REPEAT LEAGUE CHAMPS … Gavin Fisher (above) of Wauseon turned in an 82 to help the Indians to their second straight NWOAL title.
PHOTOS BY JACOB KESSLER / THE VILLAGE REPORTER
HONORABLE MENTION … Bryan’s Nolan Franzdorf posted an 84 to earn honorable mention all-league distinction as Bryan place third.
By: John Fryman
THE VILLAGE REPORTER
john@thevillagereporter.com
DEFIANCE (September 19, 2025) – Wauseon successfully defended its Northwest Ohio Athletic League boys golf title on Friday, September 19 at Auglaize Golf Club.
The Indians claimed their 15th NWOAL crown in program history tallying a 309 score edging out runner-up Archbold who finished with a 314.
Swanton was third with a 331 followed by Bryan (331), Evergreen (335), Delta (335), Liberty Center (363) and Patrick Henry (455).
Combined with the regular season dual and triangular match and tournament results, the Indians won the overall title with 14 points followed by Archbold (13), Swanton (12), Bryan (8), Delta (7), Evergreen (6), Liberty Center (3) and Patrick Henry (1).
Wauseon, Swanton and Archbold all posted 6-1 ledgers in the regular season followed by Delta (4-3), Bryan (3-4), Evergreen (2-5), Liberty Center (1-6) and Patrick Henry (0-7).
Archbold sophomore Grady Short captured individual medalist tournament honors with a 71. Also named to the all-league tournament first team were Lane Lopez of Delta (73), Griffen Valentine of Archbold (74), Carter Stuckey of Wauseon (75), Kai Dauber of Bryan (76), Jack Altstaetter of Wauseon (76) and Cayden Ruffer of Wauseon (76).
Second team honors went to Brody Wyckhouse of Liberty Center (77), C.J. Arroyo-Thompson of Archbold (78), Dylan Smigelski of Swanton (78), Chris Shrader of Evergreen (79), Keegan Clapp of Delta (80) and Hayden Timbrook of Evergreen (81).
Earning honorable mention honors were Jayden Deel of Bryan (82), Jake Farley of Evergreen (82), Gavin Fisher of Wauseon (82), Carson Reed of Swanton (83), Nolan Franzdorf of Bryan (84), Tony Caprella of Liberty Center (84) and Grady Tipton of Swanton (84).
TOURNAMENT RESULTS: 1. Wauseon 309 (Carter Stuckey 75, Jack Altstaetter 76, Cayden Ruffer 76, Gavin Fisher 82, Brody Balser 86, Maddox Schneider 89); 2. Archbold 314 (Archbold: Grady Short 71, Griffen Valentine 74, C.J. Arroyo-Thompson 78, Gentry Valentine 91, Trevor Osterland 100, Javery Valentine 102); 3. Swanton 331 (Dylan Smigelski 78, Carson Bond 83, Grady Tipton 84, Camden Kizakiewicz 86, Brady O’Shea 87, Carter Malak 87); 4. Bryan 331 (Kai Dauber 76, Jayden Deel 82, Nolan Franzdorf 84, Asher Sito 89, Matthew Devlin 90, John Dalrymple 106); 5. Evergreen 335 (Chris Shrader 79, Hayden Timbrook 81, Jake Farley 82, Wade Stubleski 93, Blake Boucher 99, Andrew Bettinger 107); 6. Delta 335 (Lane Lopez 73, Keegan Clapp 80, Ashton Alig 88, Luke Spiess 94, Brody Kile 106); 7. Liberty Center 363 (Brody Wyckhouse 77, Tony Capretta 84, Stone Roth 87, Owen Gebers 115, Henry Cooke 141, Annabelle Box 148); 8. Patrick Henry 455 (Gabriel Wright 100, Evan Carrizales 107, Jacob Joliff 119, Parker Kruse 129)
COMBINED POINTS STANDINGS: 1. Wauseon 14; 2. Archbold 13; 3. Swanton 12; 4. Bryan 8; 5. Delta 7; 6. Evergreen 6; 7. Liberty Center 3; 8. Patrick Henry 1