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Sports October 24, 2007
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Blue Streaks Win Sectional Tourney
by Katrina Gobrogge Buckeye Correspondent
      M K The Archbold volleyball team, ranked eighth in the final Division III Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association poll, started its post-season with a three-game sectional final victory over Liberty Center. The top-seeded Streaks (22- 1) won the sectional championship, held at AHS, Satu...
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James Kidder Named District Coach Of Year
Drewes First Team All-District
      James Kidder has been named Northwest District Soccer Coach of the Year for the 2007 season. The Blue Streaks had their best season ever, finishing with a 13-1-3 record. Alicia Drewes, a freshman, was named First Team All-District. Receiving honorable mentions were Bri Wyse, Jessica Ramirez, Jenn...
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Streaks, Birds Advance To V-Ball District Finals
      The Archbold and Pettisville volleyball teams both advanced to their respective district finals, Saturday, Oct. 27 at Napoleon High School. The Streaks (23-1) defeated Swanton 25-14, 25-22, 25-19 in the Division III district semifinal at AHS last night, Tuesday. They play last night's Coldwater/S...
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Katrina Gobrogge Advances To Regional
by Jacob Gobrogge Buckeye Correspondent
      Katrina Gobrogge is the lone Archbold cross country runner to advance to the Division III regional meet in Tiffin, Saturday, Oct. 27. She placed seventh in the Div. III District 2 girls meet, Saturday, Oct. 20, at Ottawa. The top four teams and individuals not on a qualifying team who finished in...
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Archbold Girls Soccer Falls In Sectional Final
      The Archbold girls soccer team, seeded second in its Division II sectional, beat Bluffton 2-1, Tuesday, Oct. 16 at Ottawa Glandorf. Jessica Ramirez scored Archbold's first goal. Kelsey Moshier scored the deciding goal with 3:41 left to give AHS the win.
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Residents Run In Columbus Marathon
      Several residents from the Archbold area were among almost 10,000 runners who competed in the 28th annual Columbus Marathon and Half- Marathon, Sunday, Oct. 21. Tom Wagner, Pettisville, finished 3,034th in 4:50:17. Deb Nafziger, Archbold, was 3,263rd in 5:02:35. There were 3,744 who finished the ...
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PHS Boys Cross Country Advances To Regional
      The Pettisville boys cross country team advanced to regional competition for the fifth straight year by placing third at the Division III district meet, Saturday, Oct. 20, in Ottawa. The top four teams and any individuals in the top 16 advanced.
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Wauseon Regains Lions Club Trophy
by Scott Schultz Buckeye Sports Reporter
      The tone was set early. The Wauseon Indians, under Mark Emans, head coach, had a simple game plan: run, run and run the football again against the high-powered offense of the Archbold Blue Streaks. The Indians played a nearperfect game and recorded a 38-20 Northwest Ohio Athletic League victory,...
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Corrections
      An Oct. 17 article about Pettisville volleyball incorrectly reported that Pettisville won its first match against Edon this season. The Blue Bombers won both contests with the Birds. ------ An article about the Archbold- Patrick Henry football game contained an incorrect fact in the Oct.
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Bird Soccer Season Ends
by Greg Waidelich Buckeye Correspondent
      The Pettisville soccer team ended its season, Saturday, Oct. 20, falling to Ottawa Hills 4-0 in the Division III boys sectional final at St. John's High School, Toledo. The Blackbirds advanced to the championship match after defeating Cardinal Stritch 5-3, Thursday, Oct. 18, in the sectional semi...
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Pettisville Wins Div. IV Sectional Championship
      The Pettisville volleyball team won its first sectional title since 2002 when the Birds defeated second-seeded Northwood 25- 12, 25-22, 25-16 in a Division IV sectional final at Pettisville High School, Saturday, Oct. 20. PHS played Stryker in a district semifinal contest last night, Tuesday. The...
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AHS Freshmen Volleyball Wins NWOAL
      The Archbold freshman volleyball team won the Northwest Ohio Athletic League tournament, Saturday, Oct. 13. The Streaks beat Liberty Center in the semifinal and Patrick Henry in the final. They ended the season with a 15-3 record. "This was a great season because the girls improved so much as a te...
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Archbold Youth Soccer Club
      Boys U-14 The Archbold Blue Streaks Soccer Club Boys U-14 team traveled to Napoleon, Sunday, Oct. 21 to take on the Wildcats. The Streaks struck nine minutes into the match when winger Caleb Liechty sent a cross in from the left side that sweeper Nathaniel Rodriguez quickly redirected into the g...
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COLLEGIATE CONNECTION
      Ben Ulrich shot a 50-48=98 for George Fox (Ore.) University as the first-year Bruins carded a team score of 357 in the NWC Fall Golf Classic, Sunday, Oct. 21 in Spokane, Wash. GFU is in ninth place after the first day's play.
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JR. HIGH SPORTS DIGEST
      Archbold 7th Grade Football The Archbold seventh grade football team upped its record to 2-3 with a 22-16 victory over Swanton, Thursday, Oct. 11. In the two prior weeks the Blue Streaks were defeated 8-6 by Bryan and 18-14 by Evergreen in two hard-fought games.
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Archbold Karters Finish In Pack In Local Race
      Outside of Tyler Herschberger, 12, Pettisville, winning his junior econo class, most of Archbold's kart racers finished back in the pack during the Sunday, Oct. 14 kart race in Archbold. Graeme Short, 9, Archbold was third in junior stock-purple restrictor plate feature event, and Archbold's Mike...
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Archbold Youth Soccer Club
      U-14 Girls The Archbold Youth Soccer Club U- 14 girls team finished its fall season with four games in eight days. The team traveled to Defiance to take on the Strikers, Sunday, Oct 14. Archbold dominated and won 3-0. Mindy Rupp scored twice and Becca Gerig, once.
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