Category: Sports

Late run lifts Blue Streaks past Panthers

PAULDING – A single run in the top of the eighth inning proved to be the difference as the Archbold Blue Streaks posted an 11-10 eight-inning victory over Paulding in Tuesday night softball play last week. It was the Lady Panthers who jumped in front, scoring one run each in the first and third to…

LADY RAIDERS WIN NON CONFERENCE BATTLE AT WOODLAN HS

By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter WOODBURN – The Wayne Trace Lady raiders stepped out of conference play as well as stepping outside of Ohio last Monday to play the Woodlan Warriors in Woodburn, Indiana. The trip across the state line proved successful for the red-white-and-blue who outlasted the Lady Warriors 6-3, With the win Wayne Trace…

P.A.S.S. Basketball Marathon finishes its 41st year!

This years 24-hour PASS Basketball Marathon was another successful year! Each year the PASS (Paulding Area Support Society) Basketball 24 hour Marathon takes place in the Wayne Trace Payne Elementary gymnasium starting on Friday night and going through Saturday evening of Easter week. This year it was on April 19 and 20th. There was significantly…

Baseball Camp Held at Wayne Trace

The Wayne Trace varsity, junior varsity and junior high baseball teams held a baseball clinic at the high school last Saturday for youth in the Wayne Trace school district. Approximately 25 campers attended the clinic, which was under the direction of the Raider coaching staff. Pictured are participants and members of the Wayne Trace baseball…

Panthers Win Pitcher’s Duel Over Allen East

PAULDING – In a classic pitcher’s duel, it was the host Paulding Panthers who escaped victorious as the maroon and white defeated visiting Allen East 2-1 Monday night in a Northwest Conference baseball game. The Panthers opened the game’s scoring with a single run in the bottom of the first to take a 1-0 lead…

Archers pull away from Tigers

ANTWERP – After a scoreless game through three innings, it was all Antwerp over the next three frames as the Archers pulled away for an 11-3 victory over Holgate in Green Meadows Conference baseball action. The blue and white scored six times in the fourth inning to take control of the game before adding three…

Antwerp Moves To 4-0 In GMC

ANTWERP – The Lady Archers stayed atop the Green Meadows Conference standings wi th a 12-2 win over Holgate in softball action Tuesday night. Antwerp remains in front of the rest of the league at 4-0 in conference play with Fairview in second at 3-0 in the league. Carlie Hanes picked up the win for…

WAYNE TRACE HOSTS 43rd ANNUAL TRACK INVITATIONAL

By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter       HAVILAND – Wayne Trace hosted their 43rd annual track and field invitational last Friday with 12 area schools participating. In the boys meet the Fairview Apaches took top honors with 93 points followed by Edgerton with 82 and in third place was Edon with 70 points. Rounding out…

Lady Panthers Nip Bulldogs in NWC Play

PAULDING – The host Lady Panthers of Paulding scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth to rally for an 8-7 win over Columbus Grove in Northwest Conference softball action Monday night. Columbus Grove actually took a 1-0 lead after one inning before Paulding plated two runs in the third for a 2-1 advantage.…

Raiders Fall To Panthers

Paulding Panthers baseball team traveled to Raider country for some county rivalry on the baseball fields. Raiders demonstrated a starting dominance by scoring in the 1st and holding back the Panthers. But Paulding wasn’t having any of that as they came back by scoring in both the 2nd and 3rd. And that was all she…