Van Wert independent sports Volleyball Lincolnview 3 Bluffton 0 The Lady Lancers improved to 8-4 (2-1 NWC) with a 25-15, 25-21, 25-5 sweep of visiting Bluffton on Thursday. Madison Williams had 14 kills, Lakin Brant had 21 digs and Brianna Ebel finished with 27 assists, 15 digs and a team high seven aces. Kendall Bollenbacher […]
POSTED: 09/21/18 at 6:09 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Crestview’s Avery McCoy makes a play at the net during Thursday night’s Northwest Conference match against Delphos Jefferson. McCoy finished with 14 assists and six kills, and the Lady Knights enjoyed 25-20, 25-9, 25-19 victory. Bailey Gregory had 23 digs and Lexi Gregory had 12 kills. Crestview (8-3, 3-1 NWC) will host Van Wert on […]
POSTED: 09/21/18 at 6:08 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Submitted information DEFIANCE – Spencerville won the Northwest Conference golf tournament with a score of 315 at the Auglaize Golf Club in Defiance on Thursday. The first place tournament finish also clinched the overall 2018 conference golf championship for the Bearcats. Paulding (343) edged out Lincolnview (344) by one shot for the runner-up finish in […]
POSTED: 09/21/18 at 6:08 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Rachel Marie Webb, 97, of Rockford, died Tuesday evening, September 18, 2018, at the Laurels of Shane Hill in Rockford. She was born January 8, 1921, in Nobel Township, Auglaize County, the daughter of Ralph C. and Margaret (Schillinger) Brodbeck, who both preceded her in death. On May 29, 1940, she married John C. Webb, […]
POSTED: 09/20/18 at 7:44 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor The Van Wert City Board of Education heard from Superintendent Vicki Brunn on the social media incident that occurred earlier in the week, while Van Wert Elementary School physical education teachers Betty Holliday and Alex Schmidt provided a presentation on the VWES wellness programs during Wednesday’s September board meeting. Brunn provided a […]
POSTED: 09/20/18 at 8:06 am. FILED UNDER: News
DAVE MOSIER/independent editor It was another busy week in Van Wert County Common Pleas Court, with three arraignments, several sentencings, and a number of plea changes among the 17 hearings held. Ashley Workman, 34, of Lima, entered a not guilty plea to a charge of theft, a felony of the fifth degree. She was released […]
POSTED: 09/20/18 at 7:58 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information The Van Wert High School Theatre Department has announced its 2018-2019 season. The fall play will be a production of Little Women, from the classic book by Louisa May Alcott, which will be performed at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, November 16-17, at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center of Northwest Ohio. Rehearsals […]
POSTED: 09/20/18 at 7:56 am. FILED UNDER: Arts & Entertainment, News
VW independent/submitted information The American Red Cross is working around the clock to help thousands of people whose lives have been devastated by Hurricane Florence. The threat from Hurricane Florence is far from over as extremely dangerous flooding is expected to continue into next week along overflowing rivers in the Carolinas. Some rivers could stay […]
POSTED: 09/20/18 at 7:54 am. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor Sometimes the line between victory and defeat is razor thin, and that was the case with last week’s edition of Pigskin Pick’Em. Out of 20 games, guest selector Ben Collins and I differed on three games. Those three games turned out to be thrillers, as Van Wert defeated Ottawa-Glandorf in overtime, […]
POSTED: 09/20/18 at 3:17 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor It’s been a more than solid season for Van Wert High School’s boys’ and girls’ cross country teams. The Cougars finished 17th out of 31 teams at last weekend’s pretigious Valkyrie Invitational in Louisville, Kentucky, and before that finished 15th at the highly competitive Elite Race at the Marion, Indiana Invitational. […]
POSTED: 09/20/18 at 3:13 am. FILED UNDER: Sports