DELPHOS – Chelsi Geisige hit four three-pointers and scored 15 points to lead the Paulding Lady Panthers past host Delphos Jefferson 51-49 Thursday night in Northwest Conference girls action. The maroon and white also got 13 markers and a pair of treys from Audrey Geisige along with nine points and a dozen boards from Sadie…
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…
WOODBURN – After falling behind by six entering the fourth quarter, Woodlan put forth a valiant effort but came up short to fall 63-61 to Prairie Heights in boys basketball action last week. The Warriors then played their second game of the week on Friday where Woodlan dropped a 56-39 decision at Heritage. Against the…
The Paulding K of C Free Throw Championship was held Saturday, January 12th, at the Paulding High School gym. Winners advance to the District Championship to be held on February 9th at Van Wert St. Mary’s at 12 p.m. All winners are pictured with plaques.
By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter HAVILAND – The Wayne Trace Lady Raiders have completed half their regular season and stand at 11-1, riding a 10 game winning streak. The team is having success because they play as a “team”. It’s not about any one player but a group of young ladies working together to continue the…
Both the junior high and high school wrestling squads for Antwerp competed over the weekend with great results coming from both teams. At Ayersville, the junior high squad placed 2 of their 5 wrestlers with 1 of them earning 1st place for the day. Narrowly missing 1st place honors was 8th grader Eli Reinhart in…
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…
Special Olympics is always an exciting time of year when it takes place in the winter. It’s been nearly 30 years that Paulding has hosted Special Olympics and the Paulding Knights of Columbus has been in charge and taking care of this incredibly fun day for these people. This year there were approximately 30 volunteers…
By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter HAVILAND – It wasn’t easy but the Wayne Trace Raiders outlasted the deliberate play of Tinora in posting a seven point win over the Rams 40-33 to open Green Meadows Conference play. Playing at the Palace last Thursday, the slow-down play of Tinora kept the score low as indicated by a…
WOODBURN – Tied at 34-34 at the end of three quarters, the Woodlan Lady Warriors took control in the final period and outscored visiting Blackhawk 19-12 to post a 53-46 win over the Braves Thursday night. Woodlan held a slim 9-8 advantage after eight minutes of action before Blackhawk took a 20-19 lead into the…
WOODBURN – Four quarters of high school basketball wasn’t enough to decide a winner Saturday evening but Bluffton outscored Woodlan 14-8 in the extra session to post a 69-63 victory over the Warriors. Bluffton jumped in front 14-7 at the end of one quarter and the Tigers pushed the margin from there. Quarter number two…
EDGERTON – Hicksville doubled up host Edgerton 26-13 in the middle two quarters and the Aces went on to post a 44-33 win to claim its fifth consecutive Route 49 Classic tournament championship Friday night at Edgerton High School. Antwerp claimed third place in the tournament as the Archers recorded a 55-45 victory over Edon.…
By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter Havilland – Wayne Trace welcomed Van Wert to the Palace for the final game prior to Christmas and it was the visiting Cougars who unwrapped an impressive 67-55 win over the Raiders. Van Wert scored the first 11 points in the contest and settled for a 19-9 lead after one quarter…
