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For the first time in over three decades, the Swanton High School boys’ golf team is sending an individual to the OHSAA State Golf Tournament.  Bulldog junior Dylan Smigelski fired a 77 to top all other golfers at the Boys DII District Tournament at Eagles Landing Golf Course at Maumee Bay State Park in Oregon.  Smigelski edged out Walker Peterson and Cooper Friedman of Ottawa Hills who both shot a score of 78 and Lane Lopez of Delta who finished with a 79.

“Once I finished up on 18 I kind of knew I had it, but there were some kids who still had to complete it,” said Smigelski, a First-Team All NWOAL selection this season.  “It was like 15 or 20 minutes later I was told.”

Course conditions were more challenging than last Thursday when the Sectional Tournament, also held at the par 72 Eagles Landing, was contested.  “It was definitely windy and the heather was really tall so there were tough conditions today,” explained Smigelski.  “The greens were fast.  They were definitely hard because of having no rain.”

Delta Panther junior Lane Lopez also qualified for the State Tournament but had to defeat Toby Holman of Upper Sandusky in a playoff after they tied for the second individual to advance with a 79 score.  The Archbold Blue Streaks, who qualified for the District Tournament as a team, finished in seventh place with a score of 360.  The Ottawa Hills Green Bears won the tournament with a 321 and the Liberty Benton Eagles took the remaining team qualification spot with a 332.

The OHSAA DII Boys State Golf Tournament will be played next Monday and Tuesday, October 6^th and 7^th at NCR Country Club in Kettering, Ohio.  Scheduled tee-time for both rounds is 9:00 AM.

Homecoming weekend for the students at Swanton High School will begin next Thursday, October 9^th, with a parade down Main Street followed by the naming of the Homecoming King and Queen from a selected list of seniors and the traditional kickball game.  The Homecoming Court is listed below:

Senior attendants: Zak Wylie, Anna Rukieh, Connor Mitchey, Lexi Faber, Brody Voight, Laci Walborn, Luke Marlow, Jordyn Ramirez, Brady O’Shea, Lauren Bettinger.  Junior attendants: Gio Ruiz, Myla Goins, Luke Bettinger, Lexie Yeager.  Sophomore attendants: Gavin Voight, Payton Glonek.  Freshmen attendants: Logan Partin, Dixie Anderson

The Homecoming football game will be played on Friday night, October 10^th, against the Evergreen Vikings and the dance will be held Saturday night, October 11^th.

Swanton Homecoming Court: Back Row: Senior attendants: Zak Wylie, Anna Rukieh, Connor Mitchey, Lexi Faber, Brody Voight, Laci Walborn, Luke Marlow, Jordyn Ramirez, Brady O’Shea, Lauren Bettinger

Front Row:  Sophomore attendants: Gavin Voight, Payton Glonek, Junior attendants: Gio Ruiz, Myla Goins, Luke Bettinger, Lexie Yeager, Freshmen attendants: Logan Partin, Dixie Anderson

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The Liberty Center Tigers defeated the visiting Patrick Henry Patriots 35-6 on Friday night to take sole possession of the NWOAL football race. Both teams came in undefeated with 5-0/2-0 records but Patriots could not stop the vaunted running game and could not generate enough of their own offense to stay close.

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The Evergreen Lady Vikings put five early goals on the scoreboard and went on to defeat the Swanton lady Bulldogs 9-1 at Thomas Krupitzer Field on Thursday afternoon in NWOAL action.

The Evergreen victory moves their league record to 2-2-1 and 4-6-1 on the season. They will play their next league game at home next Tuesday, September 30th at home against the Delta Lady Panthers.

Swanton drops to 0-4 in the NWOAL and 3-8 on the year. They will be at home again for their next game against the Liberty Center Lady Tigers, also on Tuesday.

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Photo: Evergreen’s Alyssa Marvin and Swanton’s Madelaine Diaz fight for control of the ball

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Last Thursday the Swanton Lady Bulldogs lost to the visiting Paulding Lady Panthers 3-1 in a non-league contest. The teams split the first two games before Paulding took control of the match. Currently, Swanton has a 13-4 record on the season and will be at home on Saturday to face the Ottawa Hills Lady Green Bears.

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Photo: Swanton’s Beyla Remer digs out a serve

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The visiting Delta Panthers exploded for 37 points in the second quarter for a 51-0 halftime lead and went on to defeat the Swanton Bulldogs 65-0 on Friday Night. The Panther victory gave Head Coach Mike Vicars his 200th career win. Vicars, is in his third stint coaching at Delta and also coached Swanton for three years beginning with the 2014 season.

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Photo: Delta’s Vincent Martinez heads up field after catching a pass from Panther QB Emric Friess

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Photo: Senior Eli Harvath

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Tied for first place with the Archbold Blue Streaks and the Swanton Bulldogs with a 6-1 regular season record, the Wauseon Indians won the NWOAL Tournament to outpoint the Streaks by one point and the Bulldogs by two points to capture the league title.  The league champion is decided by combining the regular season record and the tournament finish.  Grady Short fired a 71 (-1) to win medalist honors and was named NWOAL Player of the Year.

Final League Standings:   Wauseon Indians (14), Archbold Blue Streaks (13), Swanton Bulldogs (12), Bryan Golden Bears (8), Delta Panthers (7), Evergreen Vikings (6), Liberty Center Tigers (3), Patrick Henry Patriots (1)

Tournament Scores

Wauseon (309) – Carter Stuckey 75, Jack Altstaetter 76, Cayden Ruffer 76, Gavin Fisher 82, Brody Balser 86, Maddox Schneider 89.

 Archbold (314) – Grady Short 71, Griffen Valentine 74, CJ Arroyo-Thompson 78, Gentry Valentine 91, Trevor Osterland 100, Javery Valentine 102.

Swanton (331) – Dylan Smigelski 78, Carson Bond 83, Grady Tipton 84, Camden Kizakiewicz 86, Brady O’Shea 87, Carter Malak 87.

Bryan (331) – Kai Dauber 76, Jayden Deel 82, Nolan Franzdorf 84, Asher Sito 89, Matthew Devlin 90, John Dalrymple 106.

Evergreen (335) – Chris Shrader 79, Hayden Timbrook 81, Jake Farley 82, Wade Stubleski 93, Blake Boucher 99, Andrew Bettinger 107.

Delta (335) – Lane Lopez 73, Keegan Clapp 80, Ashton Alig 88, Luke Spiess 94, Brady Kile 106.

Liberty Center (363) – Brody Wyckhouse 77, Tony Capretta 84, Stone Roth 87, Owen Gebers 115, Henry Cooke 141, Annabelle Box 148.

Patrick Henry (455) – Gabe Wright 100, Evan Carrizales 107, Jacob Joliff 119, Parker Kruse 129.

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Photo: Wauseon Indians – NWOAL 2025 Boys Golf Champions