By Joe Shouse Sports Writer HAVILAND – Opening sectional play last Tuesday, the Wayne Trace Raiders hosted Continental and came up with a win to advance the Raiders in tournament action. The fourth seed Raiders scored early and defeated the 14th seed Pirates 4-0. The red, white, and blue scored three runs in the opening…
By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter WOODBURN – The Wayne Trace Lady raiders stepped out of conference play as well as stepping outside of Ohio last Monday to play the Woodlan Warriors in Woodburn, Indiana. The trip across the state line proved successful for the red-white-and-blue who outlasted the Lady Warriors 6-3, With the win Wayne Trace…
The Wayne Trace varsity, junior varsity and junior high baseball teams held a baseball clinic at the high school last Saturday for youth in the Wayne Trace school district. Approximately 25 campers attended the clinic, which was under the direction of the Raider coaching staff. Pictured are participants and members of the Wayne Trace baseball…
Paulding Panthers baseball team traveled to Raider country for some county rivalry on the baseball fields. Raiders demonstrated a starting dominance by scoring in the 1st and holding back the Panthers. But Paulding wasn’t having any of that as they came back by scoring in both the 2nd and 3rd. And that was all she…
Raider nation girls softball played host to the Lady Cavaliers of Coldwater on April 2nd. Coldwater busted through the opening gates and took a lead that Wayne Trace just couldn’t catch up to — although attempts were made. This was a tight game nevertheless, with 12 hits for the Cavaliers and 10 for Wayne Trace.…
By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter ANTWERP – Last Monday the Wayne Trace Raiders baseball squad traveled to Antwerp for a non-league contest. The game was originally scheduled as a Raider home game but due to field conditions the game was moved to Antwerp. The Raiders prevailed 6-5 to move their record to 2-1 while the Archers…
On March 28th, Antwerp hosted an early season track tri-meet with Tinora and Wayne Trace. BOYS: Team results – 1 Wayne Trace 79; 2 Antwerp 55; Tinora 38 Event Results: Discus – 1 Mohr, WT, 100’3”; 2 Showalter, WT, 100’2”; 3 Lang, A, 93’4”; 4 Huffine, WT, 93’3” Shot put – 1 Mohr, WT, 43’3”;…
On March 26th, Wayne Trace and Fort Jennings competed in high school baseball action. The first half of the innings were a stalemate until the Raiders stole a run in the bottom of the 4th. They took another in the 5th. The Musketeers rallied in the 6th and one upped the Raiders by adding 2…
By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter ELIDA – For the Wayne Trace Raiders the tournament trail ended last Tuesday when the red, white, and blue faced Kalida in semi-final district action in Division IV. The Wildcats had the upper hand throughout the contest and came away with a 54-39 win. The Raiders close out their season at…
By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter HAVILAND – It’s what dreams are made of – a script you can not write. A win to end the regular season, a conference title, recognizing the seniors, and then the icing on the cake – in front of the home crowd, a 1,000 point scorer. It all happened on Valentine’s…
By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter HAVILAND – Following a disappointing loss last Saturday to the hands of Miller City, the Wayne Trace Lady Raiders bounced back in convincing fashion to crush Continental 59-31 on Tuesday evening. The Raiders never trailed, taking an early 5-0 lead over the Pirates. The red, white, and blue closed out…
By: Joe Shouse, Sportswriter Havilland – Wayne Trace welcomed Van Wert to the Palace for the final game prior to Christmas and it was the visiting Cougars who unwrapped an impressive 67-55 win over the Raiders. Van Wert scored the first 11 points in the contest and settled for a 19-9 lead after one quarter…
Wayne Trace Local Schools has been named a $10,000 grant recipient for the America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education program, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, and will be celebrating with a check-presentation ceremony December 22, 2018 at half-time of the varsity boys’ basketball game at the Wayne Trace High School gymnasium. The district plans to use…
