Category: Sports

Price shuts down Archers in Lancer win

In a battle of future collegiate pitchers, it was Lincolnview junior Landon Price that dominated Antwerp and led the Lancers to a 7-2 win in the Division IV regional semifinals at Patrick Henry High School. Price, who has committed to Ohio State, needed only 92 pitches to toss the complete game for Lincolnview. The junior…

TWO-HIT SHUTOUT STOPS RAIDERS IN TOURNAMENT ACTION

By: Joe Shouse, Sports Writer Played at Patrick Henry High School in Hamler,  Wayne Trace and Kalida hooked up in a pitcher’s duel in the Division IV District baseball tournament last Thursday. In the semi-final contest Kalida edged past the Raiders 1-0 after both starting pitchers allowed just two hits. In the fifth inning with…

Ten County athletes moving on to state

Paulding County will be well represented at the 2021 state track and field meets as ten athletes from the three county schools advanced out of regional competition over the weekend. In the Division III regional at Tiffin, Wayne Trace sophomore Sydnee Sinn clinched a state berth in the 400 dash by taking second with a…

Antwerp Baseball Wins Districts

Antwerp once again wins Districts and now moves on to Regionals June 3 at 5pm at Patrick Henry High School. The Antwerp Archers took on seed 2 – Montpelier in the final game of Districts. The game took place at Bryan on Saturday, May 29. The game started with Antwerp coming on strong in the…

Panthers rally for sectional title

It didn’t look good for the Paulding Panthers Friday night at Evergreen as the maroon and white trailed 5-2 entering the seventh inning of the Division III sectional championship baseball game. But Paulding had the Vikings right where they wanted them. The maroon and white scored three times to tie the game at 5-5 in…

Lady Indians, Schang too much for Antwerp

Visiting Wauseon scored in five of seven innings as the Lady Indians posted a 9-3 win over host Antwerp Monday in non-league softball action. Wauseon scored once in the first before adding two more each in the second and third to seize a 5-0 advantage. After the Lady Archers plated two runs in the bottom…

RAIDERS SHUT OUT PIRATES IN SECTIONAL OPENER

By Joe Shouse Sports Writer HAVILAND – Opening sectional play last Tuesday, the Wayne Trace Raiders hosted Continental and came up with a win to advance the Raiders in tournament action. The fourth seed Raiders scored early and defeated the 14th seed Pirates 4-0. The red, white, and blue scored three runs in the opening…

Cadets shut down Antwerp

The season came to a close for the Antwerp Lady Archers on Friday night as Hilltop blanked the blue and white 11-0 in the Division IV district championship at Bryan. Kodi Brenner limited Antwerp to one hit in the contest with four strikeouts in pitching the Cadets to the win. Brenner also walked five Archers…

Raiders claim Paulding County titles

In the annual battle of Paulding County track teams, it was the Wayne Trace Raiders who swept to the county titles by winning both the boys and girls championships at Paulding. Wayne Trace’s boys totaled 85 points to easily get past Paulding’s 32 and Antwerp’s 22. Riley Stoller won the discus for the Raiders with…

Panthers fall in sectional opener

Riverdale scored the game’s first seven runs and the Lady Falcons went on to record a 7-3 victory in Division III sectional softball action at the home of the Panthers Friday night. The Lady Falcons scored one run in the top of the first before adding two more in the third for a 3-0 advantage.…

Raiders Introduce Spring Teams

Wayne Trace Girls Track Team  The Wayne Trace Lady Raider track team is has begun preparations for the upcoming 2021 season under the direction of head coach Troy Branch along with assistant coaches Anita Branch, Brian Yenser and Josh Kuhn. Members of the squad for the red, white and blue include Kiara Bahena, Alexa Campbell,…

Wayne Trace Baseball

The Wayne Trace baseball team is looking forward to the start of the season after a year off due to the Coronavirus. Members of the 2021 squad include (front L-R) Jayden Molitor, Kyle Slade, Tucker Antoine, Dane Moore, Allen Minck and Brendon Bidlack, In the back row are (L-R) Assistant Coach Mike Jerome, Cooper Wenzlick,…