Category: Sports

Warriors Make It A Dozen ACAC Titles

Austin Fancher scored 15 points and the Woodlan Warriors captured the Allen County Athletic Conference tournament title for the 12th time in school history with a 35-32 win over Heritage at South Adams High School Saturday. The ACAC is the oldest conference in Indiana—94 years in the making. The Warriors also got a big effort…

New Year Game Goes to Wayne Trace

December 30 marked the last game for both Woodlan and Wayne Trace boys basketball for 2016. The night before the ladies played against each other at the Warrior home court while tonight’s game was at the Palace. This game started with Woodlan’s Deontae Biggs tipping the ball to his team. The first basket was missed…

Lady Raiders Down Warriors

On Thursday, December 29th, the lady Wayne Trace Raiders travelled to Woodlan for the last girls basketball game for both teams of the year. Woodlan has played 15 games before this match and has won 8-7. Before this game, Wayne Trace played 8 games and only lost their previous match. They’ve performed very well this…

Tigers Upset Panthers

Paulding hosted Holgate for the final game of 2016 on Friday, December 30. The Tigers came in to the match with a 3-2 record and Paulding opened with a 3-5 and 1-0 conference record. The boys basketball game was a struggle when Paulding couldn’t gain traction in the first half. Only 2 points were hit…

Hicksville’s Year for Route 49 Classic

Last week Edgerton hosted the girls basketball Route 49 tournament. This week Antwerp was the host for the boys classic with Edon, Edgerton, Hicksville, and Antwerp. The first game was on Thursday, December 29th, and the finals were on December 30. Antwerp and Hicksville won the first set and therefore competed on Friday night. The…

Wayne Trace Competes in Lakota Duals.

On December 17th, The Wayne Trace varsity wrestling team traveled to Lakota High School for the annual dual meet tournament. Due to inclement weather, The event was changed to a Super Quad. The Raiders defeated Liberty Benton 41-24, before falling to the Host Lakota 50-15. Going 2-0 on the Day was 106 Daniel Ruiz, 120…

Paulding Crumbles to Miller City

The Paulding Boys basketball team took on Miller City at home on Monday, December 19. The game started with Miller City easily taking the lead from the Panthers. Mark Kuhlman rocked the boat quickly. Paulding couldn’t get a grip on the ball with the turnovers going to Miller City. The only points scored on the…

Raiders Continue Winning Streak

On December 20, the the Wayne Trace Raiders hosted the Van Wert Boys Basketball Team. The home team won the JV game 37-29 just minutes before this game started. The first basket of the game was scored by Ethan Linder – 3 pointer and set the tone for the rest of the match. This was…

Woodlan falls to Fremont

By: Jeffery Abbott After 9 ties, 7 lead changes, and neither having a lead of more than 3 points in the first half, Fremont used a 7-0 run to start the second half and go on to a 77-60 win over Woodlan in boys’ basketball. The Eagles soared over the final 16 minutes of the…

Aces Defeat Archers—Win Route 49 Classic

The Route 49 Classic Girls Basketball tournament for 2016 took place at the Edgerton High School gymnasium. The Antwerp Archers and the Lady Aces both won their respective games on Thursday night December 22. This was an excellent game for both teams. Unfortunately for the Lady Archers, the first period stunk. Even though Antwerp was…

Raiders Defeat Lady Panthers

The Girls Basketball contest between local rivals Paulding and Wayne Trace took place this year at the Palace on December 13. The game started well for Paulding when they outscored the home team by quite a bit, but the second quarter changed everything for the Raiders when they took back the game in short order.…

Lady Warriors Take Out Patriots

The Lady Patriots braved the icy roads on Saturday, December 17 to take on the Warrior basketball team. Woodlan has performed just above average this year and is right at 7-7 before this game. Tip off started with Rain Hinton tapping it back to the Lady Warriors. On the first drive forward they were able…