Thursday was full of baseball and softball sectional action including a matchup in Division IV play pitting Wayne Trace with Edon Bombers. Raiders took a slow start as did the Bombers until the 3rd inning when Edon scored 1 and Wayne Trace scored 5. This told the rest of the story as the Raiders kept…
On Thursday, April 26th, varsity baseball action ramped up on the Raider field with the Hicksville Aces. Hicksville started the competition by scoring 4 runs in the 2nd inning. The Raiders made a comeback attempt in the 4th scoring 5 runs, but that was after the Aces clocked in 1 in the 3rd and 4…
PAULDING – Jordan McGough limited Wayne Trace to two hits and struck out nine Raider batters in pitching the Paulding Panthers to an 8-0 shutout victory Friday night in non-league action. McGough scattered two hits and five walks, throwing 54 strikeouts out of his 110 pitches in tossing the complete game victory. The Panthers jumped…
Wayne Trace made the short stint to the Palace on Friday, March 2nd to play in the Sectional Final game to take on the Lincolnview team. The Lancers had won over Continental in the semi-finals previously in the week, also at Paulding. Previously in the season, Lincolnview had defeated the Raiders when they pounded them,…
Wayne Trace sets a new school record for victories in a season by the girls basketball team with 22 this year, improving to 22-3 after defeating Stryker in the District Final match at this game on Saturday evening, March 3. There is no reason to assume the game was an easy triumph for the home…
Pettisville and Wayne Trace competed in girls basketball for the District Semi-Final on Tuesday, February 27 after the Blackbirds defeated Antwerp and the Raiders defeated North Central in the sectional championship games. Both teams started of slow with 6-7 Blackbird lead in the first. The second didn’t finish much difference with 13-12 points, finishing the…
WOODBURN – The game at Woodlan on Saturday, February 17 started with senior night for the boys basketball team and the cheerleaders. Those honored were the following: Cheerleader, Cassidy Schneider, daughter of Jennifer and Richard Schneider. Her activities involved at Woodlan include soccer, softball, NHS, cheerleading and student council. She plans to attend Ball State…
The Wayne Trace boys basketball team has been notorious for winning games and going far in the tournament. This season has proven itself no different for the Paulding County team. On January 30, the Raiders travelled to Continental to face the Pirates in a basketball game. Unlike the Raiders, the Pirates have not had a…
The Fairview boys basketball team travelled to Wayne Trace on Thursday, January 18 for the Green Meadows Conference game. The game was not a huge scoring match in the first quarter, but wound up pretty well for the home team at the Palace. Eli Winn was fast in action on this night and was able…
Raider Wrestlers Improve “After a somewhat disappointing showing in Defiance last week at the Tri State Border Wars tournament, it was imperative that we improve as a team,” stated Clemens. The Raider’s Hunter Showalter and Tyler Bauer were the only wrestlers to reach the podium in the 43-team tourney last weekend. Missing three wrestlers from…
The Delphos Jefferson Wildcats travelled to Wayne Trace on Saturday night, January 13. The games Friday night were cancelled, but the weather was much better for this match. The game started strong and clearly in the DJ favor as they were able to hit 3 pointer after 3 pointer. As in previous games though, the…
On Thursday, January 4 the Archers travelled to the Palace to compete against Wayne Trace, last year’s conference champs, in the first game of the GMC conference and boys basketball. Coach Jim Linder was concerned that his team might be rusty, they hadn’t played in 14 days because of Christmas break and the game was…
ANTWERP – Two Paulding County rivals squared off Friday night in Green Meadows Conference girls basketball action with visiting Wayne Trace holding on for a 42-38 victory over host Antwerp. Wayne Trace sealed the game at the free throw line, getting a pair of free throws each from Sadie Sinn and Gracie Gudakunst with less…
