Lincolnview’s Clayton Leeth (above) goes to the hoop for two of his 26 points on Friday night. Leeth also connected on five triples to help lead the state-ranked Lancers (No. 12, Division IV) to a 65-58 NWC win at Bluffton. Creed Jessee (below) added 14 points for Lincolnview, while Collin Overholt and Alek Bowersock finished […]
POSTED: 01/15/21 at 11:03 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Nancy Marie Riggenbach, 70, of Huntersville, North Carolina, passed away at 4:52 a.m. Wednesday, January 13, 2021, at her residence. She was born April 13, 1950, in Ironwood, Michigan, the daughter of Sylvester “Stretch” and Donna (Rohrer) Goedde, who both preceded her in death. On December 22, 1970, she married the love of her life, […]
POSTED: 01/15/21 at 10:12 pm. FILED UNDER: Obituaries
Van Wert independent sports Here are final scores from Friday night’s area boys’ high school basketball games, including Wayne Trace’s big upset win over No. 1 Antwerp. NWC Allen East 67 Paulding 58Columbus Grove 67 Spencerville 35Crestview 55 Delphos Jefferson 42Lincolnview 65 Bluffton 58 WBL Celina 55 Bath 50 (OT)Defiance 48 Elida 23Shawnee 53 St. […]
POSTED: 01/15/21 at 9:57 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Note: This week’s Friday Flashback takes as back to January of 2014 when two undefeated and state-ranked teams – Crestview and Lima Central Catholic – met on the hardwood, with the Knights pulling out a win in Convoy. Here is the story as it appeared on the VW independent Sports page. Van Wert independent sports […]
POSTED: 01/15/21 at 4:54 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports Van Wert dominated Ottawa-Glandorf to the tune of 72-6 on Thursday and in process the Cougars earned their first Western Buckeye League victory of the season. Individual Results: 170- Morgein Bigham (VW) won by forfeit182- Abram Collins (VW) won by forfeit195- Drew Deitemeyer (VW) won by fall in :57 over Evan […]
POSTED: 01/15/21 at 4:54 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
Van Wert independent sports Crestview 54 Delphos Jefferson 44 CONVOY — Crestview improved to 10-1 (4-1 NWC) with a 54-44 home win over Delphos Jefferson on Thursday. It was Crestview’s ninth consecutive win and Delphos Jefferson’s first Northwest Conference loss of the season. It also moved Crestview into a first place tie. The Lady Knights […]
POSTED: 01/15/21 at 4:53 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
The Van Wert High School boys and girls swimming teams hosted Fort Recovery High School on Thursday and the Cougar boys were victorious 48-19, while the girls fell to the Indians 62-28. Cougar swimmers who earned a first place finish include Jamie Burenga, Tyra McClain, Allie Etter, Gracie Mull, Ian Rex, Gage Wannemacher, Jayden Welker, […]
POSTED: 01/15/21 at 4:51 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports/submitted information COLUMBUS — The Ohio High School Athletic Association Board of Directors held its regularly scheduled January meeting Thursday morning, and changes are coming to various regional and state tournaments, most notably bowling, boys and girls basketball and wrestling. One thing that won’t change – sectional tournament draw meeting dates and the […]
POSTED: 01/15/21 at 4:50 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent writer The new year brings no board changes to the Vantage Career Center Board of Education, which met for the first time in 2021 on Thursday evening. Six of Vantage’s 12 board members were sworn in for new three-year terms during Thursday’s organizational meeting. Pat Baumle, Wayne Trace; Dennis Recker, Antwerp; Greg von […]
POSTED: 01/15/21 at 12:25 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information COLUMBUS — Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, and Lt. Governor Jon Husted provided the following updates Thursday on Ohio’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Phase 1B vaccinationsGovernor DeWine highlighted the vaccine distribution timeline for Phase 1B of Ohio’s vaccination program, which is set to begin next week for those ages 80 and up. Week […]
POSTED: 01/15/21 at 12:07 am. FILED UNDER: News