TIFFIN — Seniors Nick Bame of Hardin Northern and Kyle Evans of Riverdale punched their tickets to the Division III state track meet in Columbus next week with regional championships at meet in Tiffin on Friday.

BELLEFONTAINE — Darian Rockhold has been playing softball for most of her life, including the past four springs as a standout third baseman for Ben Logan. The Raider senior will continue her career after graduating this week as she recently signed a National Letter of Intent to play for Muskingum University.

MASON — Ada’s Zach Beaschler accomplished his primary goal at the Division II state tennis tournament - getting into the win column. A year after dropping his first round match, the Bulldog junior topped Waverly’s Brandon Nibert 6-0, 6-1 in his opening match on Friday.

DUNKIRK — Hardin Northern midget football signups will be from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Dunkirk Park. Anyone with questions may call Kenny at 419-619-6914.

Ridgemont had a pair of first team selections and Upper Scioto Valley had one on the All-Northwest Central Conference baseball teams released earlier this week. Named to the first team for the Gophers were pitcher Jace McGue and catcher Alex Ramsey.

PIQUA — Kenton’s Chris Deardorff saved his best leap for his last one on Thursday as he finished third in the long jump at the Division III regional track meet to qualify for next week’s state meet. Deardorff had a personal best of 22-0 on his last jump of the finals to vault from the sixth place into the third position.

LEXINGTON — Ben Logan’s Reese Wilcoxon went into Thursday’s Division II regional track meet with the seventh best qualifying toss in the field of 16 throwers. He came out of the competition with the top throw and a spot in next week’s Division II state track meet in Columbus. “It’s pretty cool. I’m really proud of myself,” Wilcoxon said. The …

PIQUA — Ben Logan’s Madison Manns will be making the trip to Columbus next week to compete in the Division II state track and field meet. The Raider sophomore cleared 5-1 on her third attempt at the height to finish third in the high jump on the first day of Division II regional competition at Piqua on Thursday afternoon.

Hardin Northern was well-represented on the All-Northwest Conference softball teams as seven Polar Bears were recognized including Quinn Stewart-Evans, who was named the league’s co-player of the year. In addition to Stewart-Evans, Polar Bears selected to the first team were Madison Robson and Shelby Alloway.