Sports

WAPAKONETA – Wapakoneta was nipping at the Ottawa-Glandorf heels midway second quarter.

COLUMBUS— Tanner Holden made a 3-pointer as time expired to give No. 25 Ohio State a 67-66 victory over Rutgers 67-66 on Thursday night.

Girls basketball

DELPHOS – Early on, Delphos Jefferson’s shooting wasn’t quite on target in Thursday night’s key Northwest Conference girls basketball matchup against visiting Bluffton.

WASHINGTON — Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a high-profile prisoner exchange as the U.S. released notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout. But the U.S. failed to win freedom for another American, Paul Whelan, who has been jailed for nearly four years.

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CLEVELAND — If you told Patrick Mahomes that the Browns are 4-0 against Joe Burrow, he’d never believe it.

DIVISION II

Eleven area high school football players, including six from Wapakoneta, three from Celina and one each from Lima Senior and Elida, received recognition on the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association’s Division II and Division III all-state football teams, which were announced Wednesday.

Matt Childers chats with current Spencerville coach Kevin Sensabaugh and former Van Wert coach Mark Bagley about the high school basketball scene, past and present. Sponsored by Bryan Weimerskirch State Farm Insurance in Delphos.