SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor CONVOY — Kalen Etzler came off the bench to score 25 points, including three thunderous dunks, and No. 2 Crestview rolled past New Knoxville 71-32 on Saturday. The 6-8 sophomore came off the bench because head coach Jeremy Best opted to start Drew Kline and four senior reserves (Colton Lautzenheiser, Brant […]
POSTED: 02/18/19 at 6:24 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor It’s best termed as a very impressive run. Van Wert’s eighth grade girls’ basketball team went 12-0 during the 2018-2019 regular season and lost just one game (13-1) the previous regular season. 26 games, 25 wins and just one loss. The team exited the Western Buckeye League tournament earlier than hoped, […]
POSTED: 02/18/19 at 6:23 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports It was a busy weekend for local high school sports teams with regular season basketball, conference and league wrestling tournaments and sectional bowling. Boys basketball Arlington 41 Lincolnview 37 At Arlington, Lincolnview kept it close throughout but fell 41-37 in a defensive struggle on Saturday. The loss dropped the Lancers to […]
POSTED: 02/18/19 at 6:22 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor This week’s Monday Mailbag features questions about the basketball seeding process, the final Associated Press poll and the chances of Van Wert County basketball teams in the tournament. Q: There’s no way to fully adopt a perfect system when it comes to determining the seeds for the local basketball districts, however […]
POSTED: 02/18/19 at 6:22 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports Here are this week’s high school basketball broadcast schedules for WKSD 99.7FM and WERT 1220AM/104.3FM. Schedules include girls tournament and boys regular season games. All games are live. WKSD Monday, February 18 Delta at Antwerp Tuesday, February 19 Division III girls – Paulding vs. Hicksville (6:15 p.m. tipoff)Division IV girls – […]
POSTED: 02/18/19 at 6:21 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Mary Evelyn (Burnett) Miller, 65, of Van Wert, passed away Thursday, February 14, 2019. ChurchFunerals Direct Network
POSTED: 02/18/19 at 1:20 am. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Van Wert independent sports Here are final scores of Saturday’s area basketball games. PCL Columbus Grove 62 Miller City 43 Non-conference Crestview 71 New Knoxville 32Arlington 41 Lincolnview 37Bryan 59 Paulding 39Adams Central (IN) 63 Parkway 58Elida 76 Delphos Jefferson 61 Pandora-Gilboa 54 Fort Jennings 41Shawnee 62 Spencerville 37Kalida 54 Van Buren 52Ottawa-Glandorf 83 Liberty […]
POSTED: 02/16/19 at 9:55 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent/submitted information COLUMBUS — Carl Link, live production manager at Cooper Farms, was the recipient of a prestigious honor at The Ohio Pork Council’s annual awards luncheon on February 13. The OPC Service Award recognizes an individual who demonstrates outstanding commitment and contribution to the pork industry. Link has served the Ohio pork industry at […]
POSTED: 02/16/19 at 9:16 am. FILED UNDER: Farm
VW independent/submitted information FORT WAYNE, Indiana — With the recent merger of Pro Seal and Seal Products to form PSP Seals LLC, Van Wert resident Bill Walls has been named the new general manager. Walls had served as operations manager for Seal Products since 2015 and, starting in 2017, was also operations manager for Pro Seal. […]
POSTED: 02/16/19 at 9:01 am. FILED UNDER: Business
VW independent/submitted information Lincolnview Local Schools, in correlation with Ohio Revised Code 3313.64 or 3313.65, will again permit students from adjacent school districts to apply and enroll in the district’s schools through “open enrollment” for the 2019-2020 school year. Applications will be accepted beginning April 1 on a first-come, first served basis, according to the […]
POSTED: 02/16/19 at 8:55 am. FILED UNDER: Youth