MOUNT BLANCHARD — Riverdale’s girls basketball team got off to a slow start, missing its first five shots from the field against Hardin Northern on Tuesday night. Once the Lady Falcons got going though there was little the Polar Bears could do to stop them.

McGUFFEY — A 21-point halftime deficit proved too much for the Upper Scioto Valley girls basketball team, which fell to Bluffton 71-49 on Tuesday night. With just one full-time returning starter in Kaycee Carroll and several new faces in starting roles for the Lady Rams (0-1), led by first-year head coach Travis Donley, the game proved a learning experience for the team.

ADA — Cory-Rawson defeated Ada 53-45 in the Lady Bulldogs girls basketball season-opener on Tuesday night. Raina England netted 16 points to lead Ada, while Maddie Gossard chipped in with 11 and Rilan Conley added 10.

DOLA — The Hardin Northern Junior High girls basketball teams split a pair of games with Elgin on Monday. The Polar Bear seventh grade jumped ahead 12-0 after one quarter on the way to a 29-7 victory.

Four area football players received recognition on the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association Division IV and VI All-Ohio football teams that were released this week. Ada quarterback Seth Conley and his top receiver Chase Sumner both received first team recognition in Division VI, while Kenton linebacker Shawn Conover was voted to the third team in Division IV and Ben Logan receiver Grant Ward was selected honorable mention in Division IV.

FAIRBORN — The Ben Logan bowling teams split a match with Greenon in non-league action on Monday night. The Raiders girls won 2,068-2,046.

With an early spark from its defense and a hot hand from beyond the three-point arc, the Kenton girls basketball team got its season off to a quick start on Saturday night. The Lady Wildcats forced visiting Lima Central Catholic into turnovers on seven of its first eight possessions and opened the game with an 11-0 run on the way to a 54-37 victory.

RIDGEWAY — Holding an 11-point lead early in the fourth quarter, the Benjamin Logan Raiders looked set to cruise to an easy girls basketball win over Ridgemont on the road Saturday night. But the Gophers pushed back in the final period, closing to within three points with just 15 seconds to go.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Shots weren’t falling through the first three quarters, but Upper Sandusky warmed up just in time. Led by Megan Hensel, the Rams erased an eight-point deficit with six and a half minutes to go and downed Riverdale, 66-54, on Saturday night.