{"id":27832,"date":"2012-08-17T06:44:41","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T11:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/?p=27832"},"modified":"2012-08-18T06:22:27","modified_gmt":"2012-08-18T11:22:27","slug":"wiffleball-highlight-of-wren-homecoming-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2012\/08\/17\/wiffleball-highlight-of-wren-homecoming-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Wren Homecoming fest this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Wiffleball may be the biggest draw at Wren Homecoming, but it's far from the only thing going on this weekend during the village's annual festival. (VW independent file photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

WREN \u2013 It\u2019s time again for Wiffleball in the village of Wren. Given kudos in the July\/August edition of Reader\u2019s Digest<\/em> for its Wiffleball tournament, the village provides that — and much more — during its annual Wren Homecoming festival, to be held this weekend.<\/p>\n

Opening ceremonies for the Wiffleball Tournament will be held at 6 p.m. today, with the first pitch thrown out by Charlie Etzler. The tournament schedule will run from 6:30-9:30 p.m. today, with a Wiffleball Home Run Derby held at 9:40 this evening.<\/p>\n

Friday night’s games include Dietrick Trucking against Slusher’s Jewelry at 6, Whiffers vs. Bunnies at 6:50, Gatorx against Bill Miller Auto at 7:40 and the River Rats vs. ACC Lawn Care at 8:30 p.m. Saturday’s games will include Greve’s\/Welch Trophy against Shotzy’s at 8:30 a.m., McSobers vs. MKS at 9:20, NOW Dog Jumpers against Clean 13 at 10:10, and Puman Stables vs. Vancrest Vultures at 11 a.m. Second-round action will begin at 12:40, with the championship game held at<\/p>\n

The annual Wiffleball Princess Pageant will also begin at 6 this evening, while there will be food and beverages available until 9 p.m.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s events include a Pancake & Sausage Breakfast at the fire station from 7-11 a.m., while the Wiffleball tournament begins at 8:30 Saturday morning. Children\u2019s games will be conducted from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. in Moser Park, while registration for Dresden-made Basket Bingo and Raffle will begin at 11:30 a.m., with the event to start at noon in Moser Park. The Rib Cook-Off will also begin at noon at Wrenway Park.<\/p>\n

The parade judging and lineup will start at 2:30 Saturday afternoon, with the parade to begin at 4 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Van Wert Community Band will perform at 5 p.m. Saturday at Wrenway Park and there will be a reverse raffle and drawing for an autographed Johnny Damon Wiffleball at Wrenway Park.<\/p>\n

The Homecoming queen contest and prize drawing will be held at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Moser Park pavilion, with Wren Ballpark Association awards handed out at 6:15 that evening in the pavilion.<\/p>\n

The Wiffleball Home Run Derby finals will begin at 8:15 Saturday evening at Wrenway Park, while pre-championship activities will be held an hour later at the park.<\/p>\n

There will be lots of activities, entertainment and food available during the weekend at Moser Park and Wrenway Park for those who know how to have fun Wren-style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DAVE MOSIER\/independent editor WREN \u2013 It\u2019s time again for Wiffleball in the village of Wren. Given kudos in the July\/August edition of Reader\u2019s Digest for its Wiffleball tournament, the village provides that — and much more — during its annual Wren Homecoming festival, to be held this weekend. Opening ceremonies for the Wiffleball Tournament will […]<\/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-27832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 18:50:46","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\/27832","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=27832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}