PIQUA — Area athletes reached the podium seven times at the first day of the Division II regional track and field meet Thursday at Piqua, while eight individuals and five relay teams advanced to today’s finals.
ARCHBOLD — Bryan committed just one too many miscues that Defiance was able to capitalize on, as the top-seeded Bulldogs shut out the No. 8 seed Golden Bears 3-0 in a Division II baseball district semifinal played at Archbold’s Memorial Park Thursday afternoon.
The Northwest Ohio Athletic League omitted a player off its all-league baseball team selections, which was published in Thursday's edition of the Northwest Signal.
DEFIANCE — Archbold’s baseball program had advanced to a district final in five consecutive years until that streak was snapped in a district semifinal loss last season.
The Napoleon 9-and-under baseball team went undefeated this past weekend at the All American Mid May Double Play Tournament in Kenton, Ohio. Napoleon defeated the Bowling Green Diamond Cats 14-4 in the championship game to bring home the hardware. Members of the team were (front, from left) …
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Mid-American Conference announced its all-conference selections for the 2023 season Tuesday, and a pair of Archbold graduates were among the top recipients.
NAPOLEON — Umpiring at the state tournament is an honor and rare opportunity, one a high school official can wait a career for the chance.
Archbold senior Krayton Kern was named Player of the Year for baseball in the Northwest Ohio Athletic League Tuesday.
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LIBERTY CENTER — It is no accident that success has followed Peyton Armey wherever she has went during high school.
HOLGATE — Wauseon and Holgate had Monday's nonleague baseball game scheduled as a tune-up in preparation for potential tournament runs.
NAPOLEON — Liberty Center's girls and boys track and field teams paced area schools at the Division III district track and field meet, which finished Saturday at Napoleon's Buckenmeyer Stadium.
Three Napoleon golfers from the boys and girls teams were recently awarded the William Mossing Memorial Golf Scholarship. This is a one-time college scholarship in the amount of $1,000. Pictured are (from left) Steve Mossing, Will Fraker, Cierra Cruz and Bryce Bostelman.
NAPOLEON — Bryan and Napoleon combined to strand 17 runners in Friday's Division II sectional final baseball game at Booster Field, as pitchers Dylan Dominique and Blake Wolf dominated their respective lineups and worked out of tough scenarios despite steady rainfall in the latter innings.
DEFIANCE — The Defiance College Athletic Hall of Fame will gain five new members with the first new class of inductees since 2020, the Alumni/ae Varsity ‘D’ Club and the DC Athletics Department announced Thursday.
The Napoleon High School Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2023 was recently selected with Mike Burke, (coach) tennis, football and girls basketball (1975-2011); Tim Carney, (coach) soccer (2001-2008); Kelsey (Meyer) Cowell, softball (2012); Matt DeMichiei, soccer (2009); Ryan Harper, football,…
NAPOLEON — Competing within their own county, Henry County athletes accounted for wins in six of the seven finals competed Thursday during the opening day of the Division III district track and field meet at Buckenmeyer Stadium in Napoleon.
Napoleon graduate Zach Willeman was assigned to the AA Pensacola Blue Wahoos Tuesday after he signed a contract with the Miami Marlins earlier in the month.
LIBERTY CENTER — Through three innings Liberty Center was playing well, but had a perfect game going against it and trailed by one run.
NAPOLEON — Napoleon slogged through a near-30-minute top half of the first inning, but responded in the second inning to take a two-run lead.
WEST UNITY — Hilltop got a stellar outing from starting pitcher Raace Haynes, who retired the last 15 batters he faced in a 11-1 six-inning win for the Cadets over Fayette in a Division IV sectional baseball semifinal Tuesday evening at Hilltop High School.
ATHENS, Ga. – Brandon Hummer, associate director of athletic performance at the University of Georgia, has been named the winner of the 2023 Gatorade Young Achievement Award, it was announced earlier this week.
DELTA — Delta senior baseball player Bryce Gillen will surely miss his time outside on the diamond when he graduates in a few weeks.
DEFIANCE — Bryan took advantage of six Tinora errors to score a 7-2 nonleague win Monday.
WAUSEON — In their tune-up for Friday’s sectional final, Wauseon and Defiance met on the diamond Monday where the Bulldogs cruised to a 15-1 win in five innings in non-league baseball.
NAPOLEON — With only five players returning from last season, the Napoleon American Legion Post #300 baseball team will have a new look for the 2023 summer season. The River Bandits will have the same goal ... get back to the state tournament.
WAUSEON — Wauseon recently announced the addition of two head coaches for fall and winter sports.
Evergreen’s Macy Chamberlin repeated as the Northwest Ohio Athletic League softball player of the year, as the all-league teams were announced Wednesday.
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HAMLER — In a wild back-and-forth affair, Napoleon scored first and last to overcome a Patrick Henry rally and post a 12-9 win Saturday afternoon at Garrold Parratt Field.
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MONTPELIER — The Pettisville boys won six events en route to capturing the program’s first Buckeye Border Conference track and field title since 2015 Saturday at Hobe Krouse Field.
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BRYAN — Wauseon’s Carson Wenger and Gavin VanDeilen and Archbold’s Cameron Yoder and Ethan Stuckey finished in the top three in the doubles bracket at the final day of the Division II sectional boys tennis tournament Saturday at Bryan High School.
MONTPELIER — The Montpelier girls kept the title at home, as the Lady Locomotives won its third-straight Buckeye Border Conference track and field championship Saturday at Hobe Krouse Field.
On Thursday, Henry County Special Olympics hosted a school-aged track and field meet at Napoleon High School. The Four County Career Center Business Professionals of America students volunteer fundraised throughout the year to make this event happen. More than 170 students from Henry, Fulton…
EDGERTON — Edgerton’s softball team erupted for eight extra-base hits en route to a 14-2 five-inning win over Edon in a Division IV sectional final Thursday at Sharon Shaffer Field in Edgerton.
LIBERTY CENTER — Liberty Center forced Holgate to use three pitchers in the first inning due to a six-run frame en route to a 12-5 intracounty win Thursday.
BRYAN — Wauseon's boys placed top five 11 times on the last day of competition, including three first-place finishes, en route to the team title at the Northwest Ohio Athletic League Track and Field Championships, which concluded Friday at Bryan High School.
BRYAN — Liberty Center's girls won three events Friday to defend their crown at the Northwest Ohio Athletic League Track and Field Championships at Bryan High School.
METAMORA — In pursuit of a share of the Northwest Ohio Athletic League title Friday, Archbold was held scoreless for six consecutive innings.
SHERWOOD – Fairview’s softball team took care of business with an 11-0 win in five innings over Spencerville in a Division III sectional final on Friday at Fairview High School.
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NAPOLEON — After eight years and leading Napoleon girls basketball to a historical two-year run, which included an undefeated season and a state championship, Corey Kreinbrink announced Friday morning he has accepted the position of high school girls varsity basketball coach at Dublin Coffma…
NAPOLEON — The Wildcats’ 4x200 boys relay team continues to shatter records this season, this time they did it at the Northern Lakes League Championships.
An array of former Henry, Fulton and Williams County athletes are competing in college this season.
NAPOLEON — It was the 4th of July 1954, and Bob and Donna Small were returning from Defiance with their four children after visiting with family. Suddenly, a car emerged from the side, side-swiping the Small vehicle and sending the family of six sailing through the air. Both passengers in th…
HOLLAND — Springfield scored all three of its runs in the first inning and Napoleon’s late-game rally fell short in a narrow 3-2 loss in Northern Lakes League action Wednesday.
WAUSEON — Wauseon High School will be adding a new elective course for the 2023-24 school year, one designed to instruct students on how to be a sports official at the youth and high school level.
NAPOLEON — The Lady Cats’ 3,200 relay team placed third and led Napoleon on the first day of the Northern Lakes League track and field championships Wednesday at Napoleon High School.
NAPOLEON — Napoleon used a five-run second inning to take the first lead of Wednesday’s Northern Lakes League softball game with Maumee.
LEIPSIC — Liberty Center and Leipsic traded blows late in Tuesday’s nonleague baseball game before eventually settling on a 5-5 tie in a 14-inning contest.
SHERWOOD — Fairview’s softball team left no doubt in its 22-0 win over Ottawa-Glandorf in five innings in a Division III sectional semifinal Tuesday at Fairview High School.
BRYAN — Emili Cramer won a pair of events and the Tigers’ 4x800 relay team was also victorious to propel Liberty Center to a big lead for the girls title after the first day of the Northwest Ohio Athletic League Track and Field Championships.
