Category: Sports

Warriors Cruise Past Rival Patriots

Woodlan has high expectations this season as last year they went to semi-state in the tournaments. Heritage has not been bad this year either. They had a powerful win last Friday and looked very good in the first quarter of this game. The team started strong with a touchdown on the first Warrior possession. Woodlan…

Beautiful Day for Wayne Trace Boys Golf Invite

Wayne Trace hosted the Golf invitational at the Beautiful Pleasant Valley Golf Course on Thursday, August 25. The weather was very nice but the wind was a little more than breezy. Lincoln view game out on top with 166 and Miller City was just 3 strokes shy of the leader. Here are the final scores:…

Warrior Football Rolls to 2-0

Woodlan scored early and often Friday night in Lagrange as the Warriors routed Prairie Heights 53-0 in week two of the high school football season. In what was a dominating effort on both sides of the ball, the Woodlan offense totaled 496 yards in the contest. However, the Woodlan defense was even better, limiting the…

Pirates Sink Wayne Trace After Promising Raider Start

Continental travelled to Haviland for the beginning of the Raider Volleyball tournament on Thursday, August 25. The Wayne Trace girls took an early lead and won the first two sets with telltale signs of the game falling to the Raiders. The turnaround happened for the Pirates in the third set, and like volleyball does, you…

Wayne Trace Retains Black Swamp Trophy

Close Game Against PanthersThis game was a tough call Friday night. Going in, nobody was really sure who would take home the Black Swamp Trophy. Paulding seemingly had a strong team. On the other hand, Wayne Trace had a dominant reputation that proceeded them in every game. However, they are younger this year. Wasting no…

Panthers Fall in Four to Antwerp

On Saturday, August 20, the Lady Panthers hosted the Antwerp Archers for the first in county competition of the fall season. The Junior Varsity followed the freshman game (Freshman – Antwerp over Paulding 25-18, 25-8) and the Paulding team performed very well. The girls easily won over Antwerp with Paulding taking the early lead and…

Payne Ball Association To Host Golf Outing

The Payne Ball Association will be hosting its 1st Annual “Grip It and Rip It” Golf Outing on Saturday, August 27, at Pleasant Valley Golf Course southwest of Payne. The first and second place teams will receive prizes as well as individual winners for Longest Drive, Closest to the Pin and Longest Putt. Lunch and…

Panther Soccer Wins at Tournaments!!!

The Paulding High School Boys won 3-0 over Evergreen at the BG – Otsego Tournaments. Pictured left to right are Kaleb Becker, Charles Clapsaddle, Adrian Daniels, Brian Matson, Michael Dangler, Ryan Woodring, Griffin Harder, Evan Edwards, Noah Johnson, Kaleb Goshia, Alex Schlegel and Skyler Maassel.  In front are William Deisler and Jared Paschall.

The Hoosier Burn Camp Softball Tournament

Antwerp Ball Association’s ball fields played host to the annual Hoosier Burn Camp Softball Tournament that took place on Saturday, June 18 and Sunday, June 19. The teams increased from seven last year to 10 this year. The funds raised will make a big difference for what the camp can provide the campers. Hoosier Burn…

PHS 7th Annual Academic Hall of Fame Induction

Paulding High School held their 7th Annual Academic Hall of Fame Induction on May 29 at the commencement ceremony.  Mr. Matthew Ludwig, PHS Class of 1990 (left) and Dr. Robert E. AuFrance, PHS Class of 1987 (right), were inducted. Mr. Ludwig holds a variety of instructional and research positions at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo,…

Local Track Teams Compete at State!

Both Wayne trace and Antwerp high school track teams got to compete this year at the Ohio state track and field tournament. This is the 109th year of this tournament that took place in Columbus at the Jesse Owens stadium. Both teams have worked very hard to climb the ladder of this event to be…