Sports

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — It’s been goal scoring by committee this season for the Maumee girls soccer team, with five players all scoring three or more goals through nine games. While the Panthers have run out to a 5-4 record, with three wins in their last four games, they …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — Senior Liam Murphy heard all the talk after the Maumee defense suffered some level of humbling against Bryan in Week 2. He heard classmates question the Panthers defense. He heard them say Bowsher would put up a few touchdowns on the board in Week 3. …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — Coming into the season, Chad Kain had a few games highlighted on the Maumee boys soccer schedule, but none more so than a date with Division III power Evergreen. The Panthers coach thought the matchup with the Vikings, who finished last year ranked sixth in …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — Holli Torok remembers when she switched from swimming to diving. “I was 7. All I wanted to do was go on the blocks,” she said, referring to the diving platforms. “I liked the adrenaline. It was more dangerous than other sports. It was more fun that …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — Well, that didn’t take long. In his first game back on the home sidelines at Kazmaier Stadium in more than a decade, Evan Karchner led his alma mater back to the win column. The Maumee football team jumped out to a quick lead and held …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — The sun wasn’t the only thing shining bright on Sunday at Rolf Park. Dozens of smiling faces were on the baseball fields during the Ohio Challenger state baseball tournament, which ran eight games over both Saturday and Sunday. “This becomes a place where they find …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — Lee Thomas was a 5-foot 8-inch, 135-pound junior from Whitehouse when he took the field as a linebacker on the first Anthony Wayne football team in September 1950. “There were 30 of us. We had no Anthony Wayne name. No General. No blue and white,” said …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — The Maumee football team has spent the last two months training together in the weight room, facing off against each other on the practice field and running drills with the same faces. Last Friday night, though, the Panthers finally got a chance to line up …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — Needing to rent more golf carts from a different site to accommodate the number of golfers is a pretty good indication a summer golf outing was a success. The Maumee Athletic Boosters, the Panther Pride Foundation and the Kazmaier family came together last Friday to …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — Zach Baden clutched the football as the announcement came over the Schaller Stadium loudspeakers. “Subbing at running back is No. 66, Zach Baden. Hand off to Zach. Zach takes the ball to the right. He’s at the 5. Touchdown!” As the cheerleaders in the Anthony Wayne …