Several area players received first-team recognition on the Northwest Central Conference All-League volleyball teams that were released recently. Hardin Northern’s Shelby Alloway and Holly Wilson, along with Ridgemont’s Sydney Totten and Upper Scioto Valley’s Callie Daniels all received first team honors.

BELLEFONTAINE — As freshmen four years ago, the current Ben Logan football seniors were part of a team that went 1-9 and finished tied for last in the Central Buckeye Conference Mad River Division standings. After seeing the team’s record improve to 4-6 their sophomore season and 6-4 as juniors, those seniors were optimistic they could accomplish some big things this year.

ADA — Presale tickets for Saturday night’s Division VII regional quarterfinal football game between Fort Recovery and Ada at War Memorial Park will be on sale in the high school office from 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.

Wednesday Men’s Independent Ringer 10 Pro Shop  56 The Strayer Company          40 Michael Angelo’s Pizza          38 Little Man’s Posse     37 “Bud”wiser    34 McCullough Industries         34 Price-McElroy Funeral Home           30 Cahill Automotive LLC          19 Team high: Ringer 10 Pro Shop 3,307 & 1,118. Individual high: Nick Zachariah 669; Caleb Botchlett 626; David Miller 638; Brad Pearson 657; Eric Latimore 645. High …

The White team and the Black tied in Masonic Pool last week, leaving the White Team with a 23-point lead in the tournament. High runs were had by Boyd Downey (77, 51), Murrell Pryor (61, 45, 44), Bob Flowers (53, 51), Scott Good (53), Dave Schwemer (44), Lou Downey (43), Jeff Brown (41) and Marv Sallee (40). High series were …

The Hardin County Pioneers swim team won eight gold, seven silver and 10 bronze medals on Sunday at the Ottawa Swim Meet. Members of the Pioneer swim team include (front row, from left) Brie Truman, Bella Dray, Josh Gammon and Aaron Spar;

FINDLAY — Losing in the district finals never leaves a good taste in one’s mouth, but dropping a match to the same team three times in four years in a row by one goal is an even a more bitter pill to swallow.

KETTERING — Not much went well for Ben Logan on Saturday night in a Division II volleyball district final. Wyoming swept the Raiders out of the postseason 25-12, 25-17, 25-12. But the disappointing end didn’t detract from Ben Logan’s season.

TIFFIN — The Riverdale girls were 21st out of 22 schools in the team’s first regional cross country appearance in Tiffin on Saturday.

Three area high school teams will be competing in the high school football playoffs this weekend, including Upper Scioto Valley and Ben Logan, both of which will be making their first-ever postseason appearances. No. 7 seeded Upper Scioto Valley (7-3) travels to No. 2 seeded Troy Christian (9-1) for a Division VII Region 28 regional quarterfinal matchup at 7 p.m. …