A.W. Sports

BY J. PATRICK EAKEN | MIRROR SPORTS — After an inauspicious start during which it allowed 23 runs in three games, the Anthony Wayne softball team outscored three opponents, 37-2, to improve to 5-1 on the season. AW defeated Archbold, 11-2, during the week and beat Defiance, 14-0, and Clay, 12-0, last …

BY J. PATRICK EAKEN | MIRROR SPORTS — Anthony Wayne coach Mark Nell said pitcher Ty Roder “was brilliant” in pitching a complete-game no-hitter in the season-opening 14-0 win over Myrtle Beach. The right-handed Roder struck out 10 and walked two in allowing no runs and no hits. Roder needed just 71 …

BY J. PATRICK EAKEN | MIRROR SPORTS — In its season opener at St. Francis High School’s LaValley Field, the Anthony Wayne boys lacrosse team came out of the gate strong. Junior midfielder Ty Grooms scored on a 45-foot shot with 4:07 remaining in the first period to give the Generals a …

BY J. PATRICK EAKEN | MIRROR SPORTS — Anthony Wayne senior Austin Bellmore bowled games of 174, 168 and 201 for a total of 543 pins at the Division I boys sectional tournament and advanced to districts. AW coach Lou Tenney was proud of the way Bellmore finished his prep career. “He …

BY J. PATRICK EAKEN | MIRROR SPORTS — In a Division I district semifinal at Central Catholic’s Sullivan Center on March 2, Anthony Wayne led St. John’s Jesuit, 24-23, at halftime. Then the wheels fell off for the Generals. The Titans scored the first 10 points of the second half and went …

BY J. PATRICK EAKEN | MIRROR SPORTS — Three Anthony Wayne gymnasts, along with one from Maumee, qualified for the state meet at Hilliard Bradley High School in suburban Columbus, scheduled for this Friday and Saturday. The AW state qualifiers are junior Hannah Chen, sophomore Emily Liskai and freshman Brooke Miller, while …

BY J. PATRICK EAKEN | MIRROR SPORTS — Anthony Wayne senior swimmer Madeline Blakely is an All-Ohioan after placing 16th at the Division I state meet at C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton last weekend. Blakely’s state meet time of 57.27 was just over one-fifth of a second higher than her district championship …

BY J. PATRICK EAKEN | MIRROR SPORTS — Two major events happened for the Anthony Wayne boys basketball team over the weekend – one good and one not so good. In the Northern Lakes League tournament championship on Friday at Perrysburg, Northview defeated AW, 74-62. In a league game played on Sunday, …

BY J. PATRICK EAKEN | MIRROR SPORTS — The only win for the Anthony Wayne girls basketball team in the Northern Lakes League tournament was over visiting Maumee, 66-9. In a crazy season marred by a global pandemic, it was refreshing for AW to pull one out, even if it was Maumee’s …

BY J. PATRICK EAKEN | MIRROR SPORTS — Anthony Wayne wrestler Brayden Biedermann won a Northern Lakes League championship on February 6 in the 120-pound weight class at Napoleon High School. After receiving a first-round bye, Biedermann won the title with an 8-4 decision over Perrysburg’s Nick You and pinned Northview’s J.J. …