Growing pains were worth it - The Blade

HAMLER — The Patrick Henry boys basketball team used a sim-ple strategy in its game against Archbold last night: force some-one beside Gene Goering to beat them.

Josh Johnson nearly did.Johnson almost quadrupled

his season scoring average to keep the Blue Streaks in front through most of the contest. Then the senior just missed a jumper in the fi nal seconds, allowing the Patriots to escape with a 49-48 victory on their home fl oor.

“I got hot, and I just fi guredI’d keep shooting until I started missing,” said Johnson, who fi nished with a game-high 19 points. “I guess my luck just ran out on the last shot.”

With the win Patrick Henry took sole possession of fi rst place in the Northwest Ohio Athletic League at 4-0. Kyle Bru-baker and Zack George each had 12 points for PH, now 8-2 overall, while Marc Krauss added 11.

Josh Wyse backed Johnson with 12 points while Goering worked to fi nished with 11 for Archbold, which falls to 10-3 and 5-1.

After the Patriots scored the fi rst six points of the game, John-son took over. He hit a pair of 3-pointers to get the Blue Streaks on the board and scored 17 fi rst-half points to give Archbold a 30-27 halftime lead.

Johnson’s scoring helped the Streaks overcome the defense played on Goering, who came into the contest as the NWOAL’s leading scorer at 20.2 points per game but had just one in the half.

“We wanted to stop Goering, but Johnson went off on us so we had to tweak [the game plan] at halftime,” Brubaker said. “He was making shots, and he was making plays. So we had to close down Johnson at the 3-point line.”

While Archbold outplayed PH much of the game, it never led by more than six points.

“The good thing for us is that they never got too far ahead, so we never lost contact with them,” PH coach Dave Krauss said. “They would have a fi ve-point or

six-point lead, we’d make a play and stay in contact.”

The bad news for the Patriots was that they never seemed able to close the gap and claim the lead. Five times in the third quarter PH cut the lead to two points or fewer, only to see Arch-bold score.

“We came in here thinking we just had to compete,” Blue Streaks coach Doug Krauss said. “They’re bigger, maybe stronger and faster, but that doesn’t make any differ-ence. You have to compete.

“I thought our guys did that for the most part. When it came down to the end, they made one more play than we did.”

And when it came down to the fourth quarter, the Archbold of-

fense struggled. The Streaks made just one of 10 shots from the fl oorand scored just six points.

Yet they managed to hold PH off until Brubaker drove the lane and scored with two minutes to play, giving the Patriots a 47-46 lead. Brian Yarnell made two free throws with 58.1 seconds left to give Patrick Henry a three-point cushion, and Archbold managed just two free throws by Goering 16 seconds later.

“The thing that hurts the most is that we were ahead most of the game, and that we had them where we wanted them,” John-son said. “Then that last minute or so they took the lead away. It was frustrating.”

— John Wagner

More boys:CARDINAL STRITCH 65,

OTTAWA HILLS 47Michael Ameling had 19 points,

nine rebounds and seven assists as Cardinal Stritch defeated visiting Ot-tawa Hills.

Eric McCloskey added 16 points for the Cardinals, who improved to 11-4 overall and 6-2 in the Toledo Area Athletic Conference.

Aaron Crooks and Phillip Beans each had nine points for the Green Bears (9-4, 5-3).

Stritch led 17-9 after one quarter and 34-22 at halftime.

LIBERTY CENTER 46,EVERGREEN 42

METAMORA — Brian Babcock had 15 points and Kasey Boden-bender added 11 for Liberty Center (6-8, 4-2).

Nick Weissenberger had 10 points for the Vikings (6-7, 1-4).

DELTA 53, SWANTON 43DELTA — Kyle Bostater had 19

points and Aaron Mahnke added 13 for Delta (8-3, 3-1 NWOAL).

Brad Betz had 21 points and Beau LaVigne 12 — all on 3-pointers — for Swanton (4-9, 1-4).

BRYAN 63, MONTPELIER 59Tyler Hollabaugh had 13 points,

Kolbrin Vitek 11 and Joe Silva 10 for Bryan (4-8, 1-4). Britt Barry had 21 points and Josh Daft 19 for the Locomotives (2-12, 0-5).

WAUSEON 45, NAPOLEON 38NAPOLEON — Chris Villalovos

had 16 points and Kevin Elson 13 for Wauseon. Dustin Smith had 18 points for Napoleon.

Girls:AYERSVILLE 46, EDGERTON 26

EDGERTON — Christa Rupple had 14 points and Kristen Nicely 11 for Ayersville (8-4, 3-1 GMC). Kendra Feltz led Edgerton (3-11, 0-4) with seven points.

PETTISVILLE 57,NORTH CENTRAL 32

PETTISVILLE — Haley Nofziger had 17 points to lead four players in double fi gures for the Blackbirds (5-9, 4-4).

Kelsea Sellers had 11 points for North Central.

STRYKER 56, HILLTOP 27WEST UNITY — Kylie Myers

had 19 points and Molly Boetz 10 for Stryker. Megan Rupp had eight points for Hilltop.

HOLGATE 52, TINORA 37DEFIANCE — Holgate’s Liza Clady

had 20 points, without scoring a 2-point basket. She had three 3-point-ers and made 11 of 12 free throws.

Cassie Giesige added 15 points for Holgate (11-4).

Chelsie Timmons and Erin Garmyn each had 10 points for Tinora (6-9).

By JOHN WAGNERBLADE SPORTS WRITER

GIBSONBURG — A 2-19 sea-son doesn’t sound like much of a building block toward a champi-onship season.

But the Gibsonburg boys bas-ketball team feels the seeds of its current success were planted during a dismal 2-19 season in 2002-03.

That year Brent Liskai was in his fi rst year as coach of his alma mater, and his roster included several freshmen who saw extensive varsity action.

The results weren’t pretty.

“We weren’t just 2-19 — we lost our fi rst 15 games,” Liskai said. “It’s hard to lose your fi rst 15 games in your hometown. But so many people stuck behind me. They said, ‘Coach, you’re doing the right things.’

“At times it’s easy to doubt ourselves, but I knew we did the right thing and we’d be OK.”

The group of freshmen that year were talented, having won the Suburban Lakes Leagues’ eighth-grade title one year ear-lier. But having freshmen play against seniors turned out to be a mismatch.

“Playing varsity my freshman year was totally different than

it is now,” said senior Derek Wasserman . “Freshman year, it seemed everything we tried to do, we struggled. We couldn’t get anything to go.”

But those freshmen had faith in Liskai, who as a player helped lead the Golden Bears to SLL

titles in 1988 and ’89, as well as a district title in ’88.

“He’s a great coach who knows what he’s doing, and he was a good player when he was younger,” senior Brent Ernsthausen said of Liskai. “We hear some of his stories, but he wants us to hang a banner of our own up in here.”

Senior Nathan Kirwen agreed, adding, “Through those times when we were struggling, [coach] kept reminding us that things would get better. He had tough years when he was young, and as they got older they went to the regional. He told us to be patient.”

Liskai also told his team to work hard. And they did, surviv-ing double practices during the Christmas break that season,

and occasionally mixing in three practices in one day.

“We really put in a work ethic that season,” Liskai said. “Some-times I feel bad that we worked them so hard, but it has paid off in the long run. And that tells you what kind of kids we have. It’s not fun when you’re losing, but to work that hard when you’re losing says something about all of those kids.”

The results of that patience and hard work were slow but steady. One of Gibsonburg’s wins that season came against Otsego, one of the league lead-ers that season. Two years ago the Golden Bears inched toward .500 before improving to 13-8 last season.

This year the Bears have blos-somed. With eight seniors, most of whom boast extensive varsity experience, Gibsonburg enters tonight’s contest with Wood-more at 11-1 overall and alone atop the SLL standings with a 7-1 record.

While the team’s fi rst-place status has been satisfying, Liskai said it is even more satisfying to see the players’ work ethic re-

main the same.“These kids worked as hard

when they were 2-19 as they do now,” he said. “We do the same things. There have been some good players who taught these guys how to work, and these guys took it and ran with it.”

As a result the Golden Bears, who were the hunters as fresh-men, have become the hunted.

“It was much easier being the hunter, going out each night thinking you can spoil some-one’s season by beating them,” Kirwen said. “Now the roles have changed. We have a big target on our forehead, and teams are out to beat us. We have to get used to playing hard each night because we never know what we’re going to see.”

Liskai feels that’s a good prob-lem to have.

“[Tuesday] we got an out-standing effort from Otsego, and I told [our guys], ‘You are a lot of people’s championship game,’ ” he said. “You have to play hard and stay focused.”

“But these kids don’t change — they’re as goofy now as they were [as freshmen]. But know-ing the other end of [winning and losing] helps us appreciate where we are now.”

Contact John Wagner at:[email protected]

or 419-724-6481.

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City LeagueLeague Overall

St. Francis de Sales 6-0 12-0Scott 6-0 11-1St. John’s Jesuit 5-0 10-2Start 3-2 7-5Waite 3-2 7-5Libbey 3-2 5-6Rogers 2-4 3-8Whitmer 2-4 3-9Bowsher 2-4 2-9Central Catholic 1-4 4-5Woodward 0-5 4-8Clay 0-6 6-7

SCORING LEADERSG PTS AVG

William Buford, Libbey 11 241 21.9Wes Taylor, Clay 11 217 19.7Darryl Roberts, St. Francis 12 232 19.3Jonathan Dunn, St. John’s 12 211 17.6Sam Bastian, Central 9 155 17.2Kyle Lightner, Scott 12 200 16.7Grant Maxey, Scott 12 181 15.1Khari Riley, Waite 11 164 14.9Mark Wortham, Waite 11 160 14.5Shannon Grice, Woodward 12 170 14.2Andrew Taylor, St. John’s 12 165 13.8Joe Jakubowski, St. John’s 9 119 13.2Zac Taylor, Clay 13 157 12.1Chris Wyse, St. Francis 12 140 11.7Nick Meinert, St. Francis 12 136 11.3Darren Owens-White, Waite 11 122 11.1Ryan Smith, Whitmer 12 129 10.8Stephen Woodley, Scott 12 127 10.6Demarcus Cummings, Woodward 12 122 10.2Philip Pearson, Libbey 11 108 9.8Matt Collins, Central 9 84 9.3

REBOUNDING LEADERSG RBS AVG

William Buford, Libbey 11 117 10.6Philip Pearson, Libbey 11 106 9.6Grant Maxey, Scott 12 108 9.0Zac Taylor, Clay 13 116 8.9Sam Bastian, Central 9 77 8.6Wes Taylor, Clay 11 86 7.8Andrew Taylor, St. John’s 12 86 7.2Rashad Burton, Central 9 63 7.0L.B. McNeal, St. Francis 12 84 7.0Darren Owens-White, Waite 11 77 7.0Antwan Willis, Whitmer 11 77 7.0Robert McClane, Woodward 12 83 6.9Gary Wells, Woodward 12 78 6.5Marlon Price, St. Francis 12 76 6.3Brad Sandridge, Libbey 11 64 5.8Shannon Grice, Woodward 12 68 5.7Steven Vaculik, St. Francis 12 67 5.6Julius Wells, Libbey 11 61 5.5Thomas Fench, Woodward 12 65 5.4Kevin Koger, Whitmer 12 62 5.2Stephen Woodley, Scott 12 62 5.2Khari Riley, Waite 11 56 5.1

Not reporting: Bowsher, Rogers, Start.

Northern Lakes LeagueLeague Overall

Perrysburg 9-0 10-3Bowling Green 8-1 10-5Maumee 6-3 11-4Springfi eld 5-4 8-4Anthony Wayne 4-5 6-6Northview 3-6 5-9Southview 1-8 3-12Rossford 0-9 3-10


Ryan Hoehner, Bowling Green 12 257 21.4Lamonte Dawson, Maumee 15 319 21.3Scott Perkins, Perrysburg 13 242 18.6Andrew Wood, Perrysburg 13 220 16.9Derek Andrzejczak, Northview 13 202 15.5Kipp Dawson, Maumee 15 231 15.4Ian Milne, Perrysburg 13 195 15.0Matt Wade, Northview 14 196 14.0Sam Myers, Northview 14 190 13.6Brent Papenfuss, Anthony Wayne 12 162 13.5Fletcher Noble, Springfi eld 12 152 12.7Brandon Radabaugh, BG 14 176 12.6Brad Zarembski, Springfi eld 12 149 12.4Jason Duly, Rossford 13 160 12.3Josh Dittman, Anthony Wayne 12 139 11.6Blaise Markey, Bowling Green 14 159 11.4Steve Decker, Springfi eld 10 101 10.1Justin Wagner, Rossford 13 119 9.2Tim Hausfeld, Southview 15 129 8.6


Scott Perkins, Perrysburg 13 130 10.0Brad Zarembski, Springfi eld 12 119 9.9Jake Causer, Maumee 15 118 7.9Matt Wade, Northview 14 105 7.5Ryan Hoehner, Bowling Green 12 68 5.7Justin Wagner, Rossford 13 72 5.5Brent Papenfuss, Anthony Wayne 12 65 5.4Andrew Shilling, Southview 15 77 5.1Brian Kramer, Southview 15 75 5.0

Suburban Lakes LeagueLeague Overall

Gibsonburg 7-1 11-1Elmwood 6-2 7-5Genoa 5-3 9-3Lake 5-3 6-8Otsego 3-5 5-8Woodmore 3-5 4-9Eastwood 3-5 3-8Lakota 0-8 0-11


Casey Donald, Otsego 13 210 16.2Dustin Reynolds, Elmwood 12 186 15.5Nathan Kirwen, Gibsonburg 12 170 14.2Anthony Robertson, Genoa 12 168 14.0Bryan Conley, Lake 14 195 13.9Corey Weiland, Eastwood 11 153 13.9Andrew Marsh, Elmwood 11 150 13.6Brent Ernsthausen, Gibsonburg 12 145 12.1Cory Hornyak, Genoa 12 143 11.9Cody McPherson, Lake 14 165 11.8Trent Rahe, Eastwood 11 122 11.1Al Tyson, Elmwood 12 129 10.8Derek Wasserman, Gibsonburg 12 129 10.8Matt Rollins, Lake 14 143 10.2Chris Bassitt, Genoa 12 122 10.2


Anthony Robertson, Genoa 12 106 8.8Dustin Reynolds, Elmwood 12 105 8.8Brent Ernsthausen, Gibsonburg 12 89 7.4Nathan Kirwen, Gibsonburg 12 88 7.3Cody McPherson, Lake 14 93 6.6Corey Weiland, Eastwood 11 68 6.2Casey Donald, Otsego 13 79 6.1Bryan Conley, Lake 14 81 5.8Andrew Marsh, Elmwood 11 62 5.6Cory Hornyak, Genoa 12 64 5.3Trent Rahe, Eastwood 11 57 5.2Seth Childers, Otsego 13 66 5.1

Not reporting: Lakota, Woodmore.

Toledo AreaAthletic Conference

League OverallToledo Christian 7-0 10-3Cardinal Stritch 5-2 10-4Ottawa Hills 5-2 9-3Northwood 3-4 6-6Maumee Valley 2-4 4-6Emmanuel Baptist 1-6 4-9Danbury 1-6 1-12


Andrew Wolff, Ottawa Hills 11 204 18.5Eric McCloskey, Cardinal Stritch 14 202 14.4Jacob Weemes, Toledo Christian 13 170 13.1Kyle Bensch, Toledo Christian 13 167 12.8Scott Smith, Northwood 12 144 12.0Thomas Clifton, Danbury 10 113 11.3Michael Ameling, Cardinal Stritch 14 150 10.7Sam Miller, Ottawa Hills 11 117 10.6Nick Wiedenhoff, Danbury 12 127 10.6Blake Powell, Toledo Christian 13 133 10.2Aaron Crooks, Ottawa Hills 11 112 10.2Tyler Boris, Toledo Christian 13 131 10.1Garrett Petty, Cardinal Stritch 14 137 9.8Mike Hamann, Danbury 12 116 9.7Walker Behan, Emmanuel Baptist 11 105 9.5Kris Benefi el, Emmanuel Baptist 13 118 9.1


Sam Miller, Ottawa Hills 11 118 10.7Andy Parker, Ottawa Hills 11 78 7.1Scott Smith, Northwood 12 82 6.8Garrett Petty, Cardinal Stritch 14 94 6.7Michael Ameling, Cardinal Stritch 14 88 6.3Jacob Weemes, Toledo Christian 13 76 5.8Nick Wiedenhoff, Danbury 12 69 5.8Shane McGaharan, Northwood 12 68 5.7Matt Smith, Ottawa Hills 11 59 5.4Kris Benefi el, Emmanuel Baptist 13 66 5.1Eric McCloskey, Cardinal Stritch 14 70 5.0

Not reporting: Maumee Valley.

NWOALLeague Overall

Archbold 5-0 10-2Wauseon 4-1 9-3Liberty Center 3-2 5-8Patrick Henry 2-0 7-2Delta 2-1 7-3Evergreen 1-3 6-6Swanton 1-3 4-8Bryan 0-4 3-8Montpelier 0-4 2-11


Gene Goering, Archbold 12 242 20.2Kasey Bodenbender, Lib. Center 13 216 16.6Chris Villalovos, Wauseon 12 193 16.1Josh Wyse, Archbold 12 162 13.5Kyle Bostater, Delta 10 126 12.6Brian Babcock, Liberty Center 13 158 12.2Brad Betz, Swanton 12 139 11.6Dave Borcherdt, Archbold 12 133 11.1

Kyle Brubaker, Patrick Henry 9 94 10.4Aaron Mahnke, Delta 10 104 10.4Elliott Mealer, Wauseon 12 121 10.1Marc Krauss, Patrick Henry 9 90 10.0Jason Turner, Delta 9 81 9.0


Gene Goering, Archbold 12 108 9.0Aaron Mahnke, Delta 10 86 8.6Elliott Mealer, Wauseon 12 101 8.4Kyle Bostater, Delta 10 84 8.4Deiter Held, Bryan 11 70 6.4Marc Krauss, Patrick Henry 9 50 5.6Kasey Bodenbender, Lib. Center 13 72 5.5Ray Martinez, Wauseon 12 66 5.5Ajay Meyer, Patrick Henry 9 48 5.3Beau LaVigne, Swanton 12 63 5.3Zack George, Patrick Henry 9 46 5.1Dusty Chase, Delta 10 51 5.1

Not reporting: Evergreen, Montpelier.

Sandusky Bay ConferenceLeague Overall

Huron 6-2 8-3Sandusky Perkins 6-2 7-5Port Clinton 6-3 9-3Sandusky St. Mary 5-3 9-3Clyde 4-3 8-4Margaretta 2-6 5-8Oak Harbor 2-6 2-10Edison 0-7 1-11

Midland Athletic LeagueLeague Overall

New Riegel 5-0 11-1North Baltimore 3-1 10-2Seneca East 3-1 9-3Carey 3-1 8-5Mohawk 3-2 7-4Old Fort 3-2 6-7Fremont St. Joseph 2-2 5-7Hopewell-Loudon 2-3 3-8Tiffi n Calvert 2-4 6-7Fostoria St. Wendelin 0-5 2-9Bettsville 0-5 0-11

Blanchard Valley ConferenceLeague Overall

Arlington 4-0 9-3Liberty-Benton 4-1 9-3Leipsic 4-1 4-8Pandora-Gilboa 3-1 8-4McComb 3-2 8-5Van Buren 3-2 6-5Vanlue 1-4 6-7Cory-Rawson 1-4 3-11Hardin Northern 1-4 1-9Arcadia 0-5 3-9

Green Meadows ConferenceLeague Overall

Wayne Trace 3-0 7-4Holgate 2-1 10-2Edgerton 2-1 9-3Ayersville 2-1 6-5Tinora 2-1 5-7Antwerp 1-2 2-8Hicksville 0-3 6-7Fairview 0-3 1-10

Putnam County LeagueLeague Overall

Ottoville 3-0 13-0Continental 3-0 11-2Pandora-Gilboa 3-1 8-4Kalida 2-1 8-5Columbus Grove 2-2 9-4Miller City 1-3 4-8Fort Jennings 0-3 5-6Leipsic 0-3 4-8

Buckeye Border ConferenceLeague Overall

Fayette 4-0 8-3Pettisville 4-1 7-4Edon 3-2 4-7Stryker 2-2 7-5Hilltop 1-4 2-9North Central 0-5 0-11

Other Northwest OhioOverall

Fremont Ross 10-3Ottawa-Glandorf 9-3Findlay 8-6Bellevue 6-6Napoleon 5-5Fostoria 5-7Tiffi n Columbian 4-9Monclova Christian 3-9Sandusky 3-9Marion Harding 1-9Defi ance 1-12

Area’s bestSCORING LEADERS

G PTS AVGJosh Vorst, Ottoville 13 295 22.7Nathan Hyde, Liberty-Benton 12 270 22.5Josh Eichar, North Baltimore 12 251 20.9Tyler Braidic, Pandora-Gilboa 11 224 20.4Nick Bardall, Leipsic 12 236 19.7Justin Horne, Port Clinton 12 236 19.7Jeremy Davis, Napoleon 9 175 19.4Nick Tea, Clyde 11 211 19.2Greg Phillips, Seneca East 12 226 18.8Andrew Baney, Van Buren 11 200 18.2Justin Crossman, Hardin Northern 10 181 18.1Adam Gries, Fremont Ross 10 174 17.4AJ Holman, Arcadia 10 172 17.2Jordan Blair, Carey 12 197 16.4Cody Perry, Old Fort 13 212 16.3Travis Kinn, New Riegel 12 191 15.9Andy Hermiller, Miller City 12 190 15.8 Jason Kryling, McComb 13 206 15.8 David Wasserman, Clyde 12 177 14.8Kyle Weber, Tinora 12 170 14.2Nick Rode, Arlington 11 153 13.9Josh Kloepfer, Vanlue 10 139 13.9Wells Faine, Cory-Rawson 12 166 13.8Matt Phillips, Van Buren 11 152 13.8Dar Neiderhiser, McComb 13 176 13.5Dustin Smith, Napoleon 9 121 13.4


Travis Kinn, New Riegel 12 182 15.2Kyle Weber, Tinora 12 145 12.1Justin Francis, Port Clinton 12 121 10.1Joey Fruin, Port Clinton 12 121 10.1AJ Holman, Arcadia 10 99 9.9Andy Hermiller, Miller City 12 117 9.8David Wasserman, Clyde 12 114 9.5Dar Neiderhiser, McComb 13 122 9.4Josh Kloepfer, Vanlue 10 92 9.2Josh Eichar, North Baltimore 12 110 9.2Josh Vandemark, Hicksville 13 109 8.4Adam Gries, Fremont Ross 10 83 8.3Jeremy Davis, Napoleon 9 74 8.2Zack Stine, St. Joseph CC 12 95 7.9Cory William, St. Wendelin 10 79 7.9Matt Wilson, Bettsville 11 86 7.8Jeff DeBlase, Bellevue 12 88 7.3Kaleb Faber, Mohawk 10 73 7.3Derek Wurm, Seneca East 11 77 7.0Greg Phillips, Seneca East 12 83 6.9Brandon Miller, Ottoville 13 88 6.8Nathaniel Kurtz, Mohawk 10 67 6.7Brad Gabel, St. Joseph CC 12 79 6.6Scott Hansen, Seneca East 12 79 6.6Nick Rode, Arlington 11 71 6.5Mac Cloud, Findlay 10 64 6.4Nick Bardall, Leipsic 12 76 6.3 Jaron Caldwell, Seneca East 12 75 6.3Brady Johnston, Miller City 12 64 5.3

Tri-County ConferenceLeague Overall

Morenci 7-0 12-0Adrian Madison 5-2 8-4Whitmore Lake 5-3 7-4Sand Creek 4-4 7-4Whiteford 4-4 7-6Summerfi eld 3-4 6-4Britton-Macon 2-6 2-8Deerfi eld 0-7 0-10

Lenawee CountyAthletic Association

League OverallIda 5-1 6-6Clinton 4-1 7-3Dundee 4-1 5-4Onsted 2-3 4-6Blissfi eld 2-3 2-9Hudson 1-5 1-8Erie Mason 0-5 2-8

Other Southeast MichiganOverall

Lenawee Christian 8-0Monroe 5-3Adrian 5-6Monroe St. Mary CC 4-7Bedford 3-8Tecumseh 2-9Monroe Jefferson 1-8Addison 1-9

BOYS STANDINGS, STATISTICS

Gibsonburg is 11-1, but many of this year’s seniors — from left, Nathan Kirwen, Clyde Ickes, Kyle Nehls, Derek Wasserman,Trevor Williamson, Brent Hiser, Wyatt Kiser and Brent Ernsthausen — played on the 2-19 varsity team their freshman year.

THE BLADE/ANDY MORRISON

Liskai

Growing pains were worth itGibsonburg seniors reap benefit of some unpleasant experiences

Patrick Henry holds off Archbold

Archbold’s Josh Johnson has the ball stripped by Patrick Hen-ry’s Brian Yarnell, right, as he drives against Kyle Brubaker.

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