VW independent sports/submitted information DEFIANCE — The Van Wert Cougar wrestling team competed in the Defiance Tri-State Border Wars tournament at Defiance High School on Friday and Saturday. Van Wert finished in 25th place in the 51 team field. The Cougars were led by Owen Bates who finished in sixth place in the 106 pound weight class, and […]
POSTED: 12/29/24 at 10:28 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports Here are this week’s high school basketball broadcast schedules for 99.7FM WKSD and WERT 1220AM/104.3FM. Games are subject to change. All games will air live. WKSD Thursday, January 2 – Paulding at Wayne Trace (girls) Friday, January 3 – Wayne Trace at Paulding boys) Saturday, January 4 – Antwerp at Crestview WERT […]
POSTED: 12/29/24 at 10:26 pm. FILED UNDER: Sports
Editor’s note: As the end of 2024 draws near, the Van Wert independent is publishing what it judges to be the Top 10 stories of the year. Articles featuring two stories each will be published daily, with the top two stories published on Tuesday, December 31. Today’s article features the No. 6 and No. 5 top […]
POSTED: 12/28/24 at 12:19 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff Van Wert will soon have one less pizza place. In a Facebook announcement made Friday night, Nicko’s Pizza announced it will close for good after this weekend. The final day of business will be Sunday. “Due to rising food costs and the saturated area of pizza businesses in our community, we can […]
Lincolnview guard Max Hammons (2) finds himself surrounded by Kalida defenders on Friday night. Unfortunately for the Lancers, the Wildcats went on a big second quarter run and left with a 69-53 victory. A full game story and more can be found on the Sports page. Photo courtesy of Hanna Young
POSTED: 12/28/24 at 12:17 am. FILED UNDER: News
VW independent staff/submitted information LIMA — The Lima-Allen County Regional Planning Commission received news earlier this week from the office of Governor Mike DeWine that the proposed planning committee – the West Central Ohio Rural Planning Organization (WORPO) – was approved to be officially designated as its own rural planning entity under the leadership of […]
POSTED: 12/28/24 at 12:16 am. FILED UNDER: News
Submitted information COLUMBUS — According to provisional statistics, two people were killed in two fatal crashes on Ohio roadways this Christmas holiday. Of the two people killed, one was not wearing a safety belt. The two-day Christmas reporting period began Tuesday, December 23 at midnight and ran through 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, December 25. During […]
POSTED: 12/28/24 at 12:15 am. FILED UNDER: News
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports It was a classic snowball effect at Lincolnview High School Friday night. Max Hammons had just hit a bucket and the Lancers and Kalida were tied 22-22 with 4:45 left in the second quarter but from there, everything seemed to work in favor of the Wildcats. Kalida finished the period on an […]
POSTED: 12/28/24 at 12:05 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports CONVOY — It was total domination from start to finish, as the Crestview Knights rolled by visiting Ottoville 70-30 on Friday night. The win was the fifth straight for Crestview (7-3) while Ottoville dropped to 5-4. “I’m proud of our guys,” Crestview head coach Doug Etzler said. “We put together a full […]
POSTED: 12/28/24 at 12:03 am. FILED UNDER: Sports
VW independent sports NEW BREMEN — Keira Breese scored 16 points, Emerson Walker added 13 and Lincolnview defeated New Bremen 47-40 at the T&T Auto Holiday Tournament at New Bremen on Friday. The game looked like it would be a shootout early on, as the Lancers led 20-16 after the first period, with Breese and […]
POSTED: 12/28/24 at 12:02 am. FILED UNDER: Sports