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

10/5 OHSAA Girls Tennis Sectionals

OHSAADivision II UNOH Sectional
4 singles and 4 doubles team winners qualify for Districts
District Qualifiers:
Singles:
2. Claire Oates, Kenton; 3. Ali Moreland, Van Wert
Singles Bracket

Doubles:
1. Baird/Kottapalli, Shawnee; 3. Savage/Little, Elida; 4. Gardner/Sutter, Celina
Doubles Bracket

Division I Findlay Sectional
4 singles and 4 doubles team winners qualify for Districts
District Qualifiers:
Singles:
1. Kaitlin Snider, Wapakoneta; 4. Rachel Roberts, Wapakoneta
Singles Bracket

Doubles:
4. Kiersten Wellons/Chelsea Myers, Wapakoneta
Doubles Bracket

10/3 Cross Country Results

crosscountry_150Lions Cross Country Invite
Boys (23 teams)
1. Van Wert 63, 8. Shawnee 218, 15. St. Marys 431, 20. Celina 534, 21. Elida 587
Individual Results

Girls (17 teams)
3. Van Wert 119, 7. St. Marys 200, 10. Shawnee 274, 13. Elida 344, 14. Celina 354
Individual Results

10/4 WBL Football Scoreboard

football_150Check back here for scores all night long and also on Twitter, Facebook and the new WBL Apple App or WBL Android App.  If you are out at the game please feel free to text end of quarter score updates to 419-230-0241 .  App users are on a 5 minute delay on refreshes but will receive notifications, touch View Original Post for the most up to date scores or go back to the main story list and refresh and back into the scoreboard.

Bath 27 Van Wert 13 Box Score | WOSN Highlights
Celina 49 St. Marys 23 WOSN Highlights
Wapakoneta 52 Defiance 7 WOSN Highlights
Elida 19 Shawnee 12 WOSN Highlights
Kenton 34 Ottawa-Glandorf 10 Box Score

10/3 WBL Volleyball Scores

volleyball_150Bath 3 Kenton 1 (25-20, 24-26, 25-20, 25-17)
Celina 3 Shawnee 0 (25-18, 25-20, 25-16)
Defiance 3 Van Wert 1 (25-15, 20-25, 25-19, 25-12)
Ottawa-Glandorf 3 Elida 0 (25-12, 25-13, 25-17)
St. Marys 3 Wapakoneta 0 (25-6, 25-24, 25-12)

2nd Football Weekly Computer Point Ratings

football_150The second Football Weekly Computer Point Ratings were released and 4 WBL schools were ranked in the top 8 in their region.

Division III, Region 8
6. Defiance, 10. Elida, 15. Shawnee

Division III, Region 10
2. Wapakoneta, 5. Celina, 25. St. Marys

Division IV, Region 12
2. Kenton, 22. Bath

Division V, Region 16
17. Ottawa-Glandorf, 26. Van Wert

Complete Weekly Computer Point Ratings

10/1 WBL Volleyball Scores

volleyball_150Shawnee 3 Bath 0
Celina 3 Van Wert 1 (25-21, 25-16, 19-25, 25-23)
St. Marys 3 Defiance 1 (17-25, 25-23, 25-17, 25-23)
Elida 3 Kenton 1 (25-10, 11-25, 25-18, 25-14)
Ottawa-Glandorf 3 Wapakoneta 0 (25-10, 25-11, 25-12)

2013 WBL Girls Tennis Tournament

girls_tennis_150Wapakoneta followed up their undefeated regular season by winning the 2013 WBL Tennis Tournament and clinching the overall 2013 WBL Girls Tennis Championship over 2nd place Shawnee.

1. Wapakoneta 50, 2. Shawnee 48, 3. Elida 27, 3. Celina 27, 5. Van Wert 24, 6. Defiance 18, 7. Kenton 15, 8. Ottawa-Glandorf 8, 9. Bath 7, 10. St. Marys 6

WBL Champions
1st Singles: Isabelle Baird – Shawnee – Senior
2nd Singles: Allie Zofkie – Wapakoneta – Freshman
3rd Singles: Rachel Roberts – Wapakoneta – Senior
1st Doubles: Shawnee (Morgan Holloway – Senior; Nkiru Anigbogu – Sophomore)
2nd Doubles: Wapakoneta (Carly Buzzard – Junior; Amanda Sims – Senior)

WBL Coach of the Year: Mike Klock of Wapakoneta
WBL Sportsmanship Award: Sydney Dull of Van Wert

Final 2013 WBL Girls Tennis Tournament Results and Brackets

2026 WBL Girls Tennis Standings

TeamsWBL RecordWBL Tourn.WBL Points
1.  Shawnee9-0 (10)60 - 1st (10)20
2.  Wapakoneta8-1 (9)49 - 2nd (9)18
3.  Celina6-3 (8)30 - 3rd (8)16
4. Defiance5-4 (7)26 - 4th (7)14
5.  Elida4-5 (5.5)18 - 6th (5)10.5
6. St. Marys4-5 (5.5)14 - 7th (4)9.5
7.  Ottawa-Glandorf3-6 (3)22 - 5th (6)9
8.  Van Wert3-6 (3)12 - 8th (3)6
9.  Bath3-6 (3)6 - 9th (2)5
10.  Kenton0-9 (1)0 - 10th (1)2

9/28 Volleyball Scores

volleyball_150Edison 2 Celina 1 (25-18, 16-25, 25-23)
Norwalk St. Paul 2 Ottawa-Glandorf 0 (25-12, 25-17)
Ottawa-Glandorf 2 Fort Recovery 0 (25-18, 25-13)
Celina 2 Old Fort 0 (25-18, 25-22)
Ottawa-Glandorf 2 Celina 1 (21-25, 25-12, 25-12)
Van Wert 2 Elida 0 (25-20, 25-17)
Elida 2 Shawnee 0 (26-24, 25-19)
St. Marys 2 Elida 1 (23-25, 25-21, 25-13)
St. Marys 2 Kalida 1
Versailles 2 St. Marys 0
New Knoxville 2 Shawnee 0 (26-6, 25-20)
New Knoxville 2 Van Wert 0 (25-13, 27-25)
Shawnee 2 Kalida 0 (25-19, 25-17)
New Bremen 2 Van Wert 1
Kenton 3 Hardin Northern 0 (25-23, 27-25, 25-22)

9/27 WBL Football Scoreboard

football_150Check back here for scores all night long and also on Twitter, Facebook and the new WBL Apple App or WBL Android App.  If you are out at the game please feel free to text end of quarter score updates to 419-230-0241 .  App users are on a 5 minute delay on refreshes but will receive notifications, touch View Original Post for the most up to date scores or go back to the main story list and refresh and back into the scoreboard.

Bath 27 St. Marys 21 Box Score | WOSN Highlights
Wapakoneta 29 Celina 26 WOSN Highlights
Defiance 20 Ottawa-Glandorf 0 Box Score | WOSN Highlights
Elida 41 Van Wert 34 WOSN Highlights
Kenton 46 Shawnee 0 WOSN Highlights

 

WBL Football Leaders & Stats – Week 4

football_150Complete Week 4 WBL Football Stats

Team Leaders
Team Offense
Team Rushing: Wapakoneta 287.3
Team Passing: Kenton 338.5
Team Total Offense: Kenton 432.0
Scoring Offense: Kenton 43.0

Team Defense
Team Rushing Defense: Celina 65.5
Team Passing Defense: Kenton 70.3
Total Team Defense: Kenton 147.0
Scoring Defense: Kenton 8.0
Turnover Ratio: Wapakoneta +7

Individual Leaders
Individual Offense per Game
Rushing Yards: Zach Schmerge, Wapakoneta 128.5
Passing Yards: Grant Sherman, Kenton 326.8
Passing Efficiency: Caleb Hoyng, Celina 153.5
Receiving Yards: Justin Sawmiller, Kenton 146.0
Receptions: Justin Sawmiller, Kenton 9.0
Total Offense: Grant Sherman, Kenton 332.3
All-Purpose Yards: Trey Guilliam, Defiance 198.8
Scoring: Braelen Bader, Celina 55 points

Individual Defense

Tackles: Quinn Giesige, Celina 13.3/game
Interceptions: Quinn Lotridge, Wapakoneta 4
Fumble Recoveries: 4 tied with 2

Individual Special Teams
Kick Scoring: Braelen Bader, Celina 19 points
Punting: Gabe Rodriguez, Defiance 43.4
Kickoff Returns: Austin Hancock, Defiance 226 yards
Punt Returns: Trey Guilliam, Defiance 212 yards

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