Woodlan runners compete at the IHSAA New Haven Cross Country Regionals. Katy Niles ran a season PR of 19:13.4 and qualified for the IHSAA State Cross Country meet November 2nd in Terre Haute. Other Woodlan Warriors that competed at the regional cross-country meet was Layla Hodson (22:31.2), Jeremiah Troyer (17:25.8) and Collin Klepper (18:42.8). Congratulations…
Three wrestlers from the Wayne Trace wrestling program traveled to Des Moines, Iowa to compete at the Brian Keck Preseason National Tournament on October 25th and 26th. The event brings high level competition represented by all states. Corbin Kimmel wrestled in the 120-pound weight class for the tournament. The senior finished in the top sixteen…
By: Ron Burt Eldora on the last weekend of racing for 2024. Congratulations to the regular race night (local) track champions. Modified Division was won by Jonathan Taylor and the Super Stock Champion is Doug Drown. The Eldora Speedway Facebook page has a link to the 2024 Tracks Top 25 point standings for both classes.…
By: Ron Burt Congratulations to Rusty Schlenk, UMP Dirt Late Model driver from McClure Ohio. Rusty races most Fridays at Attica Raceway Park and Oakshade Raceway on Saturdays, but he also races the American Ironman Late Model Series. Recently he was crowned the 2024 Series Points Champion in Richmond, KY. After his 4th place feature…
Our first Paulding County Recycling Extravaganza, held on July 20th, was a huge success. We processed more than 1,500 gallons of paint, 500 pounds of fluorescent bulbs, 2.5 tons of electronics and just under 30,000 pounds of tires. The turnout was excellent as it was a beautiful day and a lot of pent-up demand. Total…
By: Ron Burt Two weeks ago, all the area racetracks fell victim to rain. Last week all the local tri-state tracks were able to run. Next week I will cover Winchester Speedways’ big weekend featuring the annual Winchester 400 on the historic world’s fastest paved half mile. Larry Boos and his staff have worked hard…
Antwerp Local School has joined the ranks of the largest growing high school sport in the state of Ohio and the country. Christen Bauer is set to be Antwerp Local School’s first girls wrestling coach for the 2024-25 season. Bauer has been a 5th grade teacher at Antwerp Local Schools since 2018. After attending Antwerp…
The Paulding Junior High cross-country team earned second place at the Edgerton Invitational on Saturday, September 28th. Shown in the picture are members of the PJHS cross-country team holding the trophy they received.
Lady Warriors played host to the South Adam Starfires on October 1st. South Adams were on fire and blew through three sets to take a win from the home team: 25-18, 25-19, 25-19. Pictured above Woodlan Junior Victoria Crozier blocks the ball for the Warriors! More pictures at westbendnews.net
HICKSVILLE – On a rainy and windy night for high school football, visiting Wayne Trace put up two touchdowns and made them stand up in a 12-0 victory over host Hicksville. The Raiders produced a score in each of the second and third quarters as Wayne Trace posted its second straight shutout of the season.…
Antwerp hosted the Lady Raiders on Tuesday, October 1st for a volleyball matchup against their Green Meadows rivals. The Lady raiders got off to an early lead and took the victory of the first set 25-19. The second and third sets also went to the guests but the Archers made them work a little harder…
As the world of athletics evolve with the times, the sport of high school wrestling has also begun to change. IN the early 1990s the wrestling clubs in high school across the country started to include females in their rosters with a few as 100 girls those first few years. That number has steadily risen…
By: Ron Burt Many of you were at Eldora last weekend attending the annual 4 Crown races that featured the USAC Silver Crown cars, USAC Sprints and USAC National Midgets, along with the High Limit 410 Winged Sprints. Mitchel Moles won his first Silver Crown race and took home $15,000.00 and the first place trophy.…
