A.W. Sports

BY JOEL SENSENIG | MIRROR SPORTS — The Anthony Wayne boys soccer team showed flashes of its potential as it opened the season with a 4-1 win over visiting Hudson last Saturday. Senior forward Caleb Gibbons – back playing for the Generals for the first time since his freshman year …

BY JOEL SENSENIG | MIRROR SPORTS — Between 2002 and last fall, the Anthony Wayne volleyball team waited 14 years between Northern Lakes League championships. One could hardly fault coach Norm McGhee if he believes the Generals may have a much shorter wait before the next one. “I’m feeling very …

BY JOEL SENSING | MIRROR SPORTS — This fall marks the first time Bruce Gradkowski hasn’t been playing football since he was 8 years old. Not that the former NFL and University of Toledo quarterback will be far from the gridiron, however. Gradkowski, who resides in the Anthony Wayne school …

BY JOEL SENSING | MIRROR SPORTS — Anthony Wayne senior Tanner Wixey was named a 2017 Brine National High School Lacrosse All-American and was set to play in the National Lacrosse Classic this week. The event was scheduled to run during July 18-21 at the River City Sportsplex in Richmond, …

BY JOEL SENSING | MIRROR SPORTS — Recent Anthony Wayne graduate Quincy Rhodes has signed to play baseball at the University of Rio Grande. The right-handed pitcher (5-0, 0.643 ERA, 32 strikeouts in 32.2 innings) was a reliable arm in the Generals’ arsenal on the mound this season, answering the …

BY JOEL SENSING | MIRROR SPORTS — The Anthony Wayne boys lacrosse team wrapped up a record-breaking season with its picnic and awards night on June 7. Led by eight seniors, the Generals finished the season with a school-record 11 wins, ended up in second place in the inaugural season …

BY JOEL SENSING | MIRROR SPORTS — Senior Maddy Pollard put not one but two exclamation points on a record-breaking career at Anthony Wayne by winning state championships in both the shot put and discus at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium last Saturday. Pollard, the defending Division I champion in the …

BY JOEL SENSING | MIRROR SPORTS — It took a while, but the Anthony Wayne baseball team finished off its season with a 1-0 win over visiting Napoleon on May 23. Junior Brock Nartker’s pinch-hit single scored senior pinch runner Sean Mowery in the bottom of the 11th inning to …

BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — Maumee’s softball team ran into a pitching buzz saw at Genoa on May 20 when the Panthers dropped their district championship game to Ashley Riley and No. 4 Oak Harbor, 4-0. The Rockets All-Ohio junior entered the contest with 281 strikeouts and added …

BY JOEL SENSING | MIRROR SPORTS — The Anthony Wayne softball team didn’t have a problem capturing a sectional championship on May 10, defeating Northview 7-0. The No. 1-seeded Generals (17-2) put two runs on the board in the first and second innings and another three in the sixth for …