SPENCERVILLE – The Paulding and Wayne Trace cross country teams made the trip to Allen County on Saturday to take part in the Spencerville Invitational where the Panther boys led the way placing fifth in the black division.
PAYNE – With the Green Meadows Conference implementing a new system this year for the all-league selections, boys and girls golf teams met up Thursday night in the second round of conference-wide play.
PAULDING – The Paulding Panthers returned to Keysor Field Friday night to host North Central from Williams County and the game was dominated by the maroon and white, scoring early and often in a 58-0 blanking of the visiting Eagles. Also in Paulding County Friday night, Wayne Trace saw a late lead disappear in the final minute as the Raiders fell to Spencerville 28-27 while Antwerp dropped a 55-6 decision to Edon.
All three county schools saw cross country action over the weekend as teams took part in meets in Wood and Putnam Counties. Wayne Trace took part in the Mel Brodt High School Cross Country Invitational at Bowling Green State University On the boys side, Eli Treece led the Raiders with a time of 18:18.30 (80th) and Jaxson Cook posted a time of 20:11 (177th).
All three Paulding County schools picked up victories in action last week as Antwerp, Paulding and Wayne Trace all recorded wins. In Antwerp, the Lady Archers held off visiting Montpelier for a five-set win over the Locomotives.
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A pair of Paulding County football teams opened the 2024 high school football season with victories Friday night as Antwerp and Paulding each recorded victories. The Archers visited Williams County and came home with a 34-0 victory over Montpelier behind 162 yards passing from quarterback Derek Hines.
INFORMATION SUBMITTED FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The hot start to the season carried over into the second week of competition for the Defiance Yellow Jackets by downing the Oakland City Mighty Oaks 3-1 on Friday.
LIMA – Wayne Trace started off its high school volleyball season on the right foot with a straight set sweep of Lima Central Catholic Tuesday evening. The Lady Raiders captured the first set of their season in a 25-14 victory over the Thunderbirds before following that up with a 25-18 win in game two.