Tag: basketball

New Haven Dominates Over Bluffton

Tuesday, February 23 was a big night for the boys at New Haven. Before the basketball game, the seniors were honored from basketball, cheerleading and choir. Bluffton picked up the tip off at the beginning of the game. It wasn’t long before the Bulldogs took control of the half in the second period and then…

Woodlan Mojo Back In Senior Night Game

By: Jeff Abbott On Senior Night, it was senior Ben Schwartz scoring the first 8 points of the game and Woodlan ran away with a 67-40 thumping of Hamilton in boys’ basketball. The Warrior senior had 20 points in the first half and finished with 26 points in the game as the Woodlan closed out…

Lady Raiders End Great Season

The sectional game for the Wayne Trace Lady Raiders took place on Saturday evening at Findlay High School. Between Leipsic and the Raiders, the game was very close. The Raiders girls basketball team started strong. Danae Myers came on strong and so did Erin Mohr, outpacing the Vikings by 6 points. Second period was closer…

Hilltop Upset with Antwerp Win

Antwerp boys basketball took on Hilltop at the Archer court on Saturday, February 13. I don’t want to say this was an easy game for the home team because they worked hard for it, certainly they made it look easy. The Archers nailed 22 points in the first period with Matt Jones burning the court…

Pilots Shutdown the Archers in Sectional Final

At Defiance High School on Saturday, February 20, the Antwerp Lady Archers competed against Ayersville in the sectional final game. Ayersville is the top seeded team with a bye in the bracket while Antwerp had just come off a win against Fairview. In the first period, the Lady Archers struggled and it wasn’t until the…

Paulding Girls Fall to Delphos Jefferson, Ending Season

The Lady Panthers travelled to Bluffton University on Tuesday, February 16 to take on #7 seed Delphos Jefferson Lady Wildcats. The girls basketball game started with the Wildcats coming out strong scoring 17 points. While Paulding wasn’t bad it only earned 12 with top points coming from Allison Arend and Bri Townley from field goals.…

Fairview Knocked Out by Lady Archers

Less than a couple weeks ago the Lady Archers took on Fairview at the Apaches’ court. The game was great for the home team on February 4th. It just so happened the draw for the sectionals had both of these teams competing once again, this time at the Defiance High School court for the first…

Warriors Rock the Archers

Woodlan started the game at the Antwerp Court on Friday, February 19 in a frenzy of three point baskets. At one point, the score was 20-1 and Antwerp was wondering what in the world they were running into?! The Warriors do not have a spectacular record—very similar to Antwerp’s this season as a matter of…

Warriors Make Second Half Come-back!

The Blazers travelled to the Woodlan court on Tuesday, February 16. The Strautman Field House had a quite a few fans in the seats from both areas. The game began with both teams off to finding their way in this battle. Eastside boys basketball has been a good team in recent years. Competing against Woodlan…

Last Second Shot Takes Win from Bryan

The Golden Bears travelled to Paulding for the Saturday night game of boys basketball. The JV game was pretty intense until the last few minutes when the boys extended their lead to by 10 points to finish the game 46-36. The varsity game started as a close game and continued in that fashion. No dominance…

Steve Hall Memorial Brings Fond Remembrances

“If you couldn’t get along with Steve Hall, then there’s probably no hope for you.” the Deacon noted at Steve Hall’s funeral. It’s been one year on February 17 since Steve succumbed to cancer at OSU James Cancer Center. The family and friends of the Grandview Heights and Wayne Trace schools along with Paulding County…

Wayne Trace Avenges & Takes GMC Title

The conference rivals took to the court at the Palace on Friday, February 12. The previous night, the Lady Raiders fell to the Antwerp girls in a game that the home team kept the lead the entire time. The question this night was would the Raider boys be able to avenge the loss from the…

Williamson Scores 1000th point @ Antwerp Win

Montpelier travelled to the Archer home court on January 30 for the game that would put Sam Williamson in the record books once again. The game started off as a close match between both teams when the competition heated up. Sam, in this period, was on fire—he was fantastic! He only needed five points to…