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Wauseon Indians Winter 13 ABC All-Stars Take To Awards Recently Announced The Court In Wauseon
By: Mitchell Peebles THE VILLAGE REPORTER The prom fund of the Wauseon Junior class was given a boost when the 13 ABC All-Star basketball team took on the faculty members of Wauseon High School, under the name The Wauseon Thunder. The proceeds from this event were donated to the juniors in order to help buy materials for this years prom, which will have the theme Party at Gatsbys. Teachers, coaches, and administrators from the school district comprised the team. Wauseon High school Principal Keith Leatherman, Athetic Director Matt Hutchinson, and Head boys basketball coach Chad Burt were just a few of the faculty members who laced up their basketball sneakers to take on members of the 13 Action News crew, including Anchor Lee Conklin, Iteam member Shaun Hagerty, and meteorologist Ross Ellet, along with members of the production crew. The contest may have only been an exhibition, but you wouldnt have known it by the energy level of the students in attendance. The students jokingly taunted the news crew, yelling Whos that!? during the player introductions, and when it became obvious that the Wauseon Faculty was going to come away with the victory, they chanted Start the news van!, changing the word of the popular Start the bus! chant used in the regular season, but of course, the taunting was all in good fun, as the students appreciated the crew helping the Junior class to raise money. It really meant a lot to have them spend their time and energy to help us out, Junior Clayton Peebles said It was an entertaining and fun way to help us raise money so we can put on a fantastic prom. Plus, its always fun to see our teachers out of their comfort zones. The most valuable player for the Wauseon Thunder was current boys Junior Varsity Basketball Coach and former Wauseon stand out Kyle Storrer, who had Wauseon basketball fans having flashbacks of his high school days, nailing three pointers and driving effortlessly to the hoop. Mark Britsch, Virtual Academy Instructor, used his size and athletic ability to his advantage and surprised some with his range, hitting a couple three pointers of his own. The game was close the whole way but the spark for the Thunder came when 7th Grade Intervention Specialist and 7th Grade Boys Basketball Coach Jeff Mazurowski turned the hustle on, grabbing three steals and diving for a loose ball, all in a span of about 20 seconds, giving the Wauseon Thunder both a boost and a laugh I think that turned the tide for us! said Principal Leatherman. As the clock ticked down to all zeroes, the student section made sure to thank the crew for coming out, chanting Thank You 13. All in all, the night was full of entertaining action, a great sense of community, and of course fund raising for the Junior class. Mitchell Peebles may be reached at [email protected]

CHEER AWARDS ... Thursday night the Wauseon cheerleading team held their annual awards banquet. Congratulations to the team on a successful season and good luck to the senior cheerleaders in the future. Front row left to right: Krista Thierry, Mackenzie Seif. Back row left to right: Ella Bautista, Taylar Held, Karla Bautista, Zoey Weiss, Nichole Hamontree, Abby Hernandez, and Amber Lazaris.

PHOTOS BY BILL BRAY, STAFF

BASKETBALL AWARDS ... The foursome shared all the awards at the Wauseon Basketballs awards night held recently at the WHS cafeteria. Pictured from left are Noah Castle, Zac Robinson, Corry Byers, and Alec Lillich. Congratulations to Coach Burt and his team for a terrific season.

Wauseon Junior High Wrestlers Join The Varsity In Bringing Home State Gold
YOUNGSTOWN: March 8, 2014 Judging by the results of the Ohio Athletic Committee State Wrestling Tournament, the Wauseon Indians Varsity Wrestling Team will not be rebuilding in the futurethey will be reloading. For the second time in as many years, a Wauseon Indian has taken home a State Wrestling Championship. In 2013, Zane Krall brought home a championship in the Varsity 220 pound class. This year the gold went to Wauseon Junior High grappler Sandro Ramirez, who took out Colt Yinger of Nelsonville York by technical fall to win the 120 pound weight class. As Wauseon Varsity Head Coach Mike Ritter reported, 8th grader, Sandro Ramirez (120 lbs) became Wauseons first Junior High State Wrestling Champion at the 16th annual Ohio Athletic Committee (OAC) State Wrestling Tournament at the Covelli Center on the campus of Youngstown State University. Unlike the High School State Tournament, the OAC State Wrestling Tournament is one Division. It is not separated by school size into the 3 Division like High School. In addition, the OAC Junior High Tournament uses a 64-man bracket compared to a 16-man bracket at the High School Tournament. Coming in as a District Champion, Ramirez scored a technical fall and a fall to advance to the quarterfinals. Ramirez defeated Jake Thompson of Cincinnati Moeller to advance to the semi-finals against Jake Marsh from Marysville. In a hard fought battle, Ramirez controlled the match and advanced to the finals to wrestle Nelsonville Yorks Colt Yinger. Ramirez dominated the finals match, defeating Yinger by technical fall to win the State Title. Ramirez was not the only Wauseon wrestler making positive inroads at the State level though. Coach Ritter continued, 8th grader Hunter Yackee (132 lbs) became Wauseons second 3rd place finisher by wrestling an outstanding tournament in his own right. Like Ramirez, Yackee also advanced to the quarterfinals with 2 impressive wins, then advanced to the semi-finals after defeating Connor Beard of Lakewood St. Edward. Yackees title run ended with a semi-final loss to Ryan Thomas of St. Paris Graham, who was the eventual champion of the weight class. Yackee bounced back well in the consolation semifinal match with a win to put him in the consolation finals for 3rd and 4th. In the consolation finals, he was again matched up with Connor Beard of St. Eds and scored a late takedown to win the match and secure 3rd place. 8th grader Alex Sosa (249 lbs) placed 8th at the tournament, Coach Ritter said. Alex won his first round match, but lost his next match before the quarterfinals. He then put together 3 consecutive wins to put himself in the placement round. He lost a tight match in the consolation quarterfinals to put him in the 7th and 8th place match. Again, it was a tight battle, but Alex came up just short but still came away with an 8th place finish. Coach Ritter concluded, saying, Six other Wauseon Junior High Wrestlers wresters also qualified and competed over the weekend. 7th graders, Tristan Barajas, Gavin Ritter, and Xavier Torres along with 8th graders, Alex Slattman, Mauricio Barajas, and Colton Blanton. All wrestled very well and won matches, just not quite enough matches to earn placement. The group of 7th graders will make another run at it next year, while the group of 8th graders will advance to the high school to make a run at qualification and placement at the High School State Tournament. This group of wrestlers, along with the current group at the high school will be very fun to watch over the next several years.

WRESTLING AWARD ... Wauseon Wrestling Awards were presented Monday night. Taking home hardware were (from left) Wade Hodges, Tre Campbell, and Aaron Schuette. Schuette, who gathered in four awards, got an assist from coach Mike Ritter to hold his trophies.

Three Local Students Honored As All-NWOAL Scholar Athletes

The office of Northwest Ohio Athletic League Commissioner Ken Baumgartner has recently published their listing of the NWOAL Scholar Athletes for the Winter 2013-14 season. Three local students have made the grade to appear on the list. To be named to the NWOAL Winter Scholar Athlete list, a student must be a senior, must carry a minimum 3.5 cumulative grade point average through six semesters of school, and must have lettered during the sports season. Being named to the ranks of NWOAL Scholar Athlete for the winter season were Kevin Moden, the lone senior on the state-contending Wauseon Bowling staff. Two were named from the Montpelier Lady Locomotives basketball team. Carrying the All-League academic banner for the Big Blue were the only seniors on the squad, Marinna Mercer and Regan Steffes.

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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014

Stryker High School Kicks Off The Spring Season With Meet The Teams Night On March 20th

All Eight Local Schools Recognized In District 7 Voting

The six BBC and two NWOAL schools of the local area were all represented in the 2013-14 All-District 7 basketball voting. In Division II, Natalie Koenig and Maddie Richer of the Wauseon Lady Indians were named to the girls first team, while Noah Castle received a third team nod, and Corry Byers received special mention. In Division IV, Dana Fricke of Pettisville was named All-First Team on the girls side, with 1,000-point scorers Hannah Bleikamp of Hilltop and Conner Varner of Stryker being named to the second team. All the local boys representatives in D-IV were named to the special mention squad, led by BBC Player of the Year for 2013-14, Parker Ruffer of Stryker. The complete listing of all selections to the 2013-14 All-District 7 teams, by division, is as follows ALL-DISTRICT 7 GIRLS BASKETBALL DIVISION II All-District 7 First Team Natalie Koenig Wauseon Maddie Richer Wauseon All-District 7 Special Mention Corry Byers Wauseon ALL-DISTRICT 7 GIRLS BASKETBALL DIVISION IV All-District 7 First Team Dana Fricke Pettisville All-District 7 Second Team Hannah Bleikamp Hilltop Conner Varner Stryker All-District 7 Special Mention Mikala Avina Pettisville Taylor Griffiths Fayette Kaela Seiler Fayette Hannah Blake Montpelier ALL-DISTRICT 7 BOYS BASKETBALL DIVISION IV All-District 7 Special Mention Parker Ruffer Stryker Tyler Cox Fayette Chandler Sanford Fayette Jacob Brown Edon Korben Rychener Pettisville Clayton Ferguson North Central

MEET THE TEAM ... There was still plenty of snow on the ground with which to contend but that could not put a damper on the Meet the Teams Night in the multipurpose room of the Stryker School on March 20. Attendees were offered a bill of fare of a quarterpound hotdog with chili, cheese, and all the fixings, baked beans, potato chips, and ice cream. After everyone in the packed multipurpose room had made their way through the line at least once, it was time to carry through on the purpose of the evening meeting the teams. One by one, the coaches came forward to introduce their respective teams to the audience and talk briefly about the ambitions for the upcoming season. Beginning with the Varsity track squad, the teams coming forward to meet the community included the Junior High Track Team, the Varsity Baseball Tteam, and the Varsity Softball Team.

PHOTOS BY TIMOTHY KAYS, STAFF

ALL-DISTRICT 7 BOYS BASKETBALL DIVISION II All-District 7 Third Team Noah Castle Wauseon

Wauseon Indians Place Six Bowlers Amongst The All-NWOAL Elite

Six keglers from Wauseon High School have been named to the 2013-14 AllNWOAL teams. Courtney Fenton led the Lady Indians with an All-NWOAL Second Team selection, with Rylee Ford and Nicky Winland receiving honorable mention. The State Semifinalist boys team saw Clayton Ricker and Nic Kearney both being tabbed with second team honors, while senior Kevin Moden received an honorable mention nod. The complete listing of all Wauseon selections to the 2013-14 All-NWOAL teams is as follows GIRLS All-NWOAL Second Team Courtney Fenton All-NWOAL Honorable Mention Rylee Ford Nicky Winland BOYS All-NWOAL Second Team Clayton Ricker Nic Kearney All-NWOAL Honorable Mention Kevin Moden

YUMMY CAKES ... Prior to adjournment three cakes were raffled off in a fundraiser for the Stryker Athletic Department.

67 Students Recognized As BBC Scholar Athletes

The office of Buckeye Border Conference Commissioner Randy Bachman has released the names of those who have attained an elite scholastic level and been named BBC Scholar Athletes for the Winter 2013-14 season. In all, 67 students have met the requirement of being a junior or senior, and maintaining a 3.25 GPA or better. Included in the list are five who at the very top with GPAs of 4.0 or better. The listing of BBC Scholar Athletes for the winter season, as reported by the BBC Commissioner, is as follows NORTH CENTRAL Jaclyn Kinsman Abbey Litzenberg Hannah Siekemeyer Jessica Echler Nicole Myers Dylan Hutchison Branden Turner Emerald Newton Sabrina Pickford Jordan Bailey Brady Zuver Zoe Koch PETTISVILLE Lauren Hostetler Audra Klopfenstein Olivia Wright Mikala Avina Dana Fricke Hannah Meller Amber Sauder Trisha Cousino Nicole Jones Jeremy Mann Ben Graber Eli King Josh Liechty Noah Miller STRYKER Dean Beamont Tanner Clingaman (4.0) Jacob Hancock Christine Huston Gabrielle Paxton Connor Sullivan Madeline Uribes Conner Varner (4.0) EDON Hannah Brehm-Gutting Kaitlyn Manahan Jordan Matthews Baylee Gearhart (4.08) Alex Kiess Kaitlin Chrisman Emily Kaylor Michael Peeples (4.02) Wyatt Walkowski Jacob Brown River Wicker Kaden Sapp Ashley Bryant Samantha Mercer Britney Ziko Chelsea Mocherman FAYETTE Justin Stoltzfus (4.0) Marcus Stoltzfus Koby Biddix Michael Brubaker Ryan Gilmore Dylan Stannard Adrianna Hibbard HILLTOP Hannah Carothers Jalen Towers Emily Armbruster Hannah Bleikamp Jami Burdine Kailey Creamer Breanna Franks Gabie Johnson LeAnn Joost Kayla Settlemire

MEET THE TEAMS ... One by one the coaches came forward to introduce their respective teams to the audience and talk briefly about the ambitions for the upcoming season.

Wauseons Natalie Koenig Named To All-NWOAL First Team

Natalie Koenig of the Wauseon Lady Indians was named to the All-NWOAL First Team in the recently released selections of the top ladies in 2013-14 girls hoops. Joining the junior shootist was fellow junior Maddie Richer who was named All-NWOAL Second Team, while Sariah Yackee was recognized as an Honorable Mention selection. The Thunder and Lightning tandem of the Montpelier Locomotives, Hannah Blake and Baylee Hageman, also received well deserved recognition from the conference. Blake, the slashing shootist of the Lady Locos was named to the All-NWOAL Second Team, while paint patroller Hageman received Honorable Mention.

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Hilltop Winter Sports Awards Announced

Hilltop High School paid honors to their boys and girls basketball programs, as well as the cheerleading squad that cheered them on over the winter 2013-14 campaign. On March 17, the Lady Cadets were honored in a special ceremony that saw an emotional Hannah Bleikamp being presented the game ball from the Antwerp contest where she eclipsed the 1,000-point mark in her Varsity career.

GIRLS BASKETBALL AWARDS ... Those recognized with special awards included Emily Armbruster (BBC Scholar Athlete, All-BBC Second Team, All-District 7 Honorable Mention and Defensive Co-MVP Award), Hannah Bleikamp (BBC Scholar Athlete, All-BBC First Team, All-District 7 First Team, All-Northwest District Third Team, Free Throw Ladder Award, and the Coachs Award), Kailey Creamer (BBC Scholar Athlete, All-BBC Honorable Mention, Academic All-District 7 and Defensive Co-MVP Award), LeAnn Joost (BBC Scholar Athlete, All-BBC Honorable Mention and All-District 7 Honorable Mention), Kayla Settlemire (BBC Scholar Athlete), and Bailey Funkhouser (Most Improved Award).

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Parker Ruffer Of Stryker Takes The BBC Top Spot As 2013-14 Player Of The Year
The office of BBC Commissioner Randy Bachman has announced that Parker Ruffer of Stryker is the 2013-14 BBC Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Anybody stunned by that announcement please signify by raising your hand. Uh huh, pretty much what I expected nobody. It is not that often that you find a big guy who is a throwback to the center play of Bill Laimbeer. Ruffer knows that when the shot goes up, he is the man that needs to clear the lane for a rebound. He also knows all points of low-post play, both offensively and defensively. What makes him a Laimbeer-type player is that while the ball is being brought down court and his defender is turning around in the paint to await his arrival, Ruffer will get the ball outside of the arch and rain down threes over guards who can only defend his armpits. The Big Panther didnt rake in over 400 points last season by asking nicely; he dominatedplain and simple. The list of All-BBC selections from the office of the BBC Commissioner is as follows 2013-14 Boys BBC Player of the Year Parker Ruffer of Stryker All-BBC First Team Clayton Ferguson North Central Korben Rychener Pettisville Jacob Brown Edon Tyler Cox Fayette Chandler Sanford Fayette All-BBC Second Team Jeremy Mann Pettisville Dean Beamont Stryker Tanner Clingaman Stryker Brock Thiel Edon Quinn Smith Hilltop All-BBC Honorable Mention Dylan Hutchison North Central Chase Legacy North Central Branden Turner North Central Austin Dykstra Pettisville Brannan Woolace Stryker Mike Peeples Edon Kaden Sapp Edon Koby Biddix Fayette Tim Maneval Hilltop

CHEER AWARDS ... On March 18, it was the boys teams and the cheerleaders taking the stage for a season worthy of recognition. Autumn Jermeay took the cheerleading Spirit Award and Emily Trisel was presented the Captains Award. Megan Trent won the Coachs Award and Jasmine Haynes was named Most Improved. Being named BBC Scholar Athletes were Gabie Johnson, Hannah Carothers, and Breanna Franks who is not pictured.

Wauseon Indians Prolific In All-NWOAL Postseason Selections

BOYS BASKETBALL AWARDS ... Being recognized from the boys hoops team were Quinn Smith (Offensive MVP, All-BBC Second Team and All-District 7 Honorable Mention), Jalen Towers (BBC Scholar Athlete), Tim Maneval (All-BBC Honorable Mention, Most Improved Award and Defensive MVP Award) and Miklo Abner (Coachs Award). The Wauseon Indians, whose season included a D-II Sectional title and a win over a potent Toledo Rogers team before falling to #9 ranked Defiance in the District finals, were well represented when the All-NWOAL boys hoops selections were named. Noah Castle, whose paint potency lifted the Tribe down the stretch, was named to the All-NWOAL First Team, while senior Corry Byers was given the nod for All-NWOAL Second Team honors. Kris Boysel and Jacob Newlove received All-NWOAL Honorable Mention recognition, as did the lone member of the Montpelier Locomotives to make the list, senior Parker Houk.

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