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WrestlingZane Krall working on a

take down

Wade Hodges hold a leg back

Jacob Whitcomb trying to pull

out the leg on his opponent

Aaron Schuette pushes his

competition to the edgeGage Campbell working on

a takedown

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Wauseon Varsity Boys BasketballTHE WAUSEON REPORTER

Merrill Kane

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By: J.D. ElderTHE WAUSEON REPORTER

BRYAN Last year, a very strong

Wauseon basketball team slipped up just

once in NWOAL league action and it cost

them the title. A 39-34 loss to Archbold

in January relegated the Indians to second

place as the Blue Streaks went on to post

an unbeaten NWOAL record and claim the

title.

This years squad has traveled a much

different path. The team battled and

fought through an up and down 12-9 sea-

son fraught with crests of good results in-

terspersed with periods of adversity. But

following a loss to a very good Archbold

team in late January, the Indians put to-

gether a good run of form over the past six

games highlighted with impressive NWOAL

road wins against Delta and Evergreen.It was against this back drop that the

Wauseon Indians walked into a crowded

Bryan High School gymnasium last Fri-

day in a winner take all game for at least a

share of the NWOAL championship againstthe Bears. Meanwhile, fteen miles to the

east in Archbold, the Blue Streaks, tied

with Wauseon and Bryan for rst place

thanks to a loss to the Bears earlier in

the season, faced off against an Evergreen

team looking for a little redemption after

the Indianss twenty-two point win the

week before. A Viking win would make

the Wauseon-Bryan winner the outright

NWOAL champion.

Big games produce big moments. And

this game would provide plenty of them.

Following a beautiful rendition of the

National Anthem by Bryans Lifeshine sing-

ers, the Wauseon students did their Step

on the Starter cheer and the game tipped

off. The rst quarter was a nip and tuck af-

fair with Bryan jumping out 5-2 on Austin

Schimmoellers three pointer. Noah Castle

responded for Wauseon taking a Michael

Hammons feed underneath and drawing

a foul on the eld goal for the three point

play. Collin Bzovis step through move in

the lane put the Indians on top 7-5 and aminute later he banked another home to

put Wauseon up four. Bryan baskets by

Jason Hug and Jake Jones tied the game

up at nine. With the clock winding down

in the quarter, Castle had the ball in the

post and kicked it out to Kris Boysel for the

open jumper and the Indians led 11-9 af ter

one period of action.

After an evenly played rst quarter,

Wauseon seized control of the game witha 10-0 run to start the second. Bryans

shooters went cold and eld goals by Cas-

tle, Hammons, Boysel, and Bzovi gave the

Indians a 19-9 lead. The Bears didnt score

until 2:39 left in the half when Sean Cull-

er connected on a long three point shot.

But Indian sophomore Zac Robinson an-

swered with a three of his own to push the

lead back to ten. With less then twenty-

ve seconds to go in the half, Boysel gave

Wauseon their biggest lead of the night at

25-14 with a three of his own. Thomas

Martins last second basket for Bryan cut

the lead to 25-16 at the half.The Indians shot over 70% in the rst

half, including two for three from behind

the three point arc, and held Bryans topscorers Austin Schimmoeller and Sean

Culler to just three points each on defense.Bryans shots werent falling and the In-

dians defense kept the Bears from getting

quality shots.I thought early on we did a nice job of

limiting their good looks from the perim-eter, commented Wauseon head coach

Chad Burt. That was a focus of our gameplan as we knew they had a number of

guys capable of getting hot from the pe-

rimeter.Sixteen minutes down; sixteen minutes

to go.Austin Martins three out of the gate

signaled that Bryan wasnt just going to goaway. The Bears came out pressing and

once the Indians brought the ball past half

court Wauseon called a quick timeout thir-

ty seconds in to talk about it. Out of thetimeout, Zac Robinsons mid range jumpermade it 27-19 but Martin got deep into the

baseline to score against Noah Castle anddraw the foul. Martins free throw brought

Bryan back within ve. The Indians then

came up with a couple defensive gems.Castle blocked a Thomas Martin shot to

keep the Bears from drawing closer. A fewseconds later Michael Hammons nearly

came up with a steal but he couldnt keepcontrol of the ball and the possession

stayed with Bryan.

The Bears could not capitalize thoughso Wauseon went on offense. Kris Boy-

sels driving layup all but went in but Bry-an grabbed the rebound. Schimmoeller

knocked down a three and the Indian lead

was now just two at 27-25. Wauseon then

broke through the Bryan press with Col-lin Bzovi leading a three on one break tothe basket. Bzovi fed Castle who broke a

three minute Indian scoring drought withhis layup to put the Wauseon lead back to

four. Jake Jones launched a three on Bry-

ans next trip down but the ball bouncedoff and ended up out of bounds back to

Wauseon.Wauseon pushed the lead back out to

ten on eld goals by Bzovi and Hammonsalong with two Hammons free throws.

Austin Martin and Schimmoeller both

scored late baskets for Bryan while IndianKris Boysel split a pair of free throws and

Wauseon took a 36-29 lead into the nalquarter.

With the home crowd urging the Bearson, Bryan made a second run at the Indi-

ans in the fourth quarter. After a Bzovi

free throw, Schimmoeller scored and wasfouled by Hammons. The junior hit the

free throw and Bryan was again within veat 37-32. Bryan stole the ball back and

Jones drew a foul on his layup attemptfrom Castle. But Jones didnt convert the

free throws and Hammons came down

with the rebound for Wauseon. Hammonshad his shot blocked by Thomas Mar-

tin on Wauseons offensive trip and backcame the Bears. Schimmoeller couldnt

hit from three point range and Hammonsagain hauled in the rebound. Bryan edged

closer on Thomas Martins pull up bank

shot and pressed the Indians. Wauseonbroke the pressure as Bzovi crossed half

court, circled past Bryans Jordan Spiess,

and charged towards the basket and drewa foul on the shot. The senior hit one oftwo and Wauseon led 38-34.

After Bryan inbounded the ball, Cullersprang free cutting down the lane and Aus-tin Martin slid a pass across the lane tothe junior for the layup to cut the Wauseonlead to two. Back came the Indians. Ham-mons curled back to take Bzovis inboundpass and drove hard to the basket to scoreand draw a blocking call on Jake Jones.Hammons hit the free throw and Wauseonled 41-36.

The Indians then nearly came up witha steal as Dugan Shadbolt poked the ballaway from Culler but Schimmoeller savedthe Bears by stepping in and grabbing it.Austin Martin then tried a left hand run-ner that rolled off. Schimmoeller againcame up with the ball in heavy trafc

underneath and tried to clear back outfront. But the ball skipped past a pair ofBryan players across the halfcourt lineand the Bears turned the ball back over toWauseon.

Hammons ried an entry pass down toBzovi who turned and red at the basketand Schimmoeller was whistled for a foul.Bzovi split the pair and Wauseon was up42-36. Bryan had another chance to cutinto the lead but Schimmoellers left wingrunner went in and out and Hammonscleared the board for Wauseon. The se-nior forward then took a Zac Robinsoncrosscourt pass and beat Austin Martinto the baseline, cut left at the basket, andbanked home the shot for an eight pointWauseon lead.

We knew at halftime that they weregoing to come out and play with a lot of

urgency, Coach Burt said. Against Ever-green, they were down 24 at half and cutit to 3 in the 4th quarter before eventuallylosing by 5. I thought that they really cameout and played with energy in the 2nd halfand had us on our heels with their pres-sure at times. We were able to maintainour poise, make some big plays late, andget to the foul line and knock down somefree throws to pull out the win.

Bzovi delivered the nal dagger withunder two and half minutes to go on a putback basket from his own miss and addeda free throw from the foul on the play togive the Indians a 47-36 lead. Wauseonhit nine of fourteen free throws in the -nal two minutes to close out the game and

secure a share of the NWOAL title with a56-47 win.

The Indians shot very well from the

eld, 18 for 33- 55%. From the free throwline, Wauseon went 18 for 29. Defensively,

Wauseon held Bryan to just 18 for 53- 34%from the eld. The Bears did make seven

of eighteen three point attempts and their

press helped force 15 Indian turnovers tohelp them climb back into the game.

Collin Bzovi led all scorers on the nightwith 17 points while Michael Hammons

chipped in with 11. Hammons also cameup with a huge night on the defensive end

and helped the Indians control the boards.

Austin Schimmoeller had 16 for Bryan-13 coming in the second half.

With the win, Wauseon are co-NWOALchampions with Archbold as the Blue

Streaks defeated Evergreen Friday night

61-53 and the team held up their newlywon hardware in the post game celebra-

tion. A great win for the Indians and agood nish to the season.

I really think that we are playing ourbest basketball of the season right now,

Coach Burt said about the teams late sea-son form. We have a mix of younger play-

ers and seniors, and sometimes that takes

a team a while to really gure out roles andhow to play together as a team. I think

that we are playing very unselshly rightnow, which has been a major factor in our

success. I also believe that we are under-standing how important the defensive end

of the oor is and getting critical stops on

defense when we need to.Now, its on to sectionals as Wauseon

will have played Northern Buckeye Confer-

ence champion Otsego last night in Swan-ton. A win last night would advance theIndians to the sectional nal this Friday

night in Swanton against the winner of the

Deance-Eastwood game.Wauseon (56): Collin Bzovi 17 points,

Michael Hammons 11, Noah Castle 9, KrisBoysel 8, Zac Robinson 8, Dugan Shadbolt

3.

Bryan (47): Austin Schimmoeller 16points, Austin Martin 10, Sean Culler 8,

Jordan Spiess 5, Thomas Martin 4, JasonHug 2, Jake Jones 2.

SCORING BY QUARTER:

Wauseon 11 14 11 20 56

Bryan 9 7 13 18 - 47

Wauseon Claims Share Of NWOAL Title After 56-47 Win At Bryan

JV Boys BasketballTHE WAUSEON REPORTER

BRYAN Bryans JV Bears used a 7-0

run to break open a close rst quarter

and went on to defeat Wauseon 50-36 in

NWOAL action on Friday February 22nd.

There was plenty of offense in the rst

quarter as Zach Johnsons eld goal put

the Indians on top early. Both teams trad-

ed the lead back and forth before Alec Bost

tied the game at 11 with a three pointer for

Wauseon. But Bryans Bailey Martin an-

swered right back with a three of his own

and the Bears never trailed from there.

Bryan scored 11 of the nal 13 points of

the quarter to claim a 22-13 lead after one

quarter.

Wauseon would only get as close as

seven points in the second quarter on a

Johnson eld goal with 3:46 in the half.

Corbin Garzas basket with under 5 sec-

onds in the half rounded out rst half

scoring and Bryan led 28-19.

The Bears came out hitting on all cyl-

inders in the third quarter, scoring the

rst eight points and put the game out of

reach. Bryan expanded the lead to nine-

teen and later twenty in the quarter before

Wauseon pulled closer at the end. A eld

goal by Johnson and Austin Bachmans

free throw brought the Indians within 46-

28. Wauseon outscored Bryan 8-4 in the

nal period to account for the nal margin

of victory for the Bears at 50-36.

Zach Johnson led the Indians with 18points.

Kyle Rupp red in a game high 20

points for the Bears.

Wauseon (36): Zach Johnson 18 points,

Alec Bost 5, Mason Creager 3, Caleb An-

drews 3, Austin Bachman 3, David Wil-

liams 2, Dillon Schantz 2

Bryan (50): Kyle Rupp 20 points, Bailey

Martin 13, Corbin Garza 10, Dylan Lehm-

an 3, Brandon Dean 2, Peyton Spiess 2.

SCORING BY QUARTER:

Wauseon 13 6 9 8 36

Bryan 22 6 18 4 - 50

JV Indians Fall 50-36 At Bryan

Seniors Honored At Wauseon

SENIORS ... Charlie Fink, Collin Bzovi, Michael Hammons, Dugan Shadbolt.

SENIORS ... Sammie Ohlinger, Mackenzie Seif, Virginia Konwinski, Bekah Cales., Haeli

Bagstad, Zak Ramos.

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BOWLING GREEN The Road to Columbus continues

for the Wauseon Indians, although the February 22 and23 Bowling Green Districts pared back the participants

by two.

Gage Campbell, Wade Hodges, Jacob Whitcomb, Aar-

on Schuette and Zane Krall cleared the D-II Sectionals to

make it to the District meets, but the tougher competi-

tion proved to be too much for Campbell and Whitcomb.

Campbell bowed out in the consolation rounds while

Whitcomb battled six opponents to a fth place nish in

the 132.

Hodges took third place overall, and held a perfect

slate with the exception of a 4-2 setback by decision in

his third match. Schuette ran the table in the 160, as

did Krall in the 220. Of note was the 220 champion-

ship round between Krall and Bailey Faust of Lexington.

The match, a 5-4 win by Krall continued his undefeated

streak in the postseason, but broke the streak of Kralls

postseason wins by pinfall at seven.

Hodges, Schuette and Krall advance to the D-II State

competition at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus.The event runs from February 28 through March 2.

The following are the individual Wauseon match re-

sults by class, including season records and Districtplacements

120 - Gage Campbell

Record: 22-19

Won over Mitchell Poynter Tippecanoe Dec 9-5

Lost to Adam Tepper Bay M-Dec 14-2

Lost to Josh Mossing Central Cath. Fall 2:14

126 - Wade Hodges

Record: 31-6 3rd Place

* State Qualier *

Won over Zane Speelman Madison Comp. M-Dec 10-0

Won over Matt Middleton Franklin T-Fall 17-2

Lost to Nate Hagan Central Cath. Dec 4-2

Won over Stefon Inman Buckeye Dec 4-1

Won over Drew Kinzel Clear Fork Dec 4-0

132 - Jacob Whitcomb

Record: 35-8 5th PlaceWon over Chase Wilcoxon Bellefontaine Dec 9-4

Lost to Derik Kopp Columbian Dec 7-5

Won over Francisco Chavez Deance Dec 4-3Won over Angel Alexander Firelands Dec 3-1

Lost to Kane Plaugher Shawnee Dec 4-2

Won over Nate Boggs Perkins Dec 9-7

160 - Aaron Schuette

Record: 34-6 1st Place

* State Qualier *

Won over Sean Evans Valley View Fall 1:54

Won over Kevin Deal Clear Fork Fall 3:00

Won over Ian Brown Carroll Dec 6-4

Won over Tony Didion Perkins Dec 10-6

220 - Zane Krall

Record: 38-3 1st Place

* State Qualier *

Won over Jarred Carpenter Wapakoneta Fall 1:34

Won over Chaz Price Madison Comp. Fall 3:05

Won over Nick Woodruff Greenville Fall 2:16Won over Bailey Faust Lexington Dec 5-4

Krall, Schuette & Hodges Clear Districts, Qualify For Division II State Finals

Indians SwimmingTHE WAUSEON REPORTER

CANTON Kasey Darnell was

Wauseons sole representative last

week at the Division II State Swim

Championship at the C.T. Branin Na-

tatorium in Canton, Ohio.

The freshman swimmer competed

Thursday February 21st in the 500

yard Freestyle preliminaries against

the best of the best in the state of Ohio

and nished with a time of 5:24.32-

good for 23rd place.

Senior Carrie Bencic from Gates Mill

Hawken won the state title in the 500

Freestyle. Bencic, a Vanderbilt Univer-

sity recruit, won with a time of 4:50.12,

nearly two seconds faster than second

place sophomore Sydney Lofquist of

Dayton Oakwood. Junior Sydney King

of Granville nished third.

Congratulations to Kasey on a ne

freshman season and to the Wauseon

Diving and Swim team for another out-

standing season.

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Kasey Darnell Places 23rd In 500Freestyle At State Swim Championship

Zane Krall goes for the pin in District wrestling.

Aaron Schuette drops his opponent.

Jacob Whitcomb employs a leg sweep to drop his opponent.

Gage Campbell holds the arm of his opponent.

Wade Hodges controls his competition.

PHOTOS BY LARRY ZIMMERMAN, STAFF

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Martz rolled games of 157, 113, and126.

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Wauseons Manda Martz Competes AtRossford District Bowling Championship

NAPOLEON The Wauseon Lady Indi-

ans bowling squad travelled to Napoleonon February 16 to take part in the OHSAA

Sectional Tournament. The ladies put forththeir best effort, but ended the day with a

score of 2816 which wasnt enough to make

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silver lining. Manda Martz, who has been aleader for the group throughout the season,

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sults were posted by game

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Liz Morrow 104 / 000 / 000Rylee Ford 000 / 000 / 109

Regan Ford 000 / 141 / 115

Manda Martz 160 / 177 / 193Nicky Winland 117 / 000 / 000

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Total pins 2816

Wauseon Lady Bowlers Fall Short AtSectionals, But Send Martz On As Individual

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al Tournament. The boys all bowled solidgames, but the competition was erce and

their score of 3201 landed them only 11thplace, far out of the top ve and advance-

ment.

Though the boys didnt make it to thenext round, there were several solid perfor-

mances. Adam Wagner and Bryce Keller ledthe team with sets of 512 and 474 respec-

tively while Braydon Ricker and Kevin Mod-ern each bowled over 450.

The following individual Wauseon re-

sults were posted by game

Bryce Keller 139 / 182 / 153

Kevin Moden 147 / 160 / 146

Adam Wagner 179 / 178 / 155Braydon Ricker 177 / 135 / 146

Brett Wisda 123 / 132 / 103

Baker games 180 / 164 / 160 / 157 /135 / 150

Regular games 2255

Total pins 3201

Wauseons Boy Bowlers Fall Short Of The

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Krall, Schuette & Hodges Clear Districts, Qualify For Division II State Finals

Jacob Whitcomb makes a push for a quick pin.

Aaron Schuette manages to grab his opponent for a fast take down.

Zane Krall stops his competition from getting back to his feet.

Jacob Whitcomb hold his opponents arms and head in a lock.

Zane Krall hold the leg and head during his match.

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