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BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — Maumee’s boys basketball team found itself within seven points of Ohio’s seventh-ranked Division II team with 2:52 remaining in a January 15 game against Wauseon, but the Indians held the Panthers off for an eventual 64-55 victory. Wauseon actually took a commanding 54-35 lead over …

BY J. PATRICK EAKEN | MIRROR SPORTS — Anthony Wayne needed to win just one of three games to reach the championship of the Toledo Walleye WinterFest Tournament last weekend. Thomas Worthington went 3-0 in pool play, while the other three teams, AW, Parma Normandy and Columbus Bishop Watterson all finished 1-2, …

BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — Maumee’s wrestling team placed 35th at the Perrysburg Invitational Tournament last weekend. Junior 132-pounder Hunter Van Dusen, 145-pound senior Lonnie Wells, 152-pound junior Tyler Wilson and 160-pound junior Alex Drown led the Panthers in the tournament by each going 1-2. Wells pinned Defiance’s Dominic Tracy …

BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — Anthony Wayne’s bowling teams combined to go 3-1 in games against Spring-field and Perrysburg last week. Boys The latest Generals boys contest resulted in a 2,494-2,253 victory over Perrysburg at Timbers Bowling Lanes on January 10. Junior Troy Kerschner led all bowlers on the day …

BY HAILEY MALLENDICK | MIRROR SPORTS — The Anthony Wayne boys and girls swim team dominated in a dual meet against Defiance and Lima Central Catholic on January 3 at Defiance High School.  The boys finished with 106 points, compared to Lima’s 20 and Defiance’s 88.  The girls then finished with 107, while …

BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — Sophomore Brett Birt recorded a hat trick while leading Maumee’s hockey team to a 7-1 victory over Springfield at Bowling Green State University’s Slater Family Ice Arena on January 5. Despite the initial strong defensive play of the Blue Devils’ Izzy Atkinson, the Panthers took …

BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS — After playing arguably its best game of the season in a 59-56 loss to Anthony Wayne on December 21, Maumee’s boys basketball team returned from the holiday break with another strong performance during a 59-37 victory at Lake on December 27. Senior forward Andy …

BY J. PATRICK EAKEN | MIRROR SPORTS — No Anthony Wayne player reached double figures, but the Generals clawed out a 35-32 victory over Rogers at the Dick Albaugh Physical Education and Athletic Center last Saturday. AW improved to 6-1 overall, while Rogers, which has non-league victories over St. John’s and Dayton …

BY ANDY ROWER | MIRROR SPORTS— Senior Abbe Rank agreed to continue her soccer career at Defiance College during a signing at Maumee High School on November 14. The daughter of Tim and Jennifer Rank, big sister to 12-year-old T.J. Rank and three-year member of the Panthers’ varsity team, Abbe first began …

BY HAILEY MALLENDICK — MIRROR SPORTS — Anthony Wayne girls basketball edged out a Northern Lakes League victory over Defiance on December 18 and then lost to Napoleon two days later. AW 45, Defiance 43 The game was a hard-fought battle to the end by both teams as the score was consistently close. …