It is with much excitement that we are happy to announce that the Holly Beach fundraising efforts over the last 2 years have set the splash pad project up for success!! The Kobee family will continue the annual Turtle Trot in memory of the late Holly Kobee. Moving forward, the funds raised will go toward…
By: Ron Burt The Great Lakes Traditional Sprints returned to Limaland Motorsports Park last Friday evening. Thomas Meseraull passed the leaders on lap 5 of the 25-lap feature after a caution. Ricky Lewis would do a side job on the leader and would pass Meseraull on lap 12. On lap 20, Meseraull began to reel…
By: Ron Burt It was a busy 4-day Memorial weekend of racing in the tri-state. I have a complete rundown on my Facebook page, Ohio Sports Blitz. I will run through key races here that took place over the holiday. In Ohio on Friday, May 26th, Travis Philo pulled his wing back and blasted away…
Wayne Trace entered the Regional play in the Division III baseball tournament seeded 3rd in the division and GMC champions. The first inning was 0-0. Second inning gave way to 3 runs to Milan Edison followed by 2 more in the 3rd. Raiders pressed on and held off runs in the 4th. In the 5th,…
Woodlan will be represented at the Indiana High School Athletic Association state track meet on June 2nd as Sam Handerson moved on for the Warriors. Handerson advanced to the state meet with a third-place finish in the 100-meter dash, finishing with a time of 10.85 seconds. He also placed in the 200-meter dash but just…
By: Ron Burt On Saturday, May 13th at Fremont Speedway, Skylar Gee took the checker for the second night in a row in his Winged 410 Sprint Car. He won on Friday at Attica Raceway Park, which was opening night for the two-track series sponsored by Kistler Racing Products/All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads, presented by…
By: Ron Burt Last week Mother Nature won again, making many area racetracks cancel their shows. The tracks south of Indy were able to dodge the rain and cold. Saturday night the World of Outlaws sprint car series fought off the rain, and got their race in at Tri State Speedway, in Haubstadt, Indiana. Former…
Antwerp softball hosted Ottoville Big Green at Archer Field on Thursday night, May 4th. Both teams had a slow start to this spring afternoon game with no runs scored in the first 2 innings. Bottom of the 3rd is where this game really got started — 3-0 for the Archers. Then the Archers score a…
Derek Hines posted two hits and drove in three runs while Ethan Lichty added three hits to lead the Antwerp Archers to a 6-4 win over rival Wayne Trace at Parkview Field in Fort Wayne Wednesday night in high school baseball action. Hines finished with a single and a double for the Archers with Lichty…
By: Ron Burt The only area dirt track brave enough to race on Saturday, April 22nd was Montpelier Motor Speedway. The quarter mile opened the 2023 season last Saturday night, with a chill in the air and a few snowflakes as cars went around the track. The UMP Modified feature was won by Dillon Nusbaum.…
April 25th, Edgerton improved to 11-5 overall and 5-1 in the Green Meadows Conference with the victory. Edgerton 5, Wayne Trace 0. Wayne Trace falls to 7-12 in all contests and 1-5 in the league. Score by Innings: WT – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0=0; 6H, 2E Edgerton – 0 0 2 0 0 3 x=5; 6H,…
Mya Jones, Junior, moves the Warriors one more step closer to the win, catching the foul fly ball in the top of the fifth. Lady Warriors ended the game against Bluffton at the top of the fifth, 12-0. More pictures at westbendnews.net
Archer Ethan Lichty at the ready for the ball to be thrown. Archers did not get the runs needed & Tinora kept a win at home. 1-4 on this Thursday afternoon, April 27th. Photo by Harlee Moore.
