Olivia Hostetler, a senior at Woodlan Jr/Sr High School, recently signed her letter of intent to continue her softball career at Taylor Univeristy located in Upland, IN. Seated around Olivia are her parents Mary and current Woodlan varsity head coach Heath Hostetler, Taylor head coach Brad Bowser, former Woodlan head coach and current Taylor assistant…
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New Haven Indoor Invitational
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By: Johnny Boatright New Haven Track and Field opened their season at the New Haven Indoor Invitational last Saturday, March 7th at IPFW. The Lady Bulldogs started the season with a strong showing by placing 3rd out of 20 teams while the boys placed 14th out of 19. Top finishers for the Lady Bulldogs included…
Antwerp Wrestling competes at Districts
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The Antwerp High School wrestling team recently competed at the District Tournament in Fostoria on March 6-7, 2015. Of the 3 wrestlers who qualified, 2 of them won at least 1 match and 1 was able to place in the top 5 of his respective weight class. Sophomore Logan Shaner was 1-2 on the weekend…
Woodlan bests Adams Central in Sectional Basketball play
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Woodlan Falls to ChurbuscoBy: Jeff Abbott Woodlan opened 2A Sectional Boys’ Basketball tournament play against ACAC rival Adams Central and the Warriors got on top early with an 8-0 run, but the Jets took off with a run of their own, going 11-0 in the last half of the first period to lead 11-8. After…
Wayne Trace Commands Game, Takes Victory
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Wayne Trace will take on the Archers in the first game of Districts in Van Wert on Tuesday, March 10 at 8 pm.The Raiders, steeped in victory for the regular season, is seeded number one in their District bracket. The sectional championship began following the North Central surprise defeat of Hilltop. From the beginning of…
Upstart Antwerp Stages Stryker Collapse in Sectional Championship
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Back at the beginning of the year, Stryker travelled to Antwerp to take on the Archers. In January the Panthers won by 11 points. The rematch took place at Paulding High School in the second game of the tournament after Antwerp beat Pettisville and Stryker won against Patrick Henry. The game began after the Raiders…
Mohr Exceeds 1000 in Final Game!
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Next basketball season will be one to track the Lady Raiders!Wayne Trace took on Pettisville Blackbirds on Thursday, March 5 at Archbold. The game followed wins by both teams in the Sectional championship. Wayne Trace took an early hit in the first quarter when they failed to hold down the Blackbirds offense, nearly doubling the…
Short Shines as Aces Fall to Archers in Sectionals
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Archers Fall as final game ends against PettisvilleAntwerp Archers and the Hicksville Aces faced off in the first round of sectionals at the Bryan High School Gym on Tuesday, February 25. The game began with Antwerp’s Audrie Longardner picking up Rachel Williamson’s tip-off. After a turnover, the Lady Aces’ Katelyn Berenyi drove the ball down…
Lady Raiders – Sectional Champs!
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The Sectional Championship game between the Fayette Eagles and the Lady Raiders took place on the last day of February. The Saturday evening game began a little late after Pettisville crushed the Lady Archers in their final match. Playing for blood, both teams were after the game. Quite clearly there were no domination going on.…
Dog Care 101 at Payne Elementary
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Do you like working with dogs? Do you enjoy helping people out, too? Mrs. Lynne Mansfield, from Antwerp, came in and talked to Mrs. Pfeiffer’s 3A class at Payne Elementary about her profession as a dog groomer and dog boarder. This worked very well into their curriculum since they have been learning about animals in…
Archers Crumble to Warriors
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Local cross-state rivals took to the court for the final game of both the Antwerp and Woodlan for the 2014-2015 boys basketball season on Friday, February 27. The game started with both teams having a good first quarter and Antwerp having a three point lead. Antwerp’s Trenton Copsey and Sam Williamson both had a quarter…
Bethel College troupe to perform show about Eusebius Hershey at New Horizons Fellowship in New Haven
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The Bethel College Genesians, a traveling drama troupe from Mishawaka, Ind., will perform Sunday, March 1st, at New Horizons Fellowship. The free performance begins at 6:00 p.m. Hershey is described as the first missionary in the history of the Missionary Church to answer the call “to serve Christ in ‘inhospitable lands.’” This season’s production is…
Meals Ready to Eat gets Mixed Reviews
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The Antwerp VFW Post #5087 extended their generosity to Mr. Tempel’s science class at Antwerp Middle School in acquiring some MREs (Meals Ready to Eat). The class explored how chemical heat is used by the military to heat meals in the field. Students prepared 27 different meals and had differing opinions about which meals tasted…
