Pettisville 7th Grade Girls Basketball
Pettisville def. Fayette 33-7, Saturday, Dec. 15. Pettisville leading scorers: Kam Hostetler 15, Kyra Behnfeldt 10.
Pettisville def. North Central 29-2, Monday, Dec. 17. Pettisville leading scorer: Behnfeldt 15.
Pettisville (8-1, 5-0 BBC) def. Archbold 17-15, Tuesday, Dec. 18. Pettisville leading scorers: Hostetler 10. Archbold leading scorer: Emie Peterson 9.
Arch 8th Grade Boys Basketball
Archbold dealt Sylvania St. Joe a 50-25 loss, Monday, Dec. 17, as Ian Radabaugh hit for a season-high 15 points. Jacob Montes, Jack Fisher, and Toby Walker combined for 19.
Pettisville came into Archbold Middle School and handed the Blue Streaks a 39-34 defeat in overtime, Tuesday, Dec. 18. Archbold led almost the entire game, but Pettisville tied it at 31 in regulation, then outscored the Streaks 8-3 in OT to seal the win.
Caleb Rychener led the Blackbirds with 12 points, while Gabe Beck was also in double figures with 11. Fisher, Radabaugh, Austin Welch, Jereme Rupp, and Alex Cline combined for all of Archbold’s points.
The Streaks are 2-4.
Archbold 7th Grade Girls Basketball
Wauseon def. Archbold 27-18, Thursday, Dec. 13. Archbold leading scorer: Emie Peterson 12.
Pettisville def. Archbold (2-3) 17-15, Tuesday, Dec. 18. Archbold leading scorer: Peterson 9.
Archbold 7th Grade Boys Basketball
Archbold went 2-0 last week to up its record to 5-1.
Sylvania St. Joe visited, Monday, Dec. 17. Archbold jumped out to a 21-0 first-quarter lead and posted a 59-15 victory. Leading the way for the Streaks was Cash Gericke with 17 points. Scoring seven each were Brandon Miller, Bryce Williams and Caleb Wooley.
The Blackbirds from Pettisville flew into Archbold Middle School, Tuesday, Dec. 18. Archbold jumped out to a 21-6 first quarter-lead and went on to win 62-28. Williams led the way with 15 points. Eli Miller and Gericke combined for 23. Nic Rodriguez contributed eight.

Hannah Hesterman drives to the basket in Archbold girls basketball action at the Defiance Clinic Classic, Tuesday, Dec. 11.– photo by Mary Huber
Pettisville 8th Grade Girls Basketball
Pettisville def. North Central 17- 14, Monday, Dec. 17. Pettisville leading scorers: Alexa Leppelmeier 6, Lynnsey Crouch 5.
Pettisville (6-3, 4-1 BBC) def. Archbold 35-32, Tuesday, Dec. 18. Pettisville leading scorer: Leppelmeier 24. Archbold leading scorer: Peyton Dickman 14.
Pettisville 8th Grade Boys Basketball
Pettisville def. North Central 66-35, Monday, Dec. 17. Pettisville leading scorers: Gabe Beck 23, Brayden Hernandez 15, Caleb Rychener 14, Levi Nofziger 10.
Pettisville (4-4, 3-2 BBC) def. Archbold 39-34, Tuesday, Dec. 18. Pettisville leading scorers: Rychener 13, Beck 10.
Archbold 8th Grade Girls Basketball
Wauseon def. Archbold 25-16, Thursday, Dec. 13. Archbold leading scorers: Alyssa Ziegler and Peyton Dickman, 5 each.
Pettisville def. Archbold (2-3) 35- 32 OT, Tuesday, Dec. 18. Archbold leading scorer: Dickman 14.
Archbold Wrestling
Archbold finished third at the Eastwood Middle School Wrestling Tournament the weekend of Dec. 15.
Oak Harbor 300, Carey 240.5, Archbold 216, Eastwood 203, Bluffton 195.5, Eisenhower 163, Bowling Green 137, McComb 127.5, St. Wendelin 13
Individual top 4 place finishers for Archbold:
Gabe Petersen, first place;
Sam Petersen, Gavin Grime, Camden Warncke, Austin Wilson, second place;
Emmanuel Degado, Gavin Grime, Kyle Ott, third place;
Noah Blankenship, Colton Soles, Anthony Gonzales, fourth place.

Justice Zimmerman goes for the pin of his Liberty Center opponent, Thursday, Dec. 20.– photo by Mario Gomez
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