Sports

Lady Redskins hold off St. Marys

The Wapakoneta girls held off a fourth quarter rally by St. Marys Thursday in the opening night of Western Buckeye League games in varsity girls basketball.

Riders down Wapakoneta

There’s always something to be learned.
St. Marys edged Wapakoneta 38-30 in a dual meet Thursday with momentum swinging back-and-forth before ending in favor of the Roughriders.

Botkins tops Waynesfield-Goshen

The Botkins High School girls basketball team began their game against the homestanding Waynesfield-Goshen Tigers with an aggressive pressing defense and some sharp shooting, kept the momentum going and came away with an impressive 57-39 win on Thursday night.

Botkins wins home opener

Botkins executed well on both ends of the court Tuesday.
The Lady Trojans defeated Fairlawn 59-33 for both its first home win and first league victory of the season.

Marion Local downs W-G girls

MARIA STEIN — The Waynesfield-Goshen girls lost their season opener Tuesday, falling 51-25 in a nonleague contest to host Marion Local.
Aubrey Biederman led the Lady Tigers with 10 points, 9 rebounds, and 10 blocks.

Wapak bowlers sweep Elida

ELIDA — The Wapakoneta bowling teams had their first WBL match of the season Tuesday, with the boys defeating Elida 2,692 to 2,501 and the girls winning 2,552 to 1,766.

Findlay sweeps Wapakoneta swimmers in opener

FINDLAY — The Wapakoneta swim teams opened the 2017 seasons with a dual meet at Findlay Tuesday, with Findlay winning the boys meet 107-73 and the girls meet 127-57.

Minster advances to state finals

LIMA — The Minster Wildcats defeated St. Paul 40-7 on Friday at Lima Senior's Spartan Stadium in the Division VII state semfinals of the OHSAA football playoffs.

Redskins fall to Madison

FINDLAY — As the postseason continues, the quality of opponents rises in difficulty.
That was the case Tuesday, as Wapakoneta fell 5-0 to Madison Comprehensive in the Region 6 semifinal of the Division II girls soccer playoffs.
The Lady Redskins end their season at 19-1.

Fullenkamp, Koenig qualify for state XC meet

TIFFIN — Two runners from Botkins have qualified for Saturday’s state cross country meet.