Address: 10708 SR 118 S. Van Wert, OH 45891
Principal: Bob Priest | Office Phone: 419-238-3350
Athletic Director: Trent Temple | Office Phone: 419-238-9601 | Email
Van Wert WBL Championships
Baseball (5): 21, 19, 84, 69, 68
Boys Basketball (6): 07, 01, 95, 92, 87, 60
Girls Basketball (1): 06
Girls Bowling (1): 21
Boys Cross Country (15): 26, 24, 20, 14, 11, 05, 03, 98, 97, 96, 93, 88, 85, 82, 81
Girls Cross Country (11): 20, 13, 12, 09, 04, 03, 02, 01, 96, 95, 94
Football (19): 21, 87, 69, 67, 58, 57, 56, 55, 54, 52, 50, 49, 47, 43, 42, 41, 39, 38, 37
Golf (11): 22, 12, 07, 03, 02, 91, 85, 81, 80, 79, 75
Boys Tennis (5): 16, 69, 67, 66, 65
Boys Track (8): 22, 19, 12, 05, 04, 01, 98, 87
Girls Track (3): 18, 76, 75
Wrestling (4): 08, 07, 04, 71
Van Wert State Appearances
State Championships
2020 Football Division IV State Champions
1976 Girls Track Mile Relay State Champions
State Runner-Up
2000 Football Division III State Runner-Up
1988 Boys CC State Runner-up
1985 Boys Golf State Runner-Up
State Semifinalist
2019 Baseball Division II State Semifinalist
1992 Boys Basketball State Semifinalist
1990 Boys Basketball State Semifinalist
1987 Boys Basketball State Semifinalist
State Qualifiers
Boys Golf State Qualifiers: 2007, 2004 (5th), 2003 (3rd)
Girls CC State Qualifiers: 2006 (12th), 2004 (14th), 2003 (5th), 2002 (4th), 2001 (8th)
Boys CC State Qualifiers: 1998 (9th), 1993, 1987 (6th)
Van Wert News & Scores
8/20 WBL Girls Tennis Scores
Bath 5 Kenton 0
Shawnee 4 Celina 1
Van Wert 5 Defiance 0
Ottawa-Glandorf 5 Elida 0
Wapakoneta 4 St. Marys 1
8/17 WBL Girls Tennis Scores
Bath 4 Shawnee 1
Van Wert 4 Celina 1
Defiance at St. Marys
Elida 4 Kenton 1
Wapakoneta 5 Ottawa-Glandorf 0
8/14 Boys Golf Scores
Liberty-Benton Invitational at Sycamore Springs GC (11 teams)
6. Bath 356, 11. Van Wert 434
Dual-Match at Mercer County Elks GC
St. Henry, Wapakoneta
8/12 Boys Golf Scores
Kalida Invitational at Moose Landing CC (19 teams)
2. Ottawa-Glandorf 317, 6. Shawnee 339, 13. Defiance 364, 15. Bath 368, 16. Celina 393, 19. Van Wert 426
Auglaize County Invitational at Arrowhead GC (6 teams)
1. St. Marys 329, 3. Wapakoneta 368
WBL 2020 Football Schedule
Here is the revised schedule for the Western Buckeye League Football.- There will not be a team Champion this year
- Tried to keep Rivalry games
- Tried to balance strength of schedule
| 2020 Football | |||||||
| School | 28-Aug | 4-Sep | 11-Sep | 18-Sep | 25-Sep | 2-Oct | |
| Bath | St Mary | At Kenton | at Elida | OG | at Celina | Van Wert | |
| Celina | Wapak | Shawnee | at Kenton | at Elida | Bath | at St. Marys | |
| Defiance | OG | at Van Wert | at Shawnee | Kenton | Elida | at Wapak | |
| Elida | at Van Wert | at OG | Bath | Celina | at Defiance | Shawnee | |
| Kenton | at Shawnee | Bath | Celina | at Defiance | Wapak | at OG | |
| Ottawa Glandorf | at Defiance | Elida | at St. Marys | at Bath | Van Wert | Kenton | |
| St. Marys | at Bath | Wapak | OG | at Van Wert | at Shawnee | Celina | |
| Shawnee | Kenton | at Celina | Defiance | at Wapak | St. Marys | at Elida | |
| Van Wert | Elida | Defiance | at Wapak | St. Marys | at OG | at Bath | |
| Wapakoneta | at Celina | at St. Marys | Van Wert | Shawnee | at Kenton | Defiance | |
8/11 Girls Tennis Scores
Findlay at Defiance
Shawnee 5 Bluffton 0
Sidney at St. Marys (ppd)
Lehman Catholic at Van Wert
8/10 Boys Golf Scores
Dual at Arrowhead GC
St. Marys 168, New Bremen 227
Defiance Invitational at Eagle Rock GC (18 teams)
1. Ottawa-Glandorf 322, 4. Defiance 335, 11. Celina 382, 14. Van Wert 395
Benjamin Logan Raider Invitational at Liberty Hills GC (5 teams)
5. Kenton 388
8/8 Girls Tennis Scores
Wapakoneta Invitational
Shawnee 18, Wapakoneta 10, Lima Central Catholic 10
Jack Wellington Showcase at Springfield
Defiance
Van Wert 5 Archbold 0
8/7 Boys Golf Scores
Celina Invitational at Lynx GC (18 teams)
1. Elida 319, 2. Ottawa-Glandorf 324, 5. St. Marys 333, 6. Defiance 335, 7. Shawnee 339, 12. Bath 356, 13. Wapakoneta 376, 14. Celina 379, 16. Kenton 402, 17. Van Wert 417
Shawnee Indians win the 2019-2020 Superior Credit Union Western Buckeye League All Sports Trophy
With the completion of the shortened 2019-20 sports season the Western Buckeye League would like to announce that the Shawnee Indians have won the Superior Credit Union Western Buckeye League All Sports Trophy for the second year in a row. This was a very unique year as there were no spring sports played, thus only Fall & Winter events counted towards the championship.
This was a three team race with Shawnee collecting 111.5 points. Second place St. Marys earned 109 points while third place Ottawa Glandorf had 104 points.
The Indians finished first in 6 of the 15 sports during the Fall & Winter seasons. ( Boys Soccer, Girls Soccer, Girls Cross Country, Girls Tennis, Boys Basketball and Boys Swimming ). St. Marys and Ottawa Glandorf both place 1st in 3 sports while placing second in two others.
St. Marys placed first in Wrestling, Boys Bowling and tied in Girls Bowling. Ottawa Glandorf won Volleyball, Girls Basketball and Girls Swimming ).
The other first place finishers were by Defiance in Girl Cross Country, Elida in Boys Golf. Kenton and Wapakonea shared the Football title.
Points are awarded for each sport according to the conference standings. First place is awarded 10 points, second 9, third 8, etc.
Congratulations to the Shawnee Indians.
2020 OHSAA Wrestling Individual District Tournament
Division II District at Norwalk
10. St. Marys 60.5, 17. Wapakoneta 42.5, 21. Van Wert 30, 29. Defiance 14, 31. Shawnee 13, 32. Celina 11, 39. Elida 3
State Qualifiers:
106: 2. Colin Mellott, Wapakoneta; 3. Tyler Hisey, St. Marys
113: 2. Trevor Hisey, St. Marys
132: 4. Tristan Villarreal, Defiance
138: 1. Gabe Steyer, Van Wert
220: 2. Evan Kaeck, Wapakoneta
Brackets | Placers | Complete Results
Division III District at Troy
11. Bath 45, 15. Kenton 35
State Qualifiers:
182: 3. Zachary Simpson, Bath
220: 1. Noah Eikenbary, Kenton
Brackets | Placers | Complete Results
2020 OHSAA Wrestling Individual Sectionals
Division II Sectional at Defiance
3. St. Marys 165, 4. Celina 152, 5. Wapakoneta 129, 7. Defiance 91.5, 9. Shawnee 83, 10. Van Wert 59.5, 11. Elida 48, 12. Ottawa-Glandorf 6
District Qualifiers:
106: 1. Colin Mellott, Wapakoneta; 2. Tyler Hisey, St. Marys
113: 2. Trevor Hisey, St. Marys; 3. Derrick Slater, Celina; 4. Gavino Martinez, Defiance
120: 2. Landon Engle, Celina; 4. Keaton Elling, Wapakoneta
126: 3. Cory Beach, Shawnee; 4. Gavin Hall, Wapakoneta
132: 1. Tristan Villarreal, Defiance; 3. Garret Donovan, St. Marys
138: 1. Gabe Steyer, Van Wert
145: 2. Trent Fairburn, Shawnee; 3. Jakob Poor, Celina; 4. Dalton Swickrath, Elida
152: 3. Jacob Schlesselman, Wapakoneta; 4. Dominic Tracy, Defiance
160: 2. Tommy Mabry, St. Marys; 3. Ethan Ly, Celina
170: 1. Howie Perkins, Shawnee; 2. Mason Saeler, St. Marys; 4. Tyler Carlin, Celina
182: 2. Stashu Patterson, St. Marys; 3. Alex Stachler, Celina
195: 2. Carter Sharpe, St. Marys; 4. Joey Hale, Shawnee
220: 2. Evan Kaeck, Wapakoneta; 4. Tarez Russel, Elida
285: 4. Eli Kline, Van Wert
Brackets | Match Results | Placement
Division III Sectional at Lima Central Catholic
8. Kenton 75, 11. Bath 56
District Qualifiers:
126: 3. Ezekiel Burkholder, Bath
160: 4. Carter Bays, Kenton
170: 3. Mason Rhoades, Kenton
182: 1. Zachary Simpson, Bath
220: 1. Noah Eikenbary, Kenton
285: 2. Carter Butler, Bath
Brackets | Match Results | Placement
2/26 OHSAA Boys Basketball Sectionals
Division II Sectional Semifinal at Paulding
Wapakoneta 40 Van Wert 36
2019-20 WBL Boys Basketball All-League Teams
WBL Player of the Year: George Mangas – Shawnee
WBL Coach of the Year: Mark Triplett – Shawnee
First Team
Will Lammers – Defiance
Ben Westrick – Ottawa-Glandorf
Ethan Steger – St. Marys
George Mangas – Shawnee
John Barker – Shawnee
Owen Treece – Van Wert
Second Team
Quan Moore – Elida
Jake Eversole – Kenton
Brennen Blevins – Ottawa-Glandorf
Owen Nichols – Ottawa-Glandorf
Tyson Elwer – Shawnee
Third Team
Tyrel Goings – Defiance
Dylan Buetner – Elida
Jayden Cornell – Kenton
Parker Shoemaeker – Ottawa-Glandorf
LeTrey Williams – St. Marys
Reed Merricle – Wapakoneta
Honorable Mention
Ian Armentrout – Bath
Max Thobe – Celina
Jacob Hutcheson – Defiance
Devon Barnett – Elida
Bryce Ellis – Kenton
Ethan Alt – Ottawa-Glandorf
Jarin Bertke – Shawnee
Jaden Davis – St. Marys
Jake Hilleary – Van Wert
Trey Ware – Wapakoneta
2019-20 WBL Girls Basketball All-League Teams
WBL Player of the Year: Kelsey Erford – Ottawa-Glandorf
WBL Coach of the Year: Troy Yant – Ottawa-Glandorf
First Team
Kelsey Erford – Ottawa-Glandorf
Ruby Bolon – Bath
Carlee Smiddy – Defiance
Amira Freeman – Elida
Brianna Schimmoeller – Ottawa-Glandorf
Carly Caywood – St. Marys
Makenzie Wilson – Wapakoneta
Second Team
Chandler Clark – Bath
Madelyn Renner – Bath
Addisyn Freeman – Elida
Erin Kaufman – Ottawa-Glandorf
Kendall Dieringer – St. Marys
Third Team
Esther Bolon – Bath
Tammy Aguilera – Defiance
Chloee Glenn – Ottawa-Glandorf
Trinity Gearing – Shawnee
Lauren Cisco – St. Marys
Addy Allen – Wapakoneta
Honorable Mention
Abbie Dackin – Bath
Taylor Klingshirn – Celina
Raelle Gonzales – Defiance
Rachel Mitchell – Elida
Lindsey Smith – Kenton
Peyton Warnecke – Ottawa-Glandorf
Hailee Conrad – Shawnee
Ally Will – St. Marys
Sofia Houg – Van Wert
Casey Minning – Wapakoneta