Tag: football

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…

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…

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…

VanBrocklin signs letter of intent with Marian University

On Thursday, February 4, 2016 at 11:30 a.m., Woodlan High School Senior Mitchell VanBrocklin will sign a letter of intent to continue his football career at Marian University, located in Indianapolis, Indiana. During his four-year career at Woodlan, Mitchell was instrumental in the resurgence of the Woodlan football program.  This past season, he led the…

Woodlan Ends Incredible Season

The Woodlan Warriors travelled to Whiting, Indiana, a suburb of Chicago, after defeating Winchester in the Regional Championship. Could the Warriors prove their metal in this Semi-State Football match? It was the year of the “W” if you have noticed the last few games in the tournament: Woodlan, Whiting, Whitko, and Winchester. All of the…

Warriors: On to Semi-State!

2015 has been the best season in memory for the Woodlan Football team. They made it through their entire regular season undefeated. This is quite a feat for such a small school. It was their time though–or so we though. The game on Friday, November 13, extremely cold and windy, started horribly wrong for the…

Woodlan Wins First Sectional in years

Woodlan took on Whitko in the Sectional Championship Football game on Friday, November 6th at Warriors home field. The Wildcats were the underdog in the tournament with a less than stellar season. They made quite the impact, beating Churubusco to make it to this match. This game was fairly equal in stats and both teams…

Woodlan Squeaks by With Eastside Mistake

The Woodlan Football team has been on their longest winning streak ever and this year has been stupendous for these boys. After defeating Central Noble by a large margin last week, the Warriors stayed home to play Eastside for the second game of sectionals. The Blazers are a hot team this year and came into…

Paulding vs Columbus Grove Bulldogs

Winding down the regular season, Columbus Grove travelled to Paulding for Friday night’s game. It was pleasant weather from beginning to the end, unusual for this time of year. This game numbers were switched around. Corbin Edwards was wearing the #17 jersey in memory of fellow football player Skyler Huth who was killed in an…

Woodlan Moves on In Football Sectionals

The Warriors went to Noble County to take on Central Noble for the first game of the tournament. Woodlan just came off an undefeated regular season with the win against the previously undefeated Adams Central Jets. The game made Woodlan look unstoppable as the Cougars only scored 7 points to the Warriors 42. For the…

Wayne Trace Stumbles to Hicksville at Home

A bitterly cold night began the evening for Wayne Trace vs Hicksville football game at the Raider Field. The seniors for the home team were announced: Gabe Wobler, Noah Stoller, Luke Miller, Austin Winebrenner, Scott Wenninger, Corey Davis, Clint Sinn, Connor Arend, Justin Speice, and Austin Kuhn. The first quarter began with the Aces scoring…

Woodlan Finishes Undefeated Season

  The Woodlan Warriors, after taking on the Jets Friday night, wrapped up their regular season with the first time since 1973 of no losses. The is the longest no loss season on record and the game was close 20-21. Both teams entered the match undefeated and the Jets had not even been scored on…

Woodlan Dominates Again—Still Undefeated

The Woodlan Warriors, closing in on the end of the season quickly hosted the South Adams varsity team on Friday, October 10 at the Etzler Field. The game started a little slow with the Warrior defense attempting to understand the opponent’s offense. Early on, the team was giving a few yards to the Starfires, but…