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The Swanton Bulldogs concluded their 2024 football campaign with a 39-0 loss to the Patrick Henry Patriots at home. Swanton finishes their season with a league record of 0-7 and 0-10 overall. Patrick Henry ends the regular season with a record of 8-2 and 6-1 in the NWOAL, good enough for second place behind the Liberty Center Tigers. The Patriots qualified for a home state playoff game next week against the Evergreen Vikings.

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Photo: Marquise Zalecki hauls in a Lucas Wilson pass for a long gain

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After reaching the OHSAA Girls Soccer District Championship match for the first time in school history, the Evergreen Lady Vikings added to their storied season with a thrilling 1-0 victory over fellow NWOAL rival, the Delta Lady Panthers, and punched their ticket to the DV Regional Semi-Finals next Tuesday in Port Clinton.  The match, held at Evergreen High School’s Pifer Field, had the 4th-seeded Lady Vikes as the “visitors” on the scoreboard to the 1st-seeded “home team” the 2024 NWOAL Champion Lady Panthers.  Evergreen had reached this unprecedented level after a 2-1 win over the 2^nd-seeded and perennial power Archbold Lady Blue Streaks.

Despite a regular season loss to Delta back in September, the Lady Vikings played with confidence and showed no signs of being intimidated.  Late in the first half, freshman sensation Addison Gleckler out maneuvered the defense in front of the Panther goal and fired a shot high into the back of the net at the 11:16 mark for the game’s only score.  “You give her a little space and you’re in trouble.  She takes a step and a hard shot is coming,” Ott remarked on Glecker’s game winner.

For the rest of the half and well into the second, the teams battled back and forth with no clear advantage by either side.  However, as Viking coach Jacob Ott knew, the Lady Panthers had earned their lofty seeding and would not be going down easily.  “We knew they had some great forwards and they were going to come out firing.  We talked about it at halftime that we just had to play our game,” said Coach Ott explaining his team’s second half strategy.  “We didn’t want to change our game plan just because of the score and that’s exactly what we did.” 

In the final 20 minutes, the Delta offense was relentless in putting pressure on the Evergreen defense and goalie Ellie Nash.   The Viking defenders harassed the Panther shooters into many missed or weak shot shots on goal and Nash was aggressive in guarding the net, intercepting several centering passes inside the box.  “Our defense, they really don’t get the credit they deserve.  Those back four, all seniors, they’re out to prove a point their last year and they showed that tonight.  They deserve all the credit in the world.  They’re strong defenders and the can take on anyone,” said Ott.

Coach Ott also acknowledged the contributions of Lady Viking soccer teams that came before this championship group.  “We’ve got to give some credit to the teams of the past.  They built a great culture here at Evergreen.  We don’t always get the respect that we deserve but we proved that today, that we deserve some respect,” he said.

The history making victory was the 13^th of the season for Evergreen against five losses and two ties.  The Lady Vikings will now travel to Port Clinton to face the Columbus Grove Lady Bulldogs at True-Lay Stadium.  Game time is 7:00 pm on Tuesday, October 29^th.

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Photo: Evergreen Lady Vikings – OHSAA District V Girls Soccer Champions

Player of the Year – Keely Culler – Sr. – Archbold

Coach of the Year – Debbie Culler – Archbold

First Team

Keely Culler – Sr. – Archbold    Miley Gericke – Jr. – Archbold    Ada Christman – Jr. – Patrick Henry    Carys Crossland – Jr. – Patrick Henry    Lexi Faber – Jr. – Swanton

Second Team

Kinley Curtis – Fr. – Swanton    Lanae Manz – So. – Evergreen    Libby Zeiter – Sr. – Liberty Center    Johanna Tester – Sr. – Wauseon    Aletha Fausnight – Sr. – Liberty Center    Lexi Ripke – Jr. – Archbold    Lissa Roesti – Jr. – Evergreen

First Team Specialists

Addi Zientek – Sr. – Liberty Center    Bella McGuire – Jr. – Wauseon

Honorable Mention

Archbold – Kennedy Hurst (So.), Jazla Torres (Sr.)

Bryan – Clare Stever (Jr.), Kenzie Wirth (Sr.)

Delta – Claire Bates (Jr.), Mariah McGarry (Sr.)

Evergreen – Mary Daugherty (Sr.), Bailey Lumbrezer (Jr.), Addison Hill (Sr.)

Liberty Center – Chloe Mohler (So.) Patrick Henry – Mariah Boyer (Sr.)

Swanton – Cara Ludlow (Fr.), Anja Caklovic (Jr.), Lillyanna Valderas (Sr.), Hannah Crouse (Sr.)

Wauseon – Ava Kovar (Sr.), Kirstin Pratt (Sr.)

Photo: Keely Culler, Player of the Year

During a break in the action of the Swanton/Evergreen football game last Friday night, the Evergreen community honored 90-year-old Tom Herr as it’s “Hometown Hero” for his service to his country in the U.S. Army.  A small bio was read to the crowd from the press box as Tom stood in front of the grandstand alongside several family members.  The bio read:

Thomas Ambrose Herr, affectionately known as “Tom Herr from Metamora, Ohio” or “Tomato Tom” to his Florida friends, is a long-standing local farmer who served in the United States Army in the 1950’s and 1960’s.  Tom joined the reserves and served for a total of 10 years.  His last year and a half of service time, he was moved to active duty for the Berlin Crisis.  He was in the Tank Division and stationed in Fort Stewart, Georgia, when he came home during a three-day leave to purchase his first farm in his hometown in 1962.  Since the 1890’s Tom’s family has been farming in northern Fulton County.  Today, Tom is the Patriarch to his family in Fulton County that is now operating in its fifth generation.

Tom married his wife, Lynn in 1957 and together they had five children.  They have 12 grandchildren and two of them went on to serve in the military.  Tom has 10 great grandchildren, five of which are currently attending Evergreen High School (Braden, Riley, Brody, Jaret and Hayes Studenka).

A fun fact about Tom and his family is they have had a family member attend Evergreen Local Schools every year since 1970.  To know Tom is to love him.

Photo Credit: Tina Studenka – (L to R): Riley, Jaret, Braden, Tom Herr, Hayes, Brody

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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.

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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

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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

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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 4^th-seeded Lady Vikings now advance to the next round at Evergreen High School where they will face the 2^nd-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 3^rd-seeded Ottawa Hills Lady Green Bears.

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Photo: Lady Vikings celebrate the first of two Addison Gleckler goals

Offensive Player of the Year – Rudy Rodger – Jr. – Archbold

Defensive Player of the Year – Eli Armstrong – Jr. – Delta

Goalkeeper of the Year – Brodey Roth – Sr. – Delta

Coach of the Year – Luke Collins – Bryan

First Team

Rudy Rodger – Jr. – Archbold

Eli Armstrong – Jr. – Delta

Brodey Roth – Sr. – Delta

Max Burton – So. – Bryan

Sonny Phillips – Sr. – Archbold

Tyson Bower – So. – Delta

Seth Richer – Sr. – Wauseon

John Herdman – Sr. – Evergreen

Collin Mennetti – Jr. – Wauseon

Alex Mossing – So. – Evergreen

Dom Malanga – Sr. – Bryan

Rocco Rodger – So. – Archbold

Alex York – Jr. – Delta

Second Team

Carter Luce – Jr. – Bryan

Konner Sanford – Sr. – Evergreen

Evan Reinhard – So. – Swanton

Madden Valentine – Sr. – Archbold

Wyatt Gibbons – Sr. – Delta

Ian Rosebrook – Sr. – Liberty Center

Isaiah Bolyard – Sr. – Swanton

Masyn Buehrer – Jr. – Wauseon

Hunter Muehlfeld – Sr. – Bryan

Brody Balser – Jr. – Wauseon

Trey Weirauch – So. – Archbold

George Allendorf – Jr. – Evergreen

Honorable Mention

Quinn Sauder – Fr. – Archbold

Bryce Vandenburghe – Sr. – Archbold

Jay Riley – Sr. – Archbold

Carter Altaffer – So. – Bryan

Masen Welling – Sr. – Bryan

Alex Diaz – Fr. – Bryan

Nick Circle – Jr. – Delta

Miguel Rodriguez – Sr. – Delta

Sam Mohring – Sr. – Delta

Seth Goniea – Sr. – Delta

Alex Fritsch – Sr. – Evergreen

Sean Rafferty – Sr. – Evergreen

Joe Smith – Sr. – Liberty Center

Kalan Kern – So. – Liberty Center

Austin Imhoof – Jr. – Liberty Center

Miranda Yaeger – Sr. – Swanton

Brendan Upham – So. – Swanton

Jessica Finfera – Sr. – Swanton

Tyler Tester – So. – Wauseon

Braden Shirkey – Jr. – Wauseon

Dominic Ramsey – Jr. – Wauseon