ADA — The Ohio Northern women's tennis team advanced in the Ohio Athletic Conference Tournament for the 16th consecutive season by posting a 5-0 victory over Marietta on Tuesday afternoon at University Courts. The second-seeded Polar Bears improve to 21-4 on the year and are now 16-0 in the quarterfinals in the 16-year history of the OAC Tournament.

Kenton wasted little time in taking control, scoring seven runs in the first inning and adding eight more in the second in the way to a 16-0 win over Upper Scioto Valley in a non-league baseball game on Monday.

The Kenton softball team sent 12 batters to the plate and scored six runs in the in the first inning and never looked back on the way to a 19-0 win over Upper Scioto Valley in Hardin County action on Monday. Jenna Clum had a pair of doubles and Jenna Rodenberger and Sydney Bopp both added a double and a single to lead the Wildcats, who after adding a single run in the second inning, scored seven times in the third and five more times in the fourth.

SPRINGFIELD — Northwestern plated three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning on the way to a 7-4 victory over Ben Logan in a Central Buckeye Conference softball contest. The Raiders (11-8 overall and 5-6 in CBC play) received a two-run double from Kinzie Jones and two hits and an RBI from Tahlsa Bowshier.

CONVOY — Crestview hitters smashed two home runs among its five hits on the way to a 13-2 win over Ada in a Northwest Conference softball contest on Monday. The Knights, 8-10 overall and 4-2 in the NWC, received home runs from Hannah Binnion and Kristen Etzler as they plated six runs in the second inning and two and two in the third before putting the game away with five runs in the fifth.

CONVOY — Crestview plated runs in every inning it batted on the way to an 11-1 win over Ada in Northwest Conference baseball action on Monday afternoon. After Ada scored in the top of the first inning, the host Knights plated one in the bottom of the first and two in the second and third frames before putting the game away with four in the fourth and two more in the fifth inning.

There were 18 Hardin County boys and girls that competed in the annual Soccer Shoot sponsored by Kenton Elks Lodge 157 on April 23 at the Corner Kick Soccer Complex.

The Trophy Bassmasters are not getting off to a very productive start for the 2017 season. After a less than stellar performance at Indian Lake, the club visited nearby Grand Lake St. Marys for its second outing of the year and fared even worse.

Ridgemont’s and Hardin Northern’s baseball teams both will begin sectional play with home games next week. In the Division IV Galion district, No. 4 seeded Ridgemont hosts No. 13 Mansfield Christian at 5 p.m. May 9. If the Gophers win they will host either No. 6 Crestline or No. 7 Wynford at 5 p.m. May 11.

Kenton, Ada, Ben Logan, Hardin Northern, Ridgemont and Upper Scioto Valley all will begin softball sectional play with home contests next week. In the Division II Miller City bracket, No. 5 seeded Kenton hosts No. 11 Ottawa-Glandorf at 5 p.m. May 9. The winner plays at No. 3 seed Napoleon at 5 p.m. May 12. The district semifinal is at 5 p.m. May 16 at Miller City.