The Ohio State Highway Patrol will be participating in National School Bus Safety week, which runs October 20 through October 24. This year’s theme, “At My Stop, You Stop” reminds us that the most dangerous part of the school bus ride for children is when they get on and off the bus. Throughout the week,…
Category: School
Becker Receives Award at Antwerp Board Meeting
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•Thursday, October 16 the Antwerp Local School Board met for the monthly meeting. Rachel Becker was presented an award – A Commended Student for the National Merit Scholar Program. This is due to her high PSAT scores. Dennis Recker gave the Vantage Report. New signage will be put up for the new construction going on.…
Woodlan Pulls Off Nail-Biter Football Game
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•Adams Central dominated the first part of the game looking like there was no hope left for the Warriors on Friday, October 17. The game took place on the Etzler Field. The warm winds brought rain and soon the strong breeze was much cooler. Last year the Warriors went to the Jets’ field and Woodlan…
Raiders Crash Aces Party
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•Two excellent head coaches, Bill Speller and Lucas Smith, took their teams head to head in football action on Friday, October 17 at the Aces field. An uneventful first quarter passed with neither team getting to the endzone. For the Raiders, the second quarter was all theirs. Touchdown after touchdown, racking up 32 points and…
Antwerp Wins 1st Sectional VB
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•Only one set of the first game of the sectionals with Antwerp competing against Hilltop on Thursday, October 16 was even close. Kiana Reckera and Emily Hammon were at the top of their game on kills with Peyton Short topping out the assists to them. Antwerp took down Hilltop 25-14, 25-14, 23-25, 25-17 Emily Hamman…
Wayne Trace Wins 1st Round Sectional Match
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•The Raiders took on Riverdale in the Palace on Thursday, October 16. Lady Raiders volleyball was up to the challenge and handily eliminated the competition from the tournament. Wayne Trace won over Riverdale 25-18, 25-23, 25-19 Wayne Trace is now 14-9 on the season and will travel to Leipsic (19-3) in sectional final action Saturday…
Paulding Elementary Collect Pop Tabs
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•Cameron and Gavin Williams are shown with two huge tubs of pop tabs brought to school for the Paulding Elementary Ronald McDonald House Collection. The tabs will be given to the Ronald McDonald House in Toledo where they will turn them in to be recycled and receive money for the value of the aluminum in…
Wayne Trace Local Schools holds United Way Campaign Drive
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•The employees of Wayne Trace Local Schools recently concluded their 2014 United Way campaign drive. Through several generous donations, Wayne Trace was able to contribute $800 to the United Way of Paulding County. Representing Wayne Trace Local Schools in the picture above is WT Grover Hill Elementary Principal Mr. Kevin Wilson presenting a check to…
2nd Quarter Dooms Archers
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•By Tim Copsey On a beautiful Friday evening, the hometown Archers hosted Green Meadows Conference foe Hicksville on band parent’s night at Archer Field. The Aces prevailed to travel home with a victory 50-20. It took just over one minute for the visiting Aces to take the Antwerp kick-off and put points on the first…
Raiders Recover after Decimated First Half
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•The Edgerton Bulldogs travelled to the Wayne Trace field on Friday, October 10. The football game started with Edgerton scoring the first touchdown. Duane Miller passed the ball to Alex Michael for the score, then adding two points in the next play. Wayne Trace’s Tyler Showalter scored the first points for the home team on…
Senior night: Antwerp takes down Raiders @ Last home meet
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•It’s time for tournaments!At Antwerp’s last home volleyball game, the senior girls were honored after the game against the Lady Raiders Thursday, October 9. Both teams entered the night with equal records. The Lady Raiders started the game taking the first set and lifting their spirits high. Antwerp came back and won the second. The…
Homecoming King & Queen Selected at Paulding
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•Paulding took on Ada for their homecoming. The evening started with all of the homecoming events. it was thought it might be brought indoors or cancelled because the weather was very questionable. It ended up being chilly, but pleasant, and the band performed and homecoming was on schedule as intended. This year’s homecoming King and…
The End of an Era: Woodlan vs Leo Football
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•The fans on both sides got their money’s worth on this gameAt Friday night’s matchup of the last game Woodlan will play against Leo in a conference match, it decided to rain and turn cold. The wind never seemed to stop on the Etzler Field. The guests scored the first touchdown in this low scoring…