Category: Sports

Kaylee Shepherd Knows The Value Of Hard Work

By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter HAVILAND – The Wayne Trace Lady Raiders have completed half their regular season and stand at 11-1, riding a 10 game winning streak. The team is having success because they play as a “team”. It’s not about any one player but a group of young ladies working together to continue the…

Raiders Win in Fierce Battle with Archers

On Thursday, January 10 the Antwerp Archers hosted the Wayne Trace Raiders for the annual competition that takes place between these local rivals in high school boys basketball. It was a slow start to this match as Antwerp only scored four points in the first quarter with Wayne Trace responding with six. It was Ty…

Paulding High School Host Special Olympics

Special Olympics is always an exciting time of year when it takes place in the winter. It’s been nearly 30 years that Paulding has hosted Special Olympics and the Paulding Knights of Columbus has been in charge and taking care of this incredibly fun day for these people. This year there were approximately 30 volunteers…

Raiders Open GMC Play With Win Over Tinora

By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter HAVILAND – It wasn’t easy but the Wayne Trace Raiders outlasted the deliberate play of Tinora in posting a seven point win over the Rams 40-33 to open Green Meadows Conference play.  Playing at the Palace last Thursday, the slow-down play of Tinora kept the score low as indicated by a…

Fourth Quarter Effort Lifts Warriors Past Braves

WOODBURN – Tied at 34-34 at the end of three quarters, the Woodlan Lady Warriors took control in the final period and outscored visiting Blackhawk 19-12 to post a 53-46 win over the Braves Thursday night. Woodlan held a slim 9-8 advantage after eight minutes of action before Blackhawk took a 20-19 lead into the…

Tigers Outlast Warriors In Overtime

WOODBURN – Four quarters of high school basketball wasn’t enough to decide a winner Saturday evening but Bluffton outscored Woodlan 14-8 in the extra session to post a 69-63 victory over the Warriors. Bluffton jumped in front 14-7 at the end of one quarter and the Tigers pushed the margin from there. Quarter number two…

Aces Capture Fifth Straight Route 49 Title

EDGERTON – Hicksville doubled up host Edgerton 26-13 in the middle two quarters and the Aces went on to post a 44-33 win to claim its fifth consecutive Route 49 Classic tournament championship Friday night at Edgerton High School. Antwerp claimed third place in the tournament as the Archers recorded a 55-45 victory over Edon.…

Raiders have no answer for Van Wert trio

By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter Havilland – Wayne Trace welcomed Van Wert to the Palace for the final game prior to Christmas and it was the visiting Cougars who unwrapped an impressive 67-55 win over the Raiders. Van Wert scored the first 11 points in the contest and settled for a 19-9 lead after one quarter…

Altimus Retires from Football Coaching after 24 years

The district uses Facility Management Express software for preventative maintenance planning, scheduling and documentation of inspections and maintenance activities. Public School Works software was also implemented to document staff safety training. The district is in the middle of a security upgrade at the bus garage to completely fence the perimeter of the bus storage area…

Woodlan’s Cobb nets 400th win

Woodlan girls basketball head coach Gary Cobb recorded the 400th victory of his career on Thursday when the Lady Warriors rolled to a 44-26 road win at Southern Wells Thursday night, December 13. Woodlan jumped out to a 17-2 lead after eight minutes of action and the Lady Warriors posted a 19-8 advantage at the…

Arcadia 23rd Annual Wrestling Invitational

1. Wayne Trace 238.0; 2. Plymouth 213.0; 3. Van Buren 195.0; 4. Columbus Grove 182.5; 5. Arcadia 175.5; 6. Montpelier 138.0; 7. Cory-Rawson 93.0; 8. No. Baltimore 58.0; 9. Findlay 56.5; 10. Elmwood 49.0; 11. Fostoria 37.0; 12. Calvert 27.0; 13. Pandora-Gilboa 23.0; 14. Tol. Christian 6.0; Seventh Round: 106 – Nick Roberts (Plymouth) pin…

Bulldogs hold on for win over Panthers

PAULDING – Columbus Grove outscored Paulding by three points in the second quarter and made that stand up for a 45-41 Northwest Conference girls basketball victory Thursday night at the home of the Panthers. After the teams played to a 12-12 tie through one quarter, the Lady Bulldogs bucketed 13 points in the second stanza…