-3.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Trailing only six to North Baltimore at the half, Riverdale was outscored 16-9 in the third, pushing the deficit to 13 and helping the visiting Tigers to a 62-54 win Friday night.

DOLA — Hardin Northern remains in search of its first win following a 77-45 loss at the hands of Fremont St. Joseph in Friday night’s boys basketball game.

McGUFFEY — Holding a 16-point lead over Upper Scioto Valley early in the third quarter, the Ridgemont Lady Gophers surrendered a 10-0 run to see the gap close to six with just under three minutes to go in the stanza. Following a timeout, Ridgemont refocused and got nearly all its points back by closing out the third quarter with a 9-0 run before going on to finish off the Lady Rams, 66-51, in Northwest Central Conference play on Thursday night.