April 9, 2008 RSS feed / Sports

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Streak Tracksters Dominate Swanton

by Katrina Gobrogge Buckeye Correspondent
The Archbold track teams finally opened their seasons, Thursday, April 3. Due to cold and windy weather earlier in the week, meets in Defiance and Napoleon were canceled. More...

Short Sixth In Gymnastics Event

Carly Short, 11, the daughter of Chris and Alysa, Archbold, placed sixth in her level at the Young Men's Christian Association's Great Lakes Zone Gymnastic Championships. Short competes with the Northwest Ohio Gymnastics Academy, Napoleon. More...

PHS Softball Drops Three

The Pettisville softball team played three of five scheduled games last week, and lost all three. The Birds opened their season at Wauseon, Tuesday, April 1 and came home with an 8-3 loss. PHS hosted Ayersville, Thursday, April 3. More...

Bird Baseball Opens Season With Losses

The Pettisville baseball team opened its season Monday, March 31 at Edgerton. Originally scheduled as a home game, the site was switched to Edgerton because of field conditions. More...

Sixth Grade Girls Finish Season

The Archbold sixth grade girls basketball team recently finished its season with a 32-4 record. The Streaks won the Bryan Y league and Stryker, Patrick Henry, Holgate and Archbold tournaments. They placed second at Wauseon and Delta. More...

Hornish 32nd At Texas

Sam Hornish, Jr. finished 32nd in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race, Sunday, April 6 at Fort Worth, Texas. The race was run at the 1.5- mile quad-oval Texas Motor Speedway. More...

Collegiate Connection

George Fox (Ore.) University finished eighth at the Northwest Conference Mens Golf Spring Classic, Saturday and Sunday, March 29-30 at Pacific (Ore.) University. The Bruins finished with a team score of 705. Pacific University won with a 592. More...

Passing The Baton

Pettisville's Brady Avina, left, takes the baton from Stacy King in the 4x800 during a tri-meet with Liberty Center and Emanuel Baptist last week. The Blackbird girls won both meets they ran last week.- photo by D.J. Neuenschwander More...

Streak Softball Opens Season With Four Close Games

The Archbold softball team (1-3) opened the season with a 2-0 win over Otsego, Monday, March 31. The Streaks lost a 5-4 contest in eight innings to Defiance, Thursday, April 3, and dropped a Saturday, April 5 doubleheader at Napoleon, 5-4 and 4-3. More...

AHS Baseball Wins Opener

The Archbold baseball team (1-0) picked up a 10-5 seasonopening victory at North Central (0-3), Saturday, April 5. Breaking a scoreless deadlock, the Streaks exploded for five runs in the third and five more in the fifth. More...

Archbold Boys Tennis Drops Two Matches

The Archbold boys tennis team finally opened its season, Thursday, April 3, after its first two meets were cancelled due to weather. The Streaks won only one match and fell at Bryan 4-1. More...

PHS Girls Win, Boys Second In First Two Meets

by Greg Waidelich Buckeye Correspondent

The Pettisville track teams opened their seasons at Liberty Center, Monday, March 31 for a tri-meet with the Tigers and Emanuel Baptist. The PHS girls won with 69.5 points, beating LC by one. Emanuel Baptist was third with 30. More...

Blue Streak JV Baseball Wins Season Opener

The Archbold junior varsity baseball team opened the season with a 12-9 win at Edgerton, Thursday, April 3. Shem Neuenschwander started on the mound and picked up the win, as he only allowed one earned run. More...

Local Bowlers Score Well In National Tournament

An area bowling team placed 20th recently in the classified division of the 2008 United States Bowling Congress National Championship Tournament in Albuquerque, N. M. More...

Badenhop Called Up To The Big Leagues

Burke Badenhop, the son of Dalyn and Sharon (Burkholder) Badenhop, Perrysburg and formerly of Archbold, and nephew of Elden and Clare Badenhop, Archbold, joined the Florida Marlins baseball team, Monday, April 7. More...

Running For The Gold

Melinda Sauder, front, takes the handoff from Deena Cowell in Archbold's track meet with Swanton, Thursday, April 3.- photo by Mary Huber More...