By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter ELIDA – For the Wayne Trace Raiders the tournament trail ended last Tuesday when the red, white, and blue faced Kalida in semi-final district action in Division IV. The Wildcats had the upper hand throughout the contest and came away with a 54-39 win. The Raiders close out their season at…
Reported earlier in the school year, the 2018 football season was the last for longtime coach, Drew Altimus. He is also the Athletic Director for Antwerp Local School which he will continue. Altimus led the Archer Football program for 24 years. This past month he passed the torch onto colleague and assistant coach, Jason Hale.…
Woodlan Senior, Isaac Meyer signed his letter of intent for Marian University in Indianapolis, IN. He will play football for the Knights in his freshman season. Meyer is planning to major in Sociology and minor in Criminal Justice. Over the summer, he worked as an Intern for the New Haven Police Department, participating in ride…
By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter VAN WERT – The Wayne Trace Lady Raiders laid it all on the line last Saturday in their district championship game against Ottoville but it was the more experienced, senior laden team from Putnam County who would prevail. After playing even for 32 minutes both teams went four extra minutes before…
Paulding boys basketball battled out their sectional semi-final game against Coldwater at Elida on Feburary 26, falling 52-67. The game started close for the Paulding as the home team. They outscored the Cavaliers in the first quarter by 2 points with Jaret Miller being on fire having 3 – 3 point baskets in a row!…
DEFIANCE – The thrill of victory. The agony of defeat. Two phrases that have been heard in the sports world for a long time definitely rang true Friday night at Defiance High School. Unfortunately, for Antwerp, it was the Archers who felt the agony of defeat as Edgerton posted a 44-43 overtime win over the…
By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter PAULDING – It was a game totally dominated by the Wayne Trace Raiders. Like they say – on any given night anything can happen during tournament time – and no one expected what happened when the Raiders met up with Ottoville last Friday at Paulding High school. The fourth seed…
The Archer competition squad competed for the first time ever in Antwerp school history at the regional cheerleading competition on Sunday, February 10. The Archers performed well enough to qualify for the state cheerleading competition which will be held on Sunday, March 10 at The Ohio State University. They will compete at 12:50 at…
By: Patrick Troyer, Paulding SWCD For those of you that have been following our Ohio Wildlife Series, you will notice that we have touched on quite a bit of animals that find their home right here in Ohio. Some may be thinking that we have hit many species, but in fact, we have not even…
Antwerp Local High School sophomore Kathryn Oberlin was recently selected as a Rotary exchange student by the Rotarians of District 6600. Beginning in August she will be taking part in a unique, life-changing journey. Miss Oberlin will be headed to Germany for the 2019-20 school year. The process of becoming an exchange student…
The Antwerp High School wrestling team recently competed in the sectional tournament at Archbold High School on February 22-23, 2019. Of the 6 wrestlers competing, 3 were able to place in the top 4 of their respective weight classes, thus earning them a spot in next week’s District tournament at Lakota High School on March…
DEFIANCE – Antwerp ran into a very good Ottoville girls basketball team on Saturday afternoon and the Lady Green proved to be too much as they cruised to a 46-18 victory over the Archers in Division IV girls sectional action at Defiance High School. The Lady Green led 11-4 at the end of one quarter…
ANTWERP – The Delta Panthers made the trip to northwest Paulding County on Monday night where the host Antwerp Archers picked up a 57-32 victory in non-league, boys basketball action. The Archers held a slim 12-9 lead at the end of one quarter before expanding the margin to 23-15 at the midway point of the…
