Address: 1755 Palmer Drive, Defiance, Ohio 43512
Principal: Robert Morton | Office Phone: 419-784-2777
Athletic Director: Jerry Buti | Office Phone: 419-784-0102 | Email
Defiance WBL Championships
Baseball (30): 26, 25, 24, 22, 21, 19, 16, 14, 12, 11, 10, 09, 08, 07, 05, 04, 02, 00, 99, 98, 97, 95, 94, 93, 92, 89, 85, 84, 82, 77
Boys Basketball (9): 16, 14, 13, 12, 10, 83, 78, 77, 74
Girls Basketball (1): 00
Boys Cross Country (27): 21, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 13, 12, 09, 08, 04, 02, 01, 00, 99, 92, 91, 90, 89, 87, 86, 80, 79, 78, 77, 76, 73
Girls Cross Country (12): 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 08, 07, 06, 05, 99, 98, 93
Football (4): 08, 00, 97, 96
Boys Golf (7): 11, 09, 98, 94, 87, 86, 77
Girls Golf (1): 25
Boys Soccer (4): 04, 03, 01, 00
Softball (9): 24, 23, 19, 18, 09, 04, 97, 92, 91
Girls Swimming (3): 00, 99, 98
Boys Tennis (2): 89, 80
Boys Track (17): 15, 10, 09, 08, 07, 06, 02, 00, 99, 94, 91, 86, 83, 82, 79, 74, 73
Girls Track (4): 19, 11, 10, 08
Volleyball (3): 05, 04, 00
Wrestling (20): 15, 14, 01, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91, 90, 89, 83, 82, 81, 80, 79, 78, 77, 76, 75, 74
Defiance State Appearances
State Championships
2016 Baseball Division II State Champions
2015 Baseball Division II State Champions
2015 Boys Basketball Division II State Champions
2013 Boys Cross Country Division II State Champions
2013 Baseball Division II State Champions
1997 Football Division II State Champions
1992 Baseball Division I State Champion
State Semifinalists
2010 Baseball Division II State Semifinalist
2009 Boys Cross Country Division II -4th Place
2002 Baseball State Semifinalist
1940 Boys Basketball State Semifinalist
1932 Boys Basketball State Semifinalist
State Championships (Individuals)
2013 Division II Track & Field 3200 Meter Run State Champion – Abel Flores
2010 Division II Track & Field 3200M Run State Champion – Megan Vogelsong
2009-10 Division II Wrestling 112 lb. State Champion – B.J. Miller
2009 Division II Track & Field 3200 Relay State Champion – Sebastian Brown, Sean Murray, Trevin Flickinger, Zach Wiles
1988 Division I Track & Field Long Jump State Champion – Renae Stahl
1971 Division I Wrestling Heavyweight State Champion – Dave Harrow
Ohio Baseball Player of the Year Awards (Mr. Baseball)
Tyler Burgoon 2007
Jon Niese 2005
Chad Billingsley 2003
Defiance News & Scores
5/14 Baseball Scores
Bath 20 Botkins 1, 5 inn.
Defiance 2 Liberty-Benton 1
Defiance 4 Pleasant 2
Shawnee 5 Bellefontaine 3
Fort Recovery 9 St. Marys 0
Van Wert 16 Delphos Jefferson 0, 5 inn.
2022 OHSAA Boys Tennis Sectionals
Division II Sectional at Bryan
Four singles and Four doubles teams from each Sectional Tournament to the District at Port Clinton High School.
Defiance
District Qualifiers:
Singles: none
Doubles: none
Brackets: Singles/Doubles
Division II Sectional at UNOH
Four singles and Four doubles teams from each Sectional Tournament to the District at Port Clinton High School.
Bath, Celina, Elida, Kenton, St. Marys, Ottawa-Glandorf, Shawnee, Van Wert, Wapakoneta
District Qualifiers:
Singles: 1. Gabe Burke, Shawnee; 2. Joey Vanderhorst, St. Marys; 3. Jace Fast, Van Wert
Doubles: 1. Shawnee (Mason Stahl/Mac Davis); 2. Bath (Daniel Bolon/Ezra Bolon); 3. Ottawa-Glandorf (Eli Schmenk/Joshua Walls); 4. Elida (Jaden Neuman/Ben Osmon)
2022 WBL Track & Field Championships
2022 WBL Track & Field Championships at Van Wert
Boys
1. Van Wert 119.5, 2. Shawnee 94, 3. Celina 55, 4. Defiance 54.5, 5. Ottawa-Glandorf 51.5, 6. Bath 46.5, 7. St. Marys 45, 8. Wapakoneta 31, 9. Elida 16, 10. Kenton 14
Girls
1. Ottawa-Glandorf 100.5, 2. Celina 100, 3. St. Marys 78, 4. Kenton 61.5, 5. Van Wert 50, 6. Shawnee 46.5, 7. Defiance 34, 8. Wapakoneta 23, 9. Bath 20, 10. Elida 13.5
WBL Individual Boys Champions
4×800 Meter Relay: Shawnee (Justin Altenbach/Isaiah Johns/Carter Cleaves/Noah Williams)
110 Meter Hurdles: Brandon Bowers, St. Marys
100 Meter Dash: K.J. Upshaw, Shawnee
4×200 Meter Relay: Van Wert (Connor Pratt/Nate Phillips/Nathan Jackson/Trey Laudick)
1600 Meter Run: Isaiah Johns, Shawnee
4×100 Meter Relay: Wapakoneta (Gavin Ainsworth/Collin Lenhart/Keaton Lenhart/Jace Mullen)
400 Meter Dash: Connor Pratt, Van Wert
300 Meter Hurdles: Josh Horvath, Defiance
800 Meter Run: Gage Springer, Van Wert
200 Meter Dash: K.J. Upshaw, Shawnee
3200 Meter Run: Landen Jones, Bath
4×400 Meter Relay: Van Wert (Trey Laudick/Nate Phillips/Gage Springer/Connor Pratt)
High Jump: Nate Phillips, Van Wert
Pole Vault: Conner Douglass, Elida
Long Jump: Brandon Bowers, St. Marys
Discus Throw: Parker Rarey, Kenton
Shot Put: Xavier Griffiths, Bath
WBL Individual Girls Champions
4×800 Meter Relay: Defiance (Mira Horvath/Samantha Hohenberger/Layla Briseno/Emily Wahl)
100 Meter Hurdles: Karrington Green, Shawnee
100 Meter Dash: Syerra Greber, St. Marys
4×200 Meter Relay: Ottawa-Glandorf (Laney Hedrick/Mackenzie Recker/Averie Fox/Olivia Fenbert)
1600 Meter Run: Kaylie Dameron, Celina
4×100 Meter Relay: Celina (Ellie Hitchcock/Kira Dirksen/Paige Veit/Nevaeh Huser)
400 Meter Dash: Alexa Fortman, Ottawa-Glandorf
300 Meter Hurdles: Addy Modd, Kenton
800 Meter Run: Alexa Fortman, Ottawa-Glandorf
200 Meter Dash: Syerra Greber, St. Marys
3200 Meter Run: Kaylie Dameron, Celina
4×400 Meter Relay: Ottawa-Glandorf (Averie Fox/Corinne Closson/Lily Haselman/Alexa Fortman)
High Jump: Ella Jacobs, St. Marys
Pole Vault: Lily Haselman, Ottawa-Glandorf
Long Jump: Mia Rager, Van Wert
Discus Throw: Tatum Miller, Kenton
Shot Put: Amelia Lutz, Celina
5/13 OHSAA Softball Sectionals
Division II Sectional Championship
Bryan 3 Shawnee 2
Division II Sectional Championship
Elida 5 Defiance 4
Division II Sectional Championship
St. Marys 2 Celina 0
Division II Sectional Championship
Bath 11 Kenton 1
5/12 WBL Baseball Scores
Shawnee 15 Elida 3
Van Wert 6 Kenton 5
Non-League:
Defiance 6 Whitmer 1
Ottawa-Glandorf 5 Archbold 4
Coldwater 8 St. Marys 1
Wapakoneta 12 Fort Recovery 0, 5 inn.
5/12 WBL Softball Scores
Shawnee 7 St. Marys 2
Non-League:
Paulding 11 Defiance 6
5/11 WBL Baseball Scores
Defiance 8 Celina 1
Elida 4 St. Marys 3
Ottawa-Glandorf 7 Shawnee 6
Non-League:
Houston 3 Bath 2
Lima Senior at Kenton
5/11 WBL Softball Scores
Defiance 11 Celina 1, 6 inn.
Van Wert 14 Kenton 0
Non-League:
Bath 10 Liberty-Benton 0, 5 inn.
5/10 Baseball Scores
Bath 4 Anna 0
Minster 3 Celina 2, 11 inn.
Archbold 5 Defiance 2
Elida 5 Lima Central Catholic 4, 8 inn.
Wapakoneta 10 Delphos Jefferson 0
5/9 Baseball Scores
Lima Central Catholic 10 Celina 4
Defiance 9 Findlay 2
Elida at Allen East
Arlington 8 Kenton 5
Ottawa-Glandorf 5 Patrick Henry 4
St. Marys 6 Marion Local 5, 10 inn.
Wapakoneta 6 Coldwater 1
5/7 Softball Scores
Defiance 6 Perrysburg 3
Fairview 8 Defiance 1
2022 WBL Boys Tennis Tournament
2022 WBL Boys Tennis Tournament at Westwood
1. Shawnee 60, 2. Ottawa-Glandorf 42, 3. St. Marys 40, 4. Bath 32, 5. Elida 18, 6. Van Wert 11, 7. Wapakoneta 9, 8. Celina 7, 8. Defiance 7, 10. Kenton 4
Individual Champions
1st Singles: Gabe Burke, Shawnee
2nd Singles: Mason Stahl, Shawnee
3rd Singles: Mac Davis, Shawnee
1st Doubles: Shawnee (Salah Mohammed/Gabe Rutter)
2nd Doubles: Shawnee (Shashank Chanamolu/Seth Grieshop)
Team Champion Coach: Mitch Chavez – Shawnee
Sportsmanship Award: Gage Buxton- Kenton
Complete Brackets | Final Standings Detail
Final WBL Overall Standings
1. Shawnee 20, 2. Ottawa-Glandorf 17, 3. Bath 16, 4. St. Marys 15, 5. Elida 12, 6. Van Wert 8, 7. Defiance 7.5, 8. Wapakoneta 7, 9. Celina 5.5, 10. Kenton 2
5/4 WBL Baseball Scores
Defiance 2 Wapakoneta 0
Kenton at Van Wert
Non-League:
Elida 8 Delphos St. John’s 6
Ottawa-Glandorf 6 Liberty-Benton 1
5/4 WBL Softball Scores
Wapakoneta 16 Defiance 0, 5 inn.
St. Marys at Shawnee (ppd)
Non-League:
Parkway 15 Van Wert 8
5/3 WBL Boys Tennis Scores
Elida 3 Defiance 2