BOWLING GREEN — Ada High School’s Zach Beaschler will be returning to the Division II state tennis competition after a second place finish in Saturday’s district semifinals at Bowling Green State University.

BOWLING GREEN — Ada High School junior Zach Beaschler is one win away from returning to the Division II state tennis tournament. The Bulldog cruised through his first two matches on Thursday by scores of 6-0, 6-0 to earn a spot in the district semifinals during the first day of the Division II district tennis meet at Bowling Green State University.

TIFFIN — Kenton’s Heath Houser was just two outs from a fifth-straight scoreless inning and a complete-game win against Lexington in a Division II district semifinal baseball game on Thursday. But a pair of back-to-back hits from the Minutemen brought a runner home to tie the game at 3-3, sending it into extra innings.

FINDLAY — Upper Scioto Valley’s Chase Rose finished first in the long jump to lead area competitors on the first day of Division III district competition at Findlay on Thursday.

PANDORA — Janessa Taylor had a triple and two singles to lead the way as Riverdale defeated Pandora-Gilboa 14-4 in a Blanchard Valley Conference softball game on Thursday.

DEFIANCE — After fouling on the first two of her three preliminary throws, Kenton discus specialist Lauren Johnson was hoping to land a a good throw to earn a spot in the finals on her last attempt of the prelims during Division II district competition at Defiance High School on Wednesday afternoon.

For the past four years, Ashley Morris was a leader for the Kenton girls basketball team both as a point guard and as the team’s top scorer. The Wildcat senior hopes to have a similar role during the next four years as a member of the Wilmington College basketball team.

Kenton was well-represented on the All-Western Buckeye League softball teams team which were released on Wednesday. Earning first-team honors for the Wildcats was third baseman Hanna Legge.

The Kenton High School football program will hold its annual football camp in three sessions from May 30 through June 7. Session I, for students entering grades 1-6, will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p .m. May 30-June 2; session II for students entering grades 9-12 will be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. June 5; and Session III, for students entering grades 7 and 8, will be from 7 a.m. to noon June 6 and 7.