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BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — Anthony Wayne opened its cross country season by winning Fremont’s Norm Bray Invitational on August 25. “It was a great day for both teams,” said AW girls cross country coach Kevin O’Connor. Boys The Generals boys team bettered 13 opponents in their championship. Senior Matthew …

BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — After graduating 14 varsity contributors – including eight All-Northern Lakes League selections – from last year’s third-place team, Maumee’s 2018 football team won’t be young, but it will be inexperienced. “We didn’t just lose seniors,” said Maumee football coach Marc Gibson. “We lost a lot …

BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — Despite graduating nine all-conference players off last year’s state-ranked football team, Anthony Wayne appears poised to compete for its second straight Northern Lakes League title this year. “When you have talented kids like Nick Schneider, Nate Barney, Cole Ragan and Ralph Burdo – and there …

BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — With seven players returning from last year, there is plenty of excitement swirling around Maumee’s 2018 volleyball team. “It’s a good core group coming back,” said Maumee volleyball coach Lindsay Vannett. All seven players were either starters or regular contributors in the nine-win 2017 season, …

BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — Anthony Wayne returns a dozen players from a 2017 team that tied Perrysburg for a Northern Lakes League title and reached a ranking as high as 10th in the state poll. “I’m really excited about the 12 returners, but we’re also very excited about the …

BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — Maumee’s girls tennis team returns four of the seven starters from last year’s nine-win season, which was the most in at least 18 years of the program. Although the Panthers graduated second singles player Parker Caesar and first doubles player Sarah Demagall, they return the …

BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — Anthony Wayne’s girls tennis team returns five of its seven starters off last year’s second-place squad. “I was left in very good shape,” said former Cincin-nati Bearcat player and first-year Generals coach Jim Sutto. “I’ve got a very deep team with a good mix of …

BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — Maumee graduated four of its top golfers off last year’s team but still returns five more for Jake Tapley’s second season as the Panthers coach. Leading these returners is a trio of seasoned seniors in Quinn Deitering, Evan McConaughey and Hadyn Schroeder. “Losing four was …

BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — Anthony Wayne’s girls golf team should include a quartet of returning players when it opens the season at Detwiler Golf Course for Notre Dame’s Invitational on Saturday, August 4 at 1:00 p.m. Though the Generals’ official tryouts had not yet taken place at the time …

BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — Recent Maumee graduates Mason and Ryan Haas have committed to join fellow alumni Anthony Arroyo and Louie LaChapelle in wrestling at Baldwin Wallace University. The sons of Steve and Stephanie Haas, Mason and Ryan are four-time Maumee varsity wrestling lettermen who just recently wrapped up …