ADA — After watching a three-run lead over Spencerville evaporate in the seventh inning, Ada found itself having to find a way to bring across one more run. All with two outs, Alexis Ennis singled, stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch, and crossed the plate on a base hit by Olivia Alexander to give the Lady Bulldogs the 7-6 Division IV sectional final win on Friday.

VERMILLION — The Kenton baseball team is advancing to the district semifinals for the first time since 1998.

VAN BUREN — Hardin Northern plated four runs in the top of the seventh inning to rally for a 5-3 victory over host Van Buren in a sectional final matchup on Friday night.

NAPOLEON — Host Napoleon defeated Kenton 6-1 in a Division II softball sectional final on Friday.

HAMLER — The Riverdale softball team was no-hit in a 14-0 sectional final loss to Patrick Henry on Friday night.

Kenton’s Kyle Goodin and Kenji Kobayashi knew their opening Division II sectional tennis doubles match against Van Wert’s Michael Etter and Gabe Rollins would be a difficult matchup. That matchup against the pairing of the Cougars’ top two singles players proved to be as difficult as the Wildcats top pair expected.

There will be six new athletes who made their mark on the area sports scene inducted into the Hardin County Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday night. They are Kenton High School basketball player and longtime girls basketball coach Bob Davis, Ada basketball coach Gene Fries, Ohio Northern football standout and NFL player Stacey Hairston, ONU basketball standout D’Artis Jones, Forest High School basketball legend Don Lease and longtime ONU volleyball coach Sheila K. Wallace-Kovalchik.

RIDGEWAY — Leading Ridgemont by just one going into the final inning, Wynford was looking for some insurance runs. And that is exactly what they found as the Royals racked up seven runs on five hits against the Gophers in the half inning to pull away for a 14-6 Division IV sectional baseball final win on Thursday.

WAYNESFIELD — The Ridgemont girls won three events and Upper Scioto Valley’s boys claimed two events on the first day of competition at the Northwest Central Conference track and field meet on Thursday at Waynesfield-Goshen.

ONTARIO — After losing to Ontario in the sectional finals last spring, the Kenton baseball team wanted to get off to a quick start in its rematch with the Warriors on Wednesday. The Wildcats did just that, plating two runs in the first inning and another in the second inning before holding off the hosts for a 5-2 win in Division II sectional baseball action.