Author: Newspaper Staff

LIBERTY CENTER – Proof of how tough the competition is in District 1 of Liberty Center Division III was made more than evident on October 20. The D-III District postseason event in District 1 featured two prominent programs in Fayette and Hilltop. When the dust settled, only Madeline Routhier of Hilltop emerged as a survivor to qualify for the October 27 Tiffin Regionals. Jill Stuckey of Fayette was edged out of qualification, as was perennial postseason presence, Melani Seiler. The following finishes were recorded by place and time… 5 – Hilltop – 147 6 – Fayette – 151 9 -…

LIBERTY CENTER – The D-III Districts at Liberty Center on October 20 pared down a significant chunk of local participants. In the District 2 event, the Stryker Panthers and the Hilltop Cadets took the field, with the Cadets being a man short for the team competition. Despite being short handed, the Cadet Cadre will still have Brady Livensparger in the field at the October 27 Tiffin Regionals, as he finished 10th to make the cut. The Panther Pack was edged out of team contention with a fifth place finish, but Stryker will still have representation as Luke Graber and Dean…

LIBERTY CENTER – The October 20 Liberty Center District race for Division III District 1 saw four BBC teams and the Montpelier Locos vying for a chance to advance to the Regionals at Tiffin. Pettisville, Edon, North Central and Fayette all took to the course, but the heavy competition quickly pared down the local list. Dominic Frey placed ninth to lead the Pettisville Blackbirds to fourth place, the final team slot for Regional qualification. Fayette finished 6th, Edon 12th and North Central 13th, removing all from further contention, with but a single exception. Skylar Lantz of Fayette finished 13th overall,…

What does a young lady in junior high do when she wants to play golf and the only golf team is for boys? She joins the team anyhow, and then does better than them! Ariel Gruber of Pioneer refused to let the lack of a girl’s golf team keep her from her passion. Ariel is the daughter of Richard and Sue Ann Gruber of Pioneer, Ohio. She has two siblings; a sister Amanda, and a brother Jason. She first began playing golf at age 10 with her father. She quickly caught on, and proved herself to be adept at the…

LIBERTY CENTER – The October 20 Liberty Center District race for Division III District 1 saw four BBC teams and the Montpelier Locos vying for a chance to advance to the Regionals at Tiffin. Pettisville, Edon, North Central and Fayette all took to the course, but the heavy competition quickly pared down the local list. Dominic Frey placed ninth to lead the Pettisville Blackbirds to fourth place, the final team slot for Regional qualification. Fayette finished 6th, Edon 12th and North Central 13th, removing all from further contention, with but a single exception. Skylar Lantz of Fayette finished 13th overall,…

All the practices, all the aches and pains, and all the injuries just to excel at athletics…welcome to high school sports. For a select group however, being the best in their particular sport is not enough…they want excellence in the classroom as well. Those who achieve both in the Buckeye Border Conference are called BBC Scholar Athletes, and there are 104 of them for the Fall 2012 season. A BBC Scholar Athlete must maintain a 3.25 GPA, be a junior or a senior, and carry the recommendation of their coach. Following is the listing of the 2012 Fall BBC Scholar…

ARCHBOLD – The Hilltop Lady Cadets took on the #2 seeded Lady Cardinals of Cardinal Stritch for the Division IV Sectional crown on October 20. Although they entered the bracket unseeded, the Ladies in Red gave Stritch all they could handle before bowing out, 23-25, 17-25 and 26-28. Cierra Carpenter put up 3 aces, 11 digs and 4 kills for the Lady Cadets of Hilltop, with Jackie Smith posting 5 digs, an assist and a kill. Brittney Mocherman had an ace, a dig and 5 kills; Emily Armbruster had a block, 3 digs and 2 kills, and Taylor Collins rang…

BRYAN – For the third time this season, the Edon Lady Bombers faced off against the Hicksville Lady Aces on October 20. They first met when the Lady Bombers defeated them in a tri-meet on September 1. On September 24, the Lady Aces were broomed out of The Hangar in straight sets. On October 20, the same teams met, but with something more at stake…the Division IV Sectional Title. Edon has dropped only four sets all year, and like the previous two meetings the Belles in Bomber Blue jumped out to an early lead to sweep the series, winning the…

BRYAN – The Antwerp Lady Archers evicted the North Central Lady Eagles from the D-IV Sectional Tournament on October 17, winning in straight sets, 25-17, 25-10 and 25-20. McKayla Swank was 6/6 serving with 7 assists and 7 digs, Brittany Laney went 8/8 serving, and Shaylee Oyer was 5/5 serving with 2 kills, 7 assists and 5 digs. Bralyn Wyrick went 11/15 serving and 11/12 serve in reception with 3 aces, 10 kills, 6 blocks and 5 digs, Ashton Huffman was 5/5 serving, and Abbey Litzenberg drilled 2 kills.

ARCHBOLD – The Hilltop Lady Cadets advanced to the October 20 Sectional Championship game by means of a three-set trouncing of Holgate on October 17, 25-8, 25-15 and 25-18. Cierra Carpenter had 3 aces, a dig, 5 kills and a block for Hilltop, with Sydney Schmitt getting an ace, 2 digs and a dozen assists, and Jackie Smith posting a trio of aces and 7 digs. Brittney Mocherman had 4 aces, a dig, an assist, 5 kills and 3 blocks, Emily Armbruster had 2 blocks and 3 kills, and Kayla Settlemire had a dig. Taylor Collins rang up 2 digs…

ARCHBOLD – The Fayette Lady Eagles were roughly dismissed from the Division IV Sectional Tournament by Cardinal Stritch on October 17, 25-7, 25-10 and 25-6. No other stats pertinent to this game were received.

ARCHBOLD – The Pettisville Lady Blackbirds dispatched the Stryker Lady Panthers from the opening round of the Division IV Sectional Volleyball Tournament, winning in straight sets, 25-12, 25-6 and 25-14. Claire Fry posted 2 aces and 9 assists for the Ladybirds; Emily Hubby landed 5 aces, adding 6 digs, 17 assists and 8 kills, and Ashlynn Waidelich had 2 aces, 6 digs and 8 kills. Carley Hoffmire rang up 3 digs; Emily Eicher had 5 digs, an assist and 3 kills and Jordyn Pursel planted 8 aces with 5 digs and 3 kills. Dana Fricke had 3 digs, 11 kills…

WEST UNITY – The Hilltop Lady Cadets hosted the North Central Eagles on October 11. The match was a thriller, going to five sets with North Central coming out on top in the end, 31-29, 25-21, 11-25, 7-25, and 15-7. Shaylee Oyer had a monster night for North Central, leading the team with a whopping 25 kills. Bralyn Wyrick had 18 kills of her own as well as 3 blocks. McKayla Swank had 3 blocks as well along with 4 kills. Brittany Laney led the team with 14 digs while Jazzmin Horne and Abbey Litzenberg scored 6 and 7 kills…

PETTISVILLE – Pettisville in is the early stages of a rebuild of their volleyball program, and Edon…well, they were supposed to be rebuilding as well. On October 11, the Lady Bombers and the Lady Blackbirds closed out the 2012 regular season in The Birdcage with Edon a win away from an undefeated BBC campaign. So much for the rebuild as the Belles in Bomber Blue knocked off Pettisville in four sets, 25-14, 25-17, 21-25 and 25-13. Sydney Stoll was 35/35 setting with 6 assists, and 28/28 serving with an ace, 39 digs and 20 kills for the 19-3 / 10-0…

WEST UNITY – There are reasons as to why there is two halves of a football game…compare and contrast would be one of them. In the first half of their October 19 TAAC throwdown, the first 22 no-shows at Daft Field were the defenses of the Cardinals of Cardinal Stritch and the Hilltop Cadets. In a half where Woody Hayes and Chuck Knox would have been giddy in watching the smash mouth running of both teams, passes were few and far between. They were not really necessary though, as neither defense could put the brakes on the ground pounding of…

SPRINGFIELD – The Edon Bombers have not fallen into the ‘mathematically eliminated’ category for the postseason yet, and on October 19 they showed Toledo Christian that there is plenty of fight remaining in the team. The Boys in Bomber Blue took their 5-3 mark to the home of the Eagles, still clinging to an outside chance for a postseason berth. They made their case loud and clear by planting a 26-6 defeat on their TAAC rivals in their final road game of the regular season. No stats were received for this game. The 6-3 Bombers, now ranked #10 in the…

METAMORA – As is often the case towards the end of the season for the visiting team, the Montpelier Locomotives found themselves as the opponent for Evergreen’s Senior Night contest.  The Locos had high aspirations of spoiling the fond memories for the Evergreen class of 2013.  Despite a valiant effort, in the end the boys in blue were unable to overcome big plays and costly turnovers as they were defeated by the hosts 35-21. After receiving the kickoff the Locomotives, behind the trio of Tyler Benner, Colin Mercer and Dallas Royer, methodically marched down the field.  The drive culminated with…

REVERSE RAFFLE DRAWING WINNERS … Friends throughout the Edon community came out on a warm summer evening to support the Edon Athletic Boosters’ Annual Reverse Drawing fundraiser. Top money winners from the event, receiving their checks from Boosters President Lynn Kundard (center) were, from left, Scott Staten of “Three and One” ($250 Fourth Prize ); Colin Nester representing Audra Gibson ($2000 First Prize); Angie Runyan ($1000 Second Prize) and Joe Thiel ($500 Third Prize).  Additionally, Don Walton collected $750 in winnings from the 50/50 Board while Elinor Walz netted $266 from the 50/50 Cash Drawing.  Proceeds from the successful night…

The Olde Tyme Holiday Gathering Committee is currently looking for sponsors to held support the 6th annual Olde Tyme Holiday Gathering parade  that will be held on November 17th. Since being established in 2007, the committee has been able to entertain local residents and visitors with the craft and gift fair held at the Montpelier Schools, the parade, actitivies and vendors on Empire Street. They have also worked with Montpelier Schools, the Montpelier Vintage Homes Association and local churches. This event is coordination with Montpelier Chamber of Commerce. Those wishing to help sponsor this event will be listed in the…

There are strange sounds coming from Waltz Park in Edon, located on 10 Frank Waltz Drive; the same noises that have been heard there for the last couple years in the weeks leading up to Halloween. There are stories of a little girl named Sarah who went into the Haunted Forest and hasn’t come out. There’s been insidious laughter, howling wind, and some even say they hear a little girl crying, trying to wake from her nightmare. But these are just rumors; Waltz Park is a nice place full of a nice troop of Boy Scouts, troop 74, that want…

Heavenlee Ayers and Autumn Owens would like to announce the birth of their little sister Harley Emma Marie Owens born on Sept. 26, 2012 at 8:00am She was 6# 13oz and 19 inches long. Proud parents are Jonathon and Summer Owens of Edon. Grandparents are Matthew and Teresa Ayers of Montpelier, Earl and Sherry Owens of Nettle Lake, and Jim and Kathy Martin of Pioneer. Great Grandparents are Earlene Owens of Nettle Lake and Jim and Nola Owen of Elmore, Ohio.

A $4,900 bill that was sent to a Holiday City resident was the subject of discussion at the Thursday, October 17 council meeting. Ron Keil, Sr., a founding father of Holiday City and a 12-year past council member was present with attorney John Shaffer, who identified himself as both a “friend” and legal representative for Mr. Keil. The subject of the dispute was a bill that Keil had received from Holiday City administrator Gary Baker. Keil’s son and daughter-in-law, Ron Keil, Jr. and Kristie Keil, both council members, excused themselves from this portion of the meeting due to conflict of…

CONGRATULATIONS! … Celebrating October Birthdays and Anniversaries at the Montpelier Senior Center on Friday, October 12, 2012 were seated, from left, Orlando Allman, Mary Disbrow, and standing, Dave and Sharon White (46th Wedding Anniversary), Connie Cogswell, Dean Cogswell and Don and Patricia Smith (54th Wedding Anniversary).  Assisting as servers for this month’s Birthday celebration, hosted by Bryan Care and Rehab Center, were T.R.U.S.T. (Teaching Responsibility and Understanding through Service-Training) students from Bryan High School.  Site Manager Jewel Head was also excited to announce Mary Disbrow (floral arrangement from Huntington Bank) and Dave and Sharon White (two free Senior Center Lunch…

SPECIAL DAY … Celebrating October Birthdays and Anniversaries at the Edon Senior Center on Friday, October 12, 2012 were front, from left, Lois Heckart, Ruth Corwin, Carolyn and Lewis Arnold (52nd Wedding Anniversary), and back, Roy and Susie Held (58th Wedding Anniversary), Maleen Smith and Gus Kannel.  Edon Church of Christ provided this month’s special table favors and gifts for the honored guests.

(Montpelier) – Peg Buda, Safe Communities Coordinator, announced that the Ohio Department of Public Safety’s (ODPS) Office of Criminal Justice Services (OCJS) awarded $25,000 in federal traffic safety funding to Williams County Health Department for federal fiscal year 2013. “Partnerships are critical to the success of any safety effort and Safe Communities is committed to working with law enforcement and other safety partners to address these traffic safety concerns in Williams County,” said Peg Buda. Safe Communities has identified that although 2011 was the safest year on record overall for Ohio, Williams County has already had an increase of one…

PHOTO CAPTION: Students from Mrs. Jimenez’ government class was in attendance for the Monday evening board meeting. Students waited patiently in the hall outside of the art room as the board was in executive session. Pictured are Luke Graber, Collin Blosser, Hannah Doehrmann, Hunter Clingaman and Austin Robison.  [divider] A light agenda made an easy evening for the Stryker school board that met in regular session on Monday October 15. The board members entered into executive session after 15 minutes of the light agenda to discuss the consideration of purchase or lease of property. Namely, the possible purchase of the building…

Edon Student Council will be sponsoring a Food Drive the week of October 29, 2012 as part of the Thirteenth Annual Neighbors In Need campaign conducted by 105.7 The Bull and Chief Supermarkets. Non-perishable food items, such as canned fruits and vegetables, soups, pasta, macaroni and cheese, stews, applesauce, noodles, cereal, baby foods, canned juices, canned meats, oatmeal, pancake mix, syrups, potatoes, pudding, Jell-O and toiletries will be collected Monday, October 29, Tuesday, October 30 and Wednesday, October 31 during regular school hours. Monetary donations to the Food Drive (made payable to WZOM – Neighbors in Need) are extremely helpful…

BOMBER COURTESY CLUB … Students at Edon Northwest Local Schools selected for membership into the Bomber Courtesy Club for October 2012 were, front row, from left, Caleb Derico, Cameron Entenman, Chelsey Haury, Cohen Hulbert, Carter Steinke; Addyson Fritch and back row, Emma Hickman, Blake Jaessing, Connor Ledford, Carlie Kiess and Mallory Wofford. Not pictured ~ Lillian Stafford.  Each student received a special certificate and coupons good for a cookie and ice cream treat from the Edon Schools Cafeteria.

Members of the Edon Board of Public Affairs were apprised of a potential technical assistance program for the Village’s Water Plant when they convened in regular session Monday, October 15, 2012 at Edon Village Hall. Mayor Darlene Burkhardt called the early afternoon meeting to order with Board Members Warren Henry, Andy Ledyard, Fiscal Officer Heidi Bidwell and Water/Wastewater Superintendent Chris Decker in attendance. “As discussed before, we need to decide what the next step is before we do any replacements or upgrades to the Water Plant,” noted Superintendent Decker. “RCAP is a company that could help us out.” Decker went…