A.W. Sports

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 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 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 …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — When Myles Murphy stepped onto the Fieldstone Country Club course in Auburn Hills, Mich., on June 29, qualifying for the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship was the furthest thing from his mind. “I had qualified for the Ohio Am the day before, so I didn’t think much …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — Irem Aksoy brought home a first-place win in the vault during the YMCA National Championships last month. The Waterville teen, a member of the Greater Toledo Gymcats, was one of 1,700 gymnasts from across the United States to converge on Cincinnati for the annual competition. “Winning …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — Carter Nietrzeba cast his line into the water at Blue Creek Metropark and waited patiently. “When I go camping, I always fish,” said the 9-year-old – one of more than 80 members of the new Anthony Wayne Fishing Club. Nearby, 12-year-old Ethan Metzger held up a …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — Mitch McVicker was a pitcher and third baseman for the Anthony Wayne Generals when his No. 1 fan – grandfather Jim McVicker – passed away in 2002. Yet his grandfather’s spirit has been very much alive this baseball season, as the 2004 Anthony Wayne graduate teamed …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER| MIRROR SPORTS — Ryan Donley isn’t shy about proclaiming the Northern Lakes League the best baseball conference in the entire state, and the postseason stats back up the Anthony Wayne coach.  Still alive in the district tournament were Perrys-burg, Springfield, Northview and Donley’s Generals. It was the meatgrinder of …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — A memorable run through the Division I state softball tournament came to an end for Anthony Wayne last week, with the Generals coming just one win shy of the program’s second state title. AW steamrolled its way through the sectional, district and regional tournaments, winning …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — It’s been 20 years since the Anthony Wayne softball team won the state title, but Carolyn Vogtsberger remembers it well. As she stood near the pitcher’s mound on May 15, 2022 – Alumni Day – Vogtsberger was joined by players from that 2003 winning team, including …