SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor DEFIANCE — It was a game that featured 85 points and nearly 900 total yards but in the end, Van Wert emerged with a thrilling 43-42 win over Defiance at Fred Brown Stadium on Friday. The loss was the first for the Bulldogs (3-1, 2-1 WBL) while the Cougars improved to 3-1 […]
POSTED: 09/09/23 at 1:07 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor CONVOY — There’s no place like home. After three straight games on the road, the Crestview Knights opened the home portion of their schedule with an impressive 47-9 romp over Ada on Friday. It was also the NWC opener for both teams. The Knights rolled up more than 500 yards of total […]
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Crestview used a swarming defense to keep Ada’s potent offense in check all night long on Friday. The Knights shut down the Bulldogs on the way to a 47-9 win (see story above). Bob Barnes/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 09/09/23 at 1:05 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports Here are final scores of area high school football games played on Friday, September 8. GMC Antwerp 39 Hicksville 6Ayersville 20 Paulding 17Tinora 42 Fairview 14Wayne Trace 42 Edgerton 6 MAC Coldwater 37 Anna 7Marion Local 56 Delphos St. John’s 0Minster 41 Fort Recovery 20Parkway 35 St. Henry 23Versailles 34 New Bremen […]
POSTED: 09/08/23 at 10:00 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent staff/submitted information The First Presbyterian Church of Van Wert has announced that Lisa Knoll has been named as the church’s new Youth and Young Family Director. She started her new position at the church on August 7. Knoll is from Wetzel, just outside of Van Wert and is a Lincolnview High School graduate. […]
POSTED: 09/08/23 at 9:28 am. FILED UNDER: Church
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent editor The new school year is off to an excellent start at Vantage Career Center. That was the word from school officials during Thursday night’s Vantage Board of Education meeting. “Our staff and students have done an amazing job even though we had a couple of fog cancelations, including the first day of […]
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Eight new staff members were introduced to the Vantage Career Center Board of Education Thursday night. They are (front row, left to right): Cindy Bowsher, Audree Markward, Cheyenne Oechsle and Eric Schwab. Back row: Brent Hoersten, Nicole Shepard, Nicole Ricker and Pearce Dietrich. Scott Truxell/Van Wert independent
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VW independent staff/submitted information FINDLAY — Flag City Honor Flight, the Findlay-based hub of the National Honor Flight Network, will take off on its third flight of the 2023 flight season on Tuesday, September 12, bringing 86 veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit the war memorials built in their honor. There will be one World […]
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Submitted information PAULDING — The next Western Buckeye ESC Governing Board meeting is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, September 20, in the ESC conference room at 835 N. Williams St, Paulding.
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The Jr. Fair Livestock Sale brought an official end to the Van Wert County Fair on Tuesday. The event was held at Farm Focus Arena at the fairgrounds. Bob Barnes/Van Wert independent
POSTED: 09/08/23 at 3:43 am. FILED UNDER: News