BELLEFONTAINE — If Alex Thompson was to give one piece of advice to aspiring college students it would be, “Don’t get discouraged.” Thompson, a 2014 Ben Logan graduate and soon to be junior volleyball player at Queens University of Charlotte, has had plenty of chances to be discouraged in her career.

Right, Ellie Miller takes a dribble away from the defense of Brook Hair during a 3-on-1 passing drill at open fields.

Winners of the 3-on-3 basketball tournament at the Forest Festival were announced.

ORLANDO — Ada junior Melina Woods recently helped her club team place third in the AAU National Volleyball Tournament at ESPN Wide World of Sports. She and her teammates from Elite Volleyball Training Center in Plain City placed third out of 114 teams.

The Trophy Bassmasters held their eighth club tournament of the season this past weekend at Lake St. Clair in Michigan. Only seven members made the long journey north.

The Kenton Little League All-Stars faced Maumee on Wednesday night in an under-11 little league postseason game at Home Run Memorial Park on Ohio 292. Left: Kenton first baseman Ben Sams grabs a pop up for an out.

Riverdale boys soccer coach Jon Hayfield brought in a different voice to talk to his players for a team camp this week, Liam Henshaw. Henshaw, originally from Nottingham, England, is part of the Challenger British Soccer Camps, which bills itself as the most popular soccer camp in the country.

Beau Harmon’s college football career has not gone exactly the way he envisioned. The 2013 Ben Logan graduate had high expectations when he joined the University of Cincinnati football team as a walk-on.

Kooper Johnston putts the ball into the cup on hole No. 5 at Memorial Park Golf Course on the first day of Junior League play on Monday afternoon in Kenton. The junior league runs weekly at 4 p.m. on Mondays through Aug. 15.

The Kenton soccer team recently traveled to a 7-on-7 tournament at Mount Vernon Nazarene and both teams placed in the top three.