Warriors sweep Blue Jackets to advance to district title match FOSTORIA — Even when the New Riegel volleyball team’s outside and middle hitters hit or tipped the ball to the precise spot on the floor they hoped to, the Mohawk Warriors picked it up and ran offense with it. And many of those times, a kill by Mohawk senior outside hitters Madi Chester or Kaylee Ward or by middle hitters Paityn Clouse or Emma Myers-Huffman quickly ensued. Read More
Infirmary Cemetery Memorial dedicated A dedication ceremony for the Wyandot County Infirmary Cemetery Memorial was held Saturday afternoon at the Wyandot County Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Founding memorial committee members Tami Schmidt, Scott McKee, Mary Reinhart and Kelli Smith, who’s research uncovered the list of 119 names that were memorialized, all played a role in the ceremony. Read More
Falcons top Black Knights this time to win sectional championship VAN BUREN — After suffering a 1-0 loss on the road to Van Buren just over two weeks ago, the Riverdale Falcons were looking to flip the score in their favor in Saturday’s Division III sectional final between the two North Central Ohio Soccer Association teams. Read More
Wynford, Shasteen, Lust move on GALION — Upper Sandusky’s Madelyn Shasteen and Wynford’s boys team and girls runner Allison Lust qualified for regionals from the cross country district meet held Saturday at Amann’s Park near Galion. With the top four teams from each race advancing to the regional meet, Wynford finished fourth in the Division III district 1 race with 150 points, beating Norwalk St. Paul for the final regional spot by 23 points. Read More
Homecoming king and queen Wynford’s Macey Zinser (left) and Alizhah Watson (right) were named the 2018 Wynford High School Homecoming queen and king. Zinser, a Bucyrus native, is a daughter of Jake and Mollie Zinser. Watson, a Nevada native, is a son of Amy Freeman and Anthony Watson. Read More
Mohawk overwhelms Wynford BUCYRUS — Amidst all of the success that the 2018 Mohawk football team has achieved, some wondered if it could become more explosive on offense. Challenge accepted. After punting on their opening drive, the Warriors scored on their next five possessions, including a 62-yard run by quarterback Keith Jenkins and a 90-yard touchdown pass from Jenkins to Zach Hayman as the Warriors cruised to a 44-0 victory over Wynford on Friday at Wynford High School. Read More
Bucyrus rolls with big 2nd quarter Bucyrus has been a team that has played opponents tough in the first half, and with the aid of five turnovers, the Redmen’s early performance Friday night was more than Upper Sandusky could handle in a 41-6 loss. The Rams lost a pair of fumbles and threw three interceptions, and the Redmen turned four of those turnovers into touchdowns while running out to a 35-0 halftime advantage. Read More
Quilt for a cause The Wyandot PieceMakers have created an 82-inch-by-82-inch quilt, held by Carolyn Ruth and Grace Searls, which will be raffled off in support of Wyandot County Special Olympics. Read More
Mohawk tops Toledo Christian for Hoover’s 300th career win SYCAMORE — A coach does not get to 300 wins in just 15 seasons without postseason victories. Eric Hoover reached that milestone Thursday night as Mohawk won its ninth straight sectional title by starting strong and finishing even stronger in a 25-12, 27-25, 25-17 victory against Toledo Christian at Mohawk. Read More
Carey wins 7th straight sectional title McCOMB — There’s no question the Carey volleyball team has heavily relied on junior outside hitter McKenzie Row, the team’s most experienced returning player from last year, throughout the 2018 season. Row remains in the top five in the Northern 10 Athletic Conference in kills and is among the conference leaders in aces and serve receiving. Read More