Category: Sports

Beautiful “Music of the Night” in Paulding

Saturday, March 28 the Paulding Band Members each played their part for the Music of the Night with the 2015 theme of “Carnival of the Animals”. Usually calling sports names, Mr. Sam Hatcher instead presented the band very well on this fine evening. Spring is a great time for the final concert of the year…

Defiance Moves to State Boys Basketball Final

The Defiance Bulldogs competed in the State Semi-Final boys basketball tournament today at the Schott in Columbus this afternoon in a desperately tight match against the Dunbar Wolverines. The final score was 46-45 sending Defiance to the Championship game tomorrow at 4:30 against (#8 AP) Cleveland Central Catholic. Great job to another fantastic local team!

Raiders Finish Incredible Season at Final Four

Many records have been tied or broken with this basketball team!The road for Wayne Trace to State has been a long one. Through winding paths and incredible rebounds, the team has been able to make comebacks you wouldn’t believe. At the same time they have been able to dominate early and often. Following victory to…

Edgerton Concedes District Championship to Wayne Trace

Regional game at Bowling Green on Tuesday, March 17 at 6:15pm.On Friday, March 13 the Wayne Trace Raiders and the Edgerton Bulldogs competed for the District Championship title at Van Wert High School. The game came after the Bulldogs won a hotly contest match against Hicksville and the Raiders winning against Antwerp. This match started…

Panthers End Season in Districts

The teams says goodbye and good luck to seniors Brad Crawford, Ben Heilshorn, Treston Gonzales, and Christian Burtch.Boys Basketball teams, Paulding and Ottawa-Glandorf, competed for the opportunity to play in the District Championship game. This tournament game took place on Thursday, March 12 at the Anthony Wayne High School in Whitehouse, Ohio. Previously Paulding won…

Edgerton to Compete in District Championship

The game tied and went into overtime against the AcesThe Den at Van Wert High School played host on Tuesday, March 10 to the OHSAA District games between the Sectional Champions from the first week of March. Oddly enough, they were all from the Green Meadows Conference. The first game was between the Hicksville Aces…

Exhausted Archers Pass Victory to Raiders.

The Antwerp Archers Boys basketball team came off the Stryker sectional victory all fired up and ready to play the Wayne Trace Raiders. The game followed the intense match between Hicksville and Edgerton at the Van Wert High School Facility. The game began with Antwerp’s Matt Jones grabbing the tipoff, dribbling down court and shooting…

Hostetler signs with Taylor University

Olivia Hostetler, a senior at Woodlan Jr/Sr High School, recently signed her letter of intent to continue her softball career at Taylor Univeristy located in Upland, IN.  Seated around Olivia are her parents Mary and current Woodlan varsity head coach Heath Hostetler, Taylor head coach Brad Bowser, former Woodlan head coach and current Taylor assistant…

New Haven Indoor Invitational

By: Johnny Boatright New Haven Track and Field opened their season at the New Haven Indoor Invitational last Saturday, March 7th at IPFW. The Lady Bulldogs started the season with a strong showing by placing 3rd out of 20 teams while the boys placed 14th out of 19. Top finishers for the Lady Bulldogs included…

Antwerp Wrestling competes at Districts

The Antwerp High School wrestling team recently competed at the District Tournament in Fostoria on March 6-7, 2015. Of the 3 wrestlers who qualified, 2 of them won at least 1 match and 1 was able to place in the top 5 of his respective weight class. Sophomore Logan Shaner was 1-2 on the weekend…

Wayne Trace Commands Game, Takes Victory

Wayne Trace will take on the Archers in the first game of Districts in Van Wert on Tuesday, March 10 at 8 pm.The Raiders, steeped in victory for the regular season, is seeded number one in their District bracket. The sectional championship began following the North Central surprise defeat of Hilltop. From the beginning of…