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Bombers Heading Back To Playoffs After Trouncing Gibsonburg, 40-21

By: Kent Hutchison

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GIBSONBURG - The task at hand was simple for the

Edon Bombers; win and clinch a playoff berth or lose

and have their fate dependent upon others. The

Bombers made the long bus ride to Gibsonburg and left

nothing to chance by pounding the Golden Bears 40-21.

The Bombers began the night on offense at their 18yard line. Immediately Edon headed in the right direc-

tion. Quarterback Kaden Sapp hit his favorite target

Connor Hug for eight yards, then called his own number

for 19 more. Sapp to Hug again for 27 left the ball at the

Gibsonburg 28. Trevor Green gained one yard on his

first carry, then Sapp connected with Brock Thiel to pickup 12 more. On first down with the ball resting at the

Bears 15 yard line, Sapp missed Hug. Green gained two,

then Sapp added six. Edon faced the first big decision of

the night as it was fourth and two at the Gibsonburg

seven. The Bombers decided to go for the touchdown

instead of the field goal. Sapp rolled right, but wasunable to find anyone and was dropped for a one yard

loss turning the ball over to the Bears.

Gibsonburg started their initial offensive possession

at their eight yard line. In thirteen plays and a little

under five minutes, the Golden Bears clawed their way92 yards, and added a two point conversion to take the

early lead 8-0 with 4:49 left in the first quarter.

On the ensuing kickoff, Hug had a nice return

advancing the ball from the twelve to the Bombers 38

yard line. Sapps pass to Landon Bloir was just out of

reach, then Hug gained five on the ground. Facing 3rdand 5, Sapp came up short after gaining three. With

another fourth down staring them in the face, Edondecided to punt this time. Mike Peeples and the rest of

the punt team assumed the formation. As the ball was

snapped Peeples jumped high in the air as the ball

apparently went over his head. Instead like a postHalloween trick, the snap went directly to Hug who

sprinted right past the Gibsonburg bench for a 22 yard

gain and a Bomber first down to advance the ball to the

Bears 32 yard line. Edon needed just one more play to

add six to the board as Sapp rolled right and hit Hug for

a 32 yard score. Peeples extra point attempt was wideright and the Bombers had narrowed the def icit to 8-6 as

3:07 remained in the opening period.

The Edon score did little to discourage the determina-

tion of the Bears. Gibsonburg extended their lead to

14-6 as they covered 73 yards in seven plays, in large

part due to the passing arm of quarterback Matt Tille.

Hug fielded the kickoff for the Bombers and returnedthe ball to the Edon 29 yard line. The Bombers field

position improved 15 yards after a late hit was assessed

to Gibsonburg. The drive started with Sapp hitting Bloir

for twelve yards. The quarter ended as Sapp raced

through the Bear defense for 29 yards leaving the ball atthe Bears 15. Sapp found Thiel again for nine more asthe ball rested at the Burg 6 yard line. Sapp covered the

remaining distance with his legs to cut the Bears lead to

14-12. It appeared the game was tied as Sapp laid the

ball across the goal line after a designed quarterback

sweep on the conversion attempt. However, the percep-

tion was a mirage when the side judge determined thesignal callers knee was down before the ball crossed into

the end zone.

The Edon defense wasnt on the field for long. On

first down Tyler Seaman tossed Josh Dyer for a one yard

loss. The Bombers regained possession when Hug

stepped in front of a pass from Tille and returned it tothe Edon 36 yard line. Hug got the ball again on offense

and gained four. Green had a nice gain on second down,

but it was for naught when the official walked the ball

back to the Bomber 20 yard line after signaling holding

on Edon. Faced with second and 26, the Bombers

picked up 25 when Sapp hit Thiel. On third and one

Sapp picked up the first down and more when the quar-terback draw resulted in a 55 yard touchdown scamper.

Peeples boot split the uprights and for the first time of

the night Edon led, 19-14 with 8:54 to go before half-

time.

If the Edon team and fans werent fired up enoughalready, they were in a total frenzy after three consecu-

tive pass attempts from Tille fell to the turf. The Bears

punted on fourth down and the ball came to rest with no

return at the Edon 33 yard line.

With lead in hand the Bombers marched back on the

field. Sapp to Hug moved the ball 17 yards to the mid-field stripe. Consecutive runs by Sapp netted one, then

11 yards. Sapp targeted another aerial in Hugs direc-

tion on first down, but the ball sailed out of bounds.

Hug added one on the ground, then Sapp had a nice run

negated by a holding penalty. The infraction sent the

ball back to the Edon 44 yard line. Thiel hauled inanother toss for eight yard, but the Bombers wisely

decided to punt on fourth down and 18 from theGibsonburg 46. Peeples first punt of the night was fair

caught at the Bears 13 yard line.

Gibsonburg was able to pick up one first down on the

possession, but thereafter the Bomber defense tightenedforcing another punt. This time Hug returned the ball to

the Edon 31 yard line.

The Bombers were stymied once again as Sapp was

unable to connect with Thiel on first down. Sapp hit Hug

for eight, but lost two on third down. This time Peepleskick sailed out of bounds at the Gibsonburg 40 yard line.

Following an incompletion from Tille, Sapp shifted

the momentum back in the favor of Edon when he

stepped in the path of a Tille pass. The pick gave Edon

the ball back on the Burg 40 yard line.

With only 1:05 to go before halftime, the Bombersshifted gears to full hurry up mode. Sapp directed

another toss in Hugs direction and the senior leaped

high above two defenders to grab the ball. However,

three consecutive incompletions left Edon facing fourth

and 10 from the Gibsonburg 33 with just over 30 sec-onds remaining. Sapp rolled right, but was unable tofind an open receiver. He raced all the way back across

the field left only to find a wide open Peeples for an

apparent Bomber score with just 22 seconds left in the

half. However, after a brief meeting between the officials

it was determined Sapp was beyond the line of scrim-

mage on the pass and the ball was turned over on downsto Gibsonburg at the Bears 38 yard line.

With little time left, Hayward gained 17 for the Bears.

However, Gibsonburg gave the ball right back to Edon

when Tille hit Thiel instead of another Bear at the Burg

45 yard line.

With just 4.9 seconds left on the clock Sapp pitchedto Hug, who in turn threw back to Sapp. The play

resulted in just a short gain as the clock ticked to zero

with Edon leading 19-14 at intermission.

Edon lined up to kick

off to start the second half.

As Hug was set to boot theball deep, instead he

caught the entire

Gibsonburg return team

off guard with a perfect

onside kick that was cov-

ered by Jordan Whittakerat the Bears 45 yard line.

The kick brought the visi-

tors sideline and stands to

life as the offense burst

back out on the field. Hug

got another shot andgained five, then Green

added 12 yards and anoth-

er first down. The next

play resulted in a seven

yard loss as the shotgun

snap was high and rico-cheted from Sapps hands

into Hugs. A strike from

Sapp to Hug gained 10

back, but on third and

seven the combo wereunable to connect. It was

decision time once again

for Edon on fourth and

seven from the Bears 25.

This time the choice paid

dividends as Sapp followedhis line through the middle

for just enough for the first

down. With the ball at the

Bears 18, Sapp gained six on first down, then Greengained three before being held to no gain on third. There

was no doubt the Bombers were going for it once again

with fourth down and one at the nine yard line. Sapp

sprinted all the way across the field left, then back right.

The quarterback stopped just enough to set his feet andfind Hug wide open in the back corner of the endzone.When Peeples boot was spot on once again, Edon was in

control 26-14 with 8:04 left in the third quarter.

If the score hadnt done enough to fire up the

Bombers even more, the next defensive ser ies did. A hold

sent the Bears back to their 26 yard line and an incom-

pletion followed. Consecutive sacks by Whittaker andGreen led to a fourth down punt from the Gibsonburg 20

yard line. The punt was shanked out of bounds and

marked at the Bears 43 yard line.

Sensing the win and impending playoff berth associ-

ated with it, Edon kicked it into high gear. Sapp hit

Peeples for nine and ran for another ten to move the ballto the Bears 24. Green added seven, but a false start

moved the ball back five yards. Undaunted, Sapp found

Hug again to cover the 22 yards needed for another

touchdown. The Peeples kick was true to move Edon

comfortably ahead 33-14 with 3:36 still left in the third

quarter.

A short kick return gave the beaten down Bears theball at their 28 yard line. A second down screen pass led

to a first down, but an incompletion and a Heath Brown

tackle led to a three yard loss. Now in desperation mode

facing third and 13, Gibsonburg resorted to a trick of

their own. A toss sweep to Heyward was a designedpass. However, the toss hung in the air for what seemed

to be an eternity before falling into Browns hands for

Edons fourth interception of the night.

With great field position once again the Bombers

looked poised to leave no doubt in the outcome of the

game. Green galloped for 16 yards to give Edon first andgoal at the five yard line. Green moved the Bombers two

yards closer on first down, but Thiel lost two on second.

On third and goal at the five Sapp sent another pass to

Hug. Unfortunately Hug slipped on the moist turf dur-

ing his cut and the ball landed in the hands of the

Gibsonburg cornerback who fell to the ground at the ten.The Bomber defense rose to the occasion once again

forcing a three and out with 11:21 remaining in thegame. The Bears punter booted the ball to the Edon 42

where it was downed.

With the game well in hand Coach Scott Staten

decided to milk the clock and go almost exclusively tothe ground game burning 7:40 seconds off in thirteen

plays. Sapp for three, then Hug for a loss of one pro-

ceeded an eight yard scamper by Sapp which resulted in

a first down. Green gained four, then five on two succes-

sive carries, but Sapp lost one. In the only pass of theseries Sapp hit Thiel for a big 19 yard gain. Green for

another four, then Sapp added one then nine to move

the chains to the Gibsonburg seven yard line. Hug

moved the ball to the one yard line with another run,

then Sapp left no doubt the Bombers were heading back

to the playoffs when he plunged in for the score. Peepleshit his fourth straight PAT for the 40-14 advantage.

The Golden Bears added a score in their last posses-

sion as the Bombers substituted freely on defense. Edon

got the ball back with 2:13 left and continued to run out

the clock. As the scoreboard ticked to zero the Bomberplayers, coaches, cheerleaders and fans erupted onto thefield to take part in the celebration.

Kaden Sapp had another huge night for Edon. The

junior signal caller finished 16-25 passing for 259 yards

with three touchdown passes and one interception. He

also was the leading rusher for the Bombers with 22 car-

ries for 172 yards and three more scores. Hug had anexceptional night as well hauling in 9 catches for 165

yards and 3 TDs. For the second week in a row Hug

lined up more frequently in the backfield as the senior

had 8 totes for 36 yards. After just two first half carries,

Green picked up the majority of the workload in the sec-

ond half and ended with 14 totes for 55 yards. Otherreceptions included Thiel who had 5 catches for 73

yards, Bloir hauled in one pass for 12 yards and Peeples

had one catch for nine yards.

Following the game Coach Staten shared his feelings

on the win. Im super excited for our kids, for our

seniors, our community and everyone who has ralliedbehind us. When asked how the team has responded

the last two weeks to falling behind early and coming

back to dominate the game the coach replied, We talked

about it before the game and halftime that hard work

and dedication pays off. Our kids have worked their tails

off, especially in the off season, to get to this point. Theoverall resiliency of our kids is amazing. They fight real

hard and have exceptional mental toughness. We talk

all the time about mental toughness and being able to

handle adversity. Our kids continue to fight like crazy

and never get rattled. Im very proud of them for that.

Now that the Bombers are guaranteed to be in the play-offs Coach Staten was asked about potential matchups.

The projections prior to the game indicated we would

play Tiffin Calvert at Tiffin if we both won tonight. Three

out of the four times we have made the playoffs it has

been against Calvert at Tiffin. Whatever ...

CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

PHOTOS BY KENT HUTCHISON, STAFF

A LITTLE HELP HERE? ... A Gibsonburg defender hangs

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Danbury Holds Off A Furious Hilltop RallyTo Win A TAAC Slobberknocker, 38-35

LAKESIDE MARBLE-HEAD - The Hilltop Cadets

have been affiliated withthe Toledo Area AthleticConference since 2005.

After eight years, theDanbury Lakers of the

TAAC have a streak run-ning against the Cadet

Cadre. In eight games,

Danbury had yet to crackthe win column against the

running red.On November 1, Hilltop

made the arduous trek tothe Lake Erie shores of

Ottawa County for their

annual tilt with the Lakers.Looking to win back-to-

back games for the firsttime this season, the

Cadets once again dug

themselves into a deep holeearly. This time around,

Danbury was able to holdoff a late Hilltop charge, as

the Lakers got their firstever win over the Cadets,

38-35.

By the time that QuinnSmith hit Chad Champion

with a 38-yard touchdownpass with 6:34 left in the

first half, the Lakers werealready up by two touch-

downs. Danbury scored

again with 3:36 left in thehalf to take a 21-7 lead into

the intermission.The Lakers added two

third period touchdowns to

open a 35-7 lead. The

hometown faithful mighthave sensed a blowout in

the making, but the Cadetssaw something different...the Lakers were dropping

anchor way too soon.The Cadet salvos began

to hit home just prior to theend of the third period as

Smith and Champion con-

nected on a touchdownpass to bring Hilltop to

within three touchdowns at35-14. The final frame had

the Lakers fan base look-ing for their Maalox.

Smith found Austin

Batt for a 13-yard strikewith 10:59 left in the game

to close the deficit to twotouchdowns. Two minutes

later Smith and Champion

hooked up again to bringHilltop to within a touch-

down at 35-28. All that wasneeded was for the Cadet

defense to shut down theLakers, but they were not

up to the task.

What proved to be theinsurance points came

from the foot of JamesDorko, as he connected on

a 20-yard field goal with4:20 left in the game to

reestablish Danburys dou-

ble-digit lead at 38-28.With 2:12 left in the con-

test, Hilltop drew closerwhen Smith called his own

number and ran six yards

for a touchdown. Trailing

by three with all three time-outs and better than two

minutes to play, the Cadetstried to get the ball backvia the onside kick.

Danbury was ready though,and they smothered the

ball to retain possessionand run out the clock.

Smith had the most

prolific night of his youngcareer, going 12 of 30 for

168 yards, four scores anda pick. Miklo Abner com-

pleted his only pass for 18yards.

Champion hauled in 7

passes for 111 yards and 3touchdowns; Smith caught

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Locomoties Out Muscled B DeltaTo Close Out The Seaso, 47-7

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DELTA - The Montpelier Locomotives

traveled to Delta on Friday, November 1

in the season finale, and when the finalgun sounded to close out the season,

the Locos dropped another hard fought

game to a tough Delta squad 47-7. The

loss drops the Locomotives to 2-8 on theseason and 1-7 in NWOAL action.

Delta opened up the scoring on the

evening at 5:54 in the 1stquarter whenthe Panthers connected on a 42 yard

scoring strike and following the extra

point, Delta moved to a 7-0 lead. TheLocomotive defense stood solid through-

out the 1st, but Deltas powerful ground

attack took control and kept the Loco

offense off the field. Delta added anoth-er score with 31 seconds remaining in

the quarter on a 49 TD run to make the

score 14-0 at the end of the 1st.Each team traded possessions in the

opening minutes of the second quarter,

but once again, the powerful Pantherground attack took control and at 8:04

punched the ball into the end zone to

move to a 21-0 lead following the extrapoint. Delta added another scoring runat the 4:51 mark with a 5 yard run,

closing out the half at 28-0.

To open the 3rd quarter, theLocomotive ground game got a feisty

Locomotive squad on the scoreboard

when Quarterback Keegan Hitzeman

plunged into the end zone from 1 yardout, and following the successful extra

point, the Locos closed the gap to 28-7.

But as the Locomotives found somesuccess on the ground, the Panther

defense stood tall and shut down any

come back the Locos had in mind,

while adding to their lead on a 8 yardpower run at the 5:54 mark in the quar-

ter, bringing the score to 34-7 and clos-

ing out the quarter.Into the 4th quarter, the Panther

defense continued to stymie the

Locomotive attack with an athletic andfast group of defenders. Delta punched

the ball into the end zone with another

scoring strike from 24 yards out on a

catch and determined run through the

Loco defense, bringing the score to

40-7. The Panthers then rounded out

the scoring for the evening when at the

4:05 mark, the Panther offensive line

paved the way for a powerful 90 yard

burst though the Montpelier defense,

bringing the score to 47-7 and closing

out a tough season for the young

Locomotives.On the night for the Locomotives,

Hitzeman gained 67 yards through the

air, going 4-20 with 1 interception.

Receiving for the Locos, Alex Zuver

hauled in 2 catches for 20 yards, while

Cody Caudill snagged 2 catches for 47

yards.

On the ground, Jordan Birdsall led

the Locos with 58 yards on 15 carries,

Levi Croft added 9 yards on 5 carries.

Wyatt Beck toughed out 5 yards on 9

carries and QB Hitzeman added 4 yards.

Defensively for the Locomotives,

Birdsall led all defenders with 11.5

stops on the night while Nate McCord

chipped in 4 tackles. Caudill added 3.5

hits along with Simon Wang, Jared

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ited with 1 stop and Ivan Moore along

with Austin Cook rounded out the

defensive effort with .5 tackles credited

on the night.

Also for the Locomotives, Caudill

chipped in an extra point on the evening

and punter Hulbert kicked 8 times for

188 yards averaging 23.5 yards per

punt.

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schedule on the season, the Locomotives

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and Wausons own Taylor Vrnot wrinvolvd in a battl for th front of th

pack for th ntir rac. At th ndthough, whn th tim cam to shift itinto high gar, Vaughn found hrslf

with clutch problms. Vrnot found hrovrdriv though, ovrtook Vaughn,

and capturd th D-II IndividualChampionship by 5.3 sconds ovr

Vaughn, and 16.9 sconds ovr ththird plac finishr.

At th nd of th first mil, Vaughn

had a 0.4 scond lad ovr Allison

Sinning of Tippcano for first plac,with Hannah Campbll of CaldoniaRivr Vally in third by 0.1 sconds,and Vrnot in fourth, 0.2 sconds

bhind Campbll. Th conditioning ofVrnot bgan to com to th for in th

scond mil as Vrnot ovrtookCampbll for third plac, 0.9 scondsbhind first plac Vaughn, and 0.6 sc-

onds in back of Sinning.In th final mil, Vrnot found hr

ovrdriv with a third mil tim of5:49.1, hr bst on-mil timing sinc

sh clockd 5:41.6 in mil on. Sinningfll off th mark by 4.2 sconds com-pard to hr mil two timing. Sinning

fll into third plac, laving Vaughnand Vrnot vying for th gold. Aftr

posting a 5:40.9 in th first mil and

5:50.0 in th scond, Vaughn could notmaintain th pac of Vrnot who grw

strongr as th rac nard its nd. Atth finish lin, Vrnot was th only

mmbr of th top four finishrs thatwas abl to rgain a spd of undr5:50. Th conditioning, dtrmination

and skill of Taylor Vrnot was th kyto hr finally passing Vaughn in th

final lg of th rac, nvr looking backon hr way to bcoming th nw

Division-II Stat Champion. Hr finaltim of 18:04.40 was th fastst rgis-trd by any girl, Divisions I, II or III, at

th 2013 Stat Finals.

I still cant bliv it, said thnwly crownd champ. Coming intoth rac this yar, I flt mor confidnt

sinc this was my third trip down, andI knw xactly what to xpct. I knw

on of th most important things to doin ordr to hav a good shot at placing

in th top fw was to gt out fast rightaway, and stick on th lad pack for aslong as possibl, and I think I did just

that. My start was th bst start Ivhad at th stat mt, and right away I

was sid by sid with th ladrs.Our littl pack stuck prtty clos

togthr through th two-mil mark,

Vrnot continud, ..and thn it startdto gt tough. On by on th othr girls

driftd off, but I was still fairly clos toMary Kat Vaughn in front of m, thdfnding stat champion. With about

half a mil to go, I was right up nxt tohr, and I bgan to try to pass hr, but

sh wasnt going down without a fight.W hit th long hom strtch and I was

vn closr yt to hr. At that point Ithought to myslf, This is th closstchanc I will vr hav to win a stat

titl; I hav to do this.

It flt lik I was sprinting fastrthan Id vr gon bfor, but I fltstrong, sh rcalld. Th finish linwas approaching quickly, and I mad

my mov around Mary Kat, still sur-prisd that sh hadnt bgun hr own

kick to th finish. Whn I passd hr,and sh didnt rspond and I hard thscraming crowd, it was thn that I

ralizd I was going to win it. I gav itall that I had, and th fling whn I

crossd th lin first was unblivabl.I nvr, vr thought that I would win

th stat mt, but I know that all of myhard work paid off in that momnt.

This is truly a blssing, and I am so

thankful for vrybody that had a partof it. Not many popl can say thyv

ran at th stat mt, but thn to win

it? Thats somthing I will nvr forgt.Nithr will Wauson High School,

Taylor...not by a long shot.Th following Wauson finishs wr

rcordd by plac and tim...

6 - WAUSeON - 179

1 - Taylor Vrnot - 18:04.40

* Ohio D-II Girls State Champion *

53 - Snca Wys - 19:55.60

61 - Ansa Volkman - 20:04.20

65 - Kyli Archibqu - 20:07.60

76 - Lindsy Archibqu - 20:20.90

103 - Mgan Bck - 20:51.30

125 - Ala Volkman - 21:39.60

Varsity Cross Country ActionTHE HOMETOWN HUDDLE

PHOTO BY MICHAEL NOFZIGER, STAFF

ALL SMILeS ... Assistant coach Tom Vrnot, Taylor Vrnot and coach Jo Alln pos fora championship pictur as Taylor won th Division II stat cross country titl Saturday

in Columbus.

By: Bill BrayTHE VILLAGE REPORTER

Th Wauson Indians hlpd thmslvsto an xtndd football sason Friday night

with a 35-14 NWOAL victory ovr PatrickHnry.

Patrick Hnry was looking to advanc to

thir 12th conscutiv playoff apparancundr coach Bill Inslmann. Th Wauson

Indians playoff drought dats back to 1999and thy had not batn th Patriots sinc

2007.Th rst quartr was a tst of wills as ni-

thr tam could 'gt off th ground' grinding

out short yardag and sing drivs stall foralmost th ntir quartr.

With 11 sconds rmaining in th opn-ing stanza, and th Indians on thir own

nin-yard lin, th sa partd and through it

ran Kris Boysl. Boysl had rcivd a 'pitchand catch' rcption from his quartrback

Ty Suntkn. Boysl gathrd th ball on th12 yard lin. From thr th talntd snior

rcivr gallopd 91 yards for th gam'srst scor. Suntkn found Axl Butr in

th front cornr of th nd zon for th xtra

points and th Indians wr up 8-0.Butr, valuabl on both sids of th lin,

intrcptd a pass on Patrick Hnry's nxtdriv and rturnd th ball to th Wauson

36. On th rst play from scrimmag it wasButr again, this tim rciving th ball

from Suntkn and sprinting 53 yards down

to th Patriot's 11. From thr it was ZacRobinson for a v yard gain, an incomplt

Suntkn pass, thn a six-yard Suntkn toNoah Castl pass that put th Indians up

14-0 with 7:34 lft in th rst half. JoshWhitcomb addd th kick and Wauson had

a suprising 15-0 lad.

Patrick Hnry suffrd much of th rst

half with ball control. Quartrback DrkKolpin fumbld numrous snaps from hiscntr. Th sam was tru on th Patriot's

nxt possssion. Two straight cntr x-chang fumbls wr rcovrd by Patrick

Hnry, th scond on a fourth and on that

turnd th ball back ovr to th Indians atth Wauson 44.

Wauson wastd littl tim again asButr skirtd for 33 yards to th Patrick

Hnry 24 thn Boysl hauld in a Suntknpass for th rmaindr of th distanc and

with 5:01 lft in th half Wauson was pull-

ing away 21-0.With Patrick Hnry running thr tims

as many offnsiv plays as Wauson, thstats would say that th Patriot's wr domi-

nating. But big plays wr part of Wauson'soffns ovr thr quartrs of th gam.

Thir fourth scor was no diffrnt. Taking

ovr on thir own 27, Suntkn found But-r with a scrn pass that turnd into a 73

yard touchdown run to start th third quar-tr. Whitcomb addd th xtra point and at

th 7:28 mark th Trib continud to pull

away 28-0.To that point th four Indians scor

drivs rad lik this. On play, 91 yards.Four plays, 64 yards. Four plays, 56 yards.

On play, 73 yards.Th Patriots, bhind th running of thir

workhors, Toby Hrnandz, wr abl to

put six points on th board as th fourthquartr startd. On th 14 play, 74 yard

driv, Hrnandz carrid svn tims. JoshPtrson's v yard run put th Patriot's into

th scoring column as th scor rad 28-7with 10:27 rmaining in th contst.

Wauson, again wastd littl tim inanswring back with a thr play, 58 yarddriv. Aftr a short four-yard pass to Zac

Robinson, Suntkn found a hol on th rightsid and rambld 57 yards to th Patriot's

two. Thr h was hit hard and fumbld th

ball forward. An alrt Zach Johnson dovonto th ball giving th Indians thir fth

and nal tally of th gam at th 9:03 mark.Whitcomb's kick was good and th lopsidd

scor rad 35-7.A Ptrson to Hoops pass supplid Pat-

rick Hnry with a consolation touchdown

at th 6:04 mark as th nal scor nddWauson 35, Patrick Hnry 14.

"Our sniors wr phnomnal tonight,"coach Travis Coopr said. "Our dfns has

bn suprb all sason long. W just wrn'tabl to run th football vry wll on thm.

Thy ar good up front. All thos big plays

w mad tonight is what sticks out to m."Ty Suntkn, who now has on mor

chanc to gain 1,000 yards rushing for hisscond straight sason from his quartr-

back position, continud to scap qus-tions about himslf and his wll bing. "I'm

not thinking about myslf at this point. I am

just so happy that w can now rprsnt ourcommunity in th playoffs for th rst tim

in 14 yars. I fl vry blssd that I havbn abl to com back and play for coach

Coopr and all th coachs and my tam-mats."

Wauson's dfnsiv coordinator, J.D.

Schnitky was a mmbr of th 1999 tam,th last Indians tam to mak th playoffs. "I

think both tams ar similar in th way thatw play as a tam," Schnitky said. "You

can tll that th playrs on our tam ar not

only tammats but thy ar frinds. Thisis how w wr in '99. Whn playrs want

th 'w' mor for th prson bsid thm thanthmslvs you can achiv grat things as

a tam."Th sason continus on for th Indi-

ans as thy will mak th trc to Woostr totak on th Triway Titans Friday. Triway is

a mmbr of th Principals Athltic Confr-

nc and nishd thir rgular sason ratdthird in Rgion 12 of Division IV. Thy sport

an 8-2 rcord.

Bill Bray may be reached at

[email protected]

Wauseons 14 Year Playoff Hiatus ComesTo An End With 35-14 Win Over P.H.

PHOTOS BY BILL BRAY, STAFF

ON THe LOOSe ... Wausons Zac Robinson lld in for Ty Suntkn for on play Fri-

day night and rippd off a 36 yard sprint down to th Patrick Hnry 15 yard lin.

PLAYING LIKe ITS 1999 ... With his xp-

rinc at playing in Wausons last playoff

gam in 1999, prhaps coach J.D. Schnit-ky is giving Noah Castl advic on how to

handl it.


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COLUMBUS - To make

the D-III State Finals as a

freshman is quite an

accomplishment, and a

potentially overwhelming

one at that for someone

in their first year of

Varsity competition.

If there was any over-

whelming done on

November 2 though,

Alexa Leppelmeier of

Pettisville was the one

doing it.

Leppelmeier finished

36th overall at the D-III

competition with a time of

19:58.09. She was the

sixth freshman to cross

the finish line, but thestory goes well beyond

the number. Of the five

frosh finishing ahead of

her, four of them did not

take the course alone...

they were running with

their teams. The only

freshmen competing as

individuals to finish in

the top 40 in Columbus

were Leppelmeier, and

Ashleigh Rowley of B.C.

Western, who was slightly

over five seconds faster

than the pride of

Pettisville.

The anchor of the BBC

Champion Ladybirds has

three more years in whichto sharpen her skills, and

Columbus will be calling

for each of those three

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The Podium At The D-II State Finals

COLUMBUS - With a final time of16:27.18, Quintin Reiser of Wauseon fin-ished fourteenth at the Ohio D-II StateBoys Cross Country Finals on November2. Reiser earned his place in the final fieldby taking the D-II Tiffin RegionalChampionship on October 26.

Through the first mile, Reiser was inthe lead pack, running sixth with a time of5:02.1. The second and third miles sawthe lone Indian beginning to fall backthough. He posted a time of 5:15.9 in thesecond mile, falling from sixth to seventh.The third mile saw his time slip to 5:17.8,where he finished 0.02 seconds behindAlex Barrientos of Defiance who fell fromfourth to thirteenth in the final mile.

"I started out at about my averagepace, which kept with the front pack for

the first two miles," Reiser said. "Then Ifound myself getting more tired thanusual in the last mile and fell back fromthe lead pack as they were pulling away. Ithen found myself in a big group of run-ners and just tried to tough it out until theend. It was definitely the toughest race I 'veran all year, and the conditions werepretty tough, but overall I was satisfiedwith my race and hopefully I'll have a bet-ter outcome next year!"

The fourteenth place finish put Reiseron the podium with the top sixteen finish-ers after the race. With a postseason pushlike he displayed on his way to the capitolcity this year, it will come as little surpriseto anyone if he his name should appear onthe qualifier roster for Columbus in 2014.

PHOTO BY MICHAEL NAFZIGER, STAFF

STATE CONTENDER ... Quintin Reiser is pictured with his coaches, Tom Vernot (left)

and Joe Allen (right) after placing 14th at the Division II State Cross Country meet.

Alexa Leppelmeier Of Pettisville Places36th At The Division-III State Finals

AlexA leppelmeier

Donkey Basketball games Held atPettisville Hih School gymnasium

IT'S MINE! ... Chris Lee takes the ball from the announcer to try to nd a two-legged

team member to pass it to.

NO HORSIN' AROUND ... 10-month old Landri Rufenacht

and white-team player Justin Rufenacht enjoy meetingone of the "other" players during halftime of the game.

RIDING TO THE FINISH LINE ... Pettisville student EvieHeising claimed a ride atop "Spot" during the halftime

free-for-all donkey ride

PHOTOS BY ANGI WALKUP, STAFF

SHE SHOOTS..DID SHE SCORE? ... Members of their re-spective teams rally around Kayla King to see if she actu-

ally makes the rst scoring basket. Pictured are BradyAvina, Ryan Wyse, Kayla King, Tyler Roth, and Jeff Kauff-

man.

As a fund raising favorite,

the Pettisville Blackbirds la-

dies basketball team sold over

550 tickets to watch local fa-

vorites brave the basketball

court on the backs of feisty

donkeys. As the game between

the orange, gold, black and

white teams carried on, so didtheir 4-legged friends.

The evening was hosted

by Buckeye Donkey Ball Llc.

from Mt. Sterling, Ohio.

Team members consisted

of Coach Greg Nafziger, spe-

cial education teacher Sarah

Frankenfield, 30-year bus

driver Diane Nafziger, Pastor

Jeff Kauffman, of Zion Men-

nonite Church, school secre-

tary Christi Miller, Pettisville

alumni Tim Klopfenstein,

Pastor Kent Norr of Pettisville

Missionary Church, "Lunch

Lady Band", accounts re-

ceivable Natalie King, Pastor

Trey Sonnenberg of Archbold

Evangelical Church, Feed Mill

man Ryan Wyse, Mr. Archi-

tect Rick Graber, Tyler Roth,co-owner of RD Custom Ap-

parel, "broke-college student"

Brady Avina, student Kaitlin

Nofziger, teachers aide Mary

Sauder, teacher Jim Hoops,

teacher Shannon Borton,

teacher Lacee Lovins, Pastor

Jess Engle of West Clinton

Mennonite Church, teacher

Barb Stuckey, teacher Lisa

Aeschliman, teacher Jason

Mansfield, bus driver Tammy

Burkholder, Phil King, Mar-

keting Coordinator at Rupp

Seeds, Justin Rufenacht of

Tri-Flo Propane and Fertil-

izer, teacher Kendra Stahl,

Coach Scott Rupp, "poor col-

lege student" Kayla King,

school board member ChrisLee and Ashlyn Bontrag-

er, special needs caregiver.

As the game commenced,

the announcer of Buckeye

Donkey Ball Llc. asked the

audience to "help" the players

by being rowdy. Loud cheers

"help" the donkeys: either for

the players, or against them.

Little did the players know,

the announcer did little to

help the players achieve their

goal. But, it did make for

some fantastic water cooler

talk at work the next day!

Some players had a hard

time staying on their respec-

tive donkey as it seemed that

not all of the donkeys wanted

to play. Some slid off their

back sides, a few were bowedoff of the tops of their heads,

some simply just could not

stay on. And a few just didn't

try to brave the ride. Either

way, fun was had by all,

whether at their expense or

just plain comical relief by the

donkeys that seemed to have

their job down to a science.

With every folly of the bas-

ketball pass, with every roar

of laughter from the crowd, the

event was a supreme success.

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