Swanton senior Carli LaGrange scored her team’s first 10 points of the game as the Lady Bulldogs raced out to a 24-8 halftime lead over the visiting Northwood Lady Rangers on Tuesday night. She added another ten points in the second half to for a career high of 20 to keep Northwood at bay in Swanton’s 49-36 victory. Teammate and fellow senior Lauren Bettinger tacked on nine points while making five of six free throws. Kaidence Karmol led the Lady Rangers with 17 point and Averey Perlaky had 12.
The non-league win places Swanton’s record at 2-9 at the midpoint of the season. They next travel to Wauseon to face the Lady Indians on Friday in an NWOAL contest.
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Photo: Carli LaGrange shoots for two of her career-high 20 points
In two close matches, the Evergreen Vikings and Lady Vikings outscored the Swanton Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs, respectively on Monday afternoon at the Swanton Sports Center.
In the boys’ match, Evergreen took a 50-pin lead into the Baker Games then added another 62 pins to their advantage to defeat Swanton 1915-1803. Thomas Baker shot a two-game series 325 to lead the Vikings. Logan Partin fired a two-game series 365 including a match high game of 228 to pace Swanton.
The girls’ match was even closer with the Lady Vikings edging the Lady Bulldogs by a score of 1622-1563. Kailyn Krouse rolled a two-game series of 276 for Evergreen and Swanton’s Emma Leonard bowled a match-high 343 to top all girl bowlers.
Emma Leonard, a junior on the Swanton Lady Bulldogs bowling team, fired a one-game score of 278 earlier this season to qualify for the 2025-2026 Ohio High School Bowling Honor Roll. Currently, her score is tied for second place among all girl high school bowlers in Ohio. An OHSAA District Qualifier from last year, Emma has been the Lady Bulldogs’ top scorer in every match this season.
The Maumee Panthers rallied from a 7-point halftime deficit to defeat the Swanton Bulldogs 47-40 in the Junior Varsity portion of the Bob Fisher Holiday Basketball Classic.
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Photo: Dylan Smigelski shoots a free throw in the third quarter
Tied 31-31 heading into the fourth quarter, the Maumee Panthers outscored the Swanton Bulldogs 15-13 to win the semi-final game of the Bob Fisher Holiday Basketball Classic at Swanton High School this past Monday night. The Bulldogs rebounded the next day to defeat the Delta Panthers 41-37 in the consolation game.
Swanton enters 2026 with a 4-5 record and returns to action on Tuesday, on the road against the Genoa Comets. They begin the NWOAL season on Thursday, at home against the (3-6) Wauseon Indians.
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In their first game of the Bob Fisher Holiday Basketball Classic, the Swanton Lady Bulldogs blew out the Springfield Lady Blue Devils 53-35 on Monday afternoon in the eponymous Robert L. Fisher Gymnasium and advanced to Tuesday’s championship contest.
Led by seniors Lauren Bettinger with 17 points and Carli LaGrange with 16 points, Swanton jumped out to an early 10-0 lead and never truly looked back. The Lady Bulldogs kept piling on the points and were on top by as many as 24 in the fourth quarter before Springfield rallied to cut the deficit to 18 at the end of the game.
Swanton then lost to an undefeated (7-0) Delta Lady Panthers team in the title game to finish as the tournament runners-up and run their record on the season to 1-8 for the year. They will play again tonight at home against the (6-2) Patrick Henry Lady Patriots to begin the NWOAL season.
Springfield Lady Blue Devils: 7-6-9-13 = 35 Ella Jordan (9), Avery Blazsik (7), Lauren Iserman (7), Kamiyak Rosemond (6), Tessa Geiner (6)
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Photo: Carli LaGrange controls the tip for Swanton
It was a packed house, mostly large families with friends, at the Swanton Sports Center as revelers of all ages welcomed in 2026 with bowling and shooting pool all night while pigging out on their favorite food items brought from home and drinks served up by the friendly Sports Center staff.
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For the second consecutive year, the Delta Lady Panthers showed no mercy to their opponents as they put on a repeat performance in winning the Bob Fisher Holiday Classic Championship held at Swanton High School this past Monday and Tuesday. In taking the 2024 title, Delta outscored its two challengers by a combined 53 points. They won this year’s title by a an even larger combined margin of 72 points.
The Lady Panthers first met and defeated the Maumee Valley Country Day School Lady Hawks 73-38. Abby Todd led Delta in a balanced scoring effort with 17 points. Anna Lohnman added 15 points, Keagyn Gillen had 12 and Addison Wyse scored 10. I’yanna Sawyer led Maumee valley with 13 points. Nora Angel had 11 points and Elaine Shen dropped in 10.
In the championship contest, Delta went up against the host and fellow NWOAL member, Swanton Lady Bulldogs who had reached the finals with a 53-35 dismantling of the Springfield Lady Blue Devils. Swanton was able to slow down the Lady Panthers’ juggernaut offense just a bit, but were unable to generate nearly enough offense against Delta’s full court trapping defense. After taking a 30-11 advantage into halftime, the Panthers outscored the Bulldogs 18-5 and went on to win 55-18. Keagyn Gillen scored a game-high total of 13 points for Delta and Anna Lohnman had 11. Laura Bettinger led Swanton with seven points.
Swanton Lady Bulldogs: 3-8-5-2 = 18 Laura Bettinger (7), Madelyn Pelland (3), Carli Lagrange (3), Katherine LaPoint (2), Evelyn Ventimiglia (2), McKenzie Cooper (1)
With the wins, Delta moves their record on the season, again, to 8-0. They return to action at home this Friday, taking on the Otsego Lady Knights in a non-league game. Swanton drops to 1-8 on the year and will stay at home to face the Patrick Henry Lady Patriots to open the NWOAL season.
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Photo: Bob Fisher Holiday Classic Girls Champions – Delta Lady Panthers
This past Friday night, the Swanton Bulldogs boys ran into Miller City Wildcats basketball team that could not seem to miss and dealt the hometown Bulldogs a 56-28 loss in a non-league game.
The Wildcats scored most of their points in the first half with shots inside off the glass and took a 25-12 lead into halftime as the Bulldogs struggled with their shooting. In the second half, the Miller City offense began firing from long range, hitting seven of their nine three-pointers, including six in the fourth quarter as they pulled away to a 28-point victory.
Brady O’Shea led the Bulldogs with 10 points and Evan Reinhard scored six. Henry Rump scored 26 points for the Wildcats. Grady Troyer added 11 points while Wes Tobe had eight.
Miller City Wildcats: 16-9-10-21 = 56 Henry Rump (26), Grady Troyer (11), Wes Tobe (8), Jonny Pester (4), Caiden Palte (3), Jack Wenzinger (3)
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The Swanton Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs defeated the Delta Panthers and Lady Panthers Friday afternoon at the Swanton Sports Center. The Bulldog boys got a 386 two-game series score from Conor Yates, including a match-high game of 217 to lead Swanton over Delta 1945-1700. Marcello Miracola rolled a 358 two-games series for the Panthers, including a 209 game. The Bulldog girls got a 417 two-game series score from Emma Leonard, including a 235 game to help Swanton beat a short-handed Delta team 1525-1274. Cadence Barkhimer shot a two-game series score of 278 for the Lady Panthers.
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Photo: Top Swanton Bowlers – Conor yates and Emma Leonard
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