The 2023 Paulding Panther Junior High football team wrapped up their season by defeating their rival, the Wayne Trace Raiders 28-12 to secure an outright GMC Championship and complete an undefeated 8-0 season. The Panthers were coached by Logan Doster, Beau Hahn and Aaron Horstman. The coaches would like to thank all the parents and…
The Panther Biddy Wrestling Club would like to thank the Cooper Family Foundation for awarding our club with funds that helped us purchase two new wrestling mats!!! All of our boys and girls are thankful and truly blessed by Cooper’s generosity.
After beginning practices in April and working throughout the summer and fall, the Spirit of Woodlan marching band and color guard from Woodlan Jr/Sr High School concluded their season on Saturday, October 21 at the ISSMA Semi-State competition at Franklin Community High School in Franklin, IN. The students improved weekly and put forth their best…
Wayne Trace senior boys basketball standout Brooks Laukhuf recently signed to further his academic and athletic career at Ohio Dominican University in Columbus. Shown above are (front, l-r) Rachel Laukhuf (mother), Brooks Laukhuf and Chris Laukhuf (father). In the back row are Wayne Trace Boys Basketball Head Coach and Athletic Director Jim Linder, Tanner Laukhuf…
By: Ron Burt The past two weeks the weather has stopped racing for the year in our area. A few drivers took their cars to Kentucky and Tennessee for high dollar races. Some of the Sprint and Midget drivers are getting ready to race indoors for Midget and Micro races. The youth will have Quarter…
By: Ron Burt High Limit Acquires All Stars Many of us that follow Sprint Car racing were shocked to hear that the High Limit Sprint Car Series, owned by Kyle Larson and Brad Sweet, has finalized the acquisition of the All Star Circuit of Champions from Tony Stewart. Effective immediately, NASCAR Cup champion Kyle Larson…
By: Ron Burt Racing fans had to say goodbye to a couple of well-known racetracks. The Midwest lost Rockford Speedway. This was a ¼ mile high banked paved oval that hosted many special racing events including the National Short Track Championships for several classes of cars. Southwest lost the famous Devils Bowl Speedway outside of…
BLUFFTON – Paulding made the long trip to Bluffton in Division VI, Region 26, high school football playoff action on Friday where the host Pirates kept the Panther offense in check all night long in rolling to a 63-6 victory. The maroon and white totaled only 195 yards of offense in the contest, with quarterback…
ANTWERP – Ayden Cavinee scored on touchdown runs of 15 and 59 yards to lead the Arlington Red Devils to a 27-20 victory over Antwerp in Division VII, Region 26, football playoff action Friday night at Archer Field. Neither team scored in the opening stanza before the Archers finally broke through with eight seconds remaining…
Paulding Cross Country runner, Abby Elkins, placed 8th at Districts on October 21st and now advances to regionals Saturday, October 28th at Tiffin! Abby ran a time of 20:50 which also broke Paulding’s girls school record time of 21:09 set by Elyse Manz in 2018! The boys finished in 5th place as a team with…
Friday Night Lights: old school rivals – Paulding Panthers and Wayne Trace Raiders came head to head for the traditional high school football game, the Black Swamp Bowl on October 20, 2023. This game started neck and neck with touchdown on both sides in the first quarter. Panthers added 8 more points in the 3rd…
By: Ron Burt USAC Champion To Retire The big announcement came from USAC. The “People’s Champ” Dave Darland, one of racing all time greats announced his retirement. He has raced for 52 years, and 42 of those in a Sprint Car. Many times, he had 100 races a year on his schedule. He raced the…
Blake Leeper was a guest speaker at Antwerp Local Schools on Wednesday October 11th. Leeper has an inspiring story to tell of overcoming adversity. He does not have any legs below the knee and has been wearing prosthetics since he was nine years of age. Since his childhood days, he has become quite the athlete…
