Two Bulldog freshmen and one senior will advance to State Wrestling next weekend beginning February 18th. This is a first in New Haven athletics history that two freshmen advance to the State level. 106 – Julianna Ocampo placed 4th in her weight class for the day at semi-state this past weekend. Julianna is the second female…
The Antwerp Athletic Department held its Winters Athletic Awards on Tuesday March 19th. Basketball, Cheerleading and Wrestling coaches each took a turn to boast of their teams’ accomplishments and their athletes achievements. Scholar Athletes were announced: Seniors – Keaton Altimus, Ashton Barnhouse, Kendall Billman, Luke Brewer, Austin Chirgwin, Brett Fulk, Nathan Lee, Aidan McAlexander, Jake…
1. Wayne Trace 238.0; 2. Plymouth 213.0; 3. Van Buren 195.0; 4. Columbus Grove 182.5; 5. Arcadia 175.5; 6. Montpelier 138.0; 7. Cory-Rawson 93.0; 8. No. Baltimore 58.0; 9. Findlay 56.5; 10. Elmwood 49.0; 11. Fostoria 37.0; 12. Calvert 27.0; 13. Pandora-Gilboa 23.0; 14. Tol. Christian 6.0; Seventh Round: 106 – Nick Roberts (Plymouth) pin…
The Wayne Trace Raiders played host for a high school wrestling tri-match on Thursday, December 6th. Wayne Trace defeated Tinora and Hicksville. WT vs. Hicksville 160 – Stabler, WT, pin 1:12, Carns, HV 170 – Munger, WT, forfeit 182 – Ankney, HV, pin 1:21, Harris, WT 220 – Cline, HV, forfeit 285 – Railing, HV,…
This past weekend 4 Paulding County wrestlers competed in the 20th Annual OAC State Wrestling Tournament. First on the mat to get the weekend started was Eli Reinhart from Antwerp Wrestling in the 84 lb. weight class. Eli came out of the gates with a bang defeating Dominic Artman by decision 5-2. However, in the…
Antwerp Junior Aidan McAlexander made history again this past weekend by becoming the first Archer high school wrestler in program history to qualify for the state tournament. This comes just one week after he was the first sectional champion in school history. McAlexander finished the weekend with 3 wins to only 1 loss and 2…
The Antwerp High School wrestling team recently competed in the sectional tournament at Archbold High School on February 23 & 24. Of the 3 Archer wrestlers competing, 2 of them managed a top 4 finish and therefore will move on to the district tournament at Defiance High School next weekend. Sophomore Randall Mills finished 2nd…
Jaxson Savieo came into season with the hope to make it to state. As season went on and week after week he put everything he had on the mat and at practice. All that hard work paid off! He won the North Montgomery Individual tournament over Christmas break then went and won the Bill Krible…
Jonyvan Johnson and Jaxson Savieo are both New Haven wrestlers who earned the right to compete at state this year in Indianapolis. Johnson, competing in the 182 weight class, had a record of 38-2 going into the match. Jaxson Savieo came in at the 195 weight class and his record was 43-1. He fought hard,…
Wayne Trace wrestling competed this Friday and Saturday in the Thunderbird Invitational at LCC competing with 43 division three schools from across the state. A depleted roster with only six wrestlers competing finished fifteenth as a team in a loaded field. Freshman 106 pounder Gabe Sutton squared off in a deep weight class. He pinned…
The Raider wrestling family was met with tragic news at the Van Buren Invitational when we learned that wrestler, Eli Moore, had lost his father, Bill Moore. We had lost one of our own, and the team began to deal with this tragedy. Coach Clemens had been prepping for the state duals that would follow…
High school wrestlers who are members of the Allen County All Conference met up at the Warrior Gymnasium on Saturday, January 20th for Conference Tournament. Each school — Jay County (JC), Woodlan (W), South Adams (SA), Bluffton (BL), Southern Wells (SW), Adams Central (AC), Heritage (H) — brought their ‘A’ Game for the morning/afternoon event.…
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…
