BOYS GOLF
At Port Byron: Bureau Valley senior Wyatt Novotny shot a 1-under-par 70 on Friday to tie for second in Riverdale’s Wayne Brinkmeier Invitational at Byron Hills Golf Course.
Novotny led the Storm to a fourth-place finish with 323 strokes. The host Rams won with 300, followed by Fulton (307) and Geneseo (313). St. Bede (334) was eighth among the 13 teams.
Bureau Valley’s Chase Stier tied for eighth with a 76, while Ty Carls led the Bruins by finishing 15th with a 79.
Also for the Storm, Atticus Middleton shot an 88 and Logan Philhower added an 89.
Rounding out the scores for St. Bede were Caden Carls (82), Zach Husser (86) and Jacob Flavin (87).
CROSS COUNTRY
At Chillicothe: Bureau Valley’s Gemma Moore placed an area-best 16th in 21:58 in the IVC Invitational.
Also for the Storm, Summer Hamilton (24:20.22) and Ella Wilt (24:12.2) placed 24th and 25th, respectively, while Emma Martyn led Fieldcrest by finishing 26th in 24:38.43.
In the boys race, Bureau Valley’s Maddox Moore was 21st in 18:04.75, while Adrian Gallardo (18:07.06) was 23rd and Alex Attig (18:41) was 28th.
Henry-Midland’s Max Dalton finished 29th in 18:46.85.
FOOTBALL
Riverdale 20, Mendota 0: The Trojans were shut out in a Three Rivers Conference crossover in Port Byron in Jim Eustice’s debut as Mendota coach.
The Trojans ran for 77 yards on 26 attempts. Wyatt Ossman had 27 yards on three carries and Ryan Furar gained 27 yards on 13 rushes.
Aden Tillman completed 3-of-11 passes for 25 yards.
Mendota turned the ball over three times with two lost fumbles and an interception.
The Rams scored a touchdown in each the first, second and third quarters.
The game was delayed for an hour and 23 minutes due to inclement weather.
Mendota will play Newman (1-0) in the Trojans’ home opener on Friday.