PAULDING – Ayersville scored 20 unanswered points over the final 18 minutes of the contest to rally for a 20-17 victory over Paulding at Keysor Field in Green Meadows Conference football action Friday night. The maroon and white played a solid first half, getting a safety from Jack Woods before the Paulding offense added to…
HICKSVILLE – Carson Altimus threw for 255 yards and five touchdowns to lead the Antwerp Archers to a 39-6 win over Hicksville in Green Meadows Conference football action Friday night. Altimus tossed touchdown passes to Camden Fuller, Jaxon Jones and Kayden Winslow as Antwerp totaled 263 passing yards and 434 yards of total offense overall.…
By: Ron Burt It was great seeing a few of you at the Kokomo Smackdown last week. I could only attend one of the three nights (Thursday) but I was able to watch the last 2 nights on the racing channel. Thank goodness for these media outlets that cover major and local short track events.…
Tuesday, August 29, the cross country teams contested a meet in Edon with Holgate, Hilltop, and Edgerton also in attendance. In junior high girls action, the lady archers were unable to score as a team but were led by 1st place finisher Alia Clem, followed closely Gianna Laker, Anneliese Zijlstra, and Aleta Sorrell. The junior…
PAYNE – Wayne Trace posted a 201-212 Green Meadows Conference victory over Edgerton in girls golf play at Pleasant Valley Golf Course outside of Payne on August 31st. The Lady Raiders were led by Ella Crosby with a 44 and Logen Bland added a 45 for the red, white and blue. Brenna Parker and Raegan…
WOODBURN – Junior Ty Louden was 22 of 32 through the air for 262 yards with four touchdowns to lead the Woodlan Warriors to a 30-16 victory over visiting Central Noble in Friday night non-league football action. Louden’s top target on the night was senior Braden Smith, who hauled in nine catches for 164 yards…
EDON – Antwerp made the trip to Williams County Friday night where the Archers pulled away for a 54-24 victory over Edon. Carson Altimus completed 18 of 25 passes for 293 yards and five touchdowns to lead the Archers to the victory. The senior signal-caller also ran for a score and totaled ten rushing yards.…
Wayne Trace Lady Raiders traveled to Tiger Country on Monday evening, August 27th for some high school volleyball action. Liberty Center defended their home court against the Raiders in both JV and Varsity action. Varsity – Liberty Center over Wayne Trace: 25-14, 18-25, 11-25, 25-6, 15-10 Junior Varsity – Liberty Center over Wayne Trace: 15-25,…
By: Ron Burt Kyle Larson picked up his 2nd Knoxville Nationals win for Outlaw winged 410 sprint cars. This year was the 62nd NOS Energy Drink Knoxville Nationals presented by Casey’s. Larson led all 50 laps and pocketed $185,000.00 in the prestigious race. Some would say that’s an amazing victory. No, David Gravel was amazing.…
Paulding County Hospital donates back to all three area schools. Antwerp, Paulding and Wayne Trace schools all received a donation to their athletic departments from Paulding County Hospital within the past few weeks. In the spring, Paulding County Hospital offered sports physicals to local athletes during the school day. Sports physicals were performed at all…
By: Ron Burt I made my first trip to Sandusky Speedway for the 100-lap Annual Hy Miler for the ISMA/MSS Supermodified Series. If you’ve never been to this ½ mile, semi banked, paved track, I highly recommend you put it on your list. This oval was designed for speed! You can feel racing nostalgia once…
By: Ron Burt History was made this month at Eldora Speedway. It was Kings Royal week with all the top sprint car drivers invading the ½ mile racing shrine. For the first time a winning sprint car driver won $1,002,023.00. The Eldora Million for sprint cars was the 2nd highest paying event in motor sports…
By: Ron Burt I will cover the Eldora Million and Kings Royal next week. Leading up to Eldora, many of the top World of Outlaw Sprint car drivers were at Attica Raceway Park for the 35th Annual Brad Doty Classic, Tuesday, July 11th. Kyle Larson became the first back-to-back winner. Larson led all 40 laps…
