USV’s Patton earns NWCC’s top award Upper Scioto Valley swept through its Northwest Central Conference girls basketball schedule and captured the league’s top awards. Mike Risner was selected as Coach of the Year and USV junior Emily Patton was named Player of the Year. Read More
Rams have five honored by NWCC Upper Scioto Valley had three players selected to either the first or second All-Northwest Central Conference team for boys basketball, tied for the most with league champion Perry. The Rams and Commodores combined to take up half of the 12 spots. Read More
Ricketts named to top team Ben Logan senior Grant Ricketts was selected to the Central Buckeye Conference Mad River Division first team. Ricketts was second in the division in scoring, averaging 16.6 points a game. Read More
Youth Wrestling: Feb. 23, 2016 ADA — The Kenton Youth wrestling team had a pair of first-place finishers Sunday at the Miami Valley Kids Wrestling Association Regional Championships held at Ohio Northern University. Anthony Hunt and Isaiah Mundy both went 3-0 to win the title. Read More
Good start to second half helps USV rout LCC LIMA — Upper Scioto Valley built an early lead Saturday and maintained it for the first half over Lima Central Catholic in a Division IV girls basketball sectional final. But it was the way Rams started the second half that turned the contest into a blowout. Read More
Hot-shooting Bath ends Kenton’s season SPENCERVILLE — Kenton was outshot and outrebounded in a Division II sectional final against Bath on Saturday night Kenton surrendered 10 3-pointers to Bath, ending its tournament run with a 52-35 loss. “They just hit a lot of shots tonight,” Kenton coach Ryan Miller said. “They probably shot well over 50 percent from the field. It’s hard to beat any … Read More
Ada starts well, can’t finish upset LIMA — Haley Wyss couldn’t miss in the first half Saturday. The Ada junior shot 6-of-6 from the 3-point line in the first 12:15 of a girls basketball sectional final against top-seeded Minster. As a team, the Bulldogs shot 11-of-15 through the first 13 minutes and built a 10-point lead late in the second quarter. Read More
Farmer lifts Riverdale to sectional title LEXINGTON — Taylor Farmer rarely leads Riverdale in scoring, and she did not on Saturday night, but her contributions may have been the most important in the Falcons’ 65-50 victory against Bucyrus in a Division III sectional final game at Lexington. Farmer scored 12 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, blocked seven shots and drew eight fouls — helping to get Bucyrus … Read More
Raiders come up just short against KR NEW CARLISLE — The Ben Logan girls basketball team won 21 games going into Saturday’s sectional final contest against Kenton Ridge. Despite a valiant effort, the fourth-seeded Lady Raiders weren’t able to make enough plays down the stretch to secure the 22nd win needed to continue their season as they fell to the third-seeded Cougars 58-55. Read More
Several local wrestlers advance to district CLYDE — Kenton had four wrestlers finish in the top four Saturday at the Division II Clyde Sectional and advance to the district tournament. Riley Fitzgerald (113 pounds), Tobias Mendoza (145), Dustin Edler (152) and C.J. Cook (160) advanced. Read More