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The Archbold Blue Streaks dominated the early rounds of the 2026 NWOAL Wrestling Tournament, sending 10 wrestlers to the championship round and went on to claim the title on Saturday at Swanton High School.  The Defending Champion Delta Panthers tied with the Liberty Center Tigers for the most individual champions with four each.  Archbold and Wauseon had two individuals stand on top of the podium and the Swanton Bulldogs and Patrick Henrty Patriots each had one champion.

Team Scores

Archbold (197.5), Liberty Center (174), Delta (170), Wauseon (126), Swanton (67), Patrick Henry (51), Evergreen (50.5), Bryan (19)

First Place

106 – Brenden Bosco (A) dec. Braxton Tammarine (LC), 13-9.  113 – Brooks Miller (A) p. Kendall Pontious (W), 2:57.  120 – Braedyn Tammarine (LC) dec. Ty Bosco (A), 7-2.  126 – Tyler Barnes (D) p. Lars Soles (A), 3:45. 132 – Carter Stuckey p. Isaac Brown (A), 1:05.  138 – Daine Bayer (LC) MD Thomas Hernandez (D), 15-3. 144 – Joseph Lugabihl MD Kayden Wellman (A), 9-1. 150 – Chase Godwin (S) SV Layne Miller (A), 4-1. 157 – Lane Lopez (D) won by default over Brady Badenhop (LC). 165 – Gunnar Taylor (D) dec. Ashton Stuckey (A), 1-0. 175 – Marcus Nagel (D) TF Ethan Bowman (A), 17-1. 190 – Trent Johnson (PH) MD Wyatt Flickinger (D), 20-7. 215 – Kolton Wymer (LC) MD Isidro Hernandez (A), 11-0. 285 – Logan Sifuentes (LC) p. Brady Smith (D), 2:42.

Third Place

106 – Exzander Borstelman (S) dec. Brian Camacho (W), 5-3.  113 – Lindley Crow (LC) idle. 120 – Gabe Stevens (S) dec. Braxton Pennington (D), 11-8. 126 – Jeff Smith p. Terner Vitek (B), 3:45. 132 – Luke Spiess (D) dec. John Haury (B), 5-1.  138 – AJ Gleckler (E) p. Dylan Velazquez (S), 2:41. 144 – Brody Jaqua (LC) p. Jaidan Rutter (PH), 1:37. 150 – Jackson Zeiter (LC) tech fall over Wade Stubleski (E). 157 – Hayes Studenka (E) p. Camdyn Keith (PH), 4:38. 165 – A’Zarrion Hicks p. Tyce Westhoven (LC), 2:59. 175 – Kahle Albright p. Brady Kimple (E), :26. 190 – Hunter Warner (A) dec. Degan Schwaiger (LC), 9-7. 215 – Malacaih Ambriz (D) p. Zander Lowe (W), 2:15. 285 – Parker Bixler (A) p. Logan Secory (S), :31

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Photo: Archbold Blue Streaks Wrestling Team

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Senior Brady O’Shea scored 18 points in the first half, including five three-pointers and the Swanton Bulldogs held off the Toledo Christian Eagles 61-53 on Tuesday’s Senior Night Celebration at Swanton’s McQuade Gymnasium.  The Bulldogs held a very tenuous 43-41 lead entering the fourth quarter but built an eight-point cushion on the strength of two baskets from behind the arc by Brady Haselman and four consecutive high-pressure free throws by Owen Hurst to seal the victory.

O’Shea led Swanton and all players with 21 points.  Haselman scored 12 points and Evan Reinhard add 10.  Josiah Hillrich topped the Eagles, out of the Toledo Area Athletic Conference, with 18 points and Josiah Michalski added 12.

The win improves the Bulldogs’ record to 7-14 on the season.  Sitting at 0-6 in the NWOAL, they will be at home tonight hoping to pick up their first league win against the (17-4/5-1) Patrick Henry Patriots.  This coming Wednesday, Swanton will be at home to face the Delta Panthers at 6:00 PM in an OHSAA Division V Sectional Semi-Final Playoff contest.

Toledo Christian Eagles: 11- 17-13-12 = 53 Josiah Hillrich (18), Josiah Michalski (12), Peter French (8), Josiah Winkler (5), Mak Koralewski (3), Jake Bade (3), Micalah Mickel (2)

Swanton Bulldogs: 18-15-10-18 = 61 Brady O’Shea (21), Brady Haselman (12), Evan Reinhard (10), Owen Hurst (6), Gio Ruiz (5),Connor Mitchey (4), Drew Koder (3)

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Photo: Brady O’Shea about to score his 21st point

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Inspired by the unlikely return of senior standout Troy Manz from what was initially believed to be a season-ending knee injury, the Evergreen Vikings exploded out of the gate and steamrolled the visiting Swanton Bulldogs 84-48 at the “Big House” on Friday night in NWOAL basketball action.  Manz and fellow senior Quinten Eisel combined for 21 first half points in staking Evergreen to a 42-22 lead as the teams went to the locker room.

In the third quarter the Vikings continued their scoring blitz putting up 32 points to the Bulldogs’ 20 and eventually triggered a running clock in the fourth quarter when the advantage hit the 35-pont mark.  With just over five minutes remaining in the game, Evergreen coach Kyle Bostater emptied his bench to finish out the contest.

Manz and Eisel tied for game-high scoring honors with 21 points each, Manz draining shots from the outside including three from beyond the arc and Eisel dominating inside with most of his baskets coming off the glass.  Goerge Allendorf tossed in 18 points in the win.  Brady O’Shea and Brady Haselman both scored 11 points to lead the Bulldogs and Owen Hurst had six.

The Evergreen victory moves their record in the NWOAL to 2-4 and they are 12-9 on the season.  They will next play at home against the Delta Panthers on Friday night to finish league play.  Swanton is 0-6 in the league and 6-13 overall.  They will play the Toledo Christian Eagles on Wednesday at home on Senior Night.

Swanton Bulldogs:  12-10-20-6 = 48    Brady O’Shea (11), Brady Haselman (11), Owen Hurst (6), Gio Ruiz (5), Drew Koder (5), Evan Reinhard (5), Landon Hendricks (3), Connor Mitchey (2)

Evergreen Vikings:  26-16-32-10 = 84   Troy Manz (21), Quinten Eisel (21), Goerge Allendorf (18), Will Ruetz (9), Chris Shrader (7), Brycen Bolger (4), Blake Fisher (2), Austin Gillen (2)

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Photo: Troy Manz is introduced before his first game back from injury

This past Tuesday (Boys) and Thursday (Girls) at River City Bowl-A-Way in Napoleon, an OHSAA Division II Sectional Bowling Tournament was held with the top four teams and top four non-team qualifiers advancing to the District Tournament next week.  Four schools from Fulton County, Delta, Evergreen, Swanton and Wauseon, entered a boys’ and a girls’ team, but none were able to crack the top four.  Coach Chuck Carr’s Wauseon Lady Indians squad came as close as possible without qualifying, finishing in 5^th place, just a single pin behind the Patrick Henry Lady Patriots, 3064-3063.

However, Wauseon will be sending senior Kymberlee Yocom who rolled a three-game (169 + 147 + 192 = 508) series.  Also advancing to Districts is Swanton junior Emma Leonard with her three-game (176 + 140 + 160 = 478) series.

On the boys’ side, Wauseon freshman Jacob Yocom, brother of Kymberlee, fired a three-game (224 + 211 + 213 = 648) series, finishing in third place overall.  Joining Jacob at the District Tournament will be Evergreen senior Xavier Robinette who bowled a three-game (218 + 156 + 219 = 593) series.

The OHSAA Division II District Bowling Tournament will be held at Interstate Lanes at 819 Lime City Road in Rossford.  The girls will be bowling on Tuesday at 10:00 AM and the boys will be bowling on Thursday at 10:00 AM.

Photo: Kymberlee Yocom and Emma Leonard

Photo: Xaviar Robinette and Jacob Yocom

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The Evergreen Lady Vikings quickly erased an early 6-3 deficit by closing out the first quarter with a 13-0 run and went on to defeat the Swanton Lady Bulldogs 57-25 on Thursday night at Kevin J. McQuade Gymnasium in Swanton.  Lanae Manz powered the route by scoring 24 points and Avery Emmitt added 10.  Lauren Bettinger led Swanton with 12 points and Carli LaGrange had eight.

The Evergreen victory places their final regular season record at 12-10 and 2-5 in the NWOAL.  The Lady Vikings will next return home to face the Liberty Center Tigers on Thursday at 6:00 PM in the first round of the OHSAA DVI Girls Basketball Playoffs.

With the loss, Swanton finishes their league record at 0-7 and puts their mark overall at 4-17 with an afternoon home game at 1:00 PM today against the Montpelier Lady Locomotives.  They will travel to Elmwood High School on Saturday at 2:00 PM to take on the Lady Royals in the first game of the OHSAA DV Girls Basketball Playoffs.

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Photo: Lanae Manz goes up for two of her game-high 24 points

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Entering the NWOAL Bowling Tournament held Saturday at the Swanton Sports Center, Wauseon held first place with (10) points, one more than Liberty Center (9) and two more than Bryan (8) in the race for the Boys’ title.  At the end of the day, the Golden Bears won the tournament with a pin count of 3527, edging out the Tigers by 13 pins at 3514 and the Indians by 15 pins at 3512.  When the awarded tournament points were combined with the regular season points, the three top teams totaled 15 points, resulting in a three-way tie for the 2026 Championship.  Rounding out the rest of the field was the Evergreen Vikings (3477), Patrick Henry Patriots (3283), Swanton Bulldogs (2570) and Delta Panthers (2373).

Bryan’s Noah Mills won the individual Tournament Championship with a three-game series of 682.  Wesley Wilhelm of Liberty Center finished second with a 659, Thomas Baker of Evergreen was third at 588, Evan Stevens of Wauseon came in fourth at 564 and Stone Roth of Liberty Center completed the top five at 550.

First Team All NWOAL Honors, determined by a bowler’s regular season, went to Wesly Wilhelm (221.04) of Liberty Center, Jacob Yocom (203.04) of Wauseon, Quinton Colburn (201.61) of Patrick Henry, Kolton Barnhisel (201.05) of Patrick Henry, and Stone Roth (195.71) of Liberty Center.

Second Team:  Noah Mills (195.00) of Bryan, Evan Stevens (192.07) of Wauseon, Michah Smith (188.26) of Bryan, Noha Geren (187.35) of Bryan, Maddox Oyer (183.67) of Liberty Center.

Honorable Mention:  Thomas Baker (183.65) of Evergreen, Owen Gebers (179.50) of Liberty Center, Marcello Miracola (178.52) of Delta, Xaviar Robinette (176.65) of Evergreen, Derek Munding (176.32) of Patrick Henry.

Boys Coach of the Year: Kody Moden – Wauseon

There was no such drama on the girls’ side with Bryan winning the regular season and the Tournament Championship with (12 + 7 = 19 points) over Wauseon (9 + 6 = 15) and Liberty Center (8 + 5 = 13).  The final Tournament pin count was the Bryan Lady Golden Bears (3414), Wauseon Lady Indians (3227), Liberty Center Lady Tigers (3074), Patrick Henry Lady Patriots (2879), Evergreen Lady Vikings (2678), Delta Lady Panthers (2653) and Swanton Lady Bulldogs (2485).

Bryan’s Zoey Gillett fired a three-game series 699 to win the individual Tournament Championship and out shoot all bowlers, boys or girls, on the day.  Kymberlee Yocom of Wauseon finished second with a 598, Ruth Shelt of Wauseon was third with a 576, Annaliese Keene of Liberty Center came in fourth at 562 and Emma Leonard of Swanton rounded out the top five with a 538.

First Team All NWOAL Honors, determined by a bowler’s regular season went to Zoey Gillett (203.46) of Bryan, Kimberlee Yocom (200.96) of Wauseon, Cheyenne Miller (189.57), Ruth Shelt (186.07) of Wauseon, Meadow Goebel (181.78) of Bryan.

Second Team:  Polly Sleesman (173.96) of Bryan, Emma Leonard (173.74) of Swanton, Paige White (169.50) of Liberty Center, Mya Federspiel (165.19) of Bryan, Leah Geahlen (164.58) of Patrick Henry.

Honorable Mention:  Claire Piercefield (159.16) of Patrick Henry, Annaliese Keene (159.14) of Liberty Center, Lana Breece (154.62) of Patrick Henry, Josie Spires (153.85) of Wauseon, Natalie Cavanaugh (151.58) of Patrick Henry.

Girls Coach of the Year: Ron Leonard – Swanton

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Photo: Wauseon Boys tied Bryan and Liberty Center for the title

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Facing an eight-point deficit early in the second quarter, the Swanton Bulldogs went on a 14-0 run to close out the first half and went on to capture the NWOAL 8^th Grade Boys Basketball Tournament Championship, 41-34, over the Archbold Blue Streaks in the “Big House” at Evergreen High School.  Carson Braden started the run with his first of five three-point bombs and the Bulldogs took an 18-12 lead into the locker room at halftime.

Swanton outscored Archbold 16-13 in the third quarter, giving the top-seeded Bulldogs a nine-point advantage with one period to play.  However, the Streaks rallied back with six straight points to start the fourth quarter and eventually pulled within four before another triple from Braden, his 23rd point of the contest, and two critical free throws from Nick Goings sealed the victory. 

For this group of players and coaches, it was back-to-back championships after having won the title last year as 7^th graders.  “First, I want to thank the parents for allowing me to coach their tremendous sons. The kids played their tails off today. We started slow the last couple of games but turned it on when we needed to. The unselfish play of the kids is amazing. They just want to win and it doesn’t matter who is scoring. I am just so thankful for each and every one of them,” said Coach Tim Nelson.  “I also want to thank coaches Braden, Thornton, and Borojevich.  Thank you to the community of Swanton for the tremendous support all year. GO BULLDOGS.

Archbold Blue Streaks:  7-5-13-14 = 34   Grant Cover (16), Collin Rodriguez (6), Gus Babcock (5), Henry Throne (4), Kane Overmier (3)

Swanton Bulldogs:  2-16-16-7 = 41    Carson Braden (23), Nick Goings (8), Gabe Lennex (6), Chase Bergman (4)

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Photo: Swanton Bulldogs – NWOAL 2026 8th Grade Boys Basketball Champions

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The Swanton Lady Bulldogs honored their two seniors, Lauren Bettinger and Carli LaGrange, on Monday night then watched the two carry their team to a thrilling 48-46 victory over the Lady Blackbirds of Pettisville in a non-league contest.  Bettinger hit for a game-high 20 points, just one point off her career high and Lagrange knocked down 14 points including draining 8 of 9 free throws.  Pettisville senior Becca Strauss scored 19 points for the Blackbirds and Madison Miller added 10.

Swanton improves their record on the season to 4-15. They next travel to Defiance to take on the Lady Bulldogs

Pettisville Lady Blackbirds:  12-8-8-18 = 46   Becca Strauss (19), Madison Miller (10), Hannah Fox (6), Addison Davis (6), Grace Hastings (3), Brynnley Schwartz (2)

Swanton Lady Bulldogs:  13-11-9-15 = 48   Lauren Bettinger (20), Carli LaGrange (14), Lexie Yeager (9), Madelyn Pelland (3), Avyonna Hamrick (2)

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Photo: Lauren Bettinger fires from long range

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Last Monday, before tip-off of the Swanton Lady Bulldogs and Pettisville Lady Black Birds basketball game, Swanton High School recognized two seniors, Lauren Bettinger and Carli LaGrange, for their contributions to the Lady Bulldog basketball program.  Betty Jo Sadowski, retired Swanton Local Schools teacher, introduced the seniors and read a short bio for each.

Our first senior is Lauren Bettinger.  Lauren is being escorted by Kristi Bettinger.  While at Swanton High School, Lauren has participated in soccer, basketball, track, National Honor Society, Interact and Frosh Fresh.  Her future plans are to attend college to major in biology on a pre-med pathway and to pursue a career as a neuro-oncologist.

Our last senior is Carli LaGrange.  Carli is being escorted by Theresa and Bill LaGrange.  While at Swanton High School, Carli has participated in basketball, softball, National Honor Society, Frosh Fest and Prom Committee.  Her future plans are to attend Bowling Green State University for AYA Integrated Social Studies Education to become a middle school or high school teacher.

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Photo: Lauren Bettinger (10) and Carli LaGrange (25)

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This past Friday night at the Kevin J. McQuade Gymnasium in Swanton, the Archbold Blue Streaks managed to shoot just 60.7% from the foul line while the Swanton Bulldogs were a little better with 66.7%.  However, percentages can be misleading in explaining an outcome, in this case, a 61-55 NWOAL victory for the visiting Streaks.  Archbold took 28 attempts from charity stripe and made 17.  Swanton had only three attempts and made two.

The 15-point free throw differential helped the Blue Streaks overcome a seven-point first half deficit with a 30-8 advantage third quarter an allowed them to hold on at the end of the games when the Bulldogs pulled within two-points with under a minute left.

Archbold’s Wyatt Gericke led all scorers with 25 points including hitting 13 of 18 free throws, Tripp Langenderfer dropped in 22 including three treys.  Evan Reinhard scored 22 points for the Bulldogs with four baskets from beyond the arc.  Brady Haselman contributed 14 points and Brady O’Shea added 10.

The win places Archbold’s record at 2-1 in the league and 10-4 overall.  They next face the Wauseon Indians (2-1/5-10) at home in the Thunderdome on Friday.  Swanton drops to 0-3 in the NWOAL and 5-10 on the season. They will be at home for their next league game on Friday against the Bryan Golden Bears (1-2/4-11).

Archbold Blue Streaks:  11-12-30-18 = 61   Wyatt Gericke (25), Tripp Langenderfer (22), Morgan Harris (6), Collin Short (5), Maddox Pinter (3)

Swanton Bulldogs:  8-22-8-17 = 55   Evan Reinhard (22), Brady Haselman (14), Brady O’Shea (10), Owen Hurst (5), Gio Ruiz (4)

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Photo: Wyatt Gericke during pre-game introductions