The Kenton Lady Wildcats lost to their namesakes of Lima Bath in Western Buckeye League Basketball action Thursday night. The final was 54-23. The Lady Cats were led in scoring by Lindsey Smith with 8 points while Hannah Holland had 5 and Kenzie Bays 4. Bath was led by Ruby Bolon with 17.
Courtney Sumner led all scorers with 19 points as the Ada Bulldogs defeated Riverdale 42-41 in girls basketball play Tuesday. Sumner added five rebounds for the Bulldogs, who improve to 2-3 on the season. Lexi Waugh finished with seven points and 12 rebounds for Ada. Riverdale, which had its two-game win streak snapped, is now 3-3 on the young season. Reagan McKinnis and Payton Rodriguez had nine points each for the Falcons while Carrigan Vent tallied seven points and 13 […]
For the first time in recent history the Kenton wrestlers took top honors in the Ridgedale High School Wrestling Invitational, Moral, OH. The wildcats placed nine wrestler on their way to their first place finish. Finishing in first place in their fist tournament of the season was Conner Dye in the 106 lbs weigh group, Aaron Modd at 120 pounds, at 160 lbs Carter Bays, Ethan Manns in the 182 weigh group, Brandon Bowling at 195 lbs, and Noah Eikenbary […]
The Kenton Wildcats rallied from a double-digit deficit to defeat Upper Scioto Valley 52-48 in boys basketball action Saturday at Alumni Fieldhouse. The Rams (2-2) led 16-4 after one quarter and 22-12 at the half. The Wildcats (2-2) scored the first five points of the third quarter to narrow the gap, and the game remained nip-and-tuck the rest of the way before the Cats posted the victory. Jayden Cornell scored 17 points to lead Kenton while Jacob Eversole added 13 […]
Myles Blasingame hit a three-pointer in the closing seconds to lift Coldwater to a 67-64 win over the Kenton Wildcats in boys basketball play Friday. In a back-and-forth game that saw each team lead by double-digits, Kenton's Jacob Eversole hit a three-pointer to knot the game at 64-all with under 30 seconds left, but Blasingame's late-game heroics gave the Cavaliers the victory. Coldwater (1-0) got 17 points from Ethan Post while Noah Miller added 16 points and Blasingame tossed in […]
The Kenton High School wrestling team opened their season with a big 45-24 win over the Elida Bulldogs. Senior wrestlers came up big with Mason Rhoades earning the first pin fall for the season beating A. McCoy with a pin at 1:02 left in the first period. Senior Ethan Manns won by regular decision over D. Miller with a score of 5-0 in the 182 class. Rounding out the seniors Noah Eikenbary wrestling in 285 weight group wins with a […]
Eli Kauble sealed up a victory for the middle school wrestling team over the visiting Elida Bulldogs by pinning T. Dally in just thirty seconds in the last match of the meet at 245 lbs. The pin enabled the wildcats to edge out the Bulldogs 38-34 to win their home opener. Kenton defeated the Elida wrestlers in six of the nine contested matches. Anthony Hunt (116 lbs), Landen Elliott (128) and Tim Wilkinson (172) also defeated their opponents with a […]
Kenton came out on the short end of a tough battle with Elida Thursday evening in girls basketball action. The Lady Cats lost 54-50. The Cats were led in scoring by Sidney Plott with 20 points and six 3 point baskets. Lindsey Smith had 14 points while Jenna Manns had 9 and Kenzie Bays had 7. Elida was led by Amira Freeman with 24 points. Addison Freeman had 13 and Brooke Reese had 11.
The Ada Bulldogs rallied from a seven-point third-quarter deficit to defeat Hardin Northern 36-31 in girls basketball play Tuesday. The Polar Bears (0-4) led 23-16 early in the third quarter, but the Bulldogs (1-1) outscored HN 20-8 the rest of the way to snag the win. Courtney Sumner had 13 points to lead Ada while Kirsten Poling and Miranda Wills scored eight points each. Quinn Stewart-Evans scored 16 points for the Polar Bears while Maddie Grappy added eight points.
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