Daily Chief-Union sports editor Lonnie McMillan was named Special Olympics Ohio Media Person of the Year at the Fall Conference in Columbus on Friday night. Pictured are (from left) Josh Messersmith, Ben Fry, Lonnie McMillan, Shauna McMillan and Therese “Bucko” Barron.

Upper Sandusky firefighters Drew Book and Cory Taylor use a fire hose to put out a blaze Saturday at the Upper Sandusky Fire Department open house. Firefighters put on a live firefighting demonstration to conclude Fire Prevention Week.

SUNBURY — The second day of the Division II state boys golf tournament Saturday was a frustrating one for many golfers at NorthStar Golf Club. That was true for Upper Sandusky’s Brett Montgomery, but the sophomore hung in just enough to hold on for a top-10 finish and an All-Ohio second-team finish.

COLUMBUS — Andrew Kuenzli came back from his Day 1 92 with a 90 on the second day of the Division III boys state golf tournament on the Ohio State University Scarlet Course. He shot a 44 on the front nine and a 46 on the back to finish tied for 51st place.

ATTICA — Upper Sandusky had a strong showing at the Northern 10 Athletic Conference cross country championships on Saturday. The Rams girls came in first place by 15 points, beating runner-up Colonel Crawford 44-59 while the boys had several runners set personal best times en route to a fourth-place finish with 108 points.

For two Wyandot County seniors, age is just a number. Upper Sandusky resident Rosemary Austin, 81, and Nevada resident Donna Clark, 82, play competitive senior softball tournaments all around the country.

Three Wyandot County area schools celebrated their homecomings on Friday night.

SUNBURY — While it was not perfect, Brett Montgomery’s opening round in the Division II state golf tournament Friday at NorthStar Golf Club was good enough. The Upper Sandusky sophomore shot a 72 and is tied for fourth place after one day. “I’m pretty happy about it,” Montgomery said. “I’m not ecstatic. I left a few shots out there, but I also got a few back. Overall, I can’t complain.”

BUCYRUS — It was an inspired performance for Wynford on Friday night in honor of injured quarterback Wyatt Smith. The senior stood on the sidelines on crutches hours after having surgery to repair a broken leg suffered in last week’s loss to Lima Central Catholic providing a needed spark to help the Royals clinch sole ownership of first-place in the Northern 10 with a 31-13 dispatching of Seneca East.

Famous Wyandot County murder artifacts were showcased during Ronald Marvin Jr’s “Spooky Tales of Wyandot and Surrounding Counties” presentation Thursday at the museum. Pictured are the noose which was supposed to hang murderer Thomas McNulty in 1880, the slippers from the 1953 “Red Slipper murder” of Cynthia Pfeil and the hatchet William McCoy used to kill Cornelius Green at a …