Hayden Callicotte sank five of six free throws late in the fourth quarter and Cole Mitchey hit both of his foul shot attempts with under a minute left in the game as the Swanton Bulldogs held on to defeat the Genoa Comets 44-38 to notch their 12th win of the season against just three losses. The Bulldogs held a 23-17 lead at halftime but saw the visiting Comets trim the six-point deficit to one at 28-27heading into the final quarter.
Genoa: 15-2-10-11 = 38 Walter Plantz (14), Jon Huston (12), Skylar Ju (6), Aiden Brankhorst (4), Robert Messenger (2)
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The Swanton Bulldogs and the Genoa Comets battled into the fourth quarter tied at 24, but the visiting Comets took control in that final frame, outscoring the Bulldogs 18-8 to capture the non-league boys Junior Varsity basketball game.
Genoa: 11-7-6-18 = 42 Ryan Routson (17), Josiah Clement (12), Denver Stewart (9), Ty Asman (4)
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Photo: Keyon Johnson-Couch scoring two of his team-high 12 points
Down by two points at halftime, the defense of the Pettisville Blackbirds shutout the Fayette offense in the third quarter and only allowed nine fourth quarter points and went on to defeat the visiting Eagles 39-26 on Saturday night. Fayette led 17-15 after the first half, but had allowed 6’9″ Pettisville center Cayden Jacoby to score 12 points, all inside the paint area. In the second half, they were able to hold Jacoby to just three more points but could not contain his teammates. Blackbird junior Joey Ripke scored all nine of his points after halftime and senior guard Jaret Beck scored all 10 of his points in the fourth quarter to fuel the comeback.
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Photo: Joey Ripke scores on a layup in the fourth quarter
The Evergreen Viking bowling team, got impressive 400+ two-game series totals from Michael Laver and Mitchell Gillen and outscored the Swanton Bulldogs 2180-1915 in an NWOAL match at the Swanton Sports Center on Friday night.
Evergreen: Michael Laver (217+213 = 430), Mitchell Gillen (192+208 = 400), Thomas Baker (151+187 = 338), Makayla McKenzie (189+120 = 309), Xaviar Robinette (147), Elliot Prescott (140), Baker Games (134+124+158 = 416 Total = 2180
Swanton: Scott Rafferty-Reside (157+216 = 373), Matt Bates (177+151 = 328), Chase Lafferty-Reside (147+165 = 312), Conner Williams (140+150 = 290), Makayla Balonek (114+122 = 236), Baker Games (124+114+138 = 376) Total = 1915
At their home match Friday night at the Swanton Sports Center, the Delta Lady Panthers defeated the Tinora Lady Rams 1618-1423 and the Delta Gentlemen Panthers beat the Tinora Gentlemen Rams 2284-2028.
Tinora Girls: Aleksia Cook (137+132 = 269), Rose Billing (128+123 = 251), Paige Weber (126+93 = 219), Eva Martinez (83+121 = 219), Deja Kimmel (110+85 = 195), Baker Games (96+91+98 = 285) Total = 1423
Delta Girls: Ciarra Flickinger (182+181 = 363), Lexi Brown (157+137 = 294), Alana Hoyt (112+103 = 215), Olivia Tipton (92+97 = 189), Serena Shelhart (63+94 = 157), Baker Games (104+150+146 = 400) Total 1618
Tinora Boys: Isaiah Goliover (186+198 = 384), Lucas Stein (168+171 = 337), Elijah Goliver (154+155 = 309), Kaiden Fenter (161), Anthony Punches (160), Drew Higbea (125), Kody Short (125), Baker Games (141+138+146 = 425) Total = 2028
Delta Boys: Brenden Pribe (221+156 = 377), Brody Waugh (158+187 = 345), Dylan Stricker (175+169 = 344), Konrad Hawkins (154+180 = 334), Paul McQueen (149+179 = 328), Baker Games (191+209+156 = 556) Total = 2284
Photo: Top Delta bowlers Ciarra Fleckinger and Brenden Pribe
In 2022 American Family Insurance Swanton agent Lynn Carter retired after many years of service. Jim Trampevski has now taken over as the new agent for the Swanton office located at 136 N Main Street. Working along with Mr. Trampevski in the office are agent assistants Beth Keivens and Jordan Salkil.
With being the new agent in town, Mr. Trampevski would like to get to know the community that he is serving. There are wonderful people here in Swanton and they would like to help as much as they can with all your insurance needs. With this ribbon cutting event, Mr. Trampevski and the others want to bring a new life in American Family in Swanton and not only grow with the business but grow with the community that we serve.
Photo: Agent Jim Trampevski cuts the ribbon to officially take over American Family Insurance, Swanton Office
The Swanton Bulldogs opened up a five-game home stretch by defeating the Fayette Eagles 67-38 in a non-league Tuesday night contest. Swanton maintained a tenuous double-digit lead for most of the game then blew out Fayette in the fourth quarter to lead by 30 points late before settling for the 29-point victory.
Swanton: 15-18-12-22 = 67 Luc Borojevich (23), Cole Mitchey (13), Charlie Wood (9), Drew Smigelski (8), Kayden Davis (6), Ryan O’Shea (3), Hayden Callicotte (3)
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It was a two-for-Tuesday afternoon yesterday at Swanton High School as a pair of Bulldog soccer standouts, Bailey DeKoeyer of the girls team and Nick Meisner of the boys team, signed National Letters of Intent to continue their education and soccer career at Terra State Community College in Fremont, Ohio.
“I was going to pick a school in Maryland, but when I went on a tour at Terra it just screamed ‘Go here!’ It just felt more comfortable and it’s close to home,” said Bailey. According to Lady Bulldog head soccer coach, Bailey’s talent and skills on the defensive side of the ball will serve her well at the next level. Ironically, even though Bailey had played soccer while growing up, Bailey chose to play volleyball her first three years of high school before joining the Lady Bulldog soccer program her senior year. She will now be a part of the Lady Titans team and will be majoring in business in the classroom.
Also expected to make an impact on defense, but for the Titan men’s program, Nick believes his 6’3” frame and condor-like wing span will be a major asset when he assumes his natural position as the goal keeper. “I’ve been playing soccer since I can remember. I definitely think I’ll do pretty good over there,” he said. In the classroom, Nick plans on studying nursing to obtain an Associate’s degree as a Registered Nurse (RN).
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Swanton senior Cole Mitchey, still healing from a flagrant foul head injury suffered just days earlier in a game against Ottawa Hills, returned to action Friday night and lit up the gym at Wauseon to the tune of 34 points to carry the Bulldogs to 61-43 NWOAL victory over the Indians.
Mitchey, wearing a bandage to cover the five-stitch wound over his swollen left eye, began the game on fire, hitting three consecutive three-point shots and scoring 12 points in the first quarter, staking the Bulldogs to a 16-9 lead after one. He scored six of Swanton’s 14 points in the second as the Bulldogs took a 30-22 advantage over the Indians as the teams headed for the locker room at halftime.
Wauseon began to close the gap when play resumed, pulling within four points at 30-24, but Mitchey continue with his torrid pace, racking up another 11 points, matching the Indians’ total for the third quarter and pushing the Swanton lead to 46-33. A slam dunk off a feed from Hayden Callicotte in the last frame and his sixth and final three-pointer finished Mitchey’s scoring on the night with a career high of 34 points and an 18-point Bulldog win.
“The game plan wasn’t to keep giving me the ball, but the shots kept falling,” said Mitchey. My teammates were working the ball and finding me when I was open. It just worked out.”
The victory was critical for the Swanton’s title hopes this season. They were coming off a grueling stretch of three consecutive overtime games, the second of which was a heartbreaking double OT road loss to league opponent Patrick Henry. The win over Wauseon evens their NWOAL record at 1-1 with five more league games to play. “We’re a resilient bunch. We never quit, that’s for sure,” stated Swanton head coach Bruce Smith referring to his team’s bounce-back performance after the last two overtime defeats. “They (Wauseon) are so well coached and patient and have some people that can put the ball in the bucket and we held them to 43. I don’t think they scored in the last four minutes. When we score 61 that means something went right. We’re normally a 52- or 53-point team.”
The Bulldogs are typically a very balanced scoring team, but on this night Mitchey just could not and would not be contained. “When you come out and hit your first two or three shots you think you can do anything and beat anybody and he was magnificent, exclaimed Coach Smith. “He was an All-Ohio player tonight.”
Swanton moves to 10-2 overall on the season and returns home on Tuesday night to face the Fayette Eagles at 7:30 PM. Wauseon also lost 60-51 to the Northview Wildcats on Saturday night, dropping their overall record to 7-7 and are currently 1-1 in the NWOAL. The Indians travel to Evergreen on Friday night to take on the Vikings in the Big House.
Swanton: 16-14-16-15 = 61 Cole Mitchey (34), Hayden Callicotte (9), Dre Smigelski (5), Luc Borojevich (5), Kayden Davis (4), Charlie Wood (4)
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