By: Ron Burt Most tri-state tracks are having season championships. This doesn’t always mean they’re closing for the year. Some of these tracks will run into October and many have big races coming up. This fall and winter I will feature the champions from the different tracks I cover in my column along with pictures.…
The Panthers took on Spencerville in Friday, August 26 only to fall in a 37-13 battle. The first half Paulding scored but the second half was all Bearcat. By: Joe Shouse, Sports Writer HAVILAND – After coming off a solid road win last Friday (18-14 over Fort Recovery) Wayne Trace was looking for win number…
Willie Hernandez, a 1953 Van Wert High School graduate, donated funds to the athletic department for the purchase of a digital yard marker. Willie worked the chain crew for the Van Wert Cougars for 60 years, a tradition passed on to his son, Mike, who has worked the sidelines for 32 years. Willie made the…
It was a busy week for Woodlan High School Cross Country. Started out with Tuesday (8/16) at the North Side Legends Classic held at Franke Park with 7 teams. Woodlan ladies were runners up with Cara Chen leading the Warriors with a time of 24:26 coming in 7th place. Grace Martin finished 15th with time…
West Central Ohio Youth for Christ is pleased to present the annual Golf Scramble. The event is on September 17, 2022, at 8:00 a.m. at Hickory Sticks Golf Club at 12083 US-127, Van Wert, OH 45891. The purpose of the event is to raise awareness of the Youth for Christ ministries in Van Wert, Convoy, and the…
The Wayne Trace Athletic Boosters continued their tremendous support of the Wayne Trace Athletic Department this season with the purchase of range finders for the Lady Raider golf team. These range finders are a huge assistance to the players as they take part in matches and tournaments at golf courses around Northwest Ohio and are…
Woodlan Warriors High School Cross Country team started the season with Two 1st place trophies, 4 medals and 2 ribbons at the 2022 Snider Coed Hokum Karem meet last Saturday, 8/13/22. Katy Niles and Carter Hohenbrink placed 12th, Mae Emenhiser and Nate Lockridge placed 24th, Care Chen and Brady Garrison placed 38th and Grace Martin…
Paulding County Hospital donates back to all three area schools. Antwerp, Paulding and Wayne Trace schools all received a donation to their athletic departments from Paulding County Hospital this past week. In the spring, Paulding County Hospital offered sports physicals to local athletes during the school day. Sports physicals were performed at all three county…
By: Ron Burt Kody Swanson won the pole and led all 100 laps of the Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic for USAC Silver Crown cars at Toledo Speedway, last Saturday. It was the fourth victory in a row and sixth so far in his career at Toledo Speedway. The driver from Kingsburg, California, going…
The Lady Archer Golf team traveled to Willowbend Country Club for the Lincolnview Invitational in their first match of the season on August 8th. The Lady Archers placed 4th just 3 strokes behind Lincolnview for 3rd. McCartney Lucas lead the Lady Archers with an 83 setting a new school record for 18 holes while placing…
Buckeye Border Conference high school boys golf teams converged onto the green at Pond-A-River Golf Course with the Green Meadows Conference on Friday, August 5th for a Ryder Cup style golf tournament. This is the first time these two conferences have gone head to head in this style of high school golf tournament. All the…
The Wayne Trace Athletic Boosters continued their tremendous support of the Wayne Trace Athletic Department this season with the purchase of range finders for the Raider boys golf team. These range finders are a huge assistance to the players as they take part in matches and tournaments at golf courses around Northwest Ohio and are…
This past weekend Woodburn Youth League hosted an 8U and 10U softball Allstar tournament for some local summer softball action. In the 8U division, Fairview played Antwerp in the championship game. Fairview dug out a win. In 10U division, Monroeville took the mound against Woodburn for the championship. Monroeville took the win, giving Runner-Up to…
