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Henry Hinkle poured in a game-best 32 points, including his team’s final four as the Ohio Wesleyan men’s basketball team outlasted visiting Wabash 69-65 in North Coast Athletic Conference action Wednesday night at Branch Rickey Arena.

The Buckeye Valley girls basketball team continued its domination of the CBL Tuesday night in Delaware, racing out to a 28-2 lead it parlayed into a 55-20 league win over visiting Grandview Heights.

Freshman post Macy Miller scored 9 consecutive points to help the Ohio Wesleyan women’s basketball team wipe out an 8-0 deficit, and senior guard Kasey Schipfer and senior guard Lauren Denison contributed 5 points apiece during a 14-3 run late in the second quarter that helped break open a 79-50 North Coast Athletic Conference win over Oberlin on Saturday at Branch Rickey Arena.

Big Walnut’s Nathan Barnes picked up first-place points and Olentangy Berlin’s Maddux Nauman and Liam Doneyhue nabbed runner-up honors to lead area wrestlers at Saturday’s Kevin Cleveland Memorial in Dublin.

The Delaware Hayes boys basketball team had 28 points by the end of the first quarter and nearly 50 by the break en route to a convincing 86-64 OCC-Capital Division win over visiting Dublin Scioto Friday night.

Junior guard Henry Hinkle and sophomore guard Isaac Ward scored 8 points apiece during the final 4-plus minutes to help the Ohio Wesleyan men’s basketball team rally for a 66-61 North Coast Athletic Conference win over DePauw on Wednesday at Branch Rickey Arena.

The Olentangy boys basketball team won a pair of games over the weekend, improving to 5-3 while bumping its winning streak to three thanks to Friday’s 69-64 come-from-behind win over Wheeling Park and a dominant 60-33 win over River a day later.

Senior guards Lauren Denison and Kasey Schipfer scored 6 points apiece during a 12-0 run that put the Ohio Wesleyan women’s basketball team ahead to stay in a lopsided 90-52 win over Heidelberg during the third day of the Bishop Classic/Hoops for Hope tournament, hosted by Ohio Wesleyan on Sunday at Branch Rickey Arena.

Devin Brown turned his ankle in the first quarter before battling back to finish with a team-best 17 points, and Levi Davis hit a pair of free throws with 6.5 seconds left to all but seal the deal as the Olentangy Orange boys basketball team picked up a solid 59-54 non-league win over host Westerville North on Thursday.

The Big Walnut girls basketball team stayed hot Friday night in Sunbury, starting fast en route to a 60-43 OCC-Capital Division win over visiting Worthington Kilbourne.