SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor This week’s Random Thoughts center around football at all levels. Next week, I promise I’ll share thoughts about different sports. Great games on tap this weekend It doesn’t get much better than this – Coldwater (No. 1 in Division VI) will host Minster (No. 1 in Division VII) this Friday. It […]
POSTED: 09/11/18 at 5:28 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Crestview’s Kaylee Wolford goes up to block a Parkway hit during Monday’s non-conference match. The Lady Panthers won 14-25, 30-28, 25-20 and 26-24. “It was definitely a battle tonight and we knew it would be,” Crestview head coach Tammy Gregory said. “After winning the first set, I told the girls that Parkway will not stop […]
POSTED: 09/11/18 at 5:26 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports Volleyball Coldwater 3 Van Wert 0 At Coldwater, the Lady Cavaliers (No. 1 in Division III) handed the Lady Cougars their first loss of the season on Monday, 25-15, 25-20, 25-13. Adrianna Grothause led Van Wert with 15 digs and a pair of aces, while Jamison Clouse had five kills and […]
POSTED: 09/11/18 at 5:23 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Submitted information The YMCA of Van Wert County is now accepting registrations for its adult flag football tournament. Registration is open through October 20, and the tournament will be held October 27. The registration fee is $100 per team. There will be one team captain and up to 10 additional players per team, and 7-on-7 […]
POSTED: 09/11/18 at 5:22 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Nelson E. Fry, 90, of Delphos, passed away on Sunday, September 9, 2018, at Vancrest Health Care Center in Delphos. He was born January 11, 1928, in Canton, the son of James and Mary A. (Snyder) Fry, who both preceded him in death. On September 24, 1946, he married Opal N. Stahl, and she died […]
POSTED: 09/10/18 at 10:48 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
David Hugh Evans, 92, of Venedocia, died at 4:33 a.m. Tuesday, August 28, 2018, at the Van Wert Area Inpatient Hospice Center. He was born July 20, 1926, in Crestline, the son of David Harries and Claudia (Thomas) Evans, who both preceded him in death. On January 2, 1949, in Venedocia, he married the former […]
POSTED: 09/10/18 at 10:30 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Van Wert independent sports 10 area high school football teams are ranked in the first statewide poll of the season. Of the 10, three are ranked No. 1, while another is ranked second. According to Associated Press pollsters, three Western Buckeye League teams are among the top teams in the state. Wapakoneta is ranked No. […]
POSTED: 09/10/18 at 2:25 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
The Ignite! 2018-19 season kicked off in style on Sunday evening at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center with Country superstar Trace Adkins onstage to perform the hits he made famous over a decades-long career. The country star performed in front of a nearly standing-room-only audience that braved less than optimum weather conditions to attend the […]
POSTED: 09/10/18 at 7:29 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information COLUMBUS — With National Grandparents Day this past Sunday, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine is warning families to beware of the “grandparent scam,” which has been reported by dozens of Ohioans in recent weeks. The scam begins when a grandparent receives a call claiming the person’s grandchild is in trouble and in urgent […]
POSTED: 09/10/18 at 7:28 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent/submitted information CONVOY — The Convoy Community Days Committee will be holding a Thirty-One Bag Bingo event on Saturday, September 22, at the Edgewood Park Building in Convoy. Doors open at 9:30 a.m., with “early bird” bingo starting at 10 a.m. and regular bingo immediately following. Those wanting to participate can play 20 games […]
POSTED: 09/10/18 at 7:22 am. FILED UNDER: News