DOLA — Hardin Northern stayed with Lakeside Danbury for 12 minutes on Friday night. However, the visiting Lakers outscored the Polar Bears 32-8 in the second quarter to take control of the game on the way to a 63-32 victory in a non-league matchup.

The Kenton boys soccer team showed its killer instinct Thursday night in its 5-0 Western Buckeye League victory over Defiance. Leading by two goals at halftime, the Wildcats wanted to make sure to put the game away early in the second half and not allow the visiting Bulldogs an opportunity to get back into the game.

Riverdale’s Brooke McKamey gets a foot on the ball before a Botkins player can during the Falcons 1-1 tie with the Trojans on Thursday. Times photo/David Barnes

MOUNT BLANCHARD — The Riverdale girls had four of the top seven finishers as they won a cross country meet with Pandora-Gilboa, Van Buren and Cory-Rawson on Thursday night.

Jockeys and their horses near the finish line during harness racing competition at the Hardin County Fair on Thursday. Times photo/Dan Robinson

URBANA — The Benjamin Logan volleyball team swept host Urbana 25-17, 25-19 and 25-20 on Thursday night. The Raiders, who were paced by Stanleigh Archer’s 12 kills, 3 blocks, 3 aces and 7 digs, move to 6-2 overall and 2-1 in Central Buckeye Conference action.

Led by 43s from Ethan Wirbel and Cruz Bryant, the Kenton boys golf team won its final home match of the season on Thursday, topping Ottawa-Glandorf 175-186.

ADA — Gabi Rodriguez had three goals and two assists and Kelsey Corbin and Katie Benitez added two tallies each as Riverdale ran past Ada 11-0 in North Central Ohio girls soccer action on Wednesday. The Falcons, who improve to 4-1-1 on the season and 2-0 in NCOSA play, scored six goals in the first half, including two each by Rodriguez and Corbin.

Kenton and Defiance both are searching for their first win of 2017 when the Bulldogs travel to Robinson Field for a Western Buckeye League gridiron battle at 7:30 p.m. Friday night. Kenton coach Brent Fackler said the Wildcats are excited to finally get a chance to play in front of their home crowd after having to travel more than an hour the first two weeks of the season.

After a difficult matchup against Ada in week one, Upper Scioto Valley got into the win column with a dominating performance on both sides of the ball against Cory-Rawson in week two. The challenge becomes more difficult once again on Friday night as the Rams host a Ben Logan team coming off the school’s first ever playoff appearance and with high expectations again this season.