It was a joyous senior night for the Kenton men’s soccer team, as the Wildcats marched to a 4-1 victory over Temple Christian. Seniors Gus Wingfield and Chris Villa each found the back of the net, but it was freshman Nolan Asman leading the way with a brace. Kenton moves to 4-7-2 on the season and will look to build off their second straight win when they return to WBL play against Wapak at home on Monday.
Live on WKTN the Riverdale boys soccer team moved to 6-6-1 on the season with a 9-0 rout over Cory-Rawson. The shutout was the Falcons 5th of the season. Riverdale has a quick turnaround; they take Friday off then get back to work against Continental on Saturday. Your Root Lumber Players of the Game were Riverdale's Blaine Roach and Trevor Welch of Cory-Rawson.
Riverdale delivered a clean sheet for the third time in 4 games to defeat Kenton 2-0 in girls' soccer Wednesday evening. The win takes the Falcons to 6-4-3 on the season and keeps their unbeaten streak alive at 8 straight games. Riverdale will look to stay hot when they take on the 10-0-2 Eastwood Eagles on October 5th from Falcon Field. The loss moves Kenton to 2-8 they will try to get back in the win column on the road […]
The Benjamin Logan Lady Raiders volleyball team continued its strong season Tuesday night with a straight-set victory over Northwestern in a CBC Mad River Division matchup. Benjamin Logan controlled the match from the opening serve, earning a 25-15, 25-10, 25-19 victory over the Warriors. The Raiders were led offensively by Abby Vance with nine kills, while Georgia Daniels and Summer Cline each added seven kills. Ava Miller and Nevaeh Fogle contributed two kills apiece, while Storm LeVan also made key […]
Leipsic and Ada went head-to-head on the gridiron live on WKTN. The matchup came with major BVC implications with the Bulldogs entering with a single conference loss and the Vikings sitting at 4-0 in the Blanchard Valley. Unfortunately for the Bulldogs, the game played out much like it had for previous Leipsic opponents, with the Vikings cruising to a dominant 47-10 win. Leipsic has now scored 40 points in four of their first 6 games but maybe even more impressive […]
The Benjamin Logan Lady Raiders volleyball team traveled to Shawnee Thursday evening for a Central Buckeye Conference Mad River Division matchup. Both teams battled throughout the match, but the Raiders came away with a 3-0 victory. Benjamin Logan won the three sets by scores of 25-22, 25-12, and 25-23. The Raiders were led offensively by Georgia Daniels with 12 kills, followed by Summer Cline with 8 kills and Abby Vance with 6 kills. Nevaeh Fogle added 3 kills, while Avah […]
The Riverdale Falcons boys' soccer team took a 2-0 victory over Van Buren in a game that was live on WKTN. The victory boosts the Falcons’ record to 5-4-1 for the season. Riverdale has now won three in a row, gone unbeaten in their last four games, and allowed just one goal during that impressive run. Your Root Lumber Players of the Game were Cameron Snook for Riverdale and Gideon Webb for Van Buren.
The Western Buckeye League concluded its high school golf season with the annual WBL tournament. Ottawa-Glandorf ended a phenomenal season by shooting a team score of 303 to win the tournament and league titles. Titans head coach Jay Heckman was unsurprisingly named WBL Coach of the Year while Hayden Roby of St Marys and Ashton Wright of Shawnee shared Player of the Year honors. The Kenton Wildcats finished 5th in the overall standings and Oliver Sneary earned an All-WBL selection […]
USV high school volleyball lost in 3 straight sets to Bath on Tuesday night. The Rams fought hard but couldn.t quite get all the way to the finish line losing 20-25 in the first set the 15-25 in the final two. Kamyn Titus had a special night going 10/10 on serves while adding 4 digs and 9 assists. Layla Hunsicker was another Rams standout with 4 kills and 7 digs.
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