BUCYRUS — Haley Green hit six 3-pointers and finished with 24 points to lead Buckeye Central to a 64-48 victory at Wynford on Saturday. Jenna Karl hit four 3-pointers and scored 20 points while adding 12 assists and seven rebounds for the Bucks (14-6, 10-5 Northern 10 Athletic Conference).
MOUNT BLANCHARD — Bluffton made 10 3-pointers in a 67-38 win over Riverdale on Saturday. The Pirates (11-6) opened an early lead, 21-4, after the first quarter.
Postgame interviews with Noah Dible are different than ones with other Upper Sandusky basketball players. As the junior point guard talks about hard work, practice and Coach Jeff Winslow’s sideline temperament, his teammates congregate to hype the ritual exchange on the gym floor.
SYCAMORE — Shots would not fall for Mohawk, but offensive rebounds kept the Warriors in the game. In the end, though, there was too much of Johnny Diehm and Seneca East as the Tigers took a 54-50 overtime victory Friday night.
NEW WASHINGTON — Grant Loy scored 29 points and Buckeye Central pulled away from Carey in the fourth quarter of a 61-47 win in Northern 10 Athletic Conference boys basketball action Friday night.
CRESTLINE — Wynford overcame a halftime deficit to beat Crestline on Friday, 65-50, for its sixth straight win. The Royals (11-6) trailed 17-15 at the end of the first quarter and 32-30 at halftime before taking a 45-40 lead at the end of the third quarter. Wynford won the fourth, 20-8.
MOUNT BLANCHARD — Liberty-Benton made 30 of 56 shots from the field in a 73-39 win over Riverdale on Friday.
High School official Larry Householder (left) thanks Mohawk athletic director Chip Dietrich for a ceremony and gifts before Friday night’s game.
CAREY — The Blue Devils girls basketball team has a nice routine. It plays a season, it beats its league rivals and it cuts down the nets.
PANDORA — Sydney Holderman scored her 1,000th career point and finished with 22 in the game to lead Riverdale to a 64-56 victory in Blanchard Valley Conference girls basketball play Thursday night at Pandora-Gilboa. The junior, who is the BVC’s leading scorer, became the fifth girls player in school history to reach the milestone following Heather (Huffman) Speyer, Mickie (Frey) Bonham, Kayla Brown and Lacey Kessler.