Defiance girls basketball obtained its first WesternBuckeye Leauge win of the season on Thursday, taking a 14-7 first quarter lead and never looking back in a 48-35 home triumph over Wapakoneta ... .
The Defiance wrestling team evened its Western Buckeye League duals record at 1-1 on Thursday evening, picking up a 54-16 victory on home mats against Ottawa-Glandorf ... .
Celina proved too much on the lanes for Defiance as the two Western Buckeye League squads opened their regular-season slate with a boys-girls sweep by Celina at C&H Lanes on Thursday ... .
After finishing tied for second in the Western Buckeye League standings last year, the Defiance wrestling team is looking to contend for a WBL crown ... .
For the second straight season, a Defiance player earned an individual honor as part of the all-Western BuckeyeLeague football selections with senior tackle Tyler Doeden-Kiessling being named 2025 co-Offensive Lineman of the Year on Thursday ... .
In his fourth year as the starting quarterback of the Redskins, CalebMoyer completed 161 of 186 passes for 2,258 yards, 21 touchdowns and one interception ... Crim’s career numbers include 320 tackles, 75 tackles for loss and 42 sacks ... Marys ... .
With Friday’s win, Wapakoneta notched the outright Western Buckeye League title with a perfect 9-0 record in the WBL and 10-0 overall. Bath, who last won the WBL title in 1999, fell to 8-2 overall and 7-2 in the league.
A win over Elida on Friday would guarantee Wapakoneta its seventh consecutive WBL title – not counting the shortened 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... A win over Bath would give the Redskins the outright WBL title.
VANWERT – It was a long, tough summer for Kenton distance runner Addi Manns ... So, it was definitely a tough summer ... Celina won both the girls’ and boys’ WBL team titles on Saturday ... I felt like we were in a good position to compete for the (WBL) title ... .
Defance volleyball concluded the Western Buckeye League season with a bang on Monday, winning a fourth-straight league contest in a five-set thriller, 25-27, 25-11, 23-25, 25-17, 15-13, over Celina ... .
Both teams came into the match with 8-0 records in the WBL...Shawnee improved to 15-4 overall, 9-0 in the WBL ... Hutchins said that winning the WBL is always one of the team’s goals, but it’s not the only one.
With a 42-14 win at Shawnee on Friday in a matchup of the only two teams that were still unbeaten in WBL play, the Redskins took sole possession of first place and took a big step toward at least a share of their fifth consecutive league title.