Van Wert Cougars

Van Wert Cougars2026-10-25T22:44:50-04:00

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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

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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

8/27 Volleyball Scores

volleyball_150Bath 3 Lima Senior 1 (27-25, 25-18, 16-25, 25-18)
Anna 3 Celina 0 (25-19, 25-16, 25-19)
Leipsic 3 Elida 1 (25-22, 25-11, 20-25, 25-11)
Shawnee 3 Delphos Jefferson 0 (25-14, 25-23, 25-23)
New Knoxville 3 St. Marys 0 (25-22, 25-11, 25-22)
Paulding 3 Van Wert 1 (23-25, 25-23, 25-21, 25-18)
Wapakoneta 3 Waynesfield-Goshen 0 (25-7, 25-18, 25-15)

8/25 Cross Country Results

crosscountry_150Icebreaker Cross Country Invitational
Boys (19 teams)
2. Van Wert 88, 10. Kenton 288
Complete Results

Girls (14 teams)
2. Van Wert 86, 9. Kenton 240
Complete Results

Mercer County Meet
Boys (6 teams)
1. Celina 34
Complete Results

Girls (5 teams)
2. Celina 37
Complete Results

Auglaize County Invitational
Boys (4 teams)
2. Wapakoneta 32, 3. St. Marys 66

Girls (4 teams)
1. Wapakoneta 36, 2. St. Marys 38

Bob Schul Invitational
Shawnee

8/24 WBL Boys Golf Scores

boys_golf_150Bath 168, Defiance 170
Bath (Spencer Stubbs 39, Andrew Jordan 40, Isaiah Bolon 43, Jeremiah Bolon 46)
Defiance (Conner Stykeman 41, Mitchell Behringer 41, Jacob Jinenez 43, Trevor Rose 45)

Ottawa-Glandorf at Celina

Wapakoneta 167, Elida 219

Kenton 174, St. Marys 192
Kenton (Britton Hensel 37, Anthony McKee 43, Luke Nichols 46, Cole Dearing 48, Rocco Longbrake 50, Cruz Bryant 59)
St. Marys (Austin Cook 46, Jacob Hollman 48, Jill Schmitmeyer 48, Josh Wingett 50, Nathan Kuffner 54, Zach Michael 59)

Shawnee 172, Van Wert 204

8/24 WBL Girls Tennis Results

girls_tennis_150Defiance 3 Bath 2

Celina 4 Ottawa-Glandorf 1
1st singles: Tiffany Kahle (OG) def. Maddy Cline (C) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
2nd singles: Ally Harris (C) def. Kristen Ellerbrock (OG) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
3rd singles: Cami Mohler (C) def. Alexa Haselman (OG) 6-3, 6-1
1st Doubles: Nicole Ekton/Kaeleah Fischer (C) def. Madem Hickman/Robin Maas (OG) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1
2nd Doubles: Breanna Jenkins/Devon Basinger (C) def. Mariah Schroeder/Devon Basinger (OG) 6-4, 6-1

Wapakoneta 5 Elida 0
1st singles: Allie Zofkie (W) def. Jacey Higbie (E) 6-2, 6-0
2nd singles: Madison Watt (W) def. Meridith Little (E) 6-4, 6-3
3rd singles: Kate Henderson (W) def. McKinna Griffith (E) 6-1, 6-0
1st Doubles: Cassidy Hughes/Hannah Lee (W) def. Eve Villanruel/Morgan Nelson (E) 6-0, 6-1
2nd Doubles: Madison Schroeder/Makayla Schroeder (W) def. Ellie Neal/Ashley Watkins (E) 6-0, 6-1

St. Marys 3 Kenton 2

Shawnee 5 Van Wert 0
1st singles: Nkiru Anigbogu (SH) def. Ali Morland (VW) 6-2, 6-3
2nd singles: Sanjana Rajasekaran (SH) def.  Keli Agler (VW) 6-4, 6-1
3rd singles: Whitney Baxter (SH) def. Emma Verville (VW) 6-4, 6-1
1st Doubles: Rishika Avvari/ Meghana Chanamolu (SH) def. Katie Trittschuh/ Phoebe Eutsler (VW) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
2nd Doubles: Bree Barker/ Abby Stallkamp (SH) def. Sierra Blackmore/ Jess Agler (VW) 6-1, 4-6, 6-0

8/20 WBL Boys Golf Scores

boys_golf_150Bath 167, Celina 180

Defiance 164, Elida 190

Kenton 171, Wapakoneta 176

Ottawa-Glandorf 192, Van Wert 200

Shawnee 162, St. Marys 178
Shawnee (Sam Reed 38, Ian Hasting 38, Jake Shivley 43, Jacob Good 43)
St. Marys (Jake Hollman 39, Jill Schmitmeyer 45, Austin Cook 45, Zach Michael 50)

8/20 WBL Girls Tennis Results

girls_tennis_150Celina 5 Bath 0

Elida 3 Defiance 2
1st Singles: Jacey Higbie (E) defeated Raquel Gomez (D) 6-0, 6-3
2nd Singles: Meridith Little (E) defeated Molly Huntington (D) 6-1, 6-3
3rd Singles: McKinna Griffith (E) defeated Julia Chavez (D) 6-0, 6-1
1st Doubles: Alyssa Cruz/Kristen Bell (D) defeated Ellie Neal/Morgan Nelson (E) 6-1, 6-1
2nd Doubles: McKalynn Schroeder/Allison Bailey (D) defeated Annie Sayota/Ashley Watkins (E) 6-2, 6-0

Wapakoneta 4 Kenton 1
1st Singles: Claire Oates (K) defeated Allie Zofkie (W) 6-2, 6-3
2nd Singles: Madison Watt (W) defeated Kelsey Flower (K) 6-3, 6-2
3rd Singles: Kate Henderson (W) defeated Abby Hartshorn (K) 6-2, 6-0
1st Doubles: Cassidy Hughes/Hannah Lee (W) defeated Calynn Moris/Lauren Rush (K) 6-1, 6-4
2nd Doubles: Madison Schroeder/Makayla Schroeder (W) defeated Kirsten Osborn/Beth Oldham (K) 6-3, 6-0

Van Wert 3 Ottawa-Glandorf 2

Shawnee 4 St. Marys 1
1st Singles: Nkiru Anigbogu (SH) defeated Clare Caywood (SM) 6-1, 6-1
2nd Singles: Hanna Felver (SM) defeated Sanjana Rajasekaram (SH) 6-0, 6-2
3rd Singles: Whitney Baxter (SH) defeated Bailey Rust (SM) 6-3, 6-2
1st Doubles: Rishika Avvari/Meghana Chanamolu (SH) defeated Jennifer Lauth/Alyssa Finley (SM) 6-0, 7-5
2nd Doubles: Bree Barker/Abby Stallkamp (SH) defeated (SM) 6-1, 2-6, 6-4

8/18 Girls Tennis Results

girls_tennis_150Ada 5 Bath 0
Findlay 5 Celina 0
Defiance at Bluffton (ppd)

Elida 5 Lehman Catholic 0
1st Singles: Jacey Higbie (Elida) defeated Diana Gibson (Lehman) 6-3, 6-3
2nd Singles: Meridith Little (Elida) defeated Aley Read (Lehman) 6-0, 6-0
3rd Singles: Ellie Neal (Elida) defeated Alison Briggs (Lehman) 6-0, 6-0
1st Doubles: McKinna Griffith/Morgan Nelson (Elida) defeated Emma Simpson/Sarah Gibson (Lehman) 7-6 (tiebreak 7-1), 6-1
2nd Doubles: Kate Foster/Ashley Watkins (Elida) defeated Melanie Brunner/Ann Pennaparra (Lehman) 6-2, 6-4

Kenton 3 Marion Harding 2
1st Singles: Claire Oates – (Kenton) vs. Fallyn Stephens – (Marion Harding) – 6-0, 6-0
2nd Singles: Alyssa Moody (Marion Harding) defeated Kelsey Flowers (Kenton) 7-6 (7-3), 6-0
3rd Singles: Ashley Russell (Marion Harding) defeated Abby Hartshorn (Kenton) 6-1, 6-2
1st Doubles: Calynn Mooris/Lauren Rush (Kenton) defeated Maggie Pitts/Sidney Street (Marion Harding) 6-1, 6-0
2nd Doubles: Kirsten Osborn/Beth Oldham (Kenton) defeated Allison Russell/Madison Randolph (Marion Harding) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)

Van Wert 5 Lima Central Catholic 0

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