{"id":143259,"date":"2021-05-26T22:40:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-27T03:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=143259"},"modified":"2021-05-26T22:40:09","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T03:40:09","slug":"state-legislators-honor-cougar-grid-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/05\/26\/state-legislators-honor-cougar-grid-champs\/","title":{"rendered":"State legislators honor Cougar grid champs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Independent staff and submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; State Senator Rob McColley (R-Napoleon) and State Representative Craig S. Riedel (R-Defiance) honored the Van Wert High School football team at the Ohio Statehouse on Wednesday for winning the 2020 Division IV state championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was a special honor to have the Van Wert High School football team visit the Statehouse today,\u201d Rep. Riedel said. \u201cThese athletes not only made the Van Wert community extremely proud last fall, but all of northwest Ohio shared in their pride. The players and coaches demonstrated hard work, sacrifice, and teamwork that resulted in a state championship that will never be forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/McColley-with-VW-Cougar-football-team-5-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/McColley-with-VW-Cougar-football-team-5-2021.jpg 580w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/McColley-with-VW-Cougar-football-team-5-2021-550x220.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption>State Senator Rob McColley and other legislators pose with members of the State Champion Van Wert Cougar football team. <em>photos provided<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Riedel-with-VW-Cougar-football-team-5-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-143267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Riedel-with-VW-Cougar-football-team-5-2021.jpg 580w, https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Riedel-with-VW-Cougar-football-team-5-2021-550x279.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption>State Representative Craig Riedel and other legislators pose with members of the State Champion Van Wert Cougar football team.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the leadership of Coach Keith Recker and his assistants, the Cougars defeated Lake Catholic High School in the Division IV state championship with a 31-28 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was great to recognize the Van Wert Cougars for their thrilling state championship victory,\u201d Senator McColley said. \u201cWe have so many excellent young men and women in Northwest Ohio and the members of the Van Wert Cougar football team are certainly some of the best.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McColley and Riedel presented resolutions on behalf of the Ohio House and Ohio Senate to the team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Independent staff and submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212; State Senator Rob McColley (R-Napoleon) and State Representative Craig S. Riedel (R-Defiance) honored the Van Wert High School football team at the Ohio Statehouse on Wednesday for winning the 2020 Division IV state championship. \u201cIt was a special honor to have the Van Wert High School football team [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 20:57:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143259\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}