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
4/3 Softball Scores
Bath 14 Fort Recovery 3, 6 inn.
Bellefontaine 7 Celina 0
Bellefontaine 10 Celina 0
Defiance 5 Findlay 4
Findlay 15 Defiance 1, 5 inn.
Kenton 16 Cory-Rawson 0, 5 inn.
Paulding 18 Ottawa-Glandorf 1, 5 inn.
Shawnee 21 Spencerville 5, 5 inn.
Crestview 10 Shawnee 6
St. Marys 2 Bluffton 1
St. Marys 9 Bluffton 5
Bryan 9 Van Wert 7
Bryan 12 Van Wert 2
Wapakoneta 11 Melbourne (FL) 0, 6 inn.
4/3 Track & Field Scores
Celina Invitational
Boys (7 teams)
2. Celina 125.5, 3. Defiance 110, 4. Kenton 88, 5. Ottawa-Glandorf 85, 7. Elida 32
Girls (7 teams)
1. Celina 133.5, 2. Ottawa-Glandorf 119, 4. Kenton 88, 5. Elida 81, 6. Defiance 77
Complete Results
3/30 Softball Scores
Minster 11 Celina 9
Defiance 8 Napoleon 7
Indian Lake 11 Kenton 9
Leipsic 8 Ottawa-Glandorf 1
Shawnee 11 Bellefontaine 7
Parkway 5 St. Marys 3
Van Wert 18 Delphos Jefferson 0, 5 inn.
3/30 WBL Boys Tennis Scores
Shawnee 5 Kenton 0
Non-League:
Lima Central Catholic at Celina
Defiance 5 Wauseon 0
Ottawa-Glandorf 4 Bryan 1
St. Marys 3 Bluffton 1
Lehman Catholic at Wapakoneta
3/30 Track & Field Scores
Dual Meet at Celina
Boys: Celina 78 Spencerville 57
Girls: Celina 69.83 Spencerville 67.16
Complete Results
Tri-Meet at Defiance
Boys: 1. Defiance 64, 2. Archbold 62, 3. Bryan 42
Girls: 1. Defiance 73, 2. Bryan 60, 3. Archbold 39
Complete Results
Dual Meet at Shawnee
Boys: Shawnee 99 Delphos St. John’s 23
Girls: Shawnee 67 Delphos St. John’s 55
Complete Results
Tri-Meet at Minster
Boys: 1. Minster 107.5, 2. St. Marys 47.5, 3. Bath 20
Girls: 1. Minster 88, 2. Bath 48.5, 3. St. Marys 31.5
Complete Results
Quad Meet at Ottawa-Glandorf
Boys: Ottawa-Glandorf, Elida, Fort Jennings, Kalida
Girls: Ottawa-Glandorf, Elida, Fort Jennings, Kalida
Complete Results
Tri-Meet at Wapakoneta
Boys: 1. St. Henry 77, 2. Wapakoneta 49.5, 3. Waynesfield-Goshen 47.5
Girls: 1. Wapakoneta 73.2, 2. Waynesfield-Goshen 49.6, 3. St. Henry 49.2
Complete Results
3/29 Baseball Scores
Bath 13 Lima Central Catholic 3, 6 inn.
Fort Recovery 9 Celina 4
Defiance 12 Rossford 2, 5 inn.
Elida 15 Fort Jennings 0, 5 inn.
Upper Sandusky 6 Kenton 3
Ottawa-Glandorf 8 Bryan 7, 8 inn.
Shawnee 7 Paulding 1
St. Marys 4 Parkway 3, 8 inn.
Van Wert 16 Spencerville 2, 5 inn.
Wapakoneta 13 Delphos St. John’s 3, 5 inn.
3/27 Baseball Scores
Findlay 11 Bath 1, 5 inn.
Findlay 5 Bath 2
Celina 9 Ayersville 4
Ayersville 6 Celina 2
Defiance 7 Wauseon 3
Elida 2 Leipsic 0
Archbold 3 Ottawa-Glandorf 1
Archbold 11 Ottawa-Glandorf 10
Indian Lake 2 St. Marys 0
Van Wert 11 Delphos Jefferson 2
Van Wert 11 Delphos Jefferson 1, 5 inn.
Northmont 5 Wapakoneta 3
3/27 Softball Scores
Bath 13 Shelby 2, 6 inn.
Bath 7 Shelby 4
Wauseon 9 Defiance 0
Marion Local 6 Elida 2
Edgerton 8 Elida 1
Liberty-Benton 16 Ottawa-Glandorf 4, 5 inn.
Liberty-Benton 17 Ottawa-Glandorf 1, 5 inn.
Shawnee 13 Allen East 6
St. Marys 1 Bellefontaine 0, 8 inn.
Riverdale 7 Wapakoneta 5
3/6 OHSAA Wrestling Districts
Division II District at Norwalk
11. St. Marys 67, 15. Wapakoneta 35.5, 19. Celina 29, 25. Elida 14, 30. Defiance 10, 30. Ottawa-Glandorf 10, 38. Van Wert 2, 41. Shawnee 0
State Qualifiers:
106: 2. Tyler Hisey, St. Marys
113: 3. Colin Mellott, Wapakoneta
126: 2. Landon Engle, Celina
Brackets | Placers | Complete Results
Division III District at Troy
37. Kenton 7, 44. Bath 2
State Qualifiers: none
3/3 OHSAA Boys Basketball Districts
Division II District Semifinals at Spencerville
Shawnee 56 Defiance 38
St. Marys 58 Wauseon 43
2/27 OHSAA Boys Basketball Sectionals
Division II Sectional Championship
Defiance 51 Van Wert 30
Division III Sectional Championship
Bath 57 Lima Central Catholic 52
2/27 OHSAA Girls Bowling Districts
Division I District Tournament at Star Lanes at the Harbor
One (1) team and one (1) individual not advancing on a team will participate at State.
2. Wapakoneta 3742, 3. Celina 3467, 5. Shawnee 3236
Individual State Qualifiers: 1. Rylie Jenneret, Wapakoneta 639
2/27 OHSAA Wrestling Sectionals
Division II Sectional at Defiance
Four from each weight class will advance to the District at Norwalk.
3. St. Marys 158, 4. Celina 153, 5. Wapakoneta 152, 8. Shawnee 64, 9. Elida 59, 10. Defiance 54, 10. Van Wert 54, 12. Ottawa-Glandorf 41
Brackets | Match Results | Placement
District Qualifiers:
106: 1. Tyler Hisey, St. Marys; 3. Treven Rittenhouse, Defiance
113: 1. Colin Mellott, Wapakoneta; 2. Trevor Hisey, St. Marys; 3. Derrick Slater, Celina
120: 3. Bryce Knapke, Wapakoneta
126: 2. Landon Engle, Celina; 4. Killian Sudduth, Van Wert
132: 3. Gavin Hall, Wapakoneta
138: 1. Conner Douglass, Elida; 2. Angel Rosales, Ottawa-Glandorf; 4. Kyler Bowlby, Celina
145: 2. Ethan Scurlock, Shawnee; 4. Owen Thomas, Ottawa-Glandorf
152: 2. Jaden King, Celina; 3. Dominic Tracy, Defiance; 4. Mason Adlesh, Shawnee
160: 2. Macein Bigham, Van Wert; 3. Mason Saeler, St. Marys; 4. Jacob Schlesselman, Wapakoneta
170: 3. Jace Schaefer, St. Marys
182: 1. Stashu Patterson, St. Marys; 4. Alex Stachler, Celina
195: 2. Carter Sharpe, St. Marys; 3. Ean Kramer, Wapakoneta
220: 2. Joey Posada, Celina; 3. Trevor Houts, Wapakoneta
285: 2. Cael Rostorfer, Wapakoneta
Division III Sectional at Lima Central Catholic
Four from each weight class will advance to the District at Southwest Ohio.
7. Kenton 99, 8. Bath 73
Brackets | Match Results | Placement
District Qualifiers:
106: 2. Connor Dye, Kenton
113: none
120: none
126: none
132: 2. Anthony Hunt, Kenton; 3. Zachary Kennedy, Bath
138: 2. Ezekiel Burkholder, Bath
145: none
152: none
160: none
170: 3. Carter Bays, Kenton
182: 3. Nolan Deppe, Bath
195: 4. Brandon Bowling, Kenton
220: none
285: none
2/26 OHSAA Boys Bowling Districts
Division I District Tournament at Star Lanes at the Harbor
One (1) team and one (1) individual not advancing on a team will participate at State.
2. Wapakoneta 4292, 3. St. Marys 4175, 4. Celina 4052
Individual State Qualifiers: none
2021 OHSAA State Girls Swimming & Diving Championships
2021 OHSAA State Girls Swimming & Diving Championships at Canton
Division II
44. Defiance 8, 45. Ottawa-Glandorf 6
1 mtr Diving: 10. Addi Fleischman, Defiance; 16. Lilly Lacey, Defiance
200 Yard Medley Relay: 20. Ottawa-Glandorf (Maddie White/Kenzington Cupp/Abby Warnecke/Marissa Beckett)
200 Yard IM: 21. Marissa Beckett, Ottawa-Glandorf
200 Yard Freestyle Relay: 14. Ottawa-Glandorf (Abby Warnecke/Maddie White/Taylor Knott/Marissa Beckett)
100 Yard Breaststroke: 19. Ciera Rupert, St. Marys