Category: Sports

7th Grade Archers – Undefeated Season

The 2016-17 basketball season has came to and end for the 7th grade Archer boys.  It was certainly a remarkable season for these young student-athletes.  The boys finished their season with an unblemished record of 16-0. According to records dating back to 1978, no other junior high boys team has finished their season undefeated. “This…

Lady Hawks Win a Close One!

By: Faith Shenkel On January 21, 2017, the Harlan Lady Hawks hosted the Hawks Invitational Tournament. The day started out early with the Lady Hawks playing the Fort Wayne Hurricanes. By the end of the first half the Lady Hawks lead with a score of 22- 16. The Lady Hawks won 56-26. The second game…

Early Hole Proves Costly To Warriors

Heritage opened a 9 point lead after 1 quarter and made it stand up as the Patriots knocked off Woodlan 51-47 in boys Allen County Athletic Conference action last week. The Patriots opened a 13-4 advantage after 8 minutes of action and widened the margin to 27-16 at halftime. Woodlan would rally in the third,…

Pilots Win by One; Ladies Shoot Down Wildcats

The game of the week for Ohio took place on Friday, February 3, at the Wayne Trace campus against Ayersville. The Pilots are ranked number one in their division in the state and Wayne Trace has also done quite well with only 1 loss this season. Both teams are members of the Green Meadows Conference…

New Haven Wrestlers Take Sectional Crown

10 schools participated in Sectionals at New Haven High School on Saturday, January 28. Bishop Luers, Snider, South Side, Wayne, Heritage, Homestead, Huntington North, New Haven, Leo, and Woodlan all participated in the first step of the 2017 State Tournament. It was an incredible day for this school as this is Jimmy Linn’s first year…

HCS: Kyle Graber’s 1000Th Point

On December 19th, the Harlan Christian School Varsity Boys traveled to Bryan, Ohio, to play the Fountain City Flames. The Hawks ended up losing by one point. During this game, Kyle Graber, a junior at Harlan Christian School, scored his 1000th point. That’s right; he did it before the end of his in junior year…

Wayne Trace JH Wrestlers Continue Their Undefeated Season

Saturday, January 7th Wayne Trace JH wrestlers competed against 14 teams at the Antwerp Invitational. The Raiders placed 1st, winning with a score of 191. Placing 1st for the Raiders were Jarrett Hornish, Brendon Bidlack, Seth Meggison, Hunter Long, Gabe Sutton, Jess Munger, and Ty Tinlin.  Eli Moore placed 2nd.  Placing 3rd: Brody Herschberger, and…

ACC Holds First Event

It’s been a great start to the year for your Antwerp Conservation Club (ACC). We held our first event on New Year’s Day. It was a shotgun Ham Still shoot. It was attended by many shooters of all ages. Shooters came from all over the surrounding area, Antwerp, Hicksville, Payne, Woodburn, Auburn, Ft Wayne, Sherwood…

Antwerp Wrestlers Have Successful Weekend

Both the junior high and high school wrestling teams for Antwerp competed in separate tournaments on January 14, 2017. The junior high squad competed in the Pilot Invitational at Ayersville High School with 1 of their 3 wrestlers placing in the top 3 of his weight class. 7th grader Trayce Lengacher placed 3rd at 92…

Patriots Too Much For Lady Warriors

Woodlan’s girls basketball team put together a solid showing in the Allen County Athletic Conference tournament last week but two-time defending champion Jay County was just too much for the Warriors in the championship game. Taylor Homan scored 13 points for Jay County and Britlyn Dues added a dozen for the Patriots as Jay County…

Archer Last Second Shot by Wilson Takes Down Pilots

The Lady Archers hosted Ayersville on Friday, January 13. The conference match would be interesting with Antwerp having a 7-4 record, and Ayersville having a 6-7 record. The Archers started strong this game. They held the Lady Pilots basketball team to only scoring 2 points in the first period while the Archers added 12 to…