The Delta Panther coaching staff swung a 200-pound wrecking ball by the name of Marcus Nagel into the middle of the Gibsonburg Golden Bears’ game plan and beat the visitors 49-28 in a non-league football game Friday night at Panther Stadium. Nagel, a sophomore running back and defensive back ran for 202 yards, scored four touchdowns and threw a scoring pass, pushing Delta out to a 30-point advantage and triggering a running clock. On defense, Nagel racked up double digit tackles and intercepted a pass, which set up his touchdown pass on the very next play.
Delta held a one-score 20-12 lead at halftime, but exploded for 22 points in a decisive third quarter to effectively put the game out of reach against Gibsonburg which came in with a 2-0 record. The win moves the Panther record to 2-1 on the season. They will next welcome in the Archbold Blue Streaks to open up the NWOAL season on Friday. The Streaks also enter the contest with a 2-1 record.
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Photo: Marcus Nagel charges toward the end zone for the second of four touchdowns on the night
This past Friday morning, at David Hansbarger Football Field, Swanton Middle School (SMS) kicked off the 8th year of the Swanton Seven Initiative (SSI) with the House Reveal event of the Program. The Reveal places all new SMS students and new staff and faculty, into one of four “Houses” in which they will team with fellow housemates in competition with the other houses throughout the school year.
The Houses are DIGNITAS, GRATUS, OBDURO, and SAPIENTIA and they bear the colors Black, Gray, White and Purple, respectively. Each House has a relatively equal amount of 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade students and once a student is assigned to a House they will remain there throughout their time at SMS.
The House Reveal is part of SSI’s Amazing Shake Program, is a competition that focuses on building soft skills in students, placing strong emphasis on manners, discipline, respect, and professional behavior. The event was inspired by the National Amazing Shake Competition that is held every year at the acclaimed Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Photo: Designated Representatives from each house to welcome new housemates
The Swanton Lady Bulldogs grabbed the first game of the home match against the Archbold Blue Streaks but were unable to continue with the momentum and lost the league match to the visitors 3-1.
The victory moves Archbold’s record to 2-0 in the NWOAL and 6-1 overall. Their next league match will be at Bryan on Tuesday, September 9th. Swanton drops to 1-1 in the league and 5-2 on the season. They will entertain the Evergreen Lady Vikings on Tuesday, September 9th in their next NWOAL contest.
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Photo: Archbold’s Lexi Ripke attempts to drop one over Swanton defender Madison Roytek
On Thursday, the Archbold Lady Blue Streaks took two straight games to beat the Swanton Lady Bulldogs 2-0 in a Junior Varsity volleyball match at Swanton High School.
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Photo: Archbold’s Meg Burkholder sets for Imani Zimmerman
Swanton police officer, Sergeant Lee Kusz, recently resigned his position with the Swanton Police Department (SPD) and has assumed the duties and responsibilities of the Swanton Local School District Resource Officer. Sergeant Kusz graduated from Swanton High School in 2007 and attended the University of Toledo, earning a Bachelor’s Degree. He later attended and graduated from the Owens Community College Police Academy before joining the SPD.
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Photo: Hailey Frosch conducts the Swanton Marching Bulldogs
The Swanton Bulldogs took the opening kickoff and drove down the field and into the end zone to take an early 6-0 lead over the visiting Hicksville Aces. However, despite several opportunities, the offense was unable to score the rest of the game. Hicksville rallied to grab an 8-6 advantage at halftime and went on to beat Swanton 22-6 in a non-lrague contest.
The Bulldogs fall to 0-2 on the season and will remain at home next week to face the 0-2 Ottawa Hills Green Bears.
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Photo: Bulldog QB Dennis Robinson launches a pass towards the end zone.
Five sponsor teams to build six Habitat Playhouses on August 30th and September 2nd during the Fulton County Fair
For the third year, Habitat for Humanity of Fulton County is teaming up with the Fulton County Fair to build six playhouses for local families through Habitat’s Playhouse Project program. On August 30th, members of New Horizon Academy and North Star BlueScope Steel will paint, assemble, and decorate two playhouses in roughly six hours in the grassy area at the north end of the fairgrounds, where horseshoes used to be played. The New Horizon’s playhouse is financially sponsored by State Farm Insurance. Then, on September 2nd, North Star BlueScope Steel will build 2 more playhouses. Another 2 playhouses, one sponsored by Woodforest Bank and the other sponsored by Nature Fresh Farms, will also be built on Tuesday. The recipient families will arrive mid-afternoon each day to see their playhouses for the first time and meet the sponsors who financially made it possible.
Habitat for Humanity’s Playhouse Project connects sponsors with families who would not be able to afford a playhouse without assistance. With Habitat’s guidance, sponsors fund, design and build each playhouse, presenting it to the children they are partnered with and experiencing the joy that such a tremendous gift brings.
“Playing house” is often the first-time kids think about what it means to have their own home, inspiring homeownership at an early age. Families apply to receive a playhouse, with the program being need based, not income-based. In today’s world, there is much need created by short term and unforeseen issues that put families in situations where “extras” just can’t be a priority. Children feel the stress their parents are under; in fact, it can affect them deeply.
Habitat for Humanity of Fulton County started Playhouse Project in 2021 to raise much-needed funds for Habitat’s local affordable housing mission. Playhouse Projects are a win-win-win in that each sponsor supports its community through a team bonding event; a local family gets a free playhouse and Habitat’s mission gets much-needed funding to build affordable homes and repair existing homes.
The Habitat program gives a hand up, not a handout to those it partners with – families work hard to become homeowners, paying back the cost of their homes with a no-interest mortgage. Habitat must pay for the construction upfront, so it fundraises, solicits donations, and applies for grant funding. Ultimately, a family is served, a community has a new homeowner who is invested in that neighborhood, and children have hope for a bright future. Habitat’s repair program assists existing homeowners with minor repair needs and mobility ramps for elderly and disabled neighbors-in-need.
North Star BlueScope Steel will be sponsoring its 10th, 11th and 12th playhouses during this year’s Fair Build. Woodforest Bank and Nature Fresh Farms are both returning to sponsor their 3rd playhouses with State Farm Insurance sponsoring its 1st playhouse in collaboration with New Horizon Academy. NHA volunteers will be building that playhouse for one of their own student families.
Playhouse Project is Habitat’s way of helping children understand the value of “home” and provides a catalyst for creativity and imagination at a young age. These Playhouse Project sponsorships will put smiles on children’s faces now and serve local housing and repair needs in the future. Stop out on Saturday, August 30th or Tuesday, September 2nd between 9AM and approximately 3PM to watch these Playhouse Projects come to life.
Habitat of Fulton County serves Fulton, Henry & Defiance Counties with Playhouse Projects, Repairs, & Mobility Ramps – we continue to build new homes in Fulton County. For more information on Playhouse Project sponsorship, contact Habitat for Humanity of Fulton County. http://www.habitatfco.org
Landon Hendricks stopped all 12 shots on goal, many from point blank range, and Eli Bolyard sored twice to carry the Swanton Bulldogs over the Toledo Start Spartans 3-0 at Thomas Krupitzer Soccer Field Monday afternoon. The Spartans, a team with speed and excellent ball handling skills, put a lot of pressure on the Bulldog defense and Hendricks throughout the game. “My defense was really helping me out there. We really worked together in this game,” explained the sophomore goal keeper. Not only did the Swanton goalie keep the ball out of the net to record his second consecutive shutout, he cutoff multiple cross-crease passes and saved several defensive deflections from crossing the outside goal lines and giving the Start offense corner kick opportunities. “Ronnie (Coach Rico) tells me to keep those in bounds so we don’t have to worry about any more kicks coming at us.”
The Spartans may have controlled the ball more often in the early going, but it was Swanton who scored first when Eli Bolyard took a pass from Coby Sharrit and drilled a shot past Start goalie Parker Robedeau at the 32:18 mark of the first half for a 1-0 lead. With 11:34 to go before halftime, Bolyard fed Seth Tedrow deep in the Spartan crease for another score to put the Bulldogs up 2-0 heading into the break. Bolyard scored again, his sixth goal in the past two games, to give Swanton a somewhat comfortable 3-0 cushion but there was still 27:26 remaining in the contest. Start ratcheted up their offense the rest of the way, but the Bulldog defense was able to keep them off the scoreboard.
The Bulldogs record moves to 3-1-1 with the win. Swanton goes on the road for the next two matches, first to Emmanual Christian to take on the Warriors on Thursday, then to Maumee on Saturday to face the Panthers.
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Photo: Swanton sophomore goalie Landon Hendricks earns the shutout against Toledo Start
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