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    THE HOMETOWN

    EDON HILLTOP STRYKER MONTPELIER PETTISVILLE NORTH CENTRAL FAYETTE WAUSEON

    WAUSEON LADY INDIANS TAKE NAPOLEON TO THE NETS IN SECTIONAL PLAY - PAGE 6

    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23RD, 2013 A WEEKLY SPORTS PUBLICATION COURTESY OF "THE VILLAGE REPORTER"

    W I L L I A M SF U L T O N

    HILLTOP VS GIBSONBURG FOOTBALL - PAGE 2 DISTRICT II & III CROSS COUNTRY ACTION - PAGE 8

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    Varsity Football ActionTHE HOMETOWN HUDDLE

    2 - The Hometown Huddle - Edon, Montpelier, North Central, Hilltop, Stryker, Fayette, Pettisville & Wauseon Sports Action Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013

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    Edon Blue Bombers Ground TheCardinal Stritch Cardinals In TAAC Play

    By: Kent HutchisonTHE VILLAGE REPORTER

    EDON- Although not

    every coach will vocalize

    it, they all at one time or

    another fear it will hap-

    pen; heavily favored

    teams coming out flat

    when facing an opponent

    who on paper is no match.With the Cardinal Stritch

    Cardinals landing at

    Leanne Field with a 0-7

    record there had to be

    some concern among the

    Edon staff about the team

    possibly looking past the

    opponent. If there were

    any feelings of uneasi-

    ness, they quickly sub-

    sided as Edon capitalized

    on four Stritch turnovers

    en route to a 62-7 drub-

    bing of the Cardinals.

    Frequently this sea-

    son, the Edon offense has

    been able to put pressure

    on their opponents by

    scoring early. From the

    opening kickoff it

    appeared suit would be

    followed once again. After

    struggling to corral the

    ball, Connor Hug finally

    picked up the elusive pig-

    skin at the Edon one yard

    line and promptly raced

    84 yards to the Cardinal

    Stritch 15 yard line.

    Unfortunately a yellow

    hankie, the recent neme-

    sis of the Blue Bombers,

    lay on the field. A per-

    sonal foul moved the

    starting position all the

    way back to the Edon 15

    yard maker. Kaden Sappcalled his number first

    and gained six yards,

    then hit Hug for three

    more. Trevor Greens

    first carry of the night fol-

    lowed resulting in eight

    yards and the initial time

    the chains were moved.

    Green ripped off 25 addi-

    tional yards on first down.

    In rapid fashion the

    Bombers were all the way

    down to the Cardinals 43

    yard line. A Sapp aerial

    to Brock Thiel moved the

    ball 12 yards closer, then

    Sapp added 24 more

    yards to his rushing

    stats. With first and goal

    at the seven yard line the

    dynamic duo of Sapp to

    Hug struck once again for

    the first score of the night.

    Michael Peeples extra

    point attempt split the

    uprights giving the

    Bombers a 7-0 advantage

    with 9:43 showing on the

    clock.

    The Edon defense

    wasted no time in getting

    charged up. The Bombers

    allowed just three yards

    in three downs sending

    the Cardinal punt team

    on the field for the first

    time. The offense sprint-

    ed back out on the field

    after the punt came torest at the Edon 46 yard

    line.

    The crew may have

    been just a little too

    enthusiastic about hav-

    ing the ball back already

    as a false start on first

    down sent the leather five

    yards in the wrong direc-

    tion. Sapp targeted

    another pass for Hug, but

    this time missed the

    mark. Green gained

    seven more on the

    ground, and Sapp con-

    nected with Hug for a

    nine yard gain and anoth-

    er first down. With the

    ball resting at the CS 34yard line , everything

    seemed to be clicking for

    the Blue and Silver. Sapp

    sent one in the left flat for

    Thiel, but the throw was

    high and the ball fell to

    the ground. There was

    just one problem, no

    whistle had blown. A

    Cardinal Stritch defender

    won the foot race to the

    ball in front of the Bomber

    bench. As the entire

    Edon offense and Stritch

    defense, along with every-

    one on the Bomber side-

    line, looked on two offi-

    cials came together overthe ball. After a brief dis-

    cussion and much to the

    dismay of the Edon faith-

    ful, the referee pointed

    south indicating

    Cardinals football. The

    throw was instead

    deemed a lateral, thus

    meaning the ball was

    loose, not incomplete.

    Cardinal Stritch was

    back in business, this

    time at their 41 yard line.

    However, the time spent

    on the attack was brief.

    Facing fourth and three

    at the 48 yard line the

    Cardinals rolled the dice

    and decided to go for it.The choice backfired as

    the Bomber defense held

    for just a one yard gain.

    Both teams offenses

    sputtered in the next two

    series. Edon was unable

    to pick up the needed

    four yards on fourth

    down, and the Cardinals

    went three and out.

    Following a fair catch

    by Hug on the punt, Edon

    took over at their 27 yard

    line. Green gained three

    on first down, then Sapp

    to Hug added nine more.

    Green picked up 12 more

    to move the chains again.

    After an incompletion

    Sapp scampered for a

    dozen, then Green added

    another 23 yards to move

    the ball all the way to the

    Stritch 13 yard line.

    Green added two more to

    his total, then Sapp

    sprinted for five more

    yards to move the ball to

    the two yard line as the

    first quarter concluded.

    Green was dropped for

    a four yard loss to begin

    the frame. On fourth

    down Sapp targeted Hugonce again. However this

    time two Cardinal Stritch

    defenders broke up the

    pass in the end zone.

    It didnt take long for

    Edon to get the ball back.

    After a two yard loss on

    first down, Hug stepped

    in the path of a pass and

    picked the ball off at the

    Stritch 20 yard line.

    After an incompletion

    on first down, Green had

    successive carries of eight

    and five yards. With first

    and goal at the seven,

    Sapp was unable to con-

    nect on a pass attempt in

    Thiels direction. Sapp

    decided to try the ground

    route and scampered the

    final seven yards into the

    end zone. The kick by

    Peeples was good again to

    give Edon a 14-0 advan-

    tage with 9:20 remaining

    in the second stanza.

    Following a short kick

    return, the Cardinals

    offense had another start

    at their 28 yard line.

    After eight plays that

    included two penalties on

    the guests, Edon regained

    possession at their 47

    yard line. In a mere 49

    seconds Edon covered thenecessary distance need-

    ed for another score.

    Sapp picked up the first

    five on the ground, the

    added nine more on a

    screen to Green. Sapp

    was unable to connect

    with Hug, but a hold on

    the defensive back moved

    the ball five more yards.

    Sapp launched another

    in Hugs direction and

    this time Hug hauled it in

    for a 34 yard touchdown.

    The boot by Peeples was

    on the mark leaving Edon

    up 21-0 as 5:11 showed

    on the clock for the first

    half.Another Cardinal

    turnover, this time a fum-

    ble at the Stritch 15 yard

    line, left Edon with great

    field position once again.

    The Bombers needed just

    one play to expand the

    margin as Sapp ran

    through the heart of the

    defense for another score.

    Peeples stayed perfect

    with the kick giving Edon

    a 28-0 lead.

    The Bomber defense

    was able once again to

    hold and get off the field

    in four downs. The

    offense was left with theball at the Edon 27 yard

    line with 1:41 left in the

    half. That was more than

    enough time for the

    offense. Sapp found Thiel

    and the senior receiver

    raced down the Edon

    sideline. After a crushing

    block by Hug at the 20

    yard line it appeared Thiel

    CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

    Gibsonburg Golden Bears Land A 64-0TAAC Haymaker On The Hilltop Cadets

    By: Timothy Kays

    THE VILLAGE REPORTER

    The Merriam-Webster Dictionary

    defines a Cadet as a student. On

    October 18, the Gibsonburg Golden

    Bears took the Hilltop Cadets to school.

    After an opening drive that looked

    promising for the Cadet Cadre, it was a

    long, painful downhill march for the

    hometown boys as the Bears ran circles

    around the Running Red, administeringone of the most lopsided defeats in

    recent school history, 64-0.

    Hilltop took the opening kick, and

    with Chad Champion at quarterback,

    moved the ball against the Bear defense.

    With a pass interference penalty added

    into the yardage, Hilltop moved the ball

    to the Gibsonburg 32 where they faced

    a fourth and two. Opting to go for it on

    fourth down Quinn Smith, back at

    quarterback, threw the ball over the

    middle where it was tipped by a

    Gibsonburg linebacker and snagged out

    of the air by Justin Grapengeter for a

    gain of 19. A run by Smith, an incom-

    pletion and a pass to David Smith

    moved the ball to the six. Facing anoth-

    er fourth down, the Cadets again rolledthe dice, only to come up snake eyes as

    Smiths pass into the endzone was also

    into triple coverage. The ball was inter-

    cepted and returned to the Gibsonburg

    13. After the pick, Hilltop never mount-

    ed another significant offensive threat.

    Gibsonburg drove the ball down

    inside the Hilltop five, but on an fourth

    and goal, the Cadets turned away the

    Bears inside the one. As Smith brought

    the offense back onto the field, a contro-

    versial play ensued in which Smith, try-

    ing to gain some breathing room, took

    the snap and tried to push forward on a

    keeper. He was met before he reached

    the line and thrown back into the end-

    zone where the Gibsonburg defenders

    celebrated a safety. The line judge how-

    ever came across the field in a line that

    indicated Smiths forward progress

    before being tossed backwards. The

    Gibsonburg defenders appealed to the

    referee who was behind the Hilltop line

    during the play, who overruled the line

    judge and awarded the safety to theBears with 3:22 left in the first period.

    From that point forward, Gibsonburg

    opened the floodgates and drowned the

    Hilltop defense under a tsunami of

    offense. After receiving the kick follow-

    ing the safety, Gibsonburg got a 16-yard

    touchdown pass with 1:12 left in the

    first. The PAT failed, but on the first

    play of the ensuing Hilltop possession,

    Smith was picked off at the Hilltop 30,

    and the ball returned for a touchdown.

    The PAT run was good, and in the space

    of 2:24, Hilltop had gone from a score-

    less game to down 16-0. Four more

    touchdowns in the second period blew

    the game open, with the Bears enjoying

    a comfortable 43-0 lead at the half.

    Two more Gibsonburg touchdowns

    in the third made it 57-0, and anotherscore with 47 seconds left in the game

    finally ended the proceedings.

    Hilltop finished with a net of 50

    yards of total offense for the game, the

    majority of which came on the opening

    drive.

    With the loss came the final game at

    Daft Field for the 2013 season. 1-7 /

    0-5 Hilltop will be on the road on

    October 25 to take on the winless

    Cardinals of Cardinal Stritch.

    Timothy Kays can be reached at

    [email protected]

    PHOTOS BY TIMOTHY KAYS, STAFFLOOKING FOR THE CORNER ... Chad Champion of Hilltop tries to get around the

    right side for a gain.

    EVALUATION OF OPTIONS ... Austin Batt of Hilltop looks to the left sideline for a

    possible return lane.

    BULLRIDING ... A Gibsonburg ball carrier is trounced by Jalen Towers of Hilltop.

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    RING IT UP ... Connor Hug of Edon goes over a Stritch

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    CONTINUATION OF VARSITY FOOTBALL ACTION

    Montpelier Locos Shut Down By SecondRanked Delphos Jefferson, 68-0

    By: Mark Mercer

    THE VILLAGE REPORTER

    Another game week for the

    Locomotive football squad, and another

    top ranked opponent. The Montpelier

    Locomotives played host to out of con-

    ference and #2 ranked opponent

    Delphos Jefferson on Friday, October18, falling to the visiting Wildcats, 68-0.

    Taking a look inside the numbers

    this season for the Locos, Friday nights

    game versus Delphos Jefferson repre-

    sented the 6th time in the last 7 weeks

    Montpelier has faced a ranked oppo-

    nent, with 5 NWOAL foes state ranked

    within their divisions. In addition to the

    brutal conference schedule, playing an

    out of conference top ranked team

    added to the already daunting challenge

    faced by a young, injury plagued Loco

    squad. Friday nights game reflected

    the adversity this years team has been

    up against.

    From the opening kickoff, visiting

    Delphos Jefferson showed why they are

    the 2nd ranked team in Division-6,

    Region 20. The Wildcats dominated onboth sides of the ball throughout the

    game and held the Locomotives in

    check. In the 1st quarter, the Wildcats

    took the opening kickoff and marched

    right down the field, connecting on a 42

    yard scoring strike at the 10:49 mark.

    On their next possession, the Cats once

    again struck through the air for a 46

    yard score bringing the score to 14-0,

    then following up on their next turn

    with a with 30 yard td run stunning the

    Loco defense. Delphos then added an

    85 yard pass and another 30 yard

    scamper to close out the 1st at 35-0. In

    the 1st, the Locos were stymied by a

    fast, athletic defense at every turn and

    were unable to muster any momentum

    to stop the Wildcats scoring onslaught.Into the 2nd quarter, the Locomotive

    offense once again was held in check,

    unable to move the ball either in the air

    or on the ground, while the visiting

    Wildcats turned to their ground game

    and dominated in time of possession.

    Delphos added 2 more scores, punching

    the ball in at the 6:56 mark on a 2 yard

    run and adding another score on a 45

    yard sprint at the 4:44 mark to close

    out the 1st half at 49-0.

    For the hometown crowd, the score-

    board did not dampen the enthusiasm

    for the evenings halftime festivities. The

    hometown crowd welcomed back to the

    stadium 3 distinguished classes from

    past Locomotive Football Squads. The

    1993 team was honored on their 20 th

    anniversary for a stellar 10-2 record onthe season, capping off back to back

    state playoff appearances. The 1983

    team was also on hand, celebrating the

    30th anniversary of their NWOAL

    Co-Championship. Capping off half-

    time festivities was a celebration honor-

    ing the 40th anniversary of the heralded

    1973 team. The 73 Locomotives pow-

    ered their way through NWOAL compe-

    tition and made a run to the state

    championship title game, finishing as

    state runner up with a 9-2 record on the

    season. The crowd at tonights game

    rose to their feet and paid tribute to

    these past accomplished teams with a

    long standing ovation, showing grati-tude for the excellence these teams dis-

    played on the field.

    The 3rd quarter for the home town

    Locos proved to be much the same after

    halftime adjustments, as the powerful

    Wildcats frustrated every attempt to

    move the ball, holding host Montpelier

    out of the end zone. Delphos was able

    to add to their lead with 2 runs for

    scores from 8 and 1 yards out, closing

    out the 3rd at 62-0.

    Delphos Jefferson held fast to their

    shutout in the 4th quarter, preventing

    the Locomotives from crossing the goal

    line while adding 1 more score on a 5

    yard run to lock down the game at 68-0

    for the visiting Wildcats. After the final

    gun sounded ending the game, the totalyards for each team told the tale of the

    evening for the Locos with Delphos

    Jefferson showing 548 yards of offense

    (322 passing/226 running) to the Locos

    34 (12 passing/22 running). The

    Wildcats also controlled the clock hold-

    ing the ball for 29:46 on the game while

    the Locos held the ball for 18:14.

    On the evening for the Locomotive

    offense, Quarterback Keegan Hitzeman

    was 1 for 5 with 12 yards through the

    air. Hitzemans only connection on the

    evening was to Cody Caudill, who

    hauled in 1 pass for 12 yards. On the

    ground, Caudill led with 5 attempts for

    15 yards. Wyatt Beck had 8 attempts

    netting 8 yards while Levi Croft ran 5

    times for 3 yards; Simon Wang also reg-

    istered a rushing attempt on the eve-ning.

    Defensively for Montpelier, Simon

    Wang posted 6.5 tackles, Zech

    Thompson and Nate McCord followed

    with 5 stops, Jake Dewire chipped in 4,

    Jared Sargent recorded 3.5 hits. Austin

    Cook, Wyatt Beck and Alex Zuver con-

    tributed 2.5 tackles each, Devin Nemire

    had 2 while Keaton Byers had 1.5 stops.

    Caudill, Caleb Haines and Bryce Cooley

    were each credited with a tackle and

    Hitzeman along with Nathan Buehrer

    received credit for a half a stop for the

    Locos.

    Next week, the Locomotives will stay

    at home, playing host to in conference

    foe Evergreen. The Vikings come into

    the game with a 0-8 record on the sea-son and 0-6 in the NWOAL. The Locos

    will look to improve on a 1-7 season

    record, looking for their 1st victory in the

    NWOAL (0-6).

    Mark Mercer can be reached at

    [email protected]

    Wauseon Indians Triumph Easily OverWinless NWOAL Rival Evergreen, 59-7

    By: Bill Bray

    THE VILLAGE REPORTER

    On a night that saw highs and lows

    unite for the Indians, Wauseon was a

    59-7 winner over NWOAL opponent

    Evergreen.

    The game may have proven costly for

    the Tribe as Ty Suntken was knocked

    out of the game with a separated shoul-

    der during a third quarter run. Up to

    that point, Suntken had rushed for 132yards on just 12 carries and had com-

    pleted 9 of 17 passes for 101 more yards

    and four touchdown passes plus run-

    ning for one more. His status for the

    remainder of the season was not imme-

    diately known.

    On the bright side, Wauseon wel-

    comed Axel Bueter as their latest 1000

    yard ground gainer. The senior high-

    stepped, sprinted and dove for 125

    yards on 14 carries and scored three

    times. The total gives the talented

    senior 1,024 yards with two games left.

    Bueter scooted in from one yard out

    for the games first score at the 6:53

    mark of the opening quarter. The touch-

    down brought to an end a seven play,

    55 yard drive that consumed 1:52 sec-onds. Josh Whitcombs woes started

    with a missed extra point.

    Wauseon scored on their second

    possession. Two straight passes from

    Suntken to Bueter for 16 yards, and the

    second to Boysel also covering 16 yards

    to the end zone made it a 12-0 game.

    Bueter scored the two-point conversion

    and the Tribe continued to build their

    lead to 14-0.

    The next Evergreen possession

    resulted in a fumble. Wauseons

    Anthony Werder picked the ball up at

    the Evergreen 40 and rambled down to

    the Viking 12 yard line dragging defend-

    ers in his wake.

    It took just one pinpoint pass from

    Suntken to Boysel again to score the

    quarters final touchdown with 1:02remaining. Whitcombs kick again sailed

    right and the Tribe had a 20-0 advan-

    tage.

    After another dominate series by a

    Wauseon Indians defense that allowed

    Evergreen just 45 yards on the ground

    and 70 through the air for the game, the

    offense was back on the field to plant

    more points on the scoreboard.

    The eight-play drive covering 74

    yards ended with a nine yard Suntken

    pass to Noah Castle who used his 64

    frame to stretch across the goal line for

    the score. The extra point run failed and

    the Indians continued to expand their

    lead to 26-0.

    Wauseons final score of the first half

    came at the 4:08 mark of the second

    quarter on a 17-yard run by Bueter.Suntken found Boysel for the two extra

    points and the Indians took a 34-0 lead.

    The Vikings used the remaining 3:13

    of the half to their advantage as they

    were able to get into the end zone. A

    lateral from Nick Etue to Garrett

    Willeman and then a Willeman pass to

    a wide open Kyle Brighton in the front

    corner of the end zone gave Evergreen

    their only score of the game with :14

    seconds left until the break.

    Wauseon used their opening drive of

    the second half to go up 40-7. It took

    the Indians just five plays to cover the

    55 needed yards. Suntken sneaked in

    from three yards out for the score. The

    Whitcomb kick was blocked as the extra

    point woes continued for Wauseon.

    The Indians starting unit returnedfor yet another drive with the score

    40-7. It was on this drive that the pos-

    sibility of a major loss to the team

    occurred. On a second and four,

    Suntken sprinted down the northern

    sideline and was being pursued by sev-

    eral Viking defenders when he was hit

    in the shoulder. After the 16 yard run,

    he grimaced as he made his way off the

    field and onto the track in obvious pain.

    EMTs assisted him to the waiting ambu-

    lance and he was taken to Fulton

    County Health Center where his shoul-

    der was returned into place.

    Zac Robinson admirably stepped in

    at quarterback and on his very first play

    the speedy junior raced 19 yards to the

    Evergreen 15. From there Bueter gotthe call and scored from 15 yards out to

    grow the Indians lopsided lead to 47-7

    with a good Whitcomb kick.

    The final two scores for Wauseon

    came in the fourth quarter. An Evergreen

    punt resulted in a 32 yard punt return

    for a touchdown by Wauseons Danny

    CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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    DOWN - SET ... The Montpelier offense forms up for another crack at the Delphos

    Jefferson defense.

    ROLL EM ... Keegan Hitzeman of Montpelier barks out signals.

    PHOTOS BY MARK MERCER, STAFF

    CHECK IT OUT ... Keegan Hitzeman points something out to his Montpelier team-

    mate, Nathan Buehrer.

    TAYLOR VERNOTWAUSEON HIGH SCHOOL

    QUINTIN REISER

    WAUSEON HIGH SCHOOL

    "THE HOMETOWN HUDDLE" ~ HAMMER ATHLETICS ~ BODY WORKS

    ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

    When it came to the seventeen D-II

    District races taking place across Ohio onOctober 19, nobody compared to Taylor.

    She had the fastest time in the State.

    There were 1,393 D-II runners compet-

    ing in the Districts across Ohio onOctober 19. Of all those runners Quintinhad the second fastest time in the State.

    PHOTO BY BILL BRAY, STAFF

    A LITTLE HELP ... Ty Suntken gets some blocking help from Axel Bueter against Ever-

    green Friday night.

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    CONTINUED FROM PAGE 2

    Edon Blue Bombers Ground The Cardinal ...was gone. However, in a last ditch

    effort a Cardinal defender tipped the

    ball from behind. After a brief scrum,

    Alex Baker saved the day when he

    emerged with the ball. With the pigskin

    at the ten, Green gathered the toss

    sweep left from Sapp and rambled the

    rest of the way for the score. In just 29

    seconds the Bombers covered the 73yards and extended their lead to 34-0 as

    the first half concluded.

    The Cardinal Stritch offense regained

    some composure at halftime and moved

    the ball into Bomber territory on their

    first drive after intermission. However

    the turnover bug bit for the third time

    and Edons Wyatt Zulch recovered the

    fumble at the Bomber 47 yard line.

    Only one play was necessary to send

    the scoreboard and the Bomber faithful

    into a frenzy. Green took the handoff

    from Sapp and after blasting through

    the line sprinted past the Cardinals for

    a 53 yard touchdown run. Peeples con-

    nected on his sixth PAT of the evening

    and the Bombers were in cruise control

    leading 42-0 with still 8:42 left in the

    third period.

    The opportunistic Bomber defense

    continued to reap havoc on the

    Cardinals. After a one yard gain on first

    down, Stritch attempted a quick hitter

    to the flanker on the right side. However,

    Thiel jumped the route and was able to

    rumble 40 yards for yet another Bomber

    touchdown. The kick by Peeples sailed

    well past the posts and Edon spread the

    margin to 49 points.

    For the seventh time on the night

    Cardinal Stritch received the kickoff. A

    nice return gave the Cardinals the ball

    at their 45 yard line. From there the red

    and white ran the ball for seven succes-

    sive plays advancing the ball to the

    Edon ten yard line. The Cardinals took

    to the air and escaped the shutoutwhen the 10 yard pass from Donovan

    found Blazevich in the end zone. The

    PAT kick narrowed the margin to 49-7

    with 3:09 left in the third quarter.

    To no ones surprise the Cardinals

    attempted an onside kick. However, the

    brief flicker of hope for Stritch turned to

    more jubilation for the Bombers when

    Zulch fielded the kick after one hop.

    The senior lineman headed left across

    the field then followed the sideline all

    the way for an unexpected 58 yard kick

    return TD. Peeples connected on his

    eighth straight extra point of the night,

    a school record for consecutive PATs, to

    increase the lead to 56-7.

    At this point the second team took

    over on defense. The understudies

    showed everyone they could play with

    the big boys as well after holding the

    Cardinals to just 3 yards in four plays.

    The JV offense shown just as brightly asthe defense. Taking over at their 32

    yard line, the Bombers needed eight

    plays to score.

    Blake Thiel, now in at quarterback,

    gained 11 then 4 yards. However, fol-

    lowing a fumbled snap Thiel was

    dropped for a nine yard loss. Facing

    third and 15, Thiel calmly dropped

    back, looked right, and then hit Cameron

    Winners Castillo on a throwback to the

    left side for a 40 yard gain. With the ball

    now resting at the Cardinal 25, Jordan

    Julian joined the party with a nine yard

    scamper. Thiel added thirteen more to

    move the ball to the Stritch three yard

    line. After Castillo was held to no gain,

    Thiel utilized his legs to cover the final

    three yards for the score. Peeples kick

    was wide right and the final score of

    62-7 flashed on the scoreboard.

    Edon gained 205 yards on the ground

    led by Green who carried the ball 14

    times for 152 yards and two touch-

    downs. Sapp toted the pigskin five

    times for 54 yards and a pair of TDs,

    while Blake Thiel added 10 carries for

    38 yards and a score. Winners Castillo

    had four carries for nine yards, with

    Julian picking up 15 yards in two

    chances.

    Sapp made all his pass attempts in

    the first half and finished 8-16 for 156

    yards and two touchdowns. Blake Thiel

    went to the air once in the second half

    for 40 yards. Hug hauled in both of the

    scoring tosses from Sapp and ended

    with five catches for 63 yards. BrockThiel secured two aerials for 85 yards

    and Green grabbed one for nine yards.

    Winners Castillo added one catch for 40

    yards.

    The win moves the Bombers to 6-2

    overall and 4-1 in the Toledo Area

    Athletic Conference. Edon faces a

    tough test next when they host Toledo

    Christian who roll into Bomber Country

    with a 5-3 record and stand 4-1 in the

    TAAC.

    Kent Hutchison can be reached at

    [email protected]

    D.I.Y. ... Kaden Sapp of Edon calls his own number and nds ample room to run.

    SHOPPING AT THE GAP ... Trevor Green of Edon exploits a huge hole in the Stritch

    defense for big yardage.

    CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3

    Wauseon Indians Triumph Easily Over ...Hench. Whitcombs kick was blocked

    again and the Indians were up 53-7

    with 4:17 left in the game.

    The Indians final scoring play came

    after another Vikings fumble was recov-

    ered by Wauseons Colin Siller at the

    Evergreen 22.

    Wauseon needed four plays to cover

    the distance with the final 10 yards

    coming from an end run by Alec Bost for

    the final six points for the Indians.

    Bill Bray can be reached at

    [email protected]

    By: Bill Bray

    THE VILLAGE REPORTER

    When you see the 160 pound lankyyoung man you dont feel like you are

    looking at a natural running back, but

    Wauseon's Axel Bueter is just that as he

    has sidestepped, sprinted and dove his

    way in the 1000 yard club this season.

    Already this season, with two games

    remaining, Bueter has gained 1,024

    yards and has scored 17 touchdowns in

    this his senior season. And to think this

    talent was not a part of the team last

    year is a puzzlement until meeting the

    young man.

    "I just really wanted to shoot for a

    scholarship in baseball and decided to

    focus all my energy on my favorite sport

    last year," Bueter said recently. It has

    paid off for the talented young man as

    he will continue his baseball career be-

    ginning next fall at Bowling Green StateUniversity.

    For Bueter, it was a bittersweet expe-

    rience as it was for all the team mates

    of Ty Suntken. The senior signal caller

    went down with a shoulder injury dur-

    ing the contest. " The 1000 yard mark is

    what you shoot for when setting goals,"

    Bueter said. "So it's nice being able to

    get passed it. I knew I was close to it

    coming into the game, and was congrat-

    ulated by the coaches after the yards

    were added up. It is as much as a team

    accomplishment as individual. I was

    happy to hear that I passed the 1000

    yard mark, but that was short lived

    knowing my best friend had just left the

    eld in that great of pain. It was hard

    for everyone to watch. I can only wish aspeedy recovery for him."

    A portion of the accomplishment also

    goes to an offensive line anchored by An-

    thony Werder at center, Josh Kauffman

    guard, Alec Vonier guard, Cesar Juarez

    tackle, Caleb Andrews tackle and Noah

    Castle tight end.

    It was obvious, despite being happy

    for Bueter, Suntken was on his team

    mates minds. "It was hard for me to

    see Ty in that condition," Vonier said.

    "Knowing his shoulder condition, it was

    hard because I've played with Ty since

    rst grade and seeing one of my broth-

    ers go down is devastating." He wanted

    a great season for us more than anyone

    and its tough knowing he might not see

    playoffs." Vonier then said, "Axel's suc-

    cess is a great feeling because we know

    we are a part of it. The line tries to get

    better and better each week and push

    each other to exceed our limits. We have

    shown that we are a great offensive line

    no matter what team we go against. I am

    so blessed to be a part of an offensive

    line, but Axel does a lot of work nding

    the holes so credit goes to him as well."Center Anthony Werder had similar

    seniments. "It feels great knowing that

    our linemen had a part in that because

    we all work so hard and are fortunate

    enough to have great coaching," Werder

    said. "On the ip side, it's heartbreaking

    seeing our leader leaving in an ambu-

    lance with his future on the football eld

    uncertain. Ty is the hardest worker on

    the team and puts his heart into every

    single down."

    Tackle Cesar Juarez, a force on both

    sides of the ball, just like Vonier and

    Werder, also was feeling mixed emotions

    after the big win. "It makes me beyond

    proud of him," Juarez said. "He deserves

    nothing less. Also it makes me feel good

    because he would not have gotten allthose yards without our help up front.

    So I am proud of him. He deserves it."

    Bill Bray may be reached at

    [email protected]

    Axel Bueter Joins The 1000 Yard

    Club For The Wauseon Indians

    PHOTO BY BILL BRAY, STAFF

    1000 YARD CLUB ... Axel Bueter has gotten help from his f riends in attaining the 1000

    yard rushing mark. Shown is guard Alec Vonier getting ready to throw a block on theEvergreen defender.

    PHOTOS BY BILL BRAY, STAFF

    GETTING READY TO DOMINATE ... Aaron Schuette is lined up at his linebacker posi-

    tion as the Wauseon Defense dominated Evergreen.

    SNAP ... Alec Vonier (left) and Anthony Werder move to the snap of the ball.

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    Stryker Lady Panthers Show The Fayette Lady Eagles The D-IV Sectional DoorARCHBOLD - The Stryker Lady

    Panthers and the Fayette Lady Eagles

    met in the opening round of the 2013

    D-IV Sectionals on October 15. It took

    everything the Lady Panthers had to

    fend off Michaela Bates and the Lady

    Eagles in three sets, 25-22, 25-21 and

    25-23.

    The fifth seeded Lady Panthers set

    the tone early in the first set, and

    looked to be about to reach for cruise

    control, but mistakes allowed the Lady

    Eagles back into the match. It was thenthat Fayette rolled out a weapon for

    which the Lady Panthers had no

    answer...Michaela Bates. Bates began

    to unload a series of slams that had the

    Lady Panther defense scrambling. When

    she came to the net to deliver a kill

    shot, she would sometimes draw as

    many as three defenders on the other

    side of the net. Fayette clawed their way

    back into a tie, then briefly took the

    lead, but the Lady Eagles began match-

    ing mistakes with Stryker, allowing for

    the Lady Panthers to take the first set.

    The second set featured sloppy play

    on both sides of the net, but the sloppy

    play put Fayette at a bigger disadvan-

    tage. The essence of scoring...bump, set

    and spike, is only effective when the

    setter can set the table for the hitters;

    the ball must get to the setter, cleanly.

    While neither team was consistent in

    this area, the Lady Eagles were hurt

    badly when they were unable to getBates set up for her shots. After six kills

    in the opening set, she was shut out in

    the second, and with Bates out of the

    picture, the Lady Panthers were able to

    hold out for the second set win.

    The third set was nearly a replay of

    the second, but Fayette had more suc-

    cess in moving the ball. Bates was able

    to land two more kills, but it was too

    little and too late to prevent Stryker

    from attaining the sweep.

    Tasha Pegorch was 16/17 serving

    with 3 aces and 6 digs for Stryker.

    Maddie Uribes added 13 assists and 12

    digs. Connor Sullivan went 13/13 serv-

    ing with 2 aces, 6 assists and 13 digs.

    Conner Varner was 15/15 serving with

    an ace, 18/21 hitting with 5 kills and

    11 digs.

    For Fayette, Bates had 8 of the Lady

    Eagles 13 kills on the night, along with

    9 digs and a block. Taylor Hartman

    had a kill, an ace and 19 digs; Paige

    Keefer had 2 kills, an ace and 15 digs;

    and Kaela Seiler had a kill, 12 digs and

    a block. Jessie Wheeler had 19 digs,

    and Jena Meyers had a kill, a dozen

    assists and 9 digs.

    The Lady Panthers will face the #1

    seeded Toledo Christian Lady Eagles in

    the Sectional championship game on

    October 19.

    Edon Eliminates North Central

    From Sectionals In Four SetsBRYAN The Edon Lady Bombers

    took on North Central in the 1st round at

    Sectionals in Bryan, dispatching the

    Lady Eagles in 4 sets. In the 1st set,

    Edon prevailed in a close overtime set

    26-24, and then gained a convincing

    25-13 2nd set victory. But a very tough

    and determined North Central squad

    bounced back to stay alive, taking the

    3rd

    set in a thrilling 33-31 overtimebattle. The Lady Bombers recovered,

    and gained the match victory by talking

    the 4th set 25-17, putting the Lady

    Eagles away and advancing to the 2nd

    round.

    For the Lady Bombers in the win,

    Kaitlyn Manahan had 57 sets, Alex

    Kiess went 17 for 17 serving and had 62

    sets along with 9 kills. Nicole Newell

    went 15 for 16 serving and had 18 kills

    along with 27 digs; Kaitlin Chrisman

    had 23 digs, and Hannah Gutting added

    6 kills, Kaela Gearheart also went 15 for

    16 serving, along with Haley Jacoby

    who went 20 for 21 serving for the

    Bombers.

    For the Lady Eagles, Makalyla Hayes

    was 5 for 5 serving, 7 for 7 attacking

    with 2 kills, Jaclyn Kinsman was 15 for

    16 serving had 6 of 7 serve receives was

    45-47 setting with 11 assists and was

    17-19 attacking with 5 kills, Alyssa

    Swank was 17 for 17 serving, 6 of 7

    serve receiving with 4 digs, 56 of 57 set-ting with 10 assists, 16 of 18 attacking

    with 6 kills. Hannah Siekemeyer had 2

    digs and was 13 of 16 attacking with 6

    kills, Jazzmin Horne went 9 for 9 serv-

    ing with an ace, was 5 of 6 serve receiv-

    ing with 5 digs and was 23 of 23 attack-

    ing with 4 kills. Reese Cogswell went 8

    for 9 serving and was 6 of 9 serve receiv-

    ing with 3 digs and was 4 for 6 attack-

    ing with 2 kills. Abby Litzenberg round-

    ed out the stats for the Lady Eagles by

    going 12 for 13 serving with 1 ace, was

    8 of 11 serve receiving and went 7 of 14

    attacking.

    PHOTOS BY MARK MERCER, STAFF

    UP FOR THE D ... Kaitlin Chrisman and Alex Kiess of Edon go up to deect a NorthCentral kill shot.

    COMIN AT YA ... Alex Kiess of Edon tries to get the ball over the defense of Reese Cog-swell of North Central

    THE PRICE OF POPULARITY ... Brittany Brier of Stryker draws a triple tandem of Fay-ette defenders as she goes up for a kill shot.

    PHOTOS BY TIMOTHY KAYS, STAFF

    UP AND OVER ... Audra Rupp of Stryker res off a kill shot.

    OVER THE NET ... Edon's Kaitlin Chrisman (1) tries to tip one over the net against

    panther Conner Sullivan (2)

    PHOTOS BY LUCINDA HELD-FAULHABER, STAFF

    FACE OFF ... Hannah Brehm-Gutting (15), Kaitlyn Manahan (9) of Edon face off

    Stryker Conner Varner (10) at the net.

    9-24-13 EDON vs STRYKERPHOTOS BY LUCINDA HELD-FAULHABER, STAFF

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    CONTINUATION OF VARSITY VOLLEYBALL ACTION

    Montpelier Lady Locomotives LoseMomentum & The Match Versus Edgerton

    BRYAN - The Montpelier Lady Locospostseason run finished sooner than

    expected as they were bounced by

    Edgerton in four sets on October 17,

    28-26, 10-25, 20-25 and 8-25.

    Hannah Blake went 9/9 serve receiv-

    ing and 10/11 serving with 6 kills, a

    block, 12 assists and 20 digs. ChristyDuchene was 8/12 serve receiving and

    16/17 serving with an ace, 2 kills and 14

    digs; Jessy Duchene was 12/13 serving

    with an ace, 11 assists and 7 digs; andBaylee Hageman had 8 kills, a block and

    9 digs. Sidney Houk went 27/27 serve

    receiving and 10/12 serving with 23 digs

    and 6 kills; Marinna Mercer was 8/8 serv-

    ing with 5 kills, a block and 4 digs; and

    Audrey Pirtle posted 2 kills, a block and 2

    assists. Maddie Richmond was 4/4 servereceiving with 6 digs, and Taylor Wells

    went 25/28 serve receiving and 9/10

    serving with 28 digs.

    Pettisville Ladybirds Turn Back TheHolgate Tigers In D-IV Sectional Play

    ARCHBOLD - When they met in the

    first contest of the 2013 campaign, thePettisville Lady Blackbirds swept the

    Holgate Lady Tigers in three sets.

    That contest seemed like an eternity

    past when the two teams met in D-IV

    Sectional play on October 17. In this

    match, the Ladybirds found a Lady

    Tiger squad with a chip on their shoul-

    ders. This time around, they turned

    loose hitter Rachel Desgranges, by far

    the tallest girl on the court. Desgranges

    plastered 20 kills into the heart of a

    normally stalwart Pettisville defense,

    and stuffed Ladybird kill attempts from

    the high flying Pettisville hitters.

    Although successful, the Holgate strat-

    egy also exposed a fatal flaw. The

    remainder of the team was nowhere as

    adept as Desgranges at slamming the

    roof down, and when she was rotated tothe back and midlines, hitters like

    Emily Hubby, Jordyn Pursel and Dana

    Fricke teed off on the outgunned Lady

    Tigers, winning in four furious sets,

    25-23, 22-25, 25-19 and 26-24.

    Stephanie Hubby had 2 aces and 32

    digs for the Lady Blackbirds, with Emily

    Hubby adding 2 aces, 14 digs, 16 kills

    and a block. Sarah Christiansen had an

    ace and 12 digs, Amber Klopfenstein

    had a dig and a kill, and Jordyn Pursel

    had 4 digs and 10 kills.

    Dana Fricke had 3 aces, 5 digs, 4

    roof jobs and 8 kills, Kate Kauffman had

    an ace, 5 digs, 22 assists and 3 kills,

    and Brooke Waidelich had an ace, 3

    digs, 19 assists and 3 kills.

    Cardinal Stritch Service Barrage ProvesToo Much For Hilltop Lady Cadets

    ARCHBOLD - The Hilltop Cadets

    found size parity awaiting them in

    Cardinal Stritch in the D-IV Sectionals

    on October 17. What they discovered

    after the match started was that the

    Lady Cardinals had a secret weapon

    that they immediately unleashed...the

    ability to target serves with the preci-

    sion of a laser-guided missile.

    The targeted serving of Stritch erased

    the Lady Cadets ability to cleanly feedtheir setters. When the setters were

    unable to feed the hitters, the Lady

    Cadets offense unraveled. While mid

    and back line reception specialists like

    Kailey Creamer were collecting bruises

    and floorburns diving for well targeted

    serves, the Hilltop hitters were almost

    relegated to defenders as Stritch ran

    away from the befuddled Lady Cadets in

    straight sets, 25-17, 25-18 and 25-13.

    Shayla Coffman had 6 digs for

    Hilltop, with Sydney Schmitt getting a

    dozen digs and 18 assists. Brittney

    Mocherman had an ace, 2 digs, a block

    and 4 kills, Emily Armbruster posted an

    ace, 12 digs and 7 kills, and KaylaSettlemire had 10 digs and 2 kills.

    LeAnn Joost had 2 digs, a kill and a

    block, Cierra Grant posted 5 digs, an

    assist and 3 kills, and Kailey Creamer

    had 11 digs.

    Wauseon Lady Indians Defeat NapoleonTo Advance To The D-II Sectional Final

    By: Bill Bray

    THE VILLAGE REPORTER

    The Wauseon Indians needed four

    set to eliminate the Napoleon Wildcats

    in a Division II sectional game at Liberty

    Center on October 17 with scores of

    25-20, 24-26, 25-23 and 25-14.

    In the first set, Wauseon fell behind

    early 7-2 as they were trying to settle into the flow of the set. Slowly but surely

    the Indians fought their way back into

    the set tying it up at 13-13 on a Sydney

    Bosell kill. The set teeter tottered back

    and forth from that point until the

    Indians scored three straight points.

    Two off a bad Napoleon serve and a

    Napoleon hit into the net allowed the

    score to mount to 21-16. Wauseon held

    that five point advantage the rest of the

    way for the first set win.

    The reverse was true in the second

    set. Wauseon cruised to a 5-1 lead. The

    score closed to 6-5 on a bad set by Faith

    Hicks but four straight bad hits by

    Napoleon saw the Wauseon lead grow to

    9-6. The Indians held on to a close lead

    until the Wildcats were able to tie things

    up at 13-13 with a perfectly placed ball

    that fell in front of Wauseons Lexi Lane.

    There were two more ties 15-15 and

    23-23. Kallie Strauss kill attempt land-

    ed out of bounds but Kierra Fountain

    got the point back with a kill to again tie

    things up at 24-24. Napoleon held

    strong and won the final two points for

    the second set victory.

    The third set again was a close one.

    The score tied at 4-4, 6-6, 7-7 and 8-8.

    Napoleon made a run and built a 14-8

    lead. and kept the six-point advantage

    at 17-11. The Indians got as close as

    20-22 mostly due to the play of Fountain.

    Napoleon added to this with some men-

    tal errors as the score reached another

    tie at 23-23. Two straight tips by Sydney

    Bosell ended the set in the Indians favor

    25-23.

    Napoleon seemed deflated after that

    close loss. In the fourth set the Indians

    roared to a 7-3 advantage on a tip by

    Sydney Bosell. With the score 9-6,

    Wauseon went on a 7-0 run to grow the

    lead to 16-6. The stretch was led by

    sophomore Brooke Whipple who com-

    pleted some great serves to keep the

    Wildcats in check. A few Napoleon ser-

    vice aces closed the gap to four at

    17-13. But the indians came back with

    a 5-0 stretch to open the lead back to

    22-13. They went on to win the set

    25-14 for the game victory.

    Sydney Bosell had 14 kills to go with

    her two blocks and two aces. Kierra

    Fountain contributed with 10 kills and

    one service ace.

    With the win the Indians advance to

    the Division II sectional championship

    game back at Liberty Center Saturday

    evening taking on the Bryan Golden

    Bears, a team the Indians lost to in five

    sets earlier in the season. They are hop-ing for a different result in this one.

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    PHOTOS BY BILL BRAY, STAFF

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    By: Bill Bray

    THE VILLAGE REPORTER

    The Bryan Golden Bears showed

    superior in a three-set win over the

    Wauseon Indians on October 19 at

    Liberty Center with scores of 22-25,

    21-25, 18-25.

    The Indians played well in the first

    set sticking close to the favored Golden

    Bears the complete set. There were

    eight ties during the span. Wauseon

    actually built a 17-14 advantage only to

    see that erased with three straight

    points by Bryan. With Bryan up by one

    at 23-21, Faith Hicks served up an ace

    to make it 23-22. But that wasWauseons final point. Bryan scored

    the final two including the set winner on

    two straight miscues by Lexi Lane and

    Syndey Bosell who were short with their

    shot attempts.

    With the win, the Golden Bears

    roared to open the second set. Being

    led by Danielle Gurwell, the Bears

    steamrolled to a 14-1 lead. To Wauseons

    credit they did manage to make a com-

    petitive set out of the quick start closing

    Bryans lead to 16-10. The Tribe did get

    within three on a Sariah Yackee ace

    making it 23-20, but the Bears slammed

    the door with the final two points along

    with the exclamation point with a

    Gurwell kill for the 25-21 win.

    The Indians fought hard again in the

    third set taking a quick lead. It melted

    away though with the continued domi-

    nant play of Gurwell and Rachel Fruth.

    The score was tied at 16-16 and from

    that point the Bears outscored Wauseon

    9-2 to claim the sectional title in Division

    II.

    We simply just got beat, Wauseon

    coach Bill Blanchong said. WIth the

    rally scoring system it is hard to come

    back, but I was proud of our girls in

    that second set. We were down 14-1 but

    did not give up.

    Bill Bray can be reached at

    [email protected]

    Edon Lady Bombers Bounced FromThe Sectional Tourney By AyersvilleBRYAN - The Ayersville Lady Pilots

    swept the Edon Lady Bombers for the

    Division IV Sectional Championship on

    October 19, 25-21, 25-20 and 25-17.

    Kaela Gearhart went 12/12 serving

    for Edon, with Haley Jacoby going 9/9

    and Kaitlyn Manahan 13/14. Haley

    Jacoby was 16/17 serving up the ball,

    while Kaela Gearhart was a perfect 9/9,

    and Kaitlin Chrisman added 11. Alex

    Kiess led with 39 sets, with Manahan

    adding 29. Kiess and Newell each had 6

    digs, and Newell had 14 digs, Gearhart

    11, and Kiess 9.

    Stryker Falls To Toledo Christian InOctober 19th Sectional Championship Match

    ARCHBOLD - The Stryker Lady

    Panthers were mowed down in straight

    sets by the #1 seeded Toledo Christian

    Lady Eagles for the D-IV Sectional title

    on October 19, 11-25, 7-25 and 11-25.

    No other stats pertinent to this game

    were received.

    Pettisville Ladybirds Take Five SetsTo Defeat Stritch For Sectional Crown

    ARCHBOLD - After their semifinal

    games, there were no secrets about the

    Cardinal Stritch Lady Cardinals and the

    Pettisville Lady Blackbirds coming into

    their October 19 D-IV SectionalChampionship game.

    Stritch showed Hilltop that they not

    only had a potent force on the front line,

    but that they were masters of the tar-

    geted serve. Pettisville proved that even

    though they were at a height disadvan-

    tage against Holgate, they had the

    coaching and the athletic versatility to

    compensate and adjust while still allow-

    ing their high flyers like Dana Fricke,

    Emily Hubby and Jordyn Pursel.

    When the game ensued, the parity of

    the teams came to the fore. Pettisville

    took the first two sets before Stritch

    came roaring back to tie the meet at two

    sets apiece, instituting a fifth set tie-

    breaker. The Ladybirds were able to

    break the momentum of the Lady

    Cardinals and take the fifth set and theD-IV Sectional Championship, 26-24,

    25-13, 22-25, 20-25 and 15-7.

    Stephanie Hubby 41 digs, an assist

    and a kill for 20-4 / 10-0 Pettisville,

    with Emily Hubby adding 32 digs, 4

    assists and 15 kills. Sarah Christiansen

    posted 5 digs, Amber Klopfenstein had

    6 kills and a block, and Jordyn Pursel

    had an ace, 3 digs and 14 kills.

    Dana Fricke registered 2 aces, 3

    digs, an assist, 18 kills and 2 blocks;

    Kate Kauffman had 13 digs, 27 assists

    and 6 kills, and Brooke Waidelich had

    10 digs, 33 assists and 2 kills.

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    Pettisville Blackbirds Defeated ByArchbold In Sectional Semifinal Match

    SWANTON - It took overtime to settle

    the score, but behind goals from Connor

    Tuckerman and Troy King, the Pettisville

    Blackbirds advanced to the D-IIISectional Semifinals with a 2-1 win over

    Swanton on October 17.

    The Blackbirds postseason run

    came to a halt in the semis though, as

    they were blanked 2-0 by Archbold on

    October 19 to end the 2013 Pettisvillecampaign.

    Varsity Girls Cross CountryTHE HOMETOWN HUDDLE

    TAG TEAM ... The Bosell sisters, Amy (5) and Sydney (4) team up for an attempt at a

    block.

    PHOTOS BY BILL BRAY, STAFF

    GOING FOR THE BLOCK ... Sydney Bosell tries to block a Bryan shot.

    BY: MITCH PEEPLES

    THE VILLAGE REPORTER

    WAUSEONA rst half hat trick by

    Wauseon junior Leo Rendon was notenough to propel the Indian soccer team

    to the victory, as the Panthers of Maumee

    had a second half come from being win tobeat the Indians by a score of 4-3 Tuesday

    afternoon.The sectional quarter nal contest was

    a rematch of a regular season game whichsaw the Panthers beat the Indians 7-1.

    This time around, Wauseon made sure

    that the match was much closer than be-fore.

    The Indians would start off the contestwith a goal by Leo Rendon just over three

    minutes into the start of the match, giv-ing the Indians the 1-0 lead at the 36:54

    mark. The next Indian goal would come off

    of a penalty kick by Rendon with 20:23 re-maining in the opening half of the match.

    Only a minute later, Rendon would breakaway from the Maumee defenders, and

    drill a kick past Panther goalkeeper Hunt-er Thomasson, giving him a hat trick in the

    rst half, and giving Wauseon a 3-0 lead

    with 19:23 left in the rst half. The greatplays by Rendon were complimented by

    great defense by the Tribe, and outstand-

    ing goal keeping by Kevin Moden, who wasin his rst game back after suffering a con-

    cussion. Moden made several saves, anddid not allow a single goal in the rst half

    of play. Maumee had a chance to score agoal as they had a penalty kick at the 5:04

    mark, but they were unable to capitalizeas Panther senior Alex Wagner hit the left

    side of the goal post on the kick. The Pan-

    thers were visibly and audibly frustrated,

    as Wagner then received a yellow card for

    aggressive play. Neither team was able toscore for the remainder of the half, and the

    Indians took a 3-0 lead into halftime.The script was ipped in the second

    half however. Wauseon's senior ReynaldoLopez was forced to sit out the second half,

    which hurt the Indian's offensive chemis-

    try. Indians coach Scott Hoover said Rey-naldo was playing with Leo real well and

    that hurt our attack when he went out.A hat trick by Wagner coupled with the

    inability by the Wauseon offense to scorein the second half tied the game a three

    all, and sent the match into a extra sud-

    den death period. The Panthers immedi-ately took control of the ball, and brought

    it down near the goal. Moden made two ex-cellent game saving stops at the 12:53 and

    11:54 marks, but was unable to get a third

    save as Wagner would score his fourth goalfor the Panthers, this one sealing the win

    for the Panthers at the 9:36 mark of theextra period.

    Despite the loss, Hoover was proud ofthe effort his team gave What a night, The

    kids really came ready to play, Hoover said

    Everyone played key rolls in this game. Itwas a great team effort. Kevin Moden was

    incredible He had some awesome saves helooked like superman diving and ying af-

    ter balls. I give Maumee a lot of credit, theyattacked coming out of the half, so hats off

    to them

    Wauseon ends the season with a 3-12-1record.

    Mitch Peeples may be reached at

    [email protected].

    Indians Soccer Team Unable To Hold On ToFirst Half Lead, Ousted In Tournament By Maumee

    PHOTO BY MITCH PEEPLES, STAFF

    STRONG DEFENSE ... Michael Pile plays strong defense against Maumee.

    DOWN THE FIELD WE GO ... Grant Sauber advances the ball downeld.

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    Tiffin With A Third Place Finish At Districts

    LIBERTY CENTER - The D-II Cross

    Country Districts at Liberty Center on

    October 19 will be remembered for the

    rain and mud, but also for the Wauseon

    Indians placing third to advance to the

    D-II Regionals at Tiffin.

    Quintin Reiser placed second over-

    all, and Justin Mourguet took ninth to

    propel the Tribe to the Tiffin event on

    October 26. With Wade Hodges taking

    17th, Caleb Blanchong 19th and Aaron

    Beck 36th, the Indians cemented a solid

    third to continue their march to

    Columbus.

    Looking at the bigger picture, the

    Tribe is poised for a strong run at

    Columbus. There were a total of 17 D-II

    District races run on this day, and of

    those races, the top cumulative team

    times were found at the Liberty Center

    Widewater event. The Wauseon cumula-

    tive team time of 1:25:42.23 was fourth

    best out of the 17 District races. That

    kind of time begs consideration for the

    State finals.

    In evaluating the individual competi-

    tion, Reiser placed second at Liberty

    Center with a time of 15:58.62. That

    time was also the second fastest out of

    all D-II boys competing in their respec-

    tive Districts. To put that in more down-

    to-earth numbers...Quintin Reiser of

    Wauseon was second out of the 1,393

    D-II runners competing in their respec-

    tive Districts.

    The following Wauseon finishes were

    recorded by place and time...

    3 - Wauseon - 79

    2 - Quintin Reiser - 15:58.62

    9 - Justin Mourguet - 16:59.25

    17 - Wade Hodges - 17:15.28

    19 - Caleb Blanchong - 17:19.37

    36 - Aaron Beck - 18:09.71

    40 - Josh Collins - 18:25.11

    49 - Kyle Knierim - 18:46.08

    Pettisville Blackbird Harriers SurviveDistricts To Advance To Tiffin Regionals

    LIBERTY CENTER - To say the con-

    ditions were lousy at the D-III Liberty

    Center Districts on October 19 is an

    understatement. Cold...rainy...soggy;

    whatever order you put them in, it still

    fit to a tee. The conditions probably

    played a big part in the outcome of the

    boys event.

    The BBC Champion Pettisvil le

    Blackbirds finished third to advance to

    the Tiffin Regionals, but it was a battleto get the qualifying spot. It was a sur-

    prise that out of the seven area schools,

    only the Blackbirds were able to

    advance. Fayette finished one spot over

    the four team cutoff, and Skylar Lantz

    finished a surprising 18th overall to

    eliminate him from further contention.

    The following local finishes were

    recorded by place and time...

    3 - Pettisville - 128

    * Regional Qualifier *

    5 - Fayette - 140

    12 - Edon - 331

    13 - Montpelier - 331

    14 - Stryker - 333

    15 - North Central - 374

    15 - Kyle Lantz - Pettisville - 17:09.7418 - Skylar Lantz - Fayette - 17:19.99

    21 - Brady Livensparger - Hilltop -

    17:32.17

    22 - Dean Beamont - Stryker -

    17:33.13

    25 - Christian Suarez - Fayette -

    17:39.83

    26 - Dominic Frey - Pettisville -

    17:47.46

    27 - Jacob Hauter - Pettisville -

    17:50.46

    28 - Dylan Stannard - Fayette -

    17:52.85

    31 - Aaron Bontrager - Pettisville -

    18:03.31

    33 - Nathan Siller - Pettisville -

    18:06.93

    34 - Casen Burkholder - Fayette -

    18:08.5837 - Austin Dykstra - Pettisville -

    18:14.45

    39 - Austin Lopez - Fayette - 18:18.22

    41 - Jared Rediger - Montpelier -

    18:20.07

    42 - Jared Wagner - Fayette - 18:20.13

    44 - Cameron Roller - Ottawa Hills -

    18:21.33

    49 - Jason Vassar - North Central -

    18:49.93

    50 - Ian Schrock - Fayette - 18:55.78

    52 - Jerry Braun - Edon - 18:59.9659 - Coy Dunkle - Edon - 19:21.21

    61 - Derek Opdycke - Stryker -

    19:21.65

    63 - Brandon Schlosser - Montpelier -

    19:32.18

    65 - Alec Waterston - Montpelier -

    19:37.34

    66 - Michael Ater - Edon - 19:37.53

    68 - Evan Rufenacht - Pettisville -

    19:40.23

    72 - Trenton Sakos - North Central -

    19:48.41

    73 - Ross Planson - Stryker - 19:53.31

    77 - Andrew Laduke - Edon - 20:07.93

    80 - Adam Knepper - North Central -

    20:16.20

    82 - Jacob Brown - Edon - 20:23.91

    83 - Connor Link - Montpelier -

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    85 - Hunter Lilleholm - Stryker -

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    87 - Brett Oxender - North Central -

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    91 - Jakub Grodi - North Central -

    21:12.87

    97 - Trevin Rhoades - Stryker -

    21:48.26

    98 - Cameron Frey - Stryker - 21:55.53

    99 - Zane Eicher - Edon - 22:10.56

    102 - Dustin Teschke - Stryker -

    22:28.28

    103 - Josh Braun - Edon - 22:28.78

    107 - Nathan Traxler - North Central -

    22:48.49

    111 - Kaleb Faler - North Central -

    25:32.46

    PHOTOS BY MICHAEL NAFZIGER, STAFF

    Justin Mourguet and Wade Hodges of Wauseon

    Quintin Reiser of Wauseon

    Connor Link of Montpelier and Michael Ater of Edon

    PHOTOS BY MICHAEL NAFZIGER, STAFF

    Jason Vassar of North CentralDominic Frey of Pettisville

    Skylar Lantz of Fayette and Brady Livensparger of Hilltop

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    Wauseon Lady Indians Advance To The D-IIRegionals After Dominating The DistrictsLIBERTY CENTER - The #15 ranked

    Lady Indians of Wauseon have claimed

    several titles this season, the Champions

    of the NWOAL being just one. OnOctober 19, they made a statement to

    Mother Nature and everyone else in the

    field. On that date they became the

    Division II Liberty Center District

    Champions, and not by any small mar-

    gin.

    With Taylor Vernot placing first and

    Kylie Archibeque second, the Lady

    Indians placed all five of their scoring

    runners in the top seven finishers to

    come away with 21 points, a mere six

    points away from a perfect score. So

    dominant was the performance of the

    Tribe, that second place Napoleon fin-

    ished 35 points back with 56 points.

    Looking beyond the Widewater

    Liberty Center race and to the rest of

    Ohio, the Lady Indians are arguably the

    odds on favorites to bring home goldfrom Columbus. Of the seventeen D-II

    District races run on this day, the

    Tribes cumulative team time of

    1:36:23.78 was the best in the State.

    How does this compare with other

    District powerhouses? Very well, and

    the numbers bear it out.

    The high school made famous by

    LeBron James, Akron St. Vincent St.

    Mary, was competing in the Akron

    District which they won with 29 points.

    Going by individual times...not place-

    ments, all five of the Wauseon scoring

    ladies finished ahead of the top runner

    for Akron SVSM, the #1 ranked team in

    Ohio D-II.

    Another example came from the

    Elyria District where Bay, the #2 ranked

    team in Ohio D-II, was a single point

    away from perfection with a District-

    winning total of 16 points. An impres-

    sive total, sure, but once again if youtake into consideration the times of the

    Lady Indians scoring runners, Tayler

    Vernot and Kylie Archibeque finished

    ahead of the top finisher for Bay. The

    next four from Wauseon, Lindsey

    Archibeque, Aneesa Volkman, Aleea

    Volkman and Seneca Wyse, all finished

    ahead of Bays number two finisher.

    In individual competition, nobody in

    Ohio D-II could hold a candle to Vernot.

    Her time of 18:08.59 was not just the

    best at Liberty Center, it was the fastest

    time by nearly 30 seconds in the entire

    State D-II bracket. Many of the top fin-

    ishers of the other District races had

    times slower than the Wauseon Diva of

    Distance by a minute or greater, and

    some were as much as two minutes or

    greater off her time.Those who have the dubious task of

    lacing em up against the Lady Indians

    have their work cut out for them. This is

    the team to beat, not just at the October

    26 Regionals, but in the Capitol City as

    well.

    The following Wauseon finishes were

    recorded by place and time...

    1 - Wauseon - 21

    1 - Taylor Vernot - 18:08.59

    2 - Kylie Archibeque - 19:25.24

    5 - Lindsey Archibeque - 19:32.66

    6 - Aneesa Volkman - 19:35.82

    7 - Aleea Volkman - 19:41.47

    11 - Seneca Wyse - 20:09.42

    19 - Megan Beck - 20:46.45

    Pettisvilles Leppelmeier & FayettesStuckey To Advance To D-III Regionals

    LIBERTY CENTER - The same miser-

    able conditions at the D-III Liberty

    Center Districts that plagued the boys

    on October 19 proved to be an equal, if

    not greater deterrent to the local ladies

    on the course.

    While the boys saw everyone elimi-

    nated except for the Pettisville team, the

    girls were similarly decimated. Of the

    four full teams and the three schools

    that competed at sub-team strength inthe mud pit course, only Alexa

    Leppelmeier of Pettisville and Jill

    Stuckey of Fayette were able to punch

    their tickets to the Tiffin Regionals.

    Leppelmeier finished in fifth place

    with a time of 19:57.11. Stuckey fin-

    ished in ninth with a time of 20:37.51.

    The following local finishes were

    recorded by place and time...

    8 - Pettisville - 180

    9 - Stryker - 239

    10 - Fayette - 261

    13 - Edon - 351

    5 - Alexa Leppelmeier - Pettisville -

    19:57.11

    * Regional Qualifier *

    9 - Jill Stuckey - Fayette - 20:37.51* Regional Qualifier *

    21 - Elizabeth Miller - Pettisville -

    21:32.90

    24 - ShiAnna Whitman - Stryker -

    21:42.66

    31 - Madeleine Routhier - Hilltop -

    22:00.03

    36 - Lauren Garrett - Hilltop - 22:07.98

    37 - Lita Banks - Montpelier - 22:08.70

    42 - Megan Graber - Stryker - 22:30.78

    45 - Taylor DAlelio - Pettisville -

    22:32.91

    50 - Paige Speelman - Stryker -

    22:45.43

    51 - Emilie Keiser - Fayette - 22:49.73

    56 - Krystine Davis - Pettisville -

    23:10.89

    57 - Cassi Trausch - Edon - 23:14.91

    58 - Kari Oberlin - Stryker - 23:15.88

    60 - Madelyn Maginn - Fayette -

    23:31.10

    66 - Andrea Aeschliman - Pettisville -

    23:56.6367 - Jaelyn Rufenacht - Pettisville -

    24:12.16

    69 - Taylor Harper - North Central -

    24:17.96

    71 - Hannah Herring - Pettisville -

    24:22.72

    75 - Bailey Funkhouser - Hilltop -

    24:32.10

    77 - Baylee Gearhart - Edon - 24:40.57

    78 - Liz Maginn - Fayette - 24:42.98

    79 - Brenda Harrington - Edon -

    24:45.27

    84 - Sammantha Vassar - North

    Central - 25:49.28

    86 - Hannah Jenkins - Montpelier -

    26:03.83

    89 - Gabrielle Paxton - Stryker -

    26:45.43

    90 - Kaylie Brown - Edon - 27:03.1991 - Haley Suffel - Montpelier -

    27:07.61

    92 - Miranda Minzey - Fayette -

    27:10.80

    93 - Brooke Schwartz - Edon -

    27:21.52

    95 - Jessica Earle - Montpelier -

    28:18.58

    97 - Makayla Bostater - Edon -

    29:47.51

    98 - Tristen Tomblin - North Central -

    31:15.19

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    Taylor Harper of North CentralCassi Trausch of Edon and

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    Team Includes Sabrina Brown Of Edon...

    Shawnee State Makes The Huge JumpFrom #24 To #15 In Latest NAIA Poll

    PORTSMOUTH The Shawnee State

    Lady Bears Womens Cross Countrymade the jump to No. 15 in the latest

    NAIA Poll after the Bears defeated a

    total of five ranked teams at this past

    weekends NAIA Preview Meet. Shawnee

    States leap was the largest of any

    school in the country as it moved up

    nine spots from No. 24 during last

    weeks poll.

    The No. 15 rank in the NAIA Poll ties

    the team for its highest rank at any

    time during program history. The Bears

    were also ranked 15th in three polls

    during the 2008 season. They finished

    13th at the NAIA Championships that

    season the highest finish in program

    history.

    The Bears finished fifth overall at

    the NAIA Preview Meet which was host-

    ed by the same course that the womensteam would run if they qualify for the

    NAIA National Championships. For the

    first time in her SSU career, Halle

    Richards was the Bears top finisher as

    she posted the 22nd fastest time in pro-

    gram history overall and became the

    fourth fastest individual in program

    history in the process. Sarah Biehl was

    the teams second finisher after coming

    in first during the opening three races.

    She is ranked fifth overall on the all-

    time performance list.Jamie Retherford and Amber Smith

    are also ranked in the top 10 of the per-

    formance list in program history. Both

    turned in career best times during the

    seasons opening meet. Megan Day and

    Emily Richmond also turned in per-

    sonal bests at the NAIA Preview. Day is

    ranked 14th fastest in program history

    while Richmond is 16th quickest on the

    all-time list. In all, a total of eight differ-

    ent runners ranked in the top 25 in

    program history have turned in their

    personal bests this year. Former Edon

    Lady Bomber standout Sabrina Brown

    is a freshman at Shawnee State, and

    currently in her first year as a member

    of the Lady Bears.

    Among their conference rivals,

    Shawnee State once again the onlyteam ranked in the top 25 as the

    University of the Cumberlands is once

    again receiving votes in this weeks poll.

    The Bears final race of the regular

    season will be October 26 when they

    travel to Michigan for the NAIA Great

    Lakes/Aquinas Challenge. That meet

    will be the Bears final race before the

    Mid-South Conference Championship

    in November.

    Edon Alumnus Joshua SonnebergerEarns HCAC Player Of The Week NodTERRE HAUTE, INDIANA - Joshua

    Sonneberger, a 2011 graduate of Edonand currently a junior lineman for the

    Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

    Fighting Engineers was recently hon-ored as Heartland Collegiate Athletic

    Conference Football Defensive Player

    of the Week.

    Sonneberger led the Engineers effortin a 27-17 loss to Centre in which he

    totaled nine tackles, 1.5 tackles for

    loss, one half sack and one forcedfumble in the game.

    Area Athletic NewsTHE HOMETOWN HUDDLE

    FANS IN THE STANDS ... (front) Brock Thiel, Tyler Seaman, Larry Newbauer, Pres-

    ton Klingler Jared Lyons and (back) Gunnar Matson, Baylee Gearhart and Zach

    Dean fully support both communities at the Montpelier/Edon volleyball game on

    Monday evening.

    PHOTOS PROVIDED

    BLUE THUNDER ... Back: Coaches Jason Stahler & Nick Ramos. Middle: Kyler

    Stoy, Wade Mauk, Reece Gooding, Jaxon Stahler. Front: Bella Ramos, Blade Logan,

    Jenna Clinger. Missing: Jess Hendricks

    PURPLE HORNETS ... Back: Coach Nikki Uribes. Middle: Hayden Veres, Jada

    Uribes, Gwen Moor, Gavin Perkins. Front: Alexander Fedderke, Zoe Uribes, Preston

    Dean. Missing: Coach Tashia Thompson & Avery Thompson.

    RED ROVER ... Back : Coaches Brooke Felt and Kim Friend. Middle: Parker Felt,

    Grifn Cooley, Adrian McMillen, Austin Adams. Front: Luke Friend, Nevaeh Smith,

    Bria Friend.

    ORANGE RACERS ... Back: Coach Angel Fritsch. Middle: Lainey Brigle, Ileannah

    Taylor, Gavyn Bass, Kelsie Bumb, Johnathan Fritsch. Front: Brenton Wheeler,

    Laylynn McKibben, Ryan Nye.

    Happy Bomber Fans Root On Their Team

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    YELLOW JACKETS ... Back: Coaches Nathan Musser & Brent Stanley. Middle:

    Isaac Musser, Jarron Dohner, Jared Stanley, Shelby Lockwood, Joel Dohner. Front:

    Katelyn Musser, Luke Musser, Alexa Stuck.

    GREEN LIZARDS ... Back: Coaches A.J. Geren & Holly Shockley. Middle: Kenley

    Routt, Greyson Saneholtz, Alex Geren, Gavin Shockley. Front: Phoenix Brown, Joel

    Saneholtz, Meagan Gilmore. Missing: Coach Jaimi Geren.

    CREW ... Back: Coaches Alex Wheeler and Tonya Bailey. Middle: Hannah Saba-

    tino, Sydney Fry, Madisyn Routt, Dominic Marino, Jayma Bailey, Rylan JoHantgen.

    Front: Karis Wheeler, Dylan Siebenaler, Ella Miller, Aiden Funkhouser. Missing:

    Coach Bobbi Miller.

    BLAZERS ... Back: Coaches Todd Friend, Kim Friend, Dan McGee. Middle: Noah

    Jay, Kinsey Word, Bob Lambert, Kaiden Snow, Meara McGee. Front: Wyatt Wodar-

    ski-Felt, Jacob Lamontagne, Brennen Friend, Harli Wodarski-Felt.

    KNIGHTS ... Back: Coach Chad Adams. Middle: Ashtyn Mason, Ethan Adams, An-

    gel Perez, Payton Mauk, Jacee Altaffer. Front: Emma Uyttenhove, Lydia Stimpe,

    Marie Hager, Gabrielle Steffanelli.

    WIZARDS ... Back: Coaches Seila Miller, Josh May, Angela Blue. Middle: Journey

    Kowssarie, Faith Miller, Kelly Schaffter, Lexi French, Sawyer Rademacher. Front:

    Roxy Kennell, Jacob Smith, Cedric Taylor, Alexis May.

    FIRE ... Back: Coach Rob Young. Middle: Landon Brigle, Emily Fritsch, Bri Young,

    Clay Turner, Ayden Santos, Beatrix Baratier. Front: Jake Clinger, Cailynn Young,

    Chloe Martin, Hope Ayers, Julian Kowssarie. Missing: Coach David Baratier.

    HEAT ... Back: Coaches Beth Rediger and Shawn Eitniear. Middle: Jonathan Re-

    diger, Brayden JoHantgen, Alethia Stimpe, Symantha Belknap, Aiden Cheek, Lily

    Wilson. Front: Dylan Eitniear, Tristen Bexten, Brooke Wheeler, Ethan Siebenaler,

    Alison Lamontagne. Missing: Addi Thompson.

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    POWER ... Back: Coaches Nathan French & Jason Miller. Middle: Gage Winebern-

    ner, Blake Funkhouser, Kennedy Caudill, Ryan French, Chance Miller, Lyndsi En-gels, Chelsea McCord. Front: Jordan Fry, Scottie Hillard, Kathryn Sabatino, Riley

    Birkhold, Grace McDaniel.

    CLASH ... Back: Coaches Kim McIntosh, Jodi Grime, Kerry Kreischer. Middle:

    Parker Kreischer, Rachel McIntosh, Jamison Grime, Hannah Dean, Noah Kimble,

    Kaitlyn Stembridge. Front: Hunter Wodarski-Felt, Madison Kimble, Tatum Grime,

    Wayne Lambert, Sawyer Wodarski-Felt.

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