2018-11-14

Local Voters In Generous Mood On Election Day



Voters in Fulton County were in a generous mood, Tuesday, Nov. 6, approving all 11 tax issues put before them. Voters in German township passed the replacement of the township road levy, 1,936-684, a 1,252-vote margin of victory. When the replacement was approved, voters effectively reset the millage to the full one-mill amount. In the past, the millage was reduced […]

STATE CHAMPIONS!

Archbold Boys Slip By Dayton Christian 2- 1 To Win First State Soccer Championship

It was a dream come true for a program that went from nonexistent to state champions in nine years. The Archbold Blue Streaks took down Dayton Christian 2-1 in the Division III state boys soccer championship, Saturday, Nov. 10, at MAPFRE Stadium in Columbus. “It’s incredible,” said Sean Stewart, AHS head coach. “It’s a culmination of so many years of […]

Kidder Named D-III Boys Player Of Year



Josh Kidder, an AHS senior, was named the Division III boys soccer Player of the Year by the Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association. Kidder helped lead the Streaks to the 2018 Div. III state championship and a 22-1-0 record. He is the career-scoring leader at AHS, with 93 goals. Andrew Hogrefe, also an AHS senior, and Detric Yoder, a Pettisville […]

Streaks Dominate in State Semifinal Win



Archbold took a step toward claiming the school’s first soccer state championship with a dominating 3-0 win over Kirtland (17-2-3) in the Division III state semifinals, Tuesday, Nov. 6, at Cedar Point Stadium, Sandusky. “What an accomplishment for our boys,” said Sean Stewart, AHS head coach. “They worked hard and they focused for this entire post-season. “This program is nine […]

AHS Girls Soccer Loses 1-0 Heartbreaker In State Semifinal



The dream of a state championship for the Archbold girls soccer team fell short. The Streaks fell 1-0 to Kirtland in the Division III state semifinals, Tuesday, Nov. 6, on a cold and very windy evening at Cedar Point Stadium in Sandusky. The Streaks end with a 16- 2-4 record and their secondever berth in the state semifinals. “Our team […]

Archbold Girls Team Finishes Third At State Cross Country Meet



The Archbold girls cross country team finished third at the Division III state cross country meet, Saturday, Nov 10, at National Trail Raceway in Hebron. The meet was delayed a week because the course flooded the previous week. The Streaks finished with 139 points, tying with West Liberty-Salem. The tiebreaker gave third place to Archbold, whose sixth runner finished 65th […]

Archbold Native Larry Beck Reaches “The Roof of Africa”



Archbold native Larry Beck reached the summit of 19,341-foot Mt. Kilimanjaro in East Africa, Wednesday, Oct. 24. Beck, AHS ‘67 and a resident of Christchurch, New Zealand, said a group of eight climbers from the United States, Australia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom went to the top “to see if we had what it took to get to the top […]

2018-11-14 E-Edition

Letter To The Editor



What can we take away from the mid-term elections? If you are an optimist, you put aside all the ignoble distractions and attempts to confuse the little guy in the street and see a basket full of opportunities. We can work on a bipartisan solution for health care. The immigration problem can be addressed and analyzed with equanimity. Many workers […]

Soccer Team Will Ride In 20th Annual Parade Of Lights



Among the entries for the Archbold Parade of Lights will be a float carrying the 2018 state champion AHS boys soccer team. Lora Ripke, director of the Archbold Area Chamber of Commerce, received the news announcing the team will appear in the parade yesterday, Tuesday. With just over a week to go before the parade, Ripke said there are 27 […]