Sports

BY J. PATRICK EAKEN & DEB GILL-SNOW | MIRROR SPORTS — The Anthony Wayne boys lacrosse team won its first-ever Northern Lakes League championship in an outstanding demonstration of persistence and determination against defending champion Perrysburg last week, winning 10-9 in overtime. Twice the Generals were down by three goals and twice they …

BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — Senior pitcher Justin Studenka struck four batters out and walked one while leading Maumee to a four-hit shutout win over host Lima Bath in a sectional semifinal game on May 9. “I knew from the first inning that we were going to have to rely …

BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — Maumee’s baseball team evened its record to 3-3 with a 7-4 victory at Springfield on April 12. The Panthers actually trailed the Blue Devils 3-0 before exploding for six runs in the top of the fifth inning. Junior starting pitcher Blake Adams and …

BY JOEL SENSENIG | MIRROR SPORTS — Anthony Wayne senior volleyball players Jillian Grant and Emily Ray were among nearly a dozen Generals to sign their national letters of intent to play collegiately this past winter.  Jillian Grant Grant racked up the honors in her senior year: Northern Lakes League …

BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — Clay’s baseball team led the Panthers by just one run when it tacked on a trio of insurance runs during a 9-5 victory at Maumee on March 26. The Panthers had just pushed the score to 6-5 with a two-run fifth inning that …

  BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — Maumee seniors Ryan Haas and Brandon Phillips both qualified for the state wrestling tournament by finishing as runners-up at the Division II district in Norwalk on March 2-3. A 182-pounder, Ryan Haas (38-8) pinned Perkins’ Gabriel Papineau (1:20) to start things off …

  BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — Anthony Wayne’s boys basketball team captured a sectional championship with a 65-52 win over Findlay at Fostoria High School on March 2. “We want to play harder than our opponent can even dream,” said AW coach Josh Arthur. “Play so hard that …

BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — Maumee’s girls basketball team survived a late run by Anthony Wayne to defeat the Generals, 48-44, on February 15. “Anthony Wayne is a quality team,” said Maumee coach Rod Hersha. “The first time we played them we were disappointed because we actually had …

  BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — Maumee’s bowling team made history on February 3 when the Panthers captured their first OHSAA-sanctioned Northern Lakes League bowling title by placing second at Bowling Green’s Al-Mar Lanes. Maumee had entered the conference tournament with a 9-1 record, which gave the team …

BY JOEL SENSENIG | MIRROR SPORTS — The Anthony Wayne swimming and diving team had a number of athletes advance to district competition after competing in sectionals at Fremont Ross High School Natatorium last Saturday. The Division I Northwest Ohio sectionals took place in Fremont and Lakewood, with the top …