Pictured here are the award winners from Monday night, November 9th Fall Sports Awards night. Back row L to R: Peyton Short, Rebecca McCroskey, Hope Smith, Rachel Williamson, Emily Derck, Annie Miesle, Sierra Cline, Brooke Gerig, Beth Hawley, Mikayla Boesch, Emilee Phillips. Front Row L to R: Jeffrey Coleman, Jon Lederman, Erik Buchan, Matthew Dooley,…
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“What Veterans Day Means to Me” by Lucy Wales
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Publisher’s note: This speech/essay was given by fourth grader Lucy Wales of Antwerp Local Schools at the assembly that was held in Antwerp’s Gymnasium on Tuesday, November 10, 2015, to Honor Veterans’ Day. By: Lucy Wales Veterans Day is a special day. It honors people such as veterans who fought in a war. I honor…
ALS Receives $3500 Grant from Dollar General
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This school year the Dollar General Literacy Foundation awarded the Antwerp Middle and High School Library a $3,500 grant to purchase almost 80 digital audiobooks that are available on a virtual bookshelf on the library’s website. Students can check out the audiobooks and listen to them from a desktop computer, laptop, tablet, or Smartphone. Mrs. Kayla Bagley,…
EACS Honors Cheer Coach & Cheerleader of the Year
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At the recent East Allen County Schools Board of School Trustees meeting, the board along with Dr. Ken Folks recognized the 2015 Indiana Cheerleader of the Year, Thet Soe and the Cheer Coach of the Year, Mrs. Julie Lebamoff. Thet Soe, a senior at Woodlan Jr. Sr. High, the only male cheerleader on the squad was…
Hornets Trample Warriors
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The Lady Hornets travelled to the Woodlan Strautman gymnasium on Saturday, November 14. Woodlan has strong shooters but the rebounding has a little to be desired. The game started in a close match. The first quarter ended at 9-8 with Angola in the lead. Even the second quarter wasn’t bad when it finished the half…
Warriors: On to Semi-State!
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2015 has been the best season in memory for the Woodlan Football team. They made it through their entire regular season undefeated. This is quite a feat for such a small school. It was their time though–or so we though. The game on Friday, November 13, extremely cold and windy, started horribly wrong for the…
Woodlan hosts New Haven Girls Basketball
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It’s November 7 and girls basketball has already started in Indiana. It seems a little early considering fall tournaments are still going on, but the girls season has been moved up a week to separate the boys and girls tournaments completely. The game between the Bulldogs and the Warriors started with Woodlan taking an early…
Woodlan Wins First Sectional in years
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Woodlan took on Whitko in the Sectional Championship Football game on Friday, November 6th at Warriors home field. The Wildcats were the underdog in the tournament with a less than stellar season. They made quite the impact, beating Churubusco to make it to this match. This game was fairly equal in stats and both teams…
Williamson & Buchan finish exceptional Final season
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On Saturday, November 7th, all the months and months of training and practicing culminated for two Antwerp High School seniors at the OHSAA State Cross Country tournament in Hebron, OH. As the frost was melting in the morning sun, teams and runners from all across the state descended upon the course for warm ups. The…
Aces & Archers Fall at Districts
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District Volleyball took place at Defiance beginning Tuesday, October 27. Hicksville took on Ayersville after defeating West Unity last Thursday. Antwerp battled second ranked Pettisville following the first match. Fourth ranked Lady Aces struggled with games 1 and 2 while winning the third 23-25. The last set the Pilots shot down Hicksville 25-9. The lady…
Children of Divine Mercy Catholic school interview veterans
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As preparation for the upcoming Veterans’ Day, the children of Divine Mercy Catholic School are interviewing Veterans of the area. Mr. Robert Franklin of Payne came to visit with the First and Second Grade. He told of his adventures during World War II aboard the USS Yorktown. Mr. Franklin was a gunner in the US…
Woodlan Squeaks by With Eastside Mistake
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The Woodlan Football team has been on their longest winning streak ever and this year has been stupendous for these boys. After defeating Central Noble by a large margin last week, the Warriors stayed home to play Eastside for the second game of sectionals. The Blazers are a hot team this year and came into…
“Sam Williamson and his Success” – Kimberly Smith
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By: Kimberly Smith It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of making mistakes and learning from them, it was Sam Williamson and his high school achievements. Who is Sam and why is he memorable? He is a cross country and…
