The back end of the school year brings warm weather, graduation planning and the final season of sports on the school calendar. Logan County offers competition in four separate conferences and five schools spanning multiple divisions.
Here’s a look at our local high school sports’ teams and a preview of their upcoming seasons:
Bellefontaine
Bellefontaine baseball looks to build after a tumultuous 2025 season that ended with a cross-county loss to Benjamin Logan. Finishing 7-13, the Chieftains return a squad that saw only three seniors depart from the program.
Relying on the youth to take the next step will be key as the juniors and sophomores from last season take over for the Chieftains and look to change their fortunes.
Softball in B-Town is already underway. The Lady Chiefs have started off hot, opening the season 2-1 with wins over Riverside and Graham after dropping their season opener.
Sophomore Joy Fogan belted two home runs in the first three games of action and picked up two wins on the mound.
Senior Addison Wical contributed seven RBIs in the first week of action as well, as the women of Bellefontaine hope to correct the wrongs of a season awry last year.
As for the Bellefontaine boys track team, they aim to improve on their second-place finish in the Kenton Trail Division.
The girls track team returns this season as Kenton Trail champions for the second consecutive season, looking to three-peat as champs for the first time since conference realignment.
Benjamin Logan
The Raiders of Ben Logan toed the line of .500 baseball last season and look to continue to grow, posting a 13-12 record and ending the season strong on a three-game winning streak.
On the mound, Soli Hughes appeared in eight games as a sophomore, posting a 2.24 ERA and swatting a .490 on-base percentage for Ben Logan.
Now sophomore Adam Tinsman combines with Hughes to form one of the best one-two combinations in Logan County after twirling a 1.30 ERA as a freshman last season.
The girls softball team opened the season by splitting their first two games — a 7-2 win against Sidney and a 1-8 loss against Southeastern Local.
Senior Adilynne Gregg looks to be the ace for the Lady Raiders, posting a 0.60 ERA in the first week of the season.
Benjamin Logan is no slouch in the Track and Field either. A typically competitive Ben Logan track team was once more fielded in the 2025 season and looks to be no different this year around.
Benjamin Logan Boys’ team finished in second place in the division with 108 points at the CBC Championships. They trailed only Springfield Shawnee (128 points) and outperformed traditional contenders such as Northwestern (97), North Union (87), and Indian Lake (84).
As for the girls third place finish, they look to improve and push the prior champs of Springfield Shawnee in hopes of dethroning the division rival.
Riverside
The Pirates baseball team looks to rebuild after a 7-16 season, hoping to use last year’s experience as fuel this season. Four seniors headline the Pirates baseball team as they compete in the Three Rivers Conference.
Junior Cooper Crouch looks to be the headliner for the squad as he attempts to build off a sophomore campaign in which he batted .304 with 11 runs batted in and 13 stolen bases.
The Riverside Lady Pirates begin the 2026 softball season with a schedule that immediately puts them into competition mode, opening with a home doubleheader against Northeastern on March 21, followed by West Liberty-Salem March 23.
They concluded the first week and a half of action with a 2-4 record and a lot of close softball being played early in the season.
Boys and girls track at Riverside introduced more youth to the program in 2025, with multiple underclassmen taking prime positions on the squad. They hope to improve upon a season that placed them last among the Three Rivers Conference teams.
Indian Lake
The Lakers baseball team finished .500 last season and looks to take the Mad River Division of the CBC this year. The challenge will be tough as they will have to replace roughly half of last year’s offensive production.
The Lakers’ lone senior, Cooper Hall, hopes to uphold the standard of winning for the Lakers as both a consistent arm and bat in the lineup.
The Indian Lake High School girls softball team enters the 2026 season with strong early momentum, highlighted by decisive wins such as their 15-8 victory over West Liberty-Salem March 19 and a narrow 6-5 win over Minster March 24.
They are led by standout performances from MacKenzie Miller, who currently holds a batting average above .500 and a .700 on-base percentage, and Bre Wisener, who complements her offensive output with a 4.32 ERA and flawless fielding percentage. These early statistics suggest a balanced squad capable of producing runs while maintaining defensive stability, positioning the Lakers as a competitive force in their conference.
Men’s track at Indian Lake looks to rebound after last season’s fifth-place finish in a crowded division. This leaves the Lakers looking for underclassmen to take the next step and continue to improve to keep their conference championship aspirations alive.
The Lady Lakers look to build off a last-place Mad River Division finish in a division that separated second and sixth by only 28 points. With many graduates leaving the division wide open, any team has a shot at making a run at the title.
West Liberty-Salem
The Tigers Baseball team is coming off a strong 2025 season that saw them finish 14-8. They kick off their action for the new year on Wednesday, April 1, against the Tecumseh Arrows.
Seniors Dallas Koons, Reese Oder and Isaac Sertell all look to steady the ship for the Tigers. As juniors, all three posted on-base percentages greater than .380.
The boys look to improve on a third-place finish in last years OHC conference play and make some noise heading into the playoffs this season.
The Lady Tigers of the slightly smaller diamond have already kicked off action on their 2026 season. Starting the year off with one win and two losses.
Senior Olivia Reichardt provides a solid bat for the girls, batting .429 over the first week of action with a homerun and two RBIs.
The ladies are looking to build off of a season that placed them 7-12 last year and 5-10 in conference play in the OHC.
The track and field team for WLS is coming off a strong year in 2025.
The boys’ team ran away with the OHC title last season and is looking to replace key graduates in both the individual and relay events.
The girls finished in second place but returned a silver medalist at the state track meet, Chloe Griffith. Griffith placed second last year in the Division 3 state 100m dash with a blistering time of 12.15.
The girls are also looking at an influx of talent from the younger ages as they try to continue to push for state title goals.
