Calvelage's 3 at buzzer caps furious Bulldogs win at Miller City

COL. GROVE 55MILLER CITY 54MILLER CITY – Columbus Grove's Brynn Calvelage made just one 3-pointer in Saturday's game with Miller City.Grove coach Brian Schroder might want take the ball, gold plate it and put it in the trophy case with the other hardware the Bulldogs have been collecting.Calvelage capped a furious comeback with a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer that gave Grove a 55-54 win over Miller City and at least a share of the 2025-26 Putnam County League girls basketball championship. Ranked No. 6 in the state among Ohio's Division VI schools, Grove improved to 13-2 overall and at 6-0 in the PCL clinched at least a share of the title, its seventh since the 2015-16 season. The Bulldogs played Fort Jennings on Monday with an outright championship on the line.Miller City used a 14-5 advantage in the third quarter to take a 40-32 lead and was still up by eight (47-39) with 3½ minutes left in the game.Kendal Palte led Grove with 17 points and Nicole Nesby had 10 points, 15 rebounds and three blocks. Lydia Sarka added nine points and Calvelage, a freshman, had seven.Sophia Ruck, a freshman, scored 21 points and sophomore Kyla Erford had 13 for Miller City. The Wildcats, who entered the game ranked No. 1 in Division VII, dropped to 13-2 overall, 4-1 in the PCL.COL. GROVE (13-2)Calvelage 2-2—7, Benroth 2-0—6, Sarka 3-3—9, Thompson 2-0—6, Palte 7-1—17, Nesby 3-4—10. TOTALS: 19-51 10-11—55.MILLER CITY (13-2)Otto 2-1—5, Ruck 8-3—21, E. Erford 2-4—8, Lammers 2-2—7, K. Erford 6-0—13. TOTALS: 20-53 10-15—54.Col. Grove 8 19 5 23—55Miller City 10 16 14 14—543-POINT GOALS: Columbus Grove 7-20 (Benroth 2, Thompson 2, Plate 2, Calvelage); Miller City 4-10 (Ruck 2, Lammers, K. Erford).REBOUNDS: Columbus Grove 32 (Nesby 15, Palte 5); Miller City 23.TURNOVERS: Columbus Grove 19; Miller City 9.JUNIOR VARSITY: Columbus Grove 37-21. O-GLANDORF 52OTTOVILLE 46OTTOVILLE – Ottawa-Glandorf's Karsyn Erford continued her climb up the school's career scoring list and the No. 1-ranked Titans ran their unbeaten record to 15-0 with a close 52-46 win over Ottoville on Saturday.Erford, who has committed to play her college ball for the University of Findlay, scored seven points in the fourth quarter and had 17 overall. The 5-foot-8 senior guard passed Melanie Halker (1992-1995, 1,204 points) and moved into second place on the O-G girls basketball scoring list in Thursday's win over Elida. Saturday's total against Ottoville inched her closer to Kadie Hempfling's girls school record of 1,231 points.O-G's Madison McKee added 13 points against Ottoville, which is 12-4 and ranked No. 4 in Division VII. Brooklyn Koester scored 16 points and Kendal Schnipke added 10 for the Big Green.O-GLANDORF (15-0)Grothause 2-2—6, Erford 6-4—17, Kuhlman 2-3—7, Lammers 1-0—3, Brinkman 0-1—1, McKee 6-1—13, Liebrecht 2-0—4. TOTALS: 19-11—52.OTTOVILLE (12-4)Turnwald 1-3—6, Koester 5-4—16, Hilvers 1-0—2, Schnipke 4-2—10, Rittenhouse 1-0—2, Suever 1-2—4, Wertenberger 2-2—6. TOTALS: 15-13—46.O-Glandorf 12 19 2 17—52Ottoville 9 11 11 15—463-POINT GOALS: Ottawa-Glandorf 2 (Erford, Lammers); Ottoville 3 (Koester 2, Turnwald). CAREY 45ARCADIA 25CAREY – Two winning streaks collided at Carey Saturday afternoon.Only one survived.Carey started the game with a big edge in the first quarter and ended it with a bigger edge in the fourth in chalking up a 45-25 nonleague win over Arcadia.Bella Phoenix led the Blue Devils with 16 points, Bayah Harsanje had 14 and McKinnley Kessler added 10. Carey's sixth straight win boosted the Blue Devils record to 14-3.Arcadia had a 10-game win streak halted and is 11-3. Liberty Voges led the Redskins with 10 points.ARCADIA (11-3)Seem, 1-0—2, Voges 3-3—10, Colman 2-1—7, Bostic 1-0—2, Boes 2-0—4. TOTALS: 9-39 4-6—25.CAREY (14-3)Kessler 4-1—10, Phoenix 7-2—16, Brodman 1-3—5, Harsanje 5-1—14. TOTALS: 17-39 7-10—45Arcadia 8 5 5 7—25Carey 14 9 7 15—543-POINT GOALS: Arcadia 3-13 (Colman 2, Voges); Carey 4-15 (Harsanje 3, Kessler).REBOUNDS: Arcadia 19 (Bostic 5, Boes 5); Carey 26 (Brodman 9, Phoenix 5).TURNOVERS: Arcadia 14; Carey 12. VANLUE 29CORY-RAWSON 24RAWSON — Cory-Rawson won the second half by a little, but Vanlue won the first half by a lot and held off the Hornets for a 29-24 win on Saturday.Adrienne Phillips led Vanlue (3-11) with 16 points. Candace Saltzman scored four points and pulled down 15 rebounds. Katelyn Duffman knocked down four 3-pointers to lead Cory-Rawson with 12 points. The Hornets (2-11) outscored Vanlue 17-15 in the third and fourth quarters, but could not overcome a 13-7 deficit at the half.VANLUE (3-11)Wallen 0-1—1, Phillips 5-6—16, A. Brooks 1-0—2, Saltzman 2-0—4, M. Brooks 1-2—4, Holbrook 0-1—1, TOTALS: 9-41 10-18—29.CORY-RAWSON (2-11)Walters 3-0—7, Price 0-1—1, A. Duffman 1-1—4, K. Duffman 4-0—12. TOTALS: 8-2—24.Vanlyer 6 7 6 9—29Cory-Rawson 1 6 7 10—243-POINT GOALS: Vanlue 0; Cory-Rawson 2 (Walters 2).REBOUNDS: Vanlue 38 (Saltzman 15).TURNOVERS: Vanlue 20. ARLINGTON 62USV 49McGUFFEY – Arlington's Madeline Hartman and Jada Smith pumped in 20 points each in leading the Red Devils to a 62-49 nonleague win over Upper Scioto Valley.Smith (4 steals) also grabbed nine rebounds and Hartman had seven. Mea Alexander had 12 points and four rebounds in helping Arlington improve its record to 8-7. LEIPSIC 49CONTINENTAL 36LEIPSIC – Freshman Kya Brandt converted 13-of-14 free throws and scored 29 points in leading Leipsic to a 49-36 Putnam County League win over Continental.Rylin Gerten added nine points and seven rebounds for the Vikings (6-8). Mogan Shock led Continental (7-9) with 12 points.CONTINENTAL (7-9)Me. Shock 3-0—6, Pier 0-1—1, Stegbauer 1-2—4, Searfoss 11-3—5, Mo. Shock 4-3—12, Crossgrove 3-2—8. TOTALS: 12-36 11-23—36.LEIPSIC (6-8)Brandt 6-13—29, Gerten 3-3—9, N. Schroeder 0-1—1, Apple 2-0—4, P. Schroeder 1-2—4, Tussing 1-0—2. TOTALS: 13-16—49Continental 8 12 9 7—36Leipsic 13 14 10 12—493-POINT GOALS: Continental 1 (Mo. Shock); Leipsic 4 (Brandt 4).