Category: Sports

“From the Vantage Point:” Vantage Winter Athletes

Pictured here are the Vantage Winter Sports Athletes for the 2014-15 school year: Front Row (l-r) – Cullen Wenzlick, Drayson Wenzlick, Emily Pastor, Paulding Pep Band; Dakota Valdez, Paulding Wrestling; Julia Clabough, Parkway Cheerleading; Cheyenne Miller-Sweet, Antwerp Basketball; Alexis Forester, Crestview Pep Band. Back Row (l-r) – Austin Metz, Parkway Bowling; Jarett Bute, Antwerp Wrestling;…

Wayne Trace Wins Over Lancers

Wayne Trace had a host of top scorers in the game against Lincolnview on Saturday night, December 20. The Lancers travelled to the Palace to compete in both the boys’ JV and varsity games. The first game was a close match and an all-out war by the fourth quarter. Lincolnview fought to keep the lead…

Paulding Boys Win Again

The game was on PJ day for the kids, the last day before school was out for the holidays. The school year is nearly half over.  The Bearcats travelled to the Panther court on Friday, December 19 for the game second to the last game before the new year. The first quarter was a tight…

Wayne Trace Overpowers Paulding

The annual game between Paulding and Wayne Trace took place on Saturday, December 13 at the Palace. The Raiders won the JV game 42-37 and the varsity match was able to start early. The Raiders scored the first baskets and quickly the boys had an early lead with Corbin Linder’s points. Paulding was trounced in…

New Scoreboard at Antwerp

Thanks to generous donations from several area individuals and businesses, Antwerp High School was able to expand the scoreboard in the high school gym to include player numbers, fouls, and points. The following sponsors were presented plaques at the basketball game on Saturday night: (left to right) Dennis Recker and Pete Vail from Integrity Ford,…

Wayne Trace Girls Win First Big Game

This is the first game since the Van Wert Classic last week and hit happened to also be the first game at home. The Golden Bears travelled down from Bryan for the competition. Even though the girls basketball team lost the two games in Van Wert, this one appeared to come easy to them, from…

Panthers Beat Antwerp in 2nd Quarter

The night before the Paulding team travelled to Antwerp to scout the competition for the next game they would be playing at the Archer court. Would it be close? The game began Saturday, December 6 and the Archers were giving the Panthers a run for their money, going into overdrive and scoring 22 points in…

Crosby Signs with University of Findlay

Molly Crosby, a senior at Wayne Trace High School, signed a letter of intent to play collegiate softball at the University of Findlay starting next fall. Crosby, who will go to college to become an intervention specialist, is coming off of a season that saw her post a record of 9-3 on the mound with…

Antwerp & Wayne Trace Schools Building for the Future

“We finally have our own training room,” excitedly says the wrestling coach at Wayne Trace High School. For years the wrestling team has found its home practice room moved around in various places in the building. From the cafeteria to the second story behind the bleachers, the wrestlers have not had a place to call…

Woodlan Ends Tournament After Great Run

Bremen travelled quite a ways to take on the Warriors now that 75% of the Indiana football teams have been eliminated over the last three Friday night tournament games. This game started a little late because of the distance. The first quarter was all for Bremen with two touchdowns. The first by Grant Klockow and…

Raiders Finish Fantastic Season at Tinora

Wayne Trace went north of Defiance to take on the GMC champions for the first football game of sectionals. There is not much to say. The game was dominated by Tinora and turnovers plagued the Raiders. This was no Cinderella story like last year for the Raider Nation team on their path to the state…

Williamson finishes in top 5 at State CC Championship

Sam Williamson, junior at Antwerp High School, finished 5th at the State Cross Country Finals on Saturday, November 1 with a time of 16:13.68, achieving All Ohio and Academic All Ohio honors. Sam had stiff competition in the cold weather. He travelled to state after placing first in the regional competition on October 25. Shown…