DEFIANCE — Bryan found itself in another close Northwest Ohio Athletic League boys golf contest on Friday.

MONTPELIER — Montpelier and Fremont St. Joseph were in a battle, taking a 12-all halftime tie late into the fourth quarter.

EDGERTON — Fairview’s football team ran right at Edgerton to earn a hard-hitting victory on Friday.

LIBERTY CENTER — Nearly a month had passed since Bryan’s boys soccer team had won a match entering Thursday.

Hicksville came up short in the opening set against Bryan on Thursday, but the Aces carried a lot of momentum from late in the first game to earn the match win.

WEST UNITY — Hilltop’s Kacy Connolly dished out 20 assists on 43-of-43 setting, while Gabby Rodriguez slammed 13 kills on 30-of-32 spiking as the Cadets opened Buckeye Border Conference play with a 25-18, 25-15, 25-19 win over Pettisville on Thursday at Hilltop High School.

Coming off an emotional win against Delta last week, Bryan’s football team will be looking to keep its momentum going in another key Northwest Ohio Athletic League showdown.

The year may have changed, but Bryan’s golf team finds itself in a familiar situation.

Not even a steady rain could put a damper on Bryan’s girls soccer team on Tuesday.

WAUSEON — Edgerton’s Kennerk brothers continued their dominating play at Ironwood Golf Club on Tuesday.

WAUSEON — For the first time in school history, Edgerton’s girls golf team earned a Green Meadows Conference title.

MONTPELIER — After scoring the first three points of the third set, North Central fell behind Montpelier 9-4.

MONTPELIER — When Aidan Higbie was on the Montpelier boys golf team as a freshman, he saw how well his older peers were doing.

Toledo St. Ursula’s serving and spiking gave Bryan’s volleyball team issues all match on Monday.

WEST UNITY — Since Jamie Chester, Avrie Johnston and Ella Calvin joined Hilltop’s golf program as freshmen, the Cadets have never fielded a full girls team.

PIONEER — North Central’s Kendal Bonney knew she was 10 kills away from 1,000 for her career — a milestone no player in school history has reached — before Saturday’s volleyball match against Antwerp.

STRYKER — Bryan’s golf team captured its home invitational title by the slimmest of margins on Saturday.

Bryan’s defense made numerous big plays to help give the Golden Bears a key comeback win on Friday.

EDON — Edon went into halftime only up six points against Ottawa Lake Whiteford (Michigan), which is ranked second in Division 8 in the the AP Michigan poll, and was defending to start the second half.

No team has been able to slow down Continental so far this season.

Bryan’s girls tennis team dropped just three games in rolling to a 5-0 sweep over Wauseon on Thursday at Bryan High School.

WEST UNITY — In most volleyball matches between Hilltop and Stryker, the two teams get into extended rallies and battle for each point, according to Cadets coach Janice Bruner.

PETTISVILLE — As of Thursday, nobody in Montpelier volleyball history has more career blocks than senior Ariel Page.

Bryan’s next test in the rugged Northwest Ohio Athletic League will be one of the top rushing attacks in the conference.

Bryan’s girls soccer team cashed in on its opportunities in the second half to earn another big win on Tuesday.

Bryan’s girls tennis team has a big goal it wants to achieve in the Ohio Tennis Coaches Association Division II team tournament, and the Golden Bears will have to avenge a nail-biting loss from a year ago to take their first step toward reaching it.

Trent Thorp scored a medalist-earning 41 to front Montpelier in its 173-218 Buckeye Border Conference golf victory over Hilltop on Tuesday at Suburban Golf Course.