Category: Sports

Lady Raiders place tenth at Wauseon Invite

Calaway Gerken shot a 79 and Halle Frank added an 86 to lead the host Wauseon Lady Indians to the championship of the Wauseon Girls Golf Invitational Tuesday at Ironwood Golf Course. The host Indians carded a 369 to win the tournament over second place Otsego, which finished with a 378. Hicksville placed third with…

Daeger wins Lima Women’s City Title

If you aren’t able to take a trip to Florida, you might as well go win a golf tournament instead. That is just what Wayne Trace graduate Kenadie Daeger did last weekend as the former Lady Raider golfer won the Lima Area Women’s Match Play Tournament at Shawnee Country Club. Daeger, who teamed with former…

Raiders finish as sectional runner-ups

After eliminating county rival Paulding, Wayne Trace came up short to host Defiance for a runner-up finish in the ACME sectional tournament hosted by the Bulldogs last week. The Raiders took out the Panthers 15-5 in an elimination game before falling to Defiance 11-0 in the sectional championship. However, the second-place finish put the red,…

Raiders rally past Apaches

The Wayne Trace ACME baseball team dug out of an early hole and rallied for a 9-5 win over Fairview in sectional action at Defiance High School on Friday. It was all black and gold early as the Apaches scored once in the first and added three more in the third for an early 4-0…

Apaches sweep to GMC All-Sports title

The Green Meadows Conference All-Sports Standings were wrapped up recently with the Fairview Apaches taking the league championship for the 2020-2021 high school sports seasons. Fairview totaled 82-1/2 points to take first place in the league with Tinora finishing second at 76-1/2 points. Wayne Trace placed third at 70-1/2 points followed by Edgerton (50), Antwerp…

OHSAA Announces Football Regions for 2021 Season

The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced the football region assignments for the upcoming 2021 season on Tuesday. The 10-week regular-season begins the week of August 16, with the top 16 schools in each region qualifying for the playoffs that begin October 29-30. As previously announced, schools’ divisional assignments for the upcoming 2021-22 school year…

Football squads find out regions

The Ohio High School Athletic Association released the 2021 high school football regional assignments last week with area squads finding out potential playoff opponents. Sixteen teams in each regional will qualify for the OHSAA playoffs following the 2021 regular season with a pair of Paulding County teams looking at a possible matchup in the postseason.…

Paulding County Hospital Gives Back to Antwerp, Paulding, and Wayne Trace Schools

Paulding County Hospital gives 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.  Paulding County Hospital offered sports physicals to local athletes during the school day. Sports physicals were performed at all three county schools for a…

CMHF Golf Outing

The Community Memorial Hospital Foundation Golf Outing was held on Thursday, June 3, at Auglaize Golf Course outside of Defiance with 18 teams participating in the event. Winning the tournament was the team sponsored by Dr. Michael Kooistra which consisted of Dr. Michael Kooistra, Cheryl Kooistra, Ted Durre and Dr. Ken Chaffee shooting a round…

Lions lead way in NE-8 softball selections

The NE-8 all-league softball selections were released recently with several local players garnering first team honors. Sophomore pitcher Ellie Sauder, senior infielder Ali Davis, sophomore outfielder Joslynn Peters, sophomore designated player Bryiana Haines and senior outfielder Simia Spahiey all picked up all-conference first team awards for Leo. Other players to earn all-league first team honors…

The Green Meadows Conference is proud to announce the All-Conference Selections

BOYS BASEBALL FOR THE 2021 SEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR Andrew Imthurn (12), Tinora FIRST TEAM: Andrew Imthurn (12), Tinora; Luke Krouse, (11), Antwerp; Caden Craft (12), Ayersville; Caleb Frank (12), Fairview; Marcus Grube (12), Tinora; Austin Lichty (12), Antwerp; Jackson Bergman (11), Hicksville; Nolan Schafer (11), Tinora; Eiden Blake (12), Ayersville; Chase Clark (11),…

Raider mile relay finishes second at STATE!

Ten Paulding County high school track athletes wrapped up their seasons over the weekend in Columbus with several athletes placing at the state’s highest level of meets. The red, white and blue 1600 relay team of sophomores Kiara Bahena, Gracie Shepherd and Sydnee Sinn along with junior Rachel Stoller wrapped up an outstanding season with…