Category: Sports

So what is smallbore silhouette?

Saturday May 5th, 15 competitors gathered at the Antwerp Conservation Club, to have a go at small bore silhouette…what is this you ask? Animal cut outs (silhouettes) are placed on the rifle range and shot at with 22lr rifles. We use NRA sized targets, about 1/5th life sized, chickens at 25 yards, pigs at 50…

NW Ohio Big Dogs Take 2nd

Local travel baseball team Northwest Ohio Big Dogs placed 2nd in Findlay King of the Mound 11u baseball tourney that took place this past weekend. This team consists of 3 Paulding boys and 2 Antwerp boys, among the others hardworking athletes.

County Schools Battle on the Mound

May began with some stiff county competition in the realm of high school varsity softball action. On Tuesday, May 1st, the Lady Panthers played host to the Wayne Trace Lady Raiders. Game play started off slow, no runs occurred till the bottom of the 3rd inning by the home team. Paulding owned their field claiming…

Warriors take second at Antwerp Invite

ANTWERP – The Woodlan boys and girls track teams posted a second place finish in the Antwerp Track Invitational on Friday night. Churubusco won the meet with 130 points while the Warriors were second at 123 points. Woodlan’s 400 meter relay squad took first place with a time of 44.08 and the 1600 really team…

Jerry Snodgrass Named Next OHSAA Executive Director

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Directors has named Jerry Snodgrass as the OHSAA’s next Executive Director. Snodgrass will assume leadership duties in September when Dr. Dan Ross steps down after 14 years at the helm. Snodgrass will be the OHSAA’s 10th leader in its 111th year of service to…

Aces topple Raiders

On Thursday, April 26th, varsity baseball action ramped up on the Raider field with the Hicksville Aces. Hicksville started the competition by scoring 4 runs in the 2nd inning. The Raiders made a comeback attempt in the 4th scoring 5 runs, but that was after the Aces clocked in 1 in the 3rd and 4…

Locos post win over Archers

Sarah Higbie had three singles and Katie Taylor added a pair of singles to lead the Montpelier Locomotives to a 5-2 win over Antwerp in non-league girls softball action Monday night. Brooklyn Dye, Keiylee Bentley and Kennedy Caudill all had singles as well for the Locomotives, who improve to 5-3 on the season. Higbie also…

Antwerp Down Edgerton at Parkview Field

The Tincaps’ home field at Parkview Field became the battle ground for varsity baseball action on Thursday night, April 26th. The first game was Leo vs. New Haven and the second was Antwerp vs. Edgerton. This low scoring game proved to be a victory for the Archers, as they left the Bulldogs down. Final score:…

Lady Raiders dominate the plate at home

The Lady Raider home field played host to the Hicksville Aces on Thursday, April 26th. Wayne Trace’s bats were on fire as they scored in all of the innings they played. Hicksville’s game play was not as crafty as they only scored in the 2nd, 4th & 6th. Final score saw a Raider victory: Wayne…

Warriors Split With Eagles

WOODBURN – Woodlan and Churubusco hooked up in a softball doubleheader on Saturday with the Warriors and Eagles each claiming one victory. In the opener, the Eagles scored six times in the fourth in rallying from an early deficit for an 11-7 victory. Woodlan led 6-2 at the end of two innings before Churubusco answered.…

New Turf at Woodlan!

The Woodlan High School Sports complex is getting a major overhaul right now from the new field house being built, switching the home field side, to getting artificial turf on the football field. The new field should be ready for the 2018 football season. All of the high schools in East Allen County Schools are…