The Benjamin Logan bowling teams swept rival Indian Lake on Friday.

In varsity boys, the Raiders defeated the Lakers 2270 to 2009.

Paul Scales led the way with games of 213 and 202 for a 415 series.

Jordan Cayot tossed a 204.

Kris Korns recorded a 174 and Matt Johnson added a 160.

In varsity girls, Benjamin Logan handled Indian Lake 2350 to 2015.

Allissa Allford had a 204 and a 182 for a team-best 386 series.

Trinnity Jackson recorded a 171 and a 181 for a 352 series.

Taylor Burk shot a 181 and Brittney Poling carded a 157.

The Benjamin Logan JV girls won 1975 to 1377.

Hillary Lantz had a 163 and a 170 for a 333 series.

Becca Crum fired a 150 and Colleen Huey added a 148.

Matt McKirihan went 10/10 from the free throw line on his way to seventeen points in leading Benjamin Logan to a 60-55 win over Indian Lake at home Friday night in a CBC Mad River Division matchup.

Indian Lake (1-7) started off hot in the first quarter led by nine points by Justin Castle  and six from Adam Reichert. Indian Lake led 17-14 after the first quarter and extended that lead to eleven at one point in the second quarter. At that point, Raider junior Matt Cira entered the game and hit three three-point baskets and added two free throws to cut the Indian Lake lead to just one at halftime. Cira’s three buckets were the only field goals Benjamin Logan made in the second quarter. Cira scored eleven of the Raider’s thirteen points in the second quarter.

The first half was marred by fouls in the first half, both teams were in the penalty before the end of the first quarter. Indian Lake was hit particularly hard when their top two scorers, Russ Hogue and Adam Reichert each had three fouls. Hogue would pick up his fourth early in the third quarter and sit most of the second half.

The second half was very back and forth with the lead changing several times. In the end, it was free throw shooting that proved to be the deciding factor.mainly in the fourth quarter. McKirihan hit six free throws in the final quarter to secure the win for Benjamin Logan.

Benjamin Logan (2-8) was led by McKirihan’s seventeen to go along with fourteen points from Colin Puckett, eleven from Cira and ten points eight rebounds from Eric Olson.

Indian Lake was led by Justin Castle and Adam Reichert, each had seventeen.

Indian Lake next plays host to Dayton Stebbins on Tuesday. Benjamin Logan will host West Liberty – Salem Tuesday night. That game can be heard on 98.3 WPKO.

Listen to Benjamin Logan head coach Scott Vermillion’s postgame comments.

Listen To Indian Lake head coach Chad Mossing’s postgame comments.

The Bellefontaine at Dayton Stebbins game was postponed. The game will be played Saturday, January 16th on WBLL.

Other local finals:

Graham edged rival Urbana 55-52.

The Falcons improve to 8-1 overall and 6-1 in the CBC.

The Hillclimbers drop to 6-3, 3-3.

Riverside rolled past Ridgemont 73-40.

Kyle Baughman paced the Pirates with 16 points.

Eric Egbert tossed in 15 and Kyle Hurley and Justin Worrell each added 13.

Riverside has won two straight to improve to 3-6 overall and 2-0 in the NWCC.

The Gophers are 0-8, 0-2.

Mechanicsburg handled Triad 66-48.

Lima Temple Christian defeated Waynesfield-Goshen 56-42.

Ada edged Allen East 59-52 in overtime.

Anna knocked off previously unbeaten Russia 56-44.

Jackson Center defeated Botkins 50-38.

Ft. Loramie edged Houston 49-44.

Lima Shawnee shot past Kenton 73-51.

Vandalia-Butler beat visiting Sidney 68-57.

Celina outscored Wapakoneta 78-66.

Ft. Recovery handled Versailles 64-39.

Delphos St. John’s nipped New Knoxville 43-41.

After an icy 140-mile commute through a snowstorm, the Red Storm from Rio Grande University failed to warm up in Urbana University’s Grimes Center tonight. The Blue Knight women’s basketball team got back in the win column with a 65-48 victory over their former NAIA rivals from Rio Grande.

The Red Storm proved to be ice cold from the very beginning and Urbana capitalized on their opponent's poor shooting. The Blue Knights raced out to a commanding 26-6 lead as Rio managed to connect on just 10% of their shots in the games’ first 13 minutes. A quick 11-0 Rio run, sparked by former Indian Lake standout Jenna Smith’s 5 points, helped cut the deficit to single digits, but the Blue Knights closed the half on an 8-4 spurt to put the game out of reach. The Red Storm never got the lead back down to single digits in the second half.

Urbana held Rio Grande to just 25% shooting on the night, while connecting on better than 41% of their shots.  Urbana also utilized its size advantage by outscoring Rio 34-24 in the paint.

The Blue Knights were led by four starters in double-digits. Freshman center Andrea Vogel (pictured) led the way with 14 points and 7 rebounds. Ashley Falknor and Jalyssa Jackson both flirted with triple-doubles. Falknor had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 6 assists, while Jackson had nearly identical numbers at 12 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists. Junior Unique Lane added 11, and sophomore Haley Ducey had 5 points to go with 6 rebounds and 5 blocked shots. Junior Jessica Byrd played terrific defense off the bench, swiping 4 steals to go with 5 points.

Rio Grande sharpshooter Jenna Smith led all scorers with 19 points.

With the win, Urbana improves to 8-6 on the season, while Rio Grande falls to 9-7.

The Blue Knights will host Marygrove University on Saturday afternoon at two o'clock.

Two local high school bowling teams were in action last night.

The Benjamin Logan varsity boys team edged Greenon 2503 to 2476.

Paul Scales fired a 197.

Jordan Cayot and Derek Schmit each tossed a 190.

The JV boys lost to Greenon 2198 to 1992.

Ryan Fleming shot a 190 and Kris Korns added a 165.

The Benjamin Logan varsity girls team outscored the Knights 2329 to 2124.

Trinnity Jackson had a team-high 398 series (games of 189 and 209).

Kierstan Valentine followed with games of 204 and 156 for a 360 series.

Taylor Burk shot a 336.

Allison Baker fired a 167 and Allissa Allford recorded a 156.

The JV girls defeated Greenon 1718 to 1599.

Becca Crum and Hali Brewer each had a 143.

The West Liberty-Salem varsity girls team beat visiting Southeastern 1932 to 1649.

Codi McNutt had a 167 game and a 322 series.

Mercedes Watkins fired a 176 game and a 313 series.

The JV girls team scrimmaged the Southeastern JV boys team.

Janessa Huffman led the Tigers with a 167 game and a 277 series.

Megann Boyd had a 132 game and a 256 series.

In varsity boys, the Tigers lost 2280 to 1945.

Brock Bahan had games of 211 and 170 for a 381 series.

Steven Klingler had a 318 series.

The West Liberty-Salem varsity boys basketball team lost at Greeneview 49-47 in a makeup game last night.

Andy Daulton paced the Tigers with 19 points and Jarred Merrick added 11.

Senior Collin Link collected nine rebounds.

WLS is 3-5 overall and 3-3 in the OHC.

The JV Tigers defeated the Rams 47-34.

Travis Mayse scored 15 points and Landon Hormann tossed in 14.

Coach Leichty’s team is 7-1 overall and 5-1 in league play.

West Liberty-Salem will visit Springfield Catholic on Friday.

Louie Vito competed in his second Olympic trial this week in Mammoth Mountain, California.

Vito made the finals Tuesday with a fourth place finish. Wednesday’s finals ended in an interesting fashion for Louie; after being in third place for most of the competition, it came down to a tiebreaker with Scotty Lago.

Lago ended up taking the third spot, sending Louie down to fourth place.

To qualify for the Olympics, the best two finishes are calculated for each rider, and the top riders make the U.S. team.

Vito’s father, Lou, said the only way to guarantee a spot is to have two first place finishes, “and no one has two firsts, so nobody, mathematically is guaranteed a spot.”

Listen to Lou recap Wednesday's finals.

Louie competes again this weekend in Mammoth Mountain, with the qualifying round on Friday and finals on Saturday. The event will air on NBC on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

Eric Egbert scored twenty points while Kyle Hurley scored eighteen and Kyle Baughman chipped in fifteen to help the Riverside Pirates score a season-high seventy two points during a 72-58 win over Indian Lake Tuesday night from Riverside High School.

Both teams entered the game with only one win and looking to get back on the winning track. Russ Hogue made it look early on that it would be Indian Lake when he scored seven first quarter points. Riverside got a more rounded effort, however, from Hurley, Chad Keith and Baughman to lead Indian Lake 14-13 after the first period.

Riverside exploded for 23 second quarter points to jump out to 37-23 halftime lead.

Indian Lake rallied in the second half spurred by senior Justin Castle’s thirteen points and helped by two Pirate technical fouls. After trailing by eighteen points at one point in the third quarter, the Lakers were able to close the Pirate lead to seven.

Pirates guard Bryce Hodge was able to help ice the game with five fourth quarter free throws.

Indian Lake (1-6) was led by Castle with seventeen points and twelve points by Hogue and eleven from Adam Reichert. The Lakers travel to Benjamin Logan Friday night and can be heard live on WPKO.

The Pirates (2-6) host Ridgemont Friday night.

Listen to Riverside head coach Nate Millice’s postgame comments.

In JV action, Riverside outscored Indian Lake 50-39.

The Benjamin Logan varsity boys fell at Graham 63-24.

Dylan McGarry paced the Raiders with 6.

For Graham, Ethan Ward scored 13 points and Nick VanHoose added 12.

Benjamin Logan is 1-8, 1-5.

Graham is 7-1, 5-1.

The JV Raiders lost 30-28.

The freshman Raiders fell 36-29.

Landon Johnson poured in 14 points.

In varsity girls, Jackson Center knocked off visiting Waynesfield-Goshen 64-55.

Taylor Cummons led the attack with 21 points.

Heather DeVelvis dropped in 13 and Dink May added 11.

JC is 5-4 overall.

The West Liberty-Salem seventh grade girls basketball team defeated the Greeneview Rams Monday night 19-14.

The Lady Tigers were down by two at the half, but held the Rams to just one point in the third quarter.

Kylee Hormann and Sydney Eggleston led the Tigers with five points.

Ashley Holleron added four points.

The seventh grade is 4-3 on the season.

The eighth grade Lady Tigers lost to the Rams 43-25.

Kaylin Frederick led the Tigers with 10 points.

April Kelley tossed in 9 points.

Caty Shoemaker added three assists.

The eighth graders are now 4-3.

The West Liberty-Salem seventh grade boys lost to Greeneview 32-31.

Connor Woods led the team with 12 points, Colin Wilson had 7 points, and Ben Burden added 6 points.

The Tigers are 4-1 overall.

The eighth grade boys defeated Greeneview 36-20.

Todd Pease led the Tigers with 12 points followed by David Branham with 8.

The boys next play on Thursday at home against Southeastern with tip off at 5:00.

The Benjamin Logan varsity girls bowling team (pictured) won the Southwest Shootout Saturday sponsored by Southwest Lanes in Urbana. The tournament was a baker game format, with an eight-game qualifying round followed by head-to-head matches of 3 baker games.

The Benjamin Logan girls team won the qualifying round with a total of 1378 pins. The Lady Raiders then defeated Jonathan Alder in two games, and then Mechanicsburg in two games to win the tournament.

The Benjamin Logan varsity boys bowling team finished second in the qualifying round and third overall.

The Bellefontaine Chieftains swim team hosted on Saturday the Annual Brittany Milroy Memorial Swimming Invitational at the Hilliker YMCA.

The meet drew 13 girls and 14 boys teams, with a total of 262 swimmers competing.

The Chieftain boys finished 3rd out of 14 teams; the Lady Chiefs finished 6th out of 13 teams.

Leading point scorers for Bellefontaine were Christian Garlock and Kenzie Bible.

Individual performances:

Caitlin Tassell, Kenzie Bible, Michelle Goble, and Sarah Bechtel finished 3rd in the girl’s 200 Medley relay.

Kenzie Bible placed 2nd in the 200 Individual Medley.

Michelle Goble finished 3rd in the 500 freestyle.

Caitlin Tassell finished 4th in the 100 backstroke.

Matt Spatz, Dylan Notestine, Christian Garlock, and Chris Walker turned in a 2nd place in the boy’s 200 Medley relay.

Christian Garlock grabbed a pair of firsts, winning both the 200 freestyle and the 100 freestyle.

Dylan Notestine grabbed 2nd in the 100 breaststroke.

Chris Walker finished 3rd in the 500 freestyle.

The boy’s 400 Free relay of Dylan Notestine, Josh Haisley, Chris Walker, and Christian Garlock also finished 1st.