Holding a slim 6-point lead over Ridgemont at halftime, the Upper Scioto Valley Rams came out firing in the second half. The USV offense turned two Ridgemont interceptions into touchdowns in the third quarter, and it added two more scores in the fourth quarter to earn the 42-14 football victory Frida

The Hardin Northern Polar Bears outscored Riverside 21-0 in the second half to overcome a 14-7 halftime deficit, earning the 28-14 football victory on Friday night. The Polar Bears improve their record to 4-2 overall with a mark of 2-1 in the Northwest Central Conference. The Pirates fall to 2-4, 1-2.

Despite having several victories in the early rounds, the Kenton High School girls tennis team ended its season at the sectional tournament on Friday at the University of Northwestern Ohio. Winning matches for the Wildcats in the first round were first singles Mykaela Schriber, third singles Grace Collins, and first doubles Kayce Sherman and Aaliyah Rogers.

Tied at 35 with Riverdale in the fourth quarter, Arcadia’s kicker converted a 19-yard field goal, putting the Redskins in front and handing the Falcons the 38-35 loss on their homecoming night on Friday. The loss drops the Falcons to 3-3 overall, 2-2 in the Blanchard Valley Conference. Arcadia improves 3-3, 2-1.

Trailing Graham 34-12 on the road in the fourth quarter, the Benjamin Logan offense surged for 20 points but came up just 2 points shy of a comeback, falling 34-32 in Friday night’s football game. The Falcons led 13-6 at the half before outscoring the Raiders 14-6 in the third quarter to go up 27-12.

Kenton’s Logan Brown was second and Riverdale’s Eli Weber was third to pace area runners in the boys portion of the Kyle Althauser Memorial Cross Country Invitational hosted by Kenton at the Hardin County Fairgrounds on Thursday night. Brown finished in a time of 18:01.3 to place second in the 53-runner field, while Weber was right behind him in 18:03

Riverdale’s Andrew Kuenzli will be making his second appearance in three years at the Division III state golf tournament next week. The Falcon junior qualified for the tournament by shooting a 78 at Stone Ridge Golf Course to finish fifth overall at the Division III district tournament on Thursday.

Kenton outshot Ottawa-Glandorf 6-1 on Thursday night, but the Wildcats were unable to get the ball in the back of the net as the teams tied 0-0 in Western Buckeye League action. Brent Rader had one save in the game in recording his ninth shutout of the season for Kenton.

Lexi Miller had three goals and an assist as Riverdale ripped Ada 7-0 in a non-league girls soccer matchup on Thursday night. The Falcons, who had 38 shots one goal in the contest, scored three times in the first 22 minutes to take control of the game early.

Riverdale scored all of its goals in the fist half, including three in the first 10 minutes, in blasting Ada 5-0 in a North Central Ohio Soccer Association matchup on Thursday night. Tyler Hart had three goals and Logan Frey and Tom Miller added one tally each to lead the Falcons