Sports
WT wins GMC match
BY KEVIN WANNEMACHER CherryRoad Correspondent PAYNE – Wayne Trace played five players below 40 Thursday night at Pleasant Valley Golf Course as the Raiders cruised to a 146-175 win over Ayersville. Brody Rosswurm led the way for the red, white and blue with a 34 while Kyle Sutton and Connor Davis both recorded 37’s for the Raiders.
Panthers open GMC play with win over WT
HAVILAND – In a battle of Paulding County rivals to open the Green Meadows Conference volleyball season, it was visiting Paulding who rebounded from an opening- set loss for a four-set victory over Wayne Trace Tuesday night.
Week 3 – Panthers stay unbeaten
PAULDING – The Paulding Panthers wrapped up a perfect non-league portion of the schedule with a 27-2 victory over Delphos Jefferson Friday night in high school football action at Keysor Field. The Panthers, who have outscored opponents 119-2 in the first three weeks, totaled 325 yards of offense against the Wildcats while giving up just 77 yards.
Panthers take fifth at Spencerville Invitational
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.
Raiders sweep second GMC match
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.
Panthers stay unbeaten
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.
Runners stay busy on weekend
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).