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 (13): 24, 20, 14, 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
10/2 WBL Football Scoreboard
Bath 28 St. Marys 7 Video Highlights
Wapakoneta 35 Celina 14 Video Highlights
Ottawa-Glandorf 33 Defiance 6 Video Highlights
Elida 38 Van Wert 34 Video Highlights
Kenton 21 Shawnee 14 Video Highlights
If you are at the game, please text end of quarter score updates to 419-230-0241 or mention @wblsports on Twitter.
10/1 OHSAA Boys Golf Sectionals
Division II Sectional at Country Acres
(Top 3 teams and 4 individuals not on a qualifying team qualify for Districts)
1. Shawnee 336, 2. Kenton 340, 3. Bath 347, 8. Ottawa-Glandorf 382, 9. Van Wert 397, 10. St. Marys 401
Individual District Qualifiers: none
10/1 WBL Girls Soccer Scores
Bath 1 Shawnee 0
Celina 10 Van Wert 0
St. Marys 3 Defiance 1
Elida 5 Kenton 2
Wapakoneta 2 Ottawa-Glandorf 1
10/1 WBL Volleyball Scores
St. Marys 3 Bath 0 (25-19, 25-19, 25-16)
Celina 3 Wapakoneta 0 (25-22, 25-15, 25-23)
Ottawa-Glandorf 3 Defiance 0
Van Wert 3 Elida 1 (18-25, 25-13, 25-17, 25-16)
Shawnee 3 Kenton 0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-22)
WBL Football Leaders & Stats – Week 5
Team Leaders
Team Offense
Team Rushing: St. Marys 289.0*
Team Passing: Ottawa-Glandorf 197.8
Team Total Offense: St. Marys 369.0
Scoring Offense: Wapakoneta 32.2
Team Defense
Team Rushing Defense: Bath 107.0
Team Passing Defense: Wapakoneta 79.2
Total Team Defense: Bath 206.4
Scoring Defense: Wapakoneta 8.2
Turnover Ratio: Ottawa-Glandorf +9
Individual Leaders
Individual Offense per Game
Rushing Yards: Eric Spicer, St. Marys 154.8
Passing Yards: Zac Unterbrink, Ottawa-Glandorf 192.0
Passing Efficiency: Caleb Hoyng, Celina 158.2
Receiving Yards: Chris Deardorff, Kenton 76.8
Receptions: Chris Deardorff, Kenton 5.6
Total Offense: Trent Hites, Kenton 248.6
All-Purpose Yards: Eric Spicer, St. Marys 208.8
Scoring: Cameron Lauck, Wapakoneta 84 points
Individual Defense
Tackles: Jared Ramge, Kenton 14.4/game
Interceptions: Kyle Verhoff, Ottawa-Glandorf 3
Fumble Recoveries: 8 players tied with 2
Individual Special Teams
Kick Scoring: Tristan Meyer, Wapakoneta 29 points
Punting: Yzeric Barnhart, Defiance 41.5
Kickoff Returns: Dylan Burkholder, Bath 204 yards
Punt Returns: Connor Niese, Ottawa-Glandorf 169 yards
*No stats reported by Elida
9/29 WBL Boys Soccer Scores
Bath 1 Van Wert 0
Celina 1 St. Marys 0
Wapakoneta 2 Defiance 0
Elida 2 Shawnee 0
Ottawa-Glandorf 3 Kenton 0
9/29 Girls Tennis Scores
Bluffton at Bath (cancelled)
Van Wert at Lima Central Catholic (ppd)
9/28 Boys Golf Scores
Jordan Moeller Memorial (10 teams)
1. Shawnee 309, 8. Celina 384, 10. Van Wert 415
9/28 WBL Girls Soccer Scores
Bath 13 Van Wert 0
Celina 3 St. Marys 0
Wapakoneta 5 Defiance 0
Shawnee 0 Elida 0
Ottawa-Glandorf 5 Kenton 0
9/28 Volleyball Scores
Defiance 3 Bryan 0
Ada 3 Kenton 0
Ottawa-Glandorf 3 Ottoville 1
St. Marys 3 Greenville 0
Crestview 3 Van Wert 2
Wapakoneta 3 Indian Lake 0
2015 WBL Boys Golf All-League Teams
WBL Golfer of the Year: Connor Stykemain, Defiance
WBL Coaches of the Year: Aaron Patterson, Shawnee; Brad Blue, Kenton & Mike Vieira, Bath
1st Team:
Connor Stykemain, Defiance
Spencer Stubbs, Bath
Britton Hensel, Kenton
Anthony McKee, Kenton
Ian Hastings, Shawnee
Jared Hernandez, Van Wert
Drew Sarno, Elida
Luke Nichols, Kenton
Jacob Good, Shawnee
Tanner Sweede, Wapakoneta
Jake Hollman, St. Marys
Jared Miller, Wapakoneta
Nick Bruns, Wapakoneta
Honorable Mention:
Andrew Jordan, Bath
Wesley Ruedebusch, Celina
Jacob Black, Defiance
Brett Shook, Elida
Cole Dearing, Kenton
Eric Parys, Ottawa-Glandorf
Jill Schmitmeyer, St. Marys
Sam Reed, Shawnee
Jacob Covey, Van Wert
Logan Miller, Wapakoneta
9/26 Cross Country Results
Van Wert Hospital Invitational
Boys Gold Division (11 teams)
1. Van Wert 30, 6. Shawnee 155, 7. Ottawa-Glandorf 170, 10. Elida 204, 11. Kenton 260
Complete Individual Results
Girls Gold Division (10 teams)
2. Van Wert 78, 4. Shawnee 102, 8. Kenton 187, 9. Elida 245, 10. Ottawa-Glandorf 256
Complete Individual Results
Saturday Night Lights / Centerville Stampede
Boys Division II (26 teams)
4. Wapakoneta 176
Complete Individual Results
Girls Division II (22 teams)
6. Wapakoneta 196
Complete Individual Results
Tour de Sewer
Boys (11 teams)
7. St. Marys 170
Complete Individual Results
Girls (9 teams)
3. St. Marys 81
Complete Individual Results
2015 WBL Girls Tennis Tournament
2015 WBL Tournament Standings
1. Wapakoneta 56, 2. Shawnee 38, 3. Celina 32, 4. Kenton 30, 5. St. Marys 22, 5. Van Wert 22, 7. Elida 11, 8. Ottawa-Glandorf 8, 9. Bath 6, 10. Defiance 5
1st Singles
Champion- Claire Oates (K)
2nd place- Maddy Cline (C)
3rd place- Allie Zofkie (W)
4th place- Ali Moreland (VW)
Complete 1st Singles Brackets
2nd Singles
Champion- Madison Watt (W)
2nd place- Hanna Felver (M)
3rd place- Meredith Little (E)
4th place- Sanjana Rajasekaran (S)
Complete 2nd Singles Brackets
3rd Singles
Champion- Kate Henderson (W)
2nd place- Cami Moehler (C)
3rd place- Whitney Baxter (S)
4th place- Bailey Rust (M)
Complete 3rd Singles Brackets
1st Doubles
Champion- Hughes/Lee (W)
2nd place- Avvari/Chanamolu (S)
3rd place- Rush/Morris (K)
4th place- Trittschuh/Eitsler (VW)
Complete 1st Doubles Brackets
2nd Doubles
Champion- Schroeder/Schroeder (W)
2nd place- Barker/Stallkamp (S)
3rd place – Osborn/Oldham (K)
4th place- Blackmore/Agler (VW)
Complete 2nd Doubles Brackets
Team Champion Coach– Jason Johnson, Wapakoneta
Sportsmanship Award– Nkiru Anigbogu, Shawnee
Final WBL Standings
1. Wapakoneta, 2. Shawnee, 3. Kenton, 4. Celina, 5. Van Wert, 6. St. Marys, 7. Ottawa-Glandorf, 8. Elida, 9. Defiance, 10. Bath
9/26 Volleyball Scores
Hardin Northern 3 Kenton 0
Van Wert 2 Wayne Trace 0 (25-18, 25-21)
Bryan 2 Van Wert 1 (22-25, 25-20, 25-18)
Rebel Spike Quad
Defiance
9/25 WBL Football Scoreboard
Wapakoneta 24 Bath 14 Video Highlights
Celina 42 Defiance 12 Video Highlights
St. Marys 35 Elida 21 Video Highlights
Van Wert 38 Kenton 0 Video Highlights
Ottawa-Glandorf 42 Shawnee 0 Video Highlights
If you are at the game, please text end of quarter score updates to 419-230-0241 or mention @wblsports on Twitter.