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The visiting Swanton Bulldogs made several critical errors including a short kickoff to start the game, a lost fumbled lateral deep in their own territory and a blocked punt recovered for a touchdown, allowing the Evergreen Vikings to put up 24 first-quarter points in a 45-0 NWOAL victory at Pifer Field on Friday night. After receiving the short kickoff, the Vikings scored within 1:35 on a pass 21-yard from Bryce Bolger to Will Johnson and led 7-0 after an Alex Mossing PAT.
Two plays after receiving the subsequent kickoff, Swanton mishandled a lateral pass, leading to a Mossing 34-yard field goal and a 10-0 Evergreen lead. After failing to advance the ball on their next series, the Bulldogs had their punt blocked by John Johnson and Brendan Holman scooped up the loose ball, walked into the endzone and gave the Vikings a 17-0 advantage. Before the quarter ended, Max Mossing dashed around the left end and went 55-yards for another touchdown, making the score 24-0 with 2:55 still remaining on the clock.
The Mossings added another seven points to the scoreboard in the second quarter when Max ran the ball in from 30-yards out and Alex kicked the extra point to go on top 31-0 as the half ended, triggering the running clock to start the second half. Colton Robertson hauled in a 52-yard touchdown pass from Bolger in the third quarter and Austin Gillen carried the ball in from one-yard out to end the scoring at 45-0.
The Evergreen victory improves their NWOAL record to 3-3 and their overall record to 5-4. This sets up a showdown next Friday when the Delta Panthers, sitting at 3-3 and 6-3, visit Pifer Field with significant state playoff computer points at stake in the final game of the regular season. Swanton moves to 0-6 and 0-9 and will entertain the Patrick Henry Patriots next Friday night.
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Photo: Evergreen Band director Chris Lyons signals “Touchdown” as Viking Will Johnson holds the football in the end zone.
Led by the turbo-charged serves and killer spikes of Archbold senior standout Keely Culler, the Lady Blue Streaks made quick work of the Delta Lady Panthers with a 3-0 sweep in an OHSAA DV Girls Volleyball Sectional match. The 2024 NWOAL Cham[ions captured their 19th victory on their home court and will next travel to Oregon Clay High School on Tuesday night, 10/22 at 7:15 pm to take on the Swanton Lady Bulldogs. Swanton, which finished in second place in the league behind Archbold, defeated the Otsego Lady Knights 3-0 to reach the District Semi-Finals.
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Photo: Archbold senior Keely Culler fires a rocket serve
After a relatively easy 25-9 victory in the first game, the Swanton Lady Bulldogs had to grind out the next two, 25-21 and 25-20, to win the match and the OHSAA DV Sectional Championship over the Otsego Lady Knights 3-0 on Thursday night at Archbold High School.
The match victory was the 19th of the season for the Lady Bulldogs and sets up a District Semi-Final match against fellow NWOAL foe, the Archbold Lady Blue Streaks next Tuesday, 10/22, at 7:15 pm at Clay High School in Oregon.
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Photo: Sectional Volleyball Champions Swanton Lady Bulldogs
It took a while for a relentless Evergreen offense to get on the board on their home turf in their OHSAA DV Sectional Girls Soccer match against the Liberty Center Lady Tigers, but when they finally cashed in on an Addison Gleckler score some 20+ minutes into the contest, they did not let up, scoring three more quick goals in a span of three and one-half minutes for a 4-0 victory.
After Addison’s goal, Lydia Gleckler found the back of the Lady Tiger net at the 13:56 mark. Lyla Radel followed that up with a goal with 9:13 left in the first half and Addison scored her second goal of the match just 49 seconds later for the 4-0 lead going into halftime. The Evergreen defense then took control of the second half to keep Liberty Center off the scoreboard.
The 4th-seeded Lady Vikings now advance to the next round at Evergreen High School where they will face the 2nd-seeded Archbold Lady Blue Streaks on Monday night at approximately 7:15 pm, following the match between the top-seeded Delta Lady Panthers and the 3rd-seeded Ottawa Hills Lady Green Bears.
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Photo: Lady Vikings celebrate the first of two Addison Gleckler goals
Archbold Blue Streak junior Jude Hudson was the first of 71 runners to cross the finish line last Saturday morning at Swanton High School and took home the individual title at the 2024 NWOAL Cross Country Meet. Hudson, with a time of 16:51.20, edged out two Delta Panther seniors, Daniel Sintobin (16:26.82) and Konnor Hawkins (16:28.40). Sophomore Mason Like of the Liberty Center Tigers was fourth (16:33.93) and Bryan Golden Bear senior Braydon Buchanan (16:38.27) finished in fifth place.
The Golden Bears of Bryan captured the NWOAL Cross Country Team Championship as their runners claimed spots 5, 6, 8, 11 and 13 for a total of 43 points. Archbold was next with 60 points, Delta was third with 70, the Wauseon Indians came in fourth with 83, Liberty Center and the Swanton Bulldogs were well off the pace with 141 and 155 points, respectively. The Evergreen Vikings and the Patrick Henry Patriots had runners participate, but did not meet the minimum number of five to eligible to compete for the team trophy.
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Photo: Jude Hudson, first of 71 to cross the finish line
With of a time of 18:28.04, Wauseon junior Ella Rhoades out ran the rest of the field of 57 runners to capture the NWOAL Girls Cross Country Individual Championship held at Swanton High School last Saturday morning. Rhoades crossed the finish line well ahead of Delta senior Josilyn Welch (18:40.84), Patrick Henry junior Mia Amador (18:53.58), Bryan senior Kate Thormeier (19:12.99) and Bryan junior Nicolette Stickney (19:27.46) to round out the top five finishers.
The Lady Patriots of Patrick Henry took home the NWOAL Girls Cross Country Team Championship with the low score of 50 points. They were followed by Liberty Center Lady Tigers (70), Archbold Lady Blue Streaks (76), Delta lady Panthers (91), Bryan Lady Golden Bears (117), Wauseon Lady Indians (132), Swanton Lady Bulldogs (175), Evergreen Lady Vikings (192).
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Photo: Ella Rhoades crosses the finish line to win the Girls NWOAL Cross Country Championship
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