Category: Sports

Cooper leads Panthers over WT

Avery Cooper scored on a pair of touchdown runs to lead the Paulding Panthers to a 24-14 win over rival Wayne Trace Friday night in high school football action at Keysor Field. The victory pushes the Panthers to 4-0 overall on the season and 1-0 in the Green Meadows Conference while Wayne Trace falls to…

Lady Raiders Top Aces

Tuesday night, September 17th, the Lady Raiders played host to the Hicksville Aces in HS girls volleyball play. Lady Raiders won in 4 sets: 16-25, 25-21, 25-21, 25-15. Pictured above, Wayne Trace’s Lexi Moore and Careen Winans almost block the shot but senior Elise Baldwin’s ACE gives the point to Hicksville. More pictures at westbendnews.net

Archers, Warriors run at Marion

MARION – Antwerp and Woodlan’s cross country teams each made the long trip to Marion, Indiana, Saturday for the Marion Invitational held by Indiana Wesleyan University. The Warrior girls posted a sixth-place finish while the Archers took eighth and Woodlan’s boys recorded a 12th place finish with Antwerp taking 22nd. Katy Niles led the Lady…

Warriors drop rivalry matchup to Patriots

WOODBURN – For the sixth consecutive meeting, the Heritage Patriots took home a victory over rival Woodlan as the visitors from Monroeville recorded a 28-6 win Friday night outside of Woodburn in ACAC football action. Nasir Martin scored twice to lead the Patriots to the victory as Heritage improved to 3-0 on the season with…

Panthers move to 3-0 with win

PAULDING – The Paulding Panthers moved to 3-0 on the season with a 27-2 win over visiting Delphos Jefferson Friday night in non-league football action at Keysor Field. The two points by the Wildcats were the first points of the season against the Panthers, who have outscored opponents 119-2 this season. Paulding racked up 143…

Paulding 8th Graders Wins Archbold Spiketacular

The Paulding eighth grade volleyball team captured the Archbold Spiketacular Invitational on Saturday, September 7, with victories over North Central, Fairview and Archbold. With the victories, Paulding remains unbeaten on the season. Members of the squad include Brynlee Mangette, Makenna Adams, Karli Breedlove, Baylor Kilgore, Kristen Rader, Luci Martinez, Cora Agler, Elliette Roughton, Kinlee Sherry,…

Archers pull away for win over Cadets

ANTWERP – Host Antwerp picked up its second win in three games as the Archers broke open a close game at halftime to pull away and post a 33-6 victory over Hilltop Friday night in Archer Field. The blue and white led 7-0 at the intermission after a one-yard touchdown plunge by Derek Hines in…

Bombers cruise to win over Archers

Visiting Edon took control in the first quarter and cruised to a 55-6 win over host Antwerp Friday in non-league football action at Archer Field. Edon scored 28 points in the first quarter and put the game away with 20 more in the second as the Bombers posted a 48-0 halftime advantage. The Williams County…

The Left Turn

By: Ron Burt Seventeen year old Zack Wigal scored the biggest win of his career September 1st at Angell Park Speedway in the NOS Energy Drink USAC Racing National Midget championship series. It was night 1 of the 2 night Firemen’s Nationals.  He started the night quickest in the hot laps. He qualified 4th in…

Panthers cruise to win over Eagles

The Paulding defense posted its second consecutive shutout as the Panthers flew past visiting North Central 58-0 in high school football action at Keysor Field Friday night. Colton Bashore led a strong defensive effort for the Panthers with ten tackles while Jack Woods and Jalen Manz both chipped in a quartet of stops. Allan Griffiths…

Paulding Squeaks By Raiders

The Panthers held on to the end and took home the win in Tuesday night’s volleyball match up at the Palace. The game started with Paulding taking a loss in the first but came back and took the next three. The Panthers won both VJ and varsity matches. Varsity – Paulding over Wayne Trace 22-25,…

The Left Turn

By: Ron Burt It was another sad week for racing. Sandusky Speedway announced the passing of race director, Chris Mize. He was one of the best in the business. Sandusky’s Cedar Point is home to roller coasters, and he made sure the speedway was the home to Supermodifieds. He was also known to give back…