The Paulding Lady Panthers captured the Green Meadows Conference eighth grade volleyball championship on Saturday at Antwerp as the Panthers defeated Antwerp, Hicksville and Fairview in route to the title. This class is now back-to-back GMC champions as Paulding was undefeated and league title winners both as seventh graders and eighth graders. Members of the…
Dalton Heppeard, a 2018 graduate of Van Wert High School, spent this past weekend behind a booth, satisfying the sweet tooth of many Apple Festival goers. For the fourth consecutive year, Dalton chose to donate a portion of his proceeds to the CEO Program. His experiences throughout Van Wert High School, including participating in the…
By: Joe Shouse, Sports Writer PAULDING – The final regular season football game for area teams was played last Friday. Bringing the season to a close in the Green Meadows Conference would be county and conference rival Paulding hosting Wayne Trace. For the Raiders a tournament berth (Division VI, Region 22) had been secured and…
By: Joe Shouse, Sports Writer HAVILAND – On a night when the Wayne Trace Raiders needed to put it all together they did just that in securing a much-needed football win on senior night. Playing before their home crowd for the last time this season the Raiders were looking for a win, something they had…
On to Regionals for Woodlan Warriors Cross Country Teams! Lady Warriors finished in 5th place and Men Warriors finished in 4th place. The cooler weather helped with fast times by all the warrior runners. Leading the lady warriors was Katy Niles taking 3rd place with a time of 19:50, followed by Mae Emenhiser in 10th…
ANTWERP – The Antwerp Archers scored 20 points in each of the first two quarters and cruised to a 47-28 win over visiting Paulding Friday night in Green Meadows Conference football action. With the win, the blue and white captures its first GMC title in football in school history as Antwerp improves to 9-0 overall…
Saturday was ACAC Conference meet for Woodlan. The High School ladies were runner-ups. Katy Niles and Mae Emenhiser were 1st team all-conference while Cara Chen was 2nd team all-conference. Katy Niles placed 2nd with a time of 20:25, Mae Emenhiser placed 3rd with a time of 21:11, Cara Chen placed 8th with a time of…
By: Ron Burt Sprint car fans were treated to one the Midwest’s best open-wheel racing shows of the year at Eldora Speedway last week. Eldora Hosted the Four Crown Nationals Friday night kicked off the weekend with the USAC National Midgets and the World of Outlaw Sprints. On Saturday night the USAC Midgets returned along…
Woodlan Warriors ran the New Haven Classic last Saturday, September 24th at the Huntington University cross country course. The HS ladies warriors got 14th out of 23 teams and the HS men got 8th out of 23 team. The lady warriors were led by Mae Emenhiser in 17th place with a time of 21:12, followed…
By: Joe Shouse, Sports Writer The Northwest Ohio Division II golf sectional recently featuring area schools including Wayne Trace, Antwerp and Paulding. To advance in tournament play a team must finish in the top three. Individually, if a participant is not a member of a top three team they can advance as well if they…
WOODBURN – The Woodlan Warrior football team moved over the .500 mark Friday night with a 16-14 victory over Culver Academies outside of Woodburn. The win pushes Woodlan to 4-3 overall on the season while the Warriors remain 2-2 in ACAC action with games at South Adams October 7 and at home against Adams Central…
By: Joe Shouse, Sports Writer HAVILAND – Antwerp showed their lofty top-5 state ranking was no fluke last Friday. The Archers set the tone early in their conference clash against Wayne Trace to outlast the Raiders 28-6. With the win the Archers keep their record unblemished at 7-0 and 4-0 in GMC play. Wayne Trace…
By: Ron Burt Cole Macedo is having the best season of his young career, and put another exclamation point on it Saturday evening at the O’Reilly Auto Parts Wayne County Speedway near Orrville, Ohio. The Lemoore, California ace led all 35 laps of the $15,000-to-win Pete Jacobs Memorial, earning his largest payday in the process…
