On Thursday, April 10, the Paulding Varsity Lady Panthers traveled to Wayne Trace and secured a 5–3 win over the Lady Raiders in a tightly contested non-league softball matchup. Trailing 3–2 after four innings, Paulding surged ahead with three runs in the top of the seventh, taking advantage of timely hitting and Raider errors. The…
The Wayne Trace Raiders, Paulding Panthers, and the Antwerp Archers tournament season is just underway on the mats. The county teams had a great day on the mats at the Lima Central Catholic Sectional Tournament on February 22, 2025. Thirteen wrestlers placed in the top four places of their weight classes to qualify for the district meet…
Paulding Dominates Rivalry Matchup, Outpaces Hicksville 67-50 HICKSVILLE, OH — The Paulding Panthers asserted their dominance in a key Green Meadows Conference matchup on January 31, 2025, with a commanding 67-50 victory over the Hicksville Aces on the road. Behind a balanced offensive attack and relentless defensive pressure, Paulding took control early and never looked…
Raiders Win Annual Rivalry Matchup The annual Paulding County rivalry between Wayne Trace and Paulding was renewed Friday night in the ‘Jungle’ with the visiting Raiders posting a 66-53 win over the Panthers in Green Meadows Conference boys basketball play. Wayne Trace jumped out quick and was never threatened the rest of the way, opening…
Sophomore Brody Rosswurm totaled a 35 to capture medalist honors and lead the Wayne Trace Raiders to the championship of the Wayne Trace Boys Golf Invitational Thursday at Pleasant Valley Golf Course outside of Payne. The Raiders finished with a team score of 149 to defeat second place Miller City’s 155 with Lincolnview (172) and…
The Wayne Trace wrestlers traveled to Van Buren on January 19th, 2023, for the 45th Van Buren Invitational. The Raiders took eight wrestlers to the competition. As a team the Raiders finished seventh overall out of twenty schools. Four of the eight wrestlers took a spot on the podium as the top four placers of…
PAYNE – Wayne Trace posted a 201-212 Green Meadows Conference victory over Edgerton in girls golf play at Pleasant Valley Golf Course outside of Payne on August 31st. The Lady Raiders were led by Ella Crosby with a 44 and Logen Bland added a 45 for the red, white and blue. Brenna Parker and Raegan…
Derek Hines posted two hits and drove in three runs while Ethan Lichty added three hits to lead the Antwerp Archers to a 6-4 win over rival Wayne Trace at Parkview Field in Fort Wayne Wednesday night in high school baseball action. Hines finished with a single and a double for the Archers with Lichty…
Wayne Trace improves to 14-1 overall and 7-0 in the Green Meadows Conference with the victory. Paulding falls to 8-9 in all games and 3-4 in the conference. Thes two met in Raider country on April 27th. Score by Innings: Paulding – 0 0 0 1 0 0 = 1 run, 4 hits, 2 errors Wayne Trace –…
With the victory, Wayne Trace claims an outright Green Meadows Conference championship on April 25th, 2023 as the Raiders improve to 12-1 overall and 6-0 in the league. It is the Raiders third GMC title in school history and second consecutive league crown after sharing with Tinora and Antwerp last season. Wayne Trace won an…
Sam Moore of Wayne Trace and Eli Reinhart of Antwerp both traveled to the Schottenstein Center in Columbus to compete at the State level March 10-12. Both Moore and Reinhart are seniors at their high schools and this elite level of competition is the perfect way to complete their high school wrestling careers. In the…
By: Joe Shouse, Sports Writer NAPOLEON – Junior Kyle Stoller was at the right place at the right time when the Raider junior let go of a long-range three-pointer with just 2.7 showing on the clock. The “shot”, probably the biggest in his career, stunned the crowed as Wayne Trace captured the Division III District…
By: Joe Shouse, Sports Writer MIDDLE POINT – The Lady Raiders ended their state tournament run falling to fifth seed Allen East 43-36 in the sectional final played at Lincolnview High School. With the loss the Raiders finish their season at 13-11. For the 17-6 Lady Mustangs, they move on to play in the district…
