{"id":49038,"date":"2025-09-23T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T16:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=49038"},"modified":"2025-09-22T11:16:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T15:16:22","slug":"paulding-powers-past-wayne-trace-in-county-clash-39-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/paulding-powers-past-wayne-trace-in-county-clash-39-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Paulding Powers Past Wayne Trace in County Clash, 39\u20137"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"542\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WT-vs-Paulding-Colt-Hunt.jpg?fit=666%2C542&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-49039\" style=\"width:450px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Paulding senior QB Colt Hunt starts the play and runs the ball into the end zone for the touchdown! More pictures at engagingexposures.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">GROVER HILL \u2014 In a hard-fought county rivalry matchup on Friday night, the Paulding Panthers dominated both sides of the ball to defeat the Wayne Trace Raiders 39\u20137.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Paulding came out strong, putting up 14 points in the first quarter and never looked back, adding 7 more in the second, 6 in the third, and 12 in the final quarter. Wayne Trace\u2019s only score came in the second quarter, and the Raiders struggled to find offensive rhythm the rest of the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Wayne Trace quarterback Colt Hunt completed 9 of 17 passes for 222 yards and 4 touchdowns. Despite the impressive yardage, the Raiders couldn\u2019t get the run game going, finishing with just 72 rushing yards on 22 attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Senior receiver Blake Rhonehouse had a standout performance, pulling in 5 receptions for 109 yards and a touchdown. Jordan Manz and Jalen Manz each added two catches, with Jalen hauling in a 38-yard touchdown grab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Wayne Trace\u2019s only score came on one of Hunt\u2019s four touchdown passes, but the rest were thwarted by tough Panther defense and offensive inconsistencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Despite the lopsided score, Jalen Manz turned in a monster performance on defense, racking up 23 tackles, including 3 tackles for loss, and an interception. His brother Jordan Manz added 11 tackles and 2 tackles for loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Avery Cooper (10 tackles), Miguel Martinez (8 tackles), and Nick Baughman (8 tackles, 1 fumble recovery) were also key contributors in a gritty defensive effort that saw plenty of field time due to Paulding\u2019s extended possessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Total Yards: Paulding 294, Wayne Trace 145<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">First Downs: Paulding 14, Wayne Trace 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Total Plays: Paulding 39, Wayne Trace 54<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Fumbles Lost: Wayne Trace 2, Paulding 0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Penalties: Wayne Trace 8 for 55 yards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GROVER HILL \u2014 In a hard-fought county rivalry matchup on Friday night, the Paulding Panthers dominated both sides of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":49039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/WT-vs-Paulding-Colt-Hunt.jpg?fit=666%2C542&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-cKW","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 16:57:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49038"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49040,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49038\/revisions\/49040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}