ADA — No. 18-ranked Ohio Northern swept Marietta 25-13, 25-14, 25-16 in the quarterfinals of the Ohio Athletic Conference Volleyball Tournament on Tuesday night at the ONU Sports Center. The second-seeded Polar Bears (26-4 overall) advance to the semifinals on Thursday night and will host third-seeded Mount Union at 7 p.m. at the ONU Sports Center.

ADA — Presale tickets for Friday night’s Ada High School regional quarterfinal football game at Liberty-Benton are on sale now through Friday from 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the high school office. Tickets will be $8 dollars if purchased at the school with a percentage of the sales going to the school.

ADA — Presale tickets for Friday night’s Ada High School regional quarterfinal football game at Liberty-Benton will be on sale today through Friday from 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the high school office. Tickets will be $8 dollars if purchased at the school with a percentage of the sales going to the school. All tickets will be $9 at …

Receiving awards during the Riverdale cross Country awards banquet held on Monday night were (from left) Livia Benjamin, JH girls most valuable runner....

The Hardin Northern eighth grade volleyball team defeated Riverside in the championship match to claim the Northwest Central Conference tournament title recently.

The Upper Scioto Valley Athletics Boosters are holding a donkey basketball game at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10 at the Allen East Community Center in Harrod. The cost is $200 per eight-person team and there is a limit of four teams. Entry forms can be picked up in the USV High School office or by contacting Tera Howard at 567-204-4912. …

DUBLIN — Logan Brown, a 14-year-old Kenton resident was 15th of 88 runners with a time of 11:57.4 in the boys 7th and 8th grade Silver Division race at Ohio Cross Country Middle School State Championships in Dublin on Oct. 22.

TIFFIN — Upper Scioto Valley’s Brady Hipsher positioned himself in the pack where he wanted to be at the beginning of the Division III regional cross country race on Saturday. And while he kept himself in that position throughout the race, the Ram junior didn’t have enough in the end to pull himself into a state qualifying position.

FINDLAY — Having lost to Liberty-Benton in the district final round three of the last four years, the Riverdale Lady Falcons soccer team looked to build on its win over the Eagles in the regular season and take the district crown. But after surrendering two goals in the first 15 minutes of the game, the Falcons were unable to recover, falling to the Eagles 2-0 and putting a lid on their season.

Ada’s football players woke up Saturday morning still not knowing if they were going make the Division VI playoffs. When everything was said and done on Saturday night, the 7-3 Bulldogs found themselves in the No. 8 spot in Region 22 and a Friday regional quarterfinal matchup at Liberty-Benton.