MOUNT BLANCHARD — Riverdale was able to slow down Liberty-Benton leading scorer Jensen Hiegel, but it had no answer inside for Caitlin Elseser. The 6-foot-2 freshman had 20 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks as the Eagles pulled away for a 75-53 victory Thursday night in Blanchard Valley Conference girls basketball play.

It wasn’t quite the four-quarter effort he was looking for from his team Thursday night, but the Kenton coach Ryan Miller was pleased with the outcome as the Lady Wildcats pulled away in the first three quarters on the way to a 50-24 victory over Celina.

CRIDERSVILLE — The Upper Scioto Valley girls took out the frustrations of suffering its first loss of the season two nights ago on Perry Thursday as they crushed the Commodores 92-24 in a Northwest Central conference battle.

WAYNESFIELD — Ridgemont defeated Waynesfield-Goshen 50-36 in a Northwest Central Conference girls basketball game Thursday night to improve to 4-1 on the season. The Gophers’ Priscilla Howland led all scorers with 20 points and pulled down 9 rebounds, while Meadow Cromer added 8 points and had 10 rebounds to go along with 7 assists Ridgemont hosts Mount Gilead at 1 …

ADA — The No. 19-ranked Ohio Northern women's basketball team improved to 7-0 for the first time in school history as it defeated Wilmington 78-51 on Wednesday night.

A nearly full slate of basketball action is on tap Friday night as six area schools have boys games on the hardwood. Kenton travels to Tiffin Columbian where the Wildcats are looking for their second straight victory to open the season.

URBANA — The Ben Logan girls basketball team won its second straight game Wednesday night, pulling away in the second half for a 53-39 victory over Urbana.

ADA — The Ohio Northern men's basketball won its second straight contest, topping Wilmington 83-69 in Ohio Athletic conference action Wednesday night.

Shawnee defeated Ben Logan 2567-2280 in a Central Buckeye Conference bowling match on Wednesday. Mitchell Johnson led the Raiders with a 366 series, while Luke Longbrake had a 359 series and Tyler Nicholas had a 193 game. The Raiders junior varsity was defeated by Shawnee 1779-1730. Ben Logan was led by Devon Snider who had a 351 series. Jaiden Bray …

McGUFFEY — The Upper Scioto Valley girls got off to a slow start against Liberty-Benton on Tuesday night. And things would only get worse for the Rams from there as the visiting Eagles pulled away for a 63-36 victory in non-league basketball action.