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Lourdes University’s Joey Holifield (Cardinal Stritch) and Nick Welch (Monroe St. Mary, Mich.) were named to the All Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference first team with Holifield also named the league’s Newcomer of the Year.
Bad shooting nights are a part of the game, and a stout defense can give a team that isn’t shooting really well the chance to still win.That was the case in Oak Harbor’s 37-22 victory over Eastwood, a game that saw both teams struggle offensively but the Rockets’ defense was ultimately the difference in the game.Oak Harbor, which is 16-3 and 10-2 in the Northern Buckeye Conference, moved one step closer to winning the league championship and won its 10th straight game.The Eagles (12-9, 8-5) didn’t score any points in the first quarter and trailed 22-8 at the half.
In the first quarter, Murphy’s Law — which states that “anything that can go wrong will go wrong” — was in effect for Eastwood in the first quarter as it fell behind early and was never able to seriously threaten, falling, 40-32, to Maumee in Northern Buckeye Conference action Thursday.In the game’s first eight minutes, Maumee guard Lucy Porter scored 12 of her game-high 22 points, sparking the Panthers (8-5, 5-3 NBC) as they scored the game’s first 13 points, and held to an 18-5 lead after one quarter.The Eagles (8-5, 6-2) outscored Maumee, 27-22, in the last three quarters, whi...
Press Features Editor Tammy Walro probably didn’t know what she was bargaining for when she became a soothsayer.
Press carrier and long time area wrestling coach Joe Szyperski has won an unprecedented third straight Soothsayer championship. He is the first Soothsayer in the 20-year history of prep gridiron soothsaying to three-peat.