Category: Sports

Aces Defeat Archers—Win Route 49 Classic

The Route 49 Classic Girls Basketball tournament for 2016 took place at the Edgerton High School gymnasium. The Antwerp Archers and the Lady Aces both won their respective games on Thursday night December 22. This was an excellent game for both teams. Unfortunately for the Lady Archers, the first period stunk. Even though Antwerp was…

Raiders Defeat Lady Panthers

The Girls Basketball contest between local rivals Paulding and Wayne Trace took place this year at the Palace on December 13. The game started well for Paulding when they outscored the home team by quite a bit, but the second quarter changed everything for the Raiders when they took back the game in short order.…

Lady Warriors Take Out Patriots

The Lady Patriots braved the icy roads on Saturday, December 17 to take on the Warrior basketball team. Woodlan has performed just above average this year and is right at 7-7 before this game. Tip off started with Rain Hinton tapping it back to the Lady Warriors. On the first drive forward they were able…

The Mad Ants INVADE the MAC!

On Monday, December 19th, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants in their 10th season will be coming to Antwerp. The Mad Ants will be at the McLaughlin Athletic Center next to the Vancrest of Antwerp and the Essen House Restaurant. The Players and Coaching Staff of the Mad Ants will be having a free Fundamentals Clinic…

Lady Archers Defeat Panthers

Paulding travelled to Antwerp for the second game of the season. The Lady Archers had previously defeated Edon the evening before. Antwerp dominated the first half of the game while Paulding was on top the second but not enough to turn the deficit around from the first half. The top scorer for Antwerp was Hope…

Harlan Christian School Fall Sports Banquet

On Monday, October 31st, HCS hosted the fall sports banquet to honor the athletes and coaches from our fall sports teams. The evening started off with the awards for soccer. Lukas Johnson won the Defensive award, and Sam Handerson won the Offensive award. The Golden Boot award went to Elijah Murphy. MIP went to Jamin…

Fall Sports Awards Announced

The Antwerp High School presented their 2016 fall sports awards to the athletes on Monday, November 7. The night began with Athletic Director Drew Altimus, showing off the girls trophy for the girls volleyball district champions and Regional Qualifier. He also announced how Emilee Phillips had a great year this year in golf on being…

Glass Backboards top MAC Gym Improvements

The 2016 upgrades at the McLaughlin Athletic Center have been completed just in time for the 2016-17 winter school season to begin.  New LED lights have replaced some of the original bulb fixtures in the gym and four new glass backboards and new rims have been installed to replace the original wood backboards on the…

New Haven Falls to NorthWood

The New Haven Bulldog’s football season has been one of their strongest seasons in a while. They managed to stay undefeated all the way up to their last game. They claimed the title for the Northeast 8 Conference, as well as the Sectional title. However, their game on Friday, November 11th, against the NorthWood Black…

Panthers too much for Aces

The Hicksville Aces football team wrapped up a very successful season on Saturday night as the Aces were blanked by a senior-laden McComb squad 42-0 in the Division VII playoffs at Defiance High School. The Aces, who play many freshmen and sophomores, were just no match for a Panther squad that had both playoff experience…

Strong second half lifts Aces past Leipsic

Host Hicksville blanked visiting Leipsic in the second half as the Aces rallied for a 33-16 win over the Vikings in the opening round of the OHSAA Division VII Playoffs on Saturday, November 5. After trailing 16-7 with 2:38 remaining in the first half, the Aces scored late in the second quarter and took that…

Lady Archers Stopped at Regionals

The Lady Archers traveled to Elida High School for the first game of Regionals on Wednesday, November 2. Previously, Antwerp defeated Hicksville and Pettisville at Defiance for the District Championship. Norwalk St. Paul High is a private school from the other side of Columbus. The game started around 7:30 PM and the Lady Archers took…