McGUFFEY — Upper Scioto Valley took control early and was never challenged on the way to a 61-27 win over McComb in a non-league girls basketball game on Saturday afternoon.

MOUNT VICTORY — The Ridgemont girls basketball team scored a 43-34 non-conference victory over Mount Gilead on Saturday. The win lifts the Gophers to 5-1 overall on the season. Priscilla Howland led all scorers with 20 points and also pulled down 12 rebounds. Meadow Cromer pitched in with eight points, eight rebounds and five steals. The Gophers will be at …

NORTH LEWISTOWN — The Ben Logan girls basketball team won its third straight game, topping Indian Lake 64-25 on Saturday in a Central Buckeye Conference Mad River Division matchup.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — Riverdale pulled away in the second and third quarters, outscoring Bucyrus 48-26 in the middle two stanzas on the way to an 80-44 non-conference victory in girls basketball action on Saturday.

TROTWOOD — Two swimmers scored 11 points for the Benjamin Logan Raiders at the Trotwood Madison High School Invitational on Saturday.

McGUFFEY — Van Wert outscored Upper Scioto Valley in each of the first three quarters to pull away for a 63-42 victory over the Rams in a non-league boys basketball game on Saturday night.

ALLIANCE — The Ohio Northern men’s basketball team fell on the road to Ohio Athletic Conference foe Mount Union 79-71 on Saturday afternoon. The Polar Bears fall to 3-4 overall and 2-1 in the OAC, while the Purple Raiders improve to 5-2, 1-1.

McGUFFEY — Trailing visiting Lincolnview by one point entering the fourth quarter the players on the USV boys basketball team knew they needed to turn up their pressure on the defensive end of the floor and that they needed to pound the ball inside the paint to Chase Rose and Trevor Dotson on the offensive end in the final eight minutes.

MOUNT VICTORY — Trailing just five points to Allen East at the half Friday night, the Ridgemont boys basketball team got the game to within a point with four minutes to go in the third.

A furious Kenton fourth quarter rally fell short as Tiffin Columbian edged Kenton 51-48 in a non-conference game Friday night.