GALION — Upper Sandusky’s Owen Knapp took third place in the 12-and-younger division of the final regular Heart of Ohio Junior Golf Association tournament Monday at Valley View Golf Club near Galion. Knapp shot a nine-hole 55 that included two pars.

NEVADA — Golf isn’t easy and it is a tough sport to master. The Drive, Chip and Putt Championship is a free nationwide competition sponsored by the PGA for boys and girls ages 7-15.

Football is a violent sport and always has been. It’s not to say other sports are not violent, but a lineman gets hit every single play of a football game.

FOREST — Thirty-six competitors ran in the 2015 Hardin County Family YMCA Tree Town Trot 5K this year. The best overall time posted was 20:30 by Paul Frey.

KENTON — Fairbanks’ Todd Crowe II topped Marion Pleasant’s Griffin McCloy with a birdie on the first playoff hole after both carded a 79 in the 16-18 age division Thursday. Crowe won the fifth Heart of Ohio Junior Golf Association golf tournament at Veterans Memorial Golf Club in Kenton with a 41 on the front nine holes and a 38 on the back.

CAREY — The fourth annual Wyandot Sports Hall of Fame golf outing is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Aug. 15 at Bob’s Countryside Golf Course, 4204 OH 199, Carey. It is a four-person scramble and the first 18 teams to sign up will play.

SYCAMORE — The Sycamore Soccer League is accepting registrations through July 26. Area players age 5 by Aug. 1 through eighth grade are invited to join the recreational league. Games are played Saturday mornings at Veteran’s Memorial Park in Sycamore during September and October.

MOUNT BLANCHARD — The Riverdale youth football camp is scheduled to start Monday. The seventh and eighth grade will be from 8:30-10 a.m., while the third through sixth grades will be from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

ADA — The American Youth Basketball Tour is hosting the Midwest Summer Slam at Ohio Northern University in Ada from July 25-26. Summer Slam is for boys and girls teams from fourth grade up to varsity.

Upper Sandusky High School is hosting a fall sports parent meeting at 7 p.m. July 28 in the high school gym. Parents of all fall sport athletes are expected to attend.