Close contests were the order, for the most part, as week 2 in high school football featured close games and an overtime thriller.

In the feature game on 98.3 WPKO, it was the exception rather than the rule, as perennial powerhouse Coldwater took Ben Logan to the woodshed. Coldwater rolled up a 41-0 halftime lead before closing out the Raiders 41-7. Ben Logan falls to 0-2, while Coldwater remains unbeaten.

1390 the Bell featured a back and forth contest that saw two tie scores and three lead changes between Bellefontaine and Sidney. The Chiefs played from even or behind all of the first half, but for the second week in a row scored right before halftime and used a strong second half, taking control late in the game for a 30-20 victory, to push the Chieftains to 2-0. Sidney falls to 1-1. For a detailed recap, see the seperate game recap.

The exclusive PeakofOhio.com webcast game was the tightest of the night, with Riverside giving everything they had before a late fumble saw the Pirates fall to Triad 32-25 in overtime. For a detailed recap, see the seperate game recap.

Other area scores:

Indian Lake gets another strong defensive performance, but still falls to Kenton Ridge 14-6. The Lakers are 1-1, as are the Cougars.

West Liberty-Salem rolled again, sending Northeastern to an 0-2 start with a 30-3 thrashing. The Tigers are 2-0 and have outscored opponents 71-10 so far this season.

Mechanicsburg drops to a surprising 0-2 after a late field goal by Adena beat the 'Burg 24-21.

Graham had another impressive performance, but this time came up short against always-tough Versailles 28-21.

Anna had little trouble handling Waynesfield-Goshen 28-13.

Urbana got in the win column with a 33-26 win over Northeastern. The 'Climbers are 1-1.

Ridgemont was blanked by Crestline 30-0. The Gophers have been outscored 64-12 this season.

Upper Scioto Valley handled Riverdale 33-13. The Rams are 2-0.

Lima Perry smothered Fostoria St. Wendelin 59-14.

Ada blitzed Spencerville 51-7.

Hardin Northern punished Vanlue 47-6.

Kenton held off Van Wert 28-22.

Lima Bath shut out Wapakoneta 28-0.

Miami East steamrolled Arcanum 35-12.

Ft. Loramie edged New Bremen 14-7.

Milton-Union nipped Lehman 28-27 in overtime.

Groveport ran past Marysville 55-34.

Tipp City blanked Greenville 28-0.

West Carrollton beat Springfield Shawnee 14-7.

Fairfield stifled Piqua 14-7.

Troy blasted Xenia 49-6.

In a game that sometimes looked more like Clint Eastwood's The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly the Triad Cardinals and Riverside Pirates exchanged punches, penalties and costly turnovers in a 32-25 overtime thriller in front of a raucous, partisan packed house at Cardinal Stadium Friday night in a game that could only be heard on peakofohio.com

Despite taking an early 7-0 lead on a Matt Freville touchdown pass to Kaleb Deam on the team's first possession of the game, Riverside stormed back, assisted in part by a myriad of Cardinals mistakes and a potent ground game, to stake claim to a 12-7 halftime advantage.

That lead ballooned to 18-7 in the latter stages of third quarter when running back Joseph Coulson scampered to the endzone for a 32-yard touchdown run that, for the moment, gave the Pirates control of the game. 

Triad would not go away quietly, or at all really, and the Cardinal's furious comeback began when Kaleb Deam returned the ensuing kick-off 90 yards for a touchdown that pulled Triad to within four,18-14.

The Pirate advantage dwindled even further after Cardinals kicker Daniel Kaffenbarger connected on a 41-yard field goal that cut the Riverside lead to a single point.

Another Joseph Coulson touchdown scamper along with the subsequent PAT gave Riverside an eight-point advantage with just over six minutes remaining in the game.

The ensuing possession saw Triad set up shop at its own 24-yard line with 5:59 on the clock needing a touchdown and a two-point conversation to knot the contest and have a chance to win the game.

A third-and-29, two fourth-down conversions and an overturned interception later Triad found pay dirt on 12-yard run from running back Addison Ford. Freville connected with Deam on an out route along the left sideline to convert the two-point conversion and knot the game at 25 with just over two minutes to play.

Though no one knew it at the time, Triad would take the lead for good on the third play of overtime when Freville found split end Nate Marks on a 19-yard touchdown pass to give Triad a 32-25 lead.

The comeback was made complete after Pirate quarterback Bryce Hodge couldn't handle a low snap from center out of the shotgun and the Cardinals corralled the ball to end the game. 

With the win Triad's season record is now 1-1 and Riverside, with the loss, falls to 1-1.

Triad travels to Fairbanks next week; Riverside is at West-Liberty Salem.

Next week's peakofohio.com exclusive game is Benjamin Logan at Mechanicsburg.

Bellefontaine had to rally three times Friday night against Sidney, but was able to control the ball in the second half and defeat Sidney at home 30-20.

It looked like the Sidney running backs would all have big nights as Jack Foy, TJ Golden and Aaron Burns were all able to carve out big yards in the first half. Aaron Burns scored from eighteen yards out to give Sidney a 7-0 lead.

The Chiefs were forced to punt and Sidney was able to start their next drive at their own twenty yard line. At that point, Yellow Jacket quarterback Alex Lochard had his pass batted up in the air and defensive lineman Tony Robinson picked it out of the air and rumbled for a 20 yard touchdown return. Jordan Prices kick tied the game at seven.

Sidney regained the lead in the second quarter when TJ golden punched it into the endzone from one yard out to go up 14-7.

Chieftain quarterback Brandon Winter then led Bellefonatine on an 80 yard touchdown drive, highlighted by a 52 yard pass to Garret Pickering and capped off by a four yard Preston Artis touchdown run.  
That tied the game at 14 at the half.

Price booted a 35 yard field goal early in the third quarter to give Bellefontaine their first lead of the night at 17-14. The lead was rather short lived, however when Lochard found Foy for a long touchdown late in the third quarter. Sidney's extra point was no good which kept the Yellow Jacket's lead to 20-17.

Brandon Winter again, led Bellefontaine on a long drive highlighted by a 29 yard pass to TJ Garman and capped off with a Justin Baughman 13 yard touchdown run. Baughman would punch in another 4 yard touchdown late in the game to clinch the win with a 30-20 win.

Winter was named the WBLL State Farm Insurance Player of the game by passing 7/11 for 117 yards and rushing for over 60 yards. Justin Baughman led the team in rushing with 19 carries for 73 yards and scoring two touchdowns. Garman caught four passes for sixty five yards while Pickering added three catches for seventy eight yards.


Bellefontaine head coach Jason Brown was very proud of his team.


Bellefontaine (2-0) travel to Marysville on Friday to play the Monarchs. Sidney (1-1) play Beavercreek.

The West Liberty-Salem varsity girls soccer team beat visiting Botkins 3-0 last night.

Alyssa Neff, Shonda Gieseke, and Addie Hartsel each scored.

Neff and Hannah Ropp recorded assists.

Keeper Alexa Hormann made 4 saves to earn the shutout.

WLS (2-2) will visit Troy Christian next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

Youth finals:

Indian Lake #1 blanked host Benjamin Logan Gold 5-0 in Jr. High action.

Daniel Fry led the winners with a hat trick.

Dustin Roby and Michael Beale each added a goal.

Connor Davis had two assists.

Fry and Dylan Cline each added an assist.

Keepers Beale and Tyler Rody earned the shutout.

Matthew Obenour, Emily Teague, Ashley Franks, Ryan Dunn, Luke Rody, and Dallas Ball played excellent defense.

In K-1 girls soccer, Mad River Internal Medicine defeated Jacobs Auto Repair 3-2.

Jacobs inadvertently scored Mad River Internal Medicine’s first goal and Rachel Walker scored twice.

Keeper Jazmin Shire tallied two saves.

For Jacobs, Torrie Breaston scored two goals.

Samantha Horne and Lily Evans made saves.

The Bellefontaine varsity boys golf team fell to host Tipp City Thursday 157-175.

Christian Garlock was low man for the Chiefs with a 40.

Caleb Elkins recorded a 42, Sean Hartley fired a 44, Travis Fowler shot a 49, Rossi Clark had a 51, and Dylan Davis added a 53.

West-Liberty Salem handled Southeastern 154-190 Thursday at Liberty Hills.

Ben Rutan, for the second consecutive match, was the medalist firing a 36.

Ryan Meister and Greg White each tallied 38s, Derrick Overholt fired a 42, Ryan Ropp had a 44, and Chris White added a 46.

The Tigers remain undefeated on the season, boasting a 7-0 overall mark and 3-0 in conference.

WLS will visit Springfield Catholic on Tuesday.

The Benjamin Logan varsity girls golf team split a tri-match at Tree Links.

The Raiders fell to Graham 174-208, but beat Riverside 208-221.

Graham standout Jessie Jordan was medalist with a 38.

Domonique Johnson paced Benjamin Logan with a 45, Hali Brewer had a 47, Katrise Beech and Bailey Beach each shot a 58, Allison Baker recorded a 68, and Meagan Lattimer added a 69.

For Riverside, Brittany Shough and Bailey Robison each shot a 54, Chelsea Purtee had a 55, Heather Comer carded a 58, Erin Krisher fired a 61, and Paige Atterholt and Ali Selhorst each shot 64s.

Benjamin Logan and Riverside will travel to Hawthorne Saturday for a tournament.

Much like their cohorts at the high school level the West-Liberty Salem Tigers 8th grade team began its season in impressive fashion with a 34-6 lambasting of Southeastern.

Taylor Cordell had a pair of two-point conversions; Cordell also tossed a pair of touchdown throws to David Branham and Kyle Wilkins. Branham, not to be outdone, ran for a trio of touchdowns.

The Tigers will play next at Mechanicsburg.

The Bellefontaine varsity volleyball team fell to Kenton Ridge Thursday night in four sets: 13-25, 26-24, 14-25, 17-25.

Kirsten Leasure, Jessica Kinchen and Whitney Radar combined for 20 kills to lead the Chiefs. Bellefontaine falls to 1-2 overall and 1-1 in CBC play; the Chiefs travel to Celina next Tuesday.

Riverside defeated Fairbanks in a match eerily similar to last year's NWCC title deciding match. It was the Pirates’ balanced attack that won the match in five games: 10-25, 25-23, 13-25, 25-21, 15-13.

Amelia Carter had 12 kills and seven blocks for Riverside. Brooklyn Purtee notched 12 kills, 10 digs and three blocks, Victoria Thompson added 11 kills, 33 assists and 3 blocks, while Ericka Snapp added seven kills. Taylor Leiss tallied five kills, three digs and six blocks. Abby Heaberlin had six kills including the match winner.

Fairbanks won the JV match 25-9, 25-10.

West-Liberty Salem handily dismissed Southeastern in three games: 25-16, 25-15 and 25-14.

Kayla Peterson had 31 assists for West-Liberty Salem, Paige Parker added 18 kills and six digs, Becka Peterson chimed in with nine kills, 10 digs and eight points. Tyler Eckurd had nine digs and nine points while Jessie Wirick added seven points and Olivia Marceau tallied six points.

The 2-0 Tigers will host Mechanicsburg next Tuesday.

Indian Lake defeated Graham in varsity action Thursday night by a final count of 25-19, 25-21, 25-8. Leading the way for the Lakers was Natalie Cornelius with 12 assists, Lauren Brademeyer with 14 digs and Sadie Oyer with 14 kills and four blocks.

Mikaela Oyer had 4 stuff blocks and Whitney Hollon added 4 kills.

The JV Lakers won 25-11, 25-11.

Kayla Thieman had 6 kills and Morgan Boswell was 12/12 serving with 4 aces.

The Lakers are in action again Saturday at Botkins.

The Benjamin Logan varsity team lost to Northwestern in three games (25-20, 25-23, 25-17).

Alexa Coughlin led the Raiders with 9 kills.

Samantha Terrill added 5 kills, Lauren Stahl recorded 8 digs, and Jessica Davia had 20 assists.

Benjamin Logan is 3-1, 1-1.

Benjamin Logan's JV volleyball beat Northwestern by a final tally of 25-16, 25-14. Lauren Bycynski had four kills while Marissa Wilbur added seven assists.

Benjamin Logan is in action next Tuesday at Ada.

Many of our local varsity boys and girls teams were in action Wednesday night.

Varsity boys:

Bellefontaine blanked Urbana 4-0 at Dodd Stadium.

Landon Stapleton scored twice and Kraig Strayer and Connor Kellogg each added a goal.

The Chiefs are 2-1.

They will visit Benjamin Logan next Wednesday.

BHS head coach Steve Henry said, "We controlled the game from the start, and I am happy with the way we put the pressure on them defensively. We still need to work on our possession and decision making, but in all it is a great start to the CBC season. We have a little break before our big game with Benjamin Logan next Wednesday, which is always an exciting match."

Benjamin Logan fell at Kenton Ridge 6-1.

The Cougars took control early and led 3-0 at the half.

Billy Simpkins scored his team's goal on a penalty kick.

Benjamin Logan and Kenton Ridge are both 2-1.

Raiders head coach Jamie Hughes said, "I guess I have mixed feelings about this game. In the first half I didn't think we were very tough, nor very intelligent, and I thought we played like we were scared. All of which are traits that do not lead to success on the field which is why we were down 3-0 at the half. We talked about being tougher and playing more possession in the second half and I thought we turned things around a bit. We played harder and smarter and we were awarded with many more opportunites. We're still learning to play together with new personnel and some new positions but we made progress in the second half. KR is a good team with the best player in the Dayton area and maybe in the state in D2. It was a learning situation for us tonight so hopefully we'll bounce back and be ready for a very good Bellefontiane team next week."

There was no reserve game.

Indian Lake lost at Tecumseh 7-0.

The Lakers trailed 3-0 at the half.

Coach Shoffstall's team is now 0-4, 0-1.

Varsity girls:

Bellefontaine defeated host Urbana 3-0.

Regan Price scored two goals and Ebony Newman recorded a goal and an assist.

Allie Turner added an assist.

Keeper Jessica Smith earned her first shutout of the season.

The Chiefs are 2-1, 1-0.

BHS will visit Kenton on Saturday. The JV match will begin at five o'clock and the varsity will follow at six o'clock.

Benjamin Logan fell to visiting Kenton Ridge 8-0.

Keeper Brooke Richard made 23 saves in her debut.

Krista Young played well in the backfield and Monica Mannings created some scoring chances.

Tecumseh beat host Indian Lake 10-0.

Lakers head coach Melissa Rice said, "Tonight our girls did not play like they now how. Players lack the heart and hustle out on the field. Until we have that, we will continue to play poorly. As coaches, we know what they can do, however they have to want it and have the determination themselves in order to play the way we know they can. We take each practice and game day-by-day to work on improving and providing them with the skills needed to be successful. Once they step out on the field, it is up to them and they are not using what they know. We have to be more aggressive on and off the ball without hesitation. Opportunities were provided, we did not take them."

Bellefontaine's varsity boys golf team fell to Tecumseh Wednesday 151-164.

Christian Garlock led the Chieftains, shooting a 37. Caleb Elkins was one behind his teammate, with a 38. Travis Fowler shot a 43, Rossi Clark and Dylan Davis both fired a 46, and Sean Hartley finished with a 49.

The JV team defeated Tecumseh by forfeit (the Arrows only had two golfers).

Bellefontaine's varsity team takes on Tipp City on Thursday at Castle Hills.

Several local Jr. High volleyball teams posted wins Wednesday night.

The Bellefontaine 8th grade team swept Possum 25-23, 25-23.

Casey Scott led the team in serving with eleven points.

Emily O'Connor had 7 points, and Hanna Vance added 4.

Emelee Earick and Haleigh Stafford shined on defense.

The 7th grade Chiefs beat Possum in three games (25-23, 11-25, and 25-17).

Georgia Cooper had 13 points and Savannah Bryson added 11 points.

Alley Owens played excellent defense.

BMS returns to the court next Wednesday at Indian Valley.

The Indian Lake 8th grade team swept Northridge 25-21 and 25-15.

Allison Knief led the way for the Lakers with 4 kills and 2 blocks and Ashton Faler served 14 of 15 with 8 aces.

The 7th grade Lakers handled the Flyers in straight games 25-10 and 25-19.

Taylor Dixon led the girls with 12 aces and Sydney Miller was perfect on serve receive with 6 perfect passes.

The Benjamin Logan 8th grade team beat host Rockway in three games 25-20, 25-27, and 26-24.

Madison Mahan was 4 of 6 passing with 1 block, Ashtin Millsap had 8 service points, and Caitie Johnson was 5-6 on passing with 5 service points.

The Raiders are back in action next Wednesday night at Graham, starting at 5:30.

In 2nd and 3rd grade boys, JC Sports blanked Fissel Floor Covering 6-0.

Slava Markarov, Jack Clement, Simon Stolly, Aiden Sullivan, and Tate Schmittauer each scored.

Jack Strazalka had two assists.

Holden Nease and Sean McClain combined for the shutout.

In 4th and 5th grade coed soccer, Real Living shut out Shear Changes 3-0.

Gavin Stanley, Zack Yoesting, and Katelin Mathews scored.

Jack Cushman recorded the shut out.

Jr. High Soccer:

Indian Lake #1 ran past Benjamin Logan White 8-1.

Connor Davis had a hat trick, Dylan Cline scored two goals, and Dustin Roby, Daniel Fry, and Andrew Crockett each added a goal.

Luke Rody, Ashley Franks, Lindsey Chismar, Zachary Allison, Michael Beale, and Triston Teets led the defense.

Indian Lake #2 beat West Liberty #1 3-1.

Hannah Dye scored two goals and Emali Sroufe added a goal.

Madison Taylor, Logan Asman, Zach Sparks, Zoe Smalley, and Brittany Bryant played excellent defense.

Abigail Rabenstein scored an unassisted goal for West Liberty #1.

Benjamin Logan Black beat West Liberty #2 3-1.

Addie Rogers, Hannah Boysel, and Shelby Kramer each scored a goal.

Dylan Jakeway had an assist.

Timon Mannings recorded 9 saves in the win.

Kaci Oswalt, Issac Bednarki, Masyn Murray, and Joseph Mobley shined on defense.

Cody Taylor scored for West Liberty.

The Bellefontaine varsity girls tennis team lost a hard fought battle with Urbana last night 3-2.

Winning at 1st singles was Susan Scott while the 2nd Doubles team of Jody White and Jennifer Williams were also winners.

The Chiefs are now 2-2 in league play and 2-5 overall.

BHS will travel to Kenton Ridge on Thursday.

The West Liberty-Salem varsity boys golf team continues to dominate.

The Tigers beat host Cedarville 154-186 at Locust Hills Tuesday.

Here are the individual results:

WLS                154

Ben Rutan                  34 (ties school record)

Derrick Overholt             36

Ryan Meister                 42

Ryan Ropp                    42

Chris White                   44

TR Nisonger                  46

Cedarville        186

Gayer                           45

Elliot                             46

Reese                           47

Trame                           48

Smith                            58

Sizer                             61

WLS goes to 2-0 in league play and 6-0 on the season. The Tigers will host Southeastern at Liberty Hills on Thursday.

Head coach Darrin Leichty said, "Derrick putted the ball extremely well, which allowed him to score a personal best. Ben tied the nine hole school record with a two under 34. He now shares the record with Matt Steiner and Travis Thomas who were coached by John Day’s strong 1980s teams.

Bellefontaine, West Liberty-Salem, and Benjamin Logan all saw their respective volleyball teams in action Tuesday night.

The Bellefontaine varsity volleyball team overcame a two-set deficit in order to beat the visiting Stebbins Indians in five sets.

The scores were: 17-25; 23-25; 25-23; 25-20; 15-13.

Kirsten Leasure, Shelby Roberts and Davianna Roberts each tallied 21 digs. Emily Melling had 37 assists while Ericka Myers, Taylor Mitchel, Jessica Kinchen and Whitney Radar combined for 33 kills.

The Chiefs are now 1-1 after Tuesday's dramatic come-from-behind win and boast a conference record of 1-0; they travel to Kenton Ridge on Thursday.

West Liberty-Salem defeated host Triad 21-25, 25-19, 25-15 and 25-23 Tuesday night.

Kayla Peterson had 40 assists, Paige Parker chimed in with 20 kills, Becka Peterson notched 14 kills and Tyer Eckurd had 13 digs.

The Benjamin Logan varsity team beat visiting Indian Lake in four games (25-23, 25-22, 22-25, and 25-16).

Alexa Coughlin led the Raiders with 13 kills, 3 aces, and 2 blocks.

Chelsea Cox had 12 kills.

Sarah Yoder recorded 8 kills and 2 blocks.

Libero Lauren Stahl had an excellent match with 25 digs and 3 aces.

Caroline Lehmon followed with 12 digs.

Jessica Davia was 124 for 126 setting with 38 assists, 4 kills, and 3 aces.

Benjamin Logan is 3-0 overall and 1-0 in the CBC.

Benjamin Logan JV volleyball fell in three games to Indian Lake Tuesday night (25-17, 16-25, 22-25). Ciara Wirick led Ben Logan with seven kills and Jessica Yoder led the defense with 10 digs.

Benjamin Logan will be at Northwestern on Thursday.

Meanwhile, the Benjamin Logan freshman volleyball team was in action Tuesday night as well and faltered at home against Indian Lake, 11-25 and 23-25.

Kylee Smith posted three aces, three kills and a block while Meghan Wackerman contributed two kills and five aces. Chelsea Jenkins also notched six digs and a pair of kills.

The Raiders will host a tri-match against West Jefferson and Shawnee on Saturday.

The West Liberty-Salem 7th grade football team upended Miami East Tuesday afternoon in an overtime thriller.

Ben Burden threw a touchdown pass to Trent Thomas for the winning score. Brandon Adams and Dylan Leopard did a fine job defensively for the Tigers.

West Liberty-Salem will be in action next Tuesday at home vs. Lima Central Catholic.

The Bellefontaine varsity volleyball team came out strong, but ended up being swept by the visiting Lima Shawnee Indians Monday night.

The first game the Lady Chiefs stayed in close range, but fell 18-25.

In the second game they weren't so lucky, falling 7-25.

During the third, Bellefontaine came out strong, keeping even with the Indians for most of the game, but losing it late, 19-25.

With three freshman players on the team, head coach Shannon Hodge thought their inexperience was the reasoning behind the Chiefs poor play. "We had some decent plays, we had some fairly good passing, unfortunately we were very tentative. We weren't very consistent in our play."

Listen to Hodge's comment's on Monday night's game.

Setter Emily Melling had 22 assists on 88-88 setting. She added 6 digs.

Davianna Roberts had 17 digs and 3 kills.

Ericka Myers led the team with 10 blocks.

Jessica Kinchen, Taylor Mitchell, and Whitney Rader each tallied 5 kills.

Shelby Roberts had 13 digs, Shelbi Kauffman recorded 8 digs, and Kirsten Leasure added 4 digs and was 7-7 on serve receive.

The Chiefs will host Dayton Stebbins Tuesday evening.

The Benjamin Logan Raiders girls golf team won their match against the Greenon Knights at Snyder Park Monday 201-222.

Co-Medalists were Benjamin Logan's Domonique Johnson and Greenon's Sara Bartley, both shooting 47s.

BLHS     201
Domonique Johnson-47
Hali Brewer-48
Allissa Allford-52
Bailey Beach-54
Katrise Beach-58
Allison Baker-70

The Lady Raiders (6-2) play at home on Thursday at 4:00 pm against Graham.

The West Liberty-Salem Tigers boys golf team came out on top once again, this time against Mechanicsburg at Liberty Hills Golf Course Monday 164-189.

Tigers standout Ben Rutan was the medalist with 37. WLS is 5-0 on the season.

WL-S    164
Ben Rutan-37
Ryan Meister-40
T.R. Nisonger-43
Derrick Overholt-44
Ryan Ropp-47
Greg White-47

The J.V. team also picked up a win, 186-274
 

WL-S     186
Chris White-39
Zach Taylor-49
Landon Hormann-49
Mark Evangelisti-49

The Tigers are in action Tuesday against Cedarville at Locust Hills.

The Indian Lake Lakers girls soccer team came out on top Monday night, shutting out the Ada Bulldogs, 10-0.

The Lady Lakers had a total of 15 shots on goal, and had plenty of multiple goal scorers.

Junior forward Kaylin Wright led the way with 4 goals.

Senior forward and captain Kerstin Harmon scored 3 goals.

Senior Kelsey Galyk, junior Kindra Sheely, and junior Hannah Diehl each added a goal.

The Indian Lake varsity boys lost 5-0 at New Knoxville.

The Rangers built a 2-0 halftime lead to take control.

The Lakers are 0-3. They will visit Tecumseh on Wednesday. The varsity starts at 6 o'clock.

Plenty of local volleyball teams were in action Monday to start off their seasons.

Bellefontaine 8th grade team opened up with a loss against Tipp City in three, scoring 26-16 in the first game, 18-25 in the second, and 24-26 in the third. Leading servers of the night were Carley Strazalka with eleven points and Kameren Haley with eight.

The Chiefs are back in action at home Wednesday at 5:30 against Possum Elementary.

The Bellefontaine 7th grade team fell to Tipp City in three games (12-25, 25-10, and 22-25).

Kenzie Brunswick had 11 points, Georgia Cooper tallied 9 points, and Kenzie Patton added 8 points.

The Benjamin Logan 8th grade team has already played plenty, and went on to pick their third win of the season Monday night.

The Raiders beat Reid Middle School in straight games, with scores of 25-15 and 25-10.

BLMS had a big game from Taylor Quay, who had 8 service points and 4 kills. Jackie Melvin and Caitie Johnson each added 4 service points.

Benjamin Logan's next match is Wednesday at Rockway Middle School at 5:30.

The Indian Lake 7th grade volleyball team swept the Mad River Indians, 25-7 and 25-13. Sydney Miller had a huge role in the win, with 14 aces.

The Indian Lake 8th grade volleyball team did just as well, winning in straight games, 25-11 and 25-5. They were lead by Erin Jacobs (11 of 12 serving, 6 aces) and Ashton Faler (10 of 11 serving, 6 aces).

The West Liberty-Salem 7th grade volleyball team won straight games against Greeneview, 25-22 and 27-25. Their next match is set for next Tuesday, September 8 at Miami View.

The Riverside Pirates varsity team fell in its first volleyball match of the season in 4 against Columbus Grove with scores of 25-23, 12-25, 17-25, 21-25.

Brooklyn Purtee led the team with 12 kills, 4 digs and 3 aces.

Victoria Thompson had 7 kills and Taylor Leiss added 5 kills and 3 service aces.

The Pirates' J.V. team lost in 2 with scores of 8-25 and 14-25.

It took an extra 24 hours, but the Raiders and Pirates finally met on the football field for the first time in more than a decade Saturday night at Riverside High School. 

The Raiders were sharp from the beginning scoring on their opening drive thanks to a Landon McKirahan 30-yard touchdown run making it 7-0 in the first quarter. 

The Raiders would strike again in the second quarter with McKirahan again getting the ball in the endzone with a 11-yard, but the extra point was no good and the score was 13-0. 

The Pirates didn't have much to show offensively in the first half until their final drive before halftime went all the way down inside the Raiders 30-yard line.  But the Ben Logan defense held the at the half it was Benjamin Logan 13 Riverside 0. 

The Pirates began the third quarter as if shot out of a cannon.  The first play from scrimmage saw Gunner Whitaker rip off a big run in to Ben Logan territory.  A few plays later the Pirates were knocking on the door at the Raiders 22-yard line.  Then after a bad snap and a loss of 9 yards the next play saw the Raiders defense make another big play when they intercepted Bryce Hodge's pass. 

The Raiders seemed to have a hold on the game with their offense eating away the clock until very late in the third quarter when Raiders quarterback Dustin Bowers fumbled the ball on the 50-yard line.  Pirates defensive lineman Brian Hayman scooped the ball up and rumbled down the field for a momentum changing touchdown.  With :02 left in the third quarter after the extra point Riverside trailed 13-7. 

The fourth quarter belonged to Riverside.  After forcing a Raiders punt the Pirates pulled out their bag of tricks on second down they ran a reverse to Joseph Coulson.  54-yards later Coulson and the Pirates were celebrating a tying touchdown with the extra point to come.  Meade nailed the point after and Riverside led 14-13 with 8:28 remaining. 

The Riverside defense would hold twice on the Raiders and after the clock ticked off Riverside celebrated an opening night victory of Benjamin Logan. 

This marks the first coaching win for Pirates skipper T.R. Doty and the first opening night win for Riverside in quite a few years. 

Listen to Doty recap the game with Chad Wilkinson.


Benjamin Logan was without the services of senior Eric Bayliss who did not play due to injury.  They also did not have their normal kicker who's main sport is soccer and since it was Saturday night his team had a game. 

The Pirates (1-0) will travel to Triad next week while Benjamin Logan (0-1) will host powerhouse Coldwater.

The Benjamin Logan boys varsity soccer team upped their record to 2-0 Saturday night by winning at River Valley 7-0.

Billy Simpkins scored 3 goals and recorded an assist, Cory Leiter had 2 goals and an assist, Dale Allen and Patrick Graber each had a goal, and Logan Leis picked up 2 assists.

Defensively, Aaron Jenkins notched his second consecutive shutout and school record fourth career shutout as his teammates Mac Wilkins, Matt Tremains, Shaun Gilmore, and Layne Harpest did not allow River Valley a single shot on goal.

In the reserve game, Evan Nolan scored all three goals in a 3-0 victory that also saw River Valley not get a shot attempt on goal. Cayleb Harpest notched the shutout as Steven Watson, Kane Barnes, and Ben Zoldak all had assists. The reserve's record now stands at 1-1.

Benjamin Logan will next play at Kenton Ridge on Wednesday at 7:00; there will be no reserve game.

The Indian Lake varsity boys team lost to Lima Bath 4-1 Saturday.

Josh Kenton scored for the Lakers.

Indian Lake is 0-2. They will visit New Knoxville Monday at five o'clock.

HS girls

The Bellefontaine Lady Chieftains played host to Lima Shawnee Saturday afternoon at Dodd Stadium.

The Chiefs notched a pair of hard-fought wins, as both the Varsity and JV contests were tight and featured a lot of back and forth action.

The Varsity won 3-2, while the JV was victorious 2-1.

The West Liberty-Salem varsity girls team lost to Springfield Shawnee 2-1 Saturday afternoon.

Melany Ward scored for the Tigers.

Keeper Alexa Hormann tallied 14 saves.

WLS (1-1) will visit Anna Tuesday at five o'clock.

Grades 2-3 boys

JC Sports defeated Humble Construction 9-3.

Scoring Goals for the winners was Jack Clement (2), Slava Makarov (2), Tate Schmittauer (2), Jack Strazalka, Aiden Sullivan, and Simon Stolly.

Derrick Clark and Sean McClain had great defensive games.

Scotts Equipment defeated Buckeye Wash and Tan.

Marcus Walker led the winners with three goals.

Daunte George scored twice.

Nate Carothers and Drew Wrocklage each scored a goal.

Wrocklage and Dominik Patton each had an assist.

Nate Hecker, Devon Hutchison, and Mason Stevenson each made a save.

Teammate Ian Stevens played strong defense.

For Buckeye Wash and Tan, Freddie Horne and Luke Woodruff made saves.

Grades 2-3 girls

Swartz Family Eyecare defeated AcuSport 3-2.

For Swartz, Alex Camper scored twice and Madison Roberts once.

Aubrey Stolly and Daja Wilson each scored goals for the AcuSport team.

Other finals:

Indian Lake beat Benjamin Logan Black 5-1 Saturday in Jr. High soccer.

Daniel Fry led Indian Lake with a pair of goals.

Dustin Roby, Zachary Allison, and Connor Davis each added a goal.

Davis had two assists.

Roby and Dallas Ball each added assists.

Teammates Emily Teague, Andrew Crockett, Matthew Obenour, and Ashley Franks played well.

For Benjamin Logan, Timon Mannings scored on a penalty kick.

In Hi-Point Jr. High action, Benjamin Logan Gold blanked West Liberty #1 2-0 last week.

Jarod Wical and Danielle Jaunzemis each scored.

Jacob Smith and Ian Fogle combined for the shutout.

William Kennedy and Tristan Miller led the defense.

The West Liberty-Salem girls cross country team took runner-up honors at the Northwestern Warrior Classic Invitational on Saturday.

State powerhouse Canal Winchester won the meet.

Canal Winchester scored 56 points to 67 for the Lady Tigers.

The Big Orange was led by the freshmen trio of Meghan Vogel, Shawnda Henault, and Jasmine Smith. They placed 6th, 7th and 8th respectively.

Jordan Smith also cracked the top 20, finishing 15th, followed by teammates Savanna Shipp (31st), Sarah Williams (41st), and Sarah Murphy (44th).

West Liberty-Salem competes at the Logan County Meet at Old Field Beach on Tuesday.

Indian Lake was 5th with 137 points.

Junior standout Rachel Watt led Indian Lake with a 19th place finish.

Kayla Beltz was 20th, Emily Gardner was 28th, Ashley Albright came in 30th, and Taylor Norviel was 42nd.

Other finishers included:  Robyn Zwiebel (57th), Melissa Bell (61st), Ashley Kawalec (72nd), Ellie Schwieterman (89th), and Shelby Oda.

The Bellefontaine Lady Chiefs ran at the Brookville Invitational Saturday, finishing 9th out of 12 teams with 169 total runners competing. Centerville won the event.

For BHS, Katie King grabbed an impressive 6th place finish.

Other finishers: Jessica Haushalter (38th), Leann Miller (66th), Sarah Phillips (76th), Bethany Harshfield (81st), Katie Vetorino (94th), Noelle Dunn (99th), Libby Hill (104th), Taylor Angle (119th), and Stephanie Winslow (147th).

The girls will race Tuesday @ the Logan County meet held at Old Field Beach.

High School Boys

Bellefontaine finished 3rd out of 12 teams at the Brookville Invitational.

Sophomore Josh Runion finished 9th overall.

Todd White was 11th, Lawrence Miller 12th, Nate Orndorf 20th, Christian Golden 30th, Miyabe Nonaka 32nd, and Chris Walker 42nd.

The Big Orange boys finished 5th overall out of 11 teams Saturday at the Northwestern Warrior Classic.

The Tigers placed six runners in the top 50: Colin Wilson (19th), Matt Vogel (21st), Aaron Scott (24th), Jerrod Yoder (32nd), Alex Adams (36th), and J.J. Birt (48th).

Other Tiger finishes: D.J. Patterson (77th), Kelby Wallace (86th), Zak Teets (93rd), Zane Esch (100th), Zak Esch (118th), Storm Shipp (120th), and Cody Allen (149th).

The Big Orange Boys posted a meet record of 6-4 and are now 12-7 on the season.

The Big Orange runs again Tuesday the 1st @ Indian Lake in the County Meet.

The Indian Lake boys finished 10th at Northwestern.

Jacob Varney was 54th, Brad McIntire 59th, Neill Schwieterman 95th, Nick Bozman 139th, and Seth Mackesy 146th.

Middle School Boys

The Middle School Big Orange boys finished 3rd out of 7 teams on Saturday at the Northwestern Warrior Classic.

Leading the way was Chris Buschur with an 8th place finish.

Other places: Nicholas Yoder (12th), Alex Steiner (21st), Michael Lehman (34th), and Adam Zirkle (35th).

The Jr. Tigers finished the meet 4-2 and now have a season record of 6-5.

Next Meet: County Meet at Indian Lake on Tuesday the 1st.

The BMS Chieftain boys finished 8th out of 11 teams at the Celina Invitational Saturday.

The Jr. Chiefs were lead by a pair of 7th graders: Storm Harman (24th) and David Guajardo (25th) out of 98 total runners.

Other strong performances were run by Jay Clemens (37th), Collen Pulfer (43rd), Cale Sterling (50th), Parker Neeld (53rd), Dalton Short (69th), Dacota Hollar (78th), Cayden DeMent (88th), Zach Bodenmiller (89th), and Keith Wisecup (97th).

Middle School Girls

The BMS Jr. Lady Chiefs were also in action Saturday at Celina, finishing 7th out of 11 teams.

The team was lead by strong performances by 7th grader Madisyn Norris (7th) and 8th grader Alyssa Strickland (9th) out of 125 total runners.

Also competing for the Lady Chiefs were Ashly Goodwin (42nd), Caitlyn Varian (68th), Olivia Martin (70th), Sarah Vetorino (82nd), Dani Champion (100th), and Madison Butler (112th).

The BMS Cross Country teams will be in action again on Tuesday at Old Field Beach in Lakeview at the Logan County Invitational.

The Benjamin Logan varsity volleyball team defeated Triad Saturday in three sets (18-25, 25-16, 25-22).

Alexa Coughlin had 10 kills. Taylor Terrill and Rachael Rutan added 4 kills apiece.

Lauren Stahl had 12 digs and Jessica Davia tallied 17 assists.

The Raiders then edged Marysville in three sets (19-25, 25-20, 25-20).

Coughlin led the attack with 16 kills. Chelsea Cox added 8 kills.

Caroline Lehmon recorded 13 digs.

Jessica Davia was 98 for 100 setting with 35 assists.

Benjamin Logan (2-0) will host Indian Lake Tuesday.

Triad and Marysville won the JV contests.

The Benjamin Logan freshman team opened their season on Saturday and defeated Carey in two sets (29-27, 25-19).

Kylee Smith had 6 aces and 4 kills.

Meghan Wackerman posted 4 kills and 4 assists.

The Raiders then beat Ridgemont in straight games (25-19, 25-18).

Courtney Stewart contributed 8 aces and 7 digs.

Kylee Smith added 3 aces and 4 kills.

The Raiders will host Indian Lake Tuesday.

The Benjamin Logan 8th grade volleyball team picked up a pair of wins at a home tri-match Saturday morning.

In the first match, Benjamin Logan beat Ridgemont in 3 games 25-20, 22-25, and 25-22.

In the second match, Benjamin Logan beat Northwestern in 2 games 25-23 and 25-23.

On the day, the Raiders were lead by Sydney Evans with 13 Service Aces, Jackie Melvin with 4 kills, Taylor Quay with 3 blocks and 11 Service Points, and Logan Harris with a great defensive game.

The next game for the Raiders is on Monday, August 31st, @ 5:30 as they play host to Reid Middle School.

WL-S played at the Lost Creek Invitational, hosted by Allen East, at Lost Creek Country Club Saturday, placing 4th out of 17 teams.

The Tigers finished with a 334 mark. Top three teams were Bryan (306), Genoa (310), and Lima Shawnee (334).

Individually, Ryan Meister (79) and Ben Rutan (82) stood out as they placed 7th and 14th out of 102 golfers.

Also for WL-S, Ryan Ropp shot an 86, Greg White 87, Derrick Overholt 88, and TR Nisonger 88.

The next match is Monday, against Mechanicsburg, at Liberty Hills Golf Course.