Category: Sports

47 Year Record Broken by Sam Williamson

The West Bend News was at the game where Antwerp took on North Central when shot upon shot was made and records were broken and memories were built. The Eagles travelled to the Archer Court on Saturday, January 23. The game started with Antwerp taking possession of the ball at the tipoff by Josh Longardner…

COACHES VS CANCER @ Woodlan

On December 29, 2015, Woodlan Jr/Sr HS hosted the Wayne Trace Raiders in high school girls and boys basketball. As part of the evening, the Woodlan basketball programs and boosters teamed with the American Cancer Society to make the evening the “Coaches vs. Cancer” event. The teams split the games with Wayne Trace winning the…

Paulding Succumbs to Allen East

The Panthers went into this home game with a 5-4 record, while the Mustangs came in at 4-4. Both the teams were ready for this conference matchup. The game started close while Paulding kept a very small lead through quite a bit of the game. It’s noted that Allen East has excellent three point shooters—they…

Antwerp Topples Liberty Center

The Archers powered off to an excellent start after they picked up the tipoff in the game against Liberty Center on Monday, January 4. Antwerp’s Joshua Longardner nailed shot after shot in the first few minutes of the game, hitting the first 6 points for the Archers and another two from the foul line. Brandon…

Apaches Fall in Close Match to 127 Rivals

Fairview travelled to the Raider home court on Thursday, January 7. The game took place following the JV when the Raiders won by only one point. The game began with the Raiders taking on a strong early point game led by Ethan Linder when he broke away with a steel for a first basket. It…

Antwerp defeats Edgerton at Rt 49 Tournament

On a cold, windy and rainy evening right after Christmas on Monday, December 28, the boys basketball tournament at Hicksville began for the Route 49 teams. Those included in the tournament were Antwerp, Hicksville, Edgerton, and Edon. In the girls tournament, Hicksville came out on top when they defeated Antwerp in the championship game. Edgerton…

Raiders Monopolize Court Over Pirates

The Pirates of Continental high school ventured west to compete in the Palace of the Wayne Trace Raiders on Tuesday, December 22nd. The Raiders started the game strong leading in the first quarter 17-10. The Pirates battled back in the 2nd half topping 9 points by the half time buzzer while Wayne Trace only ticked…

Warriors vs. Raiders!!! Coaches vs. Cancer!!!

In sports action, the Wayne Trace Raiders will be traveling across state borders and into Warrior territory to wage battle against the Woodlan Warriors. This epic basketball face-off will begin tonight, Tuesday December 29, 2015, at 6p.m. with the Varsity Girls starting and the Varsity Boys to follow. As well as just being friendly competition,…

The Wayne Trace Varsity Wrestling Team Wins Lakota Duals

Raider, George Clemens voted Most Outstanding Wrestler  On Saturday, December 19, the Wayne Trace Varsity Wrestling team won the Lakota Duals Tournament. The Raiders went 5-0 on the day garnering the Team Championship Trophy. Team Scores: Wayne Trace 76 Danbury 6, Wayne Trace 51 Fostoria 27, Wayne Trace 66 Ottawa Glandorf 17, Wayne Trace 54…

Wayne Trace Overcomes Edgerton

The girls basketball game took place at Wayne Trace on December 18. This match started with Wayne Trace’s Myers and Edgerton’s Bowen, both juniors, tipping the ball and the Raiders took the first possession. It didn’t last long with that at the beginning of the game as the guest ran over the Raiders, quickly achieving…

Sweet Win for Antwerp

The Antwerp Archers took on Ayersville on Thursday, December 17 at the home court. It was a very good game all the way around for both teams of the Green Meadows Conference. The third quarter had the Archers with a nice lead, but the Pilots slowly eroded that and by the fourth quarter they were…

Warriors Fall after Major Comeback

The game started off rotten for the Woodlan Warriors when they were hosting the Adams Central Jets on Friday, December 18. In reality, both teams were nothing to shout out about, but the Warriors only had 8 points by half time—not their best. This year has been a struggle with consistency for the Warriors and…

Lady Panthers Come so Close

The Lady Panthers hosted the Lady Bearcats on Thursday, December 17. The home team came out pounding Spencerville. When I arrived in the first quarter the score was 9-2 and the Paulding girls with Faith Vogel and Samantha Meggison were scoring left and right. The whole team was working together, stealing the ball and hitting…