The Antwerp Archers took on the Edon Bombers in the championship game of the 2021 Route 49 tournament, hosted by the Bombers. Antwerp lead all but at one point in the game. The second half the guest team ran away with the game, finishing with a 20 point lead, 38-58. More pictures at westbendnews.net
The Antwerp Athletic Department held its Winters Athletic Awards on Tuesday March 19th. Basketball, Cheerleading and Wrestling coaches each took a turn to boast of their teams’ accomplishments and their athletes achievements. Scholar Athletes were announced: Seniors – Keaton Altimus, Ashton Barnhouse, Kendall Billman, Luke Brewer, Austin Chirgwin, Brett Fulk, Nathan Lee, Aidan McAlexander, Jake…
By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter PAULDING – It was a game totally dominated by the Wayne Trace Raiders. Like they say – on any given night anything can happen during tournament time – and no one expected what happened when the Raiders met up with Ottoville last Friday at Paulding High school. The fourth seed…
ANTWERP – The Delta Panthers made the trip to northwest Paulding County on Monday night where the host Antwerp Archers picked up a 57-32 victory in non-league, boys basketball action. The Archers held a slim 12-9 lead at the end of one quarter before expanding the margin to 23-15 at the midway point of the…
VAN WERT – Ottawa Glandorf jumped in front 20-8 at the end of one period and never looked back as the Lady Titans rolled to a 78-35 win over Paulding in Division III girls sectional action at Lincolnview High School on Saturday. The Titans extended the lead to 42-25 at the midway point of the…
By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter HAVILAND – The Wayne Trace Raiders wrapped up the 2018-19 edition of the regular season last Friday. The Ottoville Big Green came calling and the Raiders outlasted them with strong second half play 62-48. With the win the red, white, and blue complete a very impressive 17-5 record to go along…
PAULDING – The Lady Panthers of Paulding posted a 38-37 win over Lincolnview Thursday night in Northwest Conference girls basketball action as the two teams wrapped up regular season action. The Lady Lancers took a 10-6 lead at the end of one quarter before Paulding rallied to take a 15-13 advantage at the midway point.…
PAULDING – Carson Shull hit a quartet of three-pointers and scored 20 points overall to lead the Paulding Panthers to a 61-55 win over Fairview at the Jungle Monday night. Fletcher Cook added 17 for the Panthers, who outscored the Apaches 19-12 in the fourth quarter to post the win. The two teams were tied…
EDGERTON – Antwerp closed out the regular season with a pair of victories as the Archers hit the road to Edgerton and West Unity and brought wins home from each. On Thursday, the Lady Archers closed out the Green Meadows Conference portion of their schedule with a 41-37 win over Edgerton. Karsyn Brumett scored 20…
By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter HAVILAND – It’s what dreams are made of – a script you can not write. A win to end the regular season, a conference title, recognizing the seniors, and then the icing on the cake – in front of the home crowd, a 1,000 point scorer. It all happened on Valentine’s…
By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter HAVILAND – Following a disappointing loss last Saturday to the hands of Miller City, the Wayne Trace Lady Raiders bounced back in convincing fashion to crush Continental 59-31 on Tuesday evening. The Raiders never trailed, taking an early 5-0 lead over the Pirates. The red, white, and blue closed out…
ANTWERP – Amanda Addington score a dozen points and the Ayersville Pilots rallied from an early fourth quarter deficit for a 43-37 victory over Antwerp Friday night in Green Meadows Conference basketball action. The Lady Pilots improve to 6-8 overall and 2-1 in the conference with the victory while Antwerp drops 3- in all games…
On Thursday, January 10 the Antwerp Archers hosted the Wayne Trace Raiders for the annual competition that takes place between these local rivals in high school boys basketball. It was a slow start to this match as Antwerp only scored four points in the first quarter with Wayne Trace responding with six. It was Ty…
