PANDORA — Pandora-Gilboa was unable to get their offense going Friday night in a 42-0 non-league loss to Bluffton in their home opener. Griffin Stackhouse gave the Pirates a lead when he returned the opening kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown.
VAN BUREN — Leipsic scored three times in the second quarter Friday night to defeat Van Buren 18-6 in non-league action. The Black Knights took the lead with 7:55 left in the first quarter on a one yard plunge by Harrington.
FINDLAY — Liberty-Benton gave Columbus Grove an early wakeup call Friday night. In a showdown between two of the areas top teams the Eagles took the opening kickoff and drove own the field for a score.
COLUMBUS GROVE — Miller City’s Andrea Pfau and the Columbus Grove boys cross country team stood among the local competitors at the annual Columbus Grove Invitational Saturday morning. Pfau went to the lead early in winning the girls Gray Division individual title, while the Bulldog boys had the top team finish as they finished second in the boys Gray Division.
PANDORA — Pandora-Gilboa made quick work of Allen East Saturday morning to claim a 25-6, 25-11, 25-11 non-league win. Ava Huffman served up three aces for the Rockets on 5-of-7 serving along with 11 digs, while Makayla Suter had two aces on 11-of-11 serving with two kills.
COLUMBUS GROVE — Five different players scored for Columbus Grove Saturday in an 8-0 Putnam County League win over Fort Jennings. Lauryn Auchmuty scored three goals for the Bulldogs (1-0-1 PCL) and had two assists, while Ella Dotson had two goals with two assists.
Incidents August 25; an incident of unauthorized use was reported in rural Ottawa. August 25; suspicious activity was reported in rural Ottawa.
September 11 Special guest speaker at the Leipsic Methodist Church (127 W. Main Street Leipsic, Ohio ) 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm COME JOIN US! Alex Nsengimana will be in Leipsic on September 11th at the Methodist Church to tell his story of how an Operation Christmas Child box changed his life.
Scattered showers provided some much-needed moisture to parts of the county this past weekend. However, 78 of 88 Ohio counties are experiencing some level of drought conditions from abnormally dry (drought stage D0) in Northwest Ohio to extreme and exceptional drought (drought stages D3 and D4) in Southeastern Ohio. Weekly drought conditions are updated on the US Drought Monitor at http://droughtmonitor.unl. edu.