Six Riverdale athletes qualified for the Junior High State Track and Field meet to be held this Saturday at Lancaster High School. They are (from left) Auhdra Myers, Angela Noakes, Gunner King, Lane Morris, Kwade McCoy and Daniel Donaldson.

WAYNESFIELD — After one day of competition Thursday, the Hardin Northern boys sit in second place, six points behind leader Waynesfield-Goshen, at the Northwest Central Conference track and field meet. Waynesfield leads the standings with 38 points, followed by Hardin Northern with 31. Upper Scioto Valley is sixth with 13 points, while Ridgemont sits in ninth with 1 point.

BELLEFONTAINE — Following a 19-strikeout performance against Urbana on Tuesday, Benjamin Logan pitcher Grace Deardurff kept that momentum going. In the top-seeded Lady Raiders’ Division III sectional final against No. 14 Springfield Greenon on Wednesday, Deardurff fanned 17 batters on her way to a three-hit 5-0 shutout win over the Knights.

RIDGEWAY — Ridgemont took control with five runs in the second inning and added four more in the third on the way to an 11-1 victory over Waynesfield-Goshen in a Northwest Central Conference softball game on Wednesday. The Gophers, who improve to 12-8 on the season and 4-3 in the NWCC, received two RBIs each from Emma Smith, Hannah Shoffner and Kylie Turner.

BELLEFONTAINE — Ben Logan scored eight runs in the sixth inning on the way to a 12-4 victory over Bellefontaine in a Central Buckeye Conference cross-divisional baseball game on Wednesday afternoon. The Raiders broke a 1-1 tie with two runs in the fourth inning. After they plated eight in the top of the sixth, Bellefontaine scored three runs in the bottom half of the frame.

McGUFFEY — Perry defeated Upper Scioto Valley 5-2 in a Northwest Central Conference softball game on Wednesday afternoon. The Commodores took a 2-1 lead after one inning and led 3-2 after three innings before adding a pair of insurance runs in the top of the seventh.

BASCOM — Hopewell-Loudon scored four runs in the first inning and added three in the second on the way to a 10-1 Blanchard Valley Conference softball victory over Riverdale on Wednesday afternoon. Lainie Howell and Katie Biltoft finished with three hits each for the Falcons. Allison Donaugh added a pair of hits with an RBI in the first inning.

McCOMB — McComb plated multiple runs in each of the first three innings, including six in the third inning, in cruising to a 14-2 five-inning victory over Hardin Northern in non-league baseball action on Wednesday. The host Panthers took the lead with three runs in the first inning and four more in the second before putting the game out of reach in the third.

CLYDE — The Ada tennis team defeated Clyde 4-1 in an OTCA Division II state tennis tournament round of 32 match on Wednesday afternoon. The Bulldogs are advancing to the OTCA regional semifinals for the first time in school history.

The second farm Orioles defeated the Tigers 3-2 on Wednesday afternoon. Hitters for the Orioles were Zach Eissinger with two home runs and 3 RBIs, Ryder Harrison with a double and Landon Miller and Kellen Good each with a single.