Category: Sports

Archers beat Wildcats

ANTWERP – The Antwerp Lady Archers outscored Miller City 23-10 at the free throw line and used that advantage to post a 48-45 overtime victory over the Wildcats Monday night in non-league girls basketball action. The blue and white recorded a 10-6 lead at the end of one quarter before Miller City rallied to take…

Solid Win for Raiders

Wayne Trace hosted the Bryan Golden Bears at the Palace for Friday nigh varsity boys basketball on December 8th. Raiders dominated their home court in this match up, leading the scoreboard at the end of each quarter. Final buzzer chalked up a win for Wayne Trace, 54-42. Next Raider home basketball action will be against…

Lady Warriors Fall Short to Bluffton

Friday night High School basketball is in full swing and competition was high in Woodburn where Bluffton met up with Woodlan in girls basketball on December 8th. Lady Warriors worked the home court but it just wasn’t enough to pull out the W. Final score saw a Lady Tiger victory: Bluffton 47, Woodlan 44. Pictured…

The Left Turn

By: Ron Burt Outlaw Supermodifieds At Plymouth Saturday, May 11th the Outlaw 350 Supermodified Series makes its debut at the speedway. The 350’s run a crate motor. The car body can run the standard off-set mid-engine, rear engine, or an outlaw sprint style. All the cars run a rear wing to hold them down on…

Raiders Win Big in Lancers Country

To kick off the month of December, Wayne Trace boys basketball traveled to Lincolnview for some Friday night high school basketball play. The Raiders were on fire from the jump ball scoring a mammoth 22 points in the 1st quarter. The Lancers rallied in the 2nd quarter with 17, but still outpaced by the Raiders…

Brewer, Altimus lead Archers past Tigers

HOLGATE – Landon Brewer scored 19 points and Carson Altimus added 16 to lead the Antwerp Archers to a 49-36 victory over Holgate in the Archers’ boys basketball season opener Saturday evening. Zaine McMichael chipped in six markers for the blue and white, which also got four points from Aiden Lichty and three by Reid…

Stoller Gets Win in First Game

PAULDING – New Paulding boys basketball coach Logan Stoller was victorious in his first game as head coach of the Panthers as the maroon and white rolled to a 50-24 victory over visiting Continental Friday night. The maroon and white led at every stop, taking a 14-9 lead at the end of one period before…

The Left Turn

By: Ron Burt Attica Raceway Park has announced the official final point standings. The racetrack handed out $47,000 in point fund money to the top 10 in the track’s three weekly divisions for 2023. The 410 Sprint Car Champion is Cap Henry. He won the trifecta of local sprint car racing in 2023. He won…

Paulding Junior High Football has an Undefeated Season

The 2023 Paulding Panther Junior High football team wrapped up their season by defeating their rival, the Wayne Trace Raiders 28-12 to secure an outright GMC Championship and complete an undefeated 8-0 season. The Panthers were coached by Logan Doster, Beau Hahn and Aaron Horstman. The coaches would like to thank all the parents and…

Spirit of Woodlan Season Concludes at Semi-State

After beginning practices in April and working throughout the summer and fall, the Spirit of Woodlan marching band and color guard from Woodlan Jr/Sr High School concluded their season on Saturday, October 21 at the ISSMA Semi-State competition at Franklin Community High School in Franklin, IN.  The students improved weekly and put forth their best…

Wayne Trace Senior Brooks Laukhuf Signs with Ohio Dominican University

Wayne Trace senior boys basketball standout Brooks Laukhuf recently signed to further his academic and athletic career at Ohio Dominican University in Columbus. Shown above are (front, l-r) Rachel Laukhuf (mother), Brooks Laukhuf and Chris Laukhuf (father). In the back row are Wayne Trace Boys Basketball Head Coach and Athletic Director Jim Linder, Tanner Laukhuf…

The Left Turn

By: Ron Burt The past two weeks the weather has stopped racing for the year in our area. A few drivers took their cars to Kentucky and Tennessee for high dollar races. Some of the Sprint and Midget drivers are getting ready to race indoors for Midget and Micro races. The youth will have Quarter…