Maumee Sports

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — Just based upon body language and how the Panthers were preparing for the game, Maumee baseball coach Brian Nagy knew his squad was ready for a road game at Otsego last week. A magnificent performance from sophomore Jack Dauer on the mound and a 15-hit …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — Despite having a few weeks of practices under his belt, first-year Maumee track and field coach Paul Barney wasn’t sure what to expect from his teams in their opening meet of the season. There were plenty of smiles and cheers going around after the 39th …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — Three games, three home runs. To say it’s been a powerful start to Danielle Schriner’s junior softball season would be an understatement. Through the Panthers’ first three games, Schriner has gone 6-for-11 at the plate with three runs scored and six RBI and, yes, a …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — Even with the season-opening games canceled due to weather, the Maumee baseball and softball teams have put in work against other schools during some preseason scrimmages. The softball team has faced Otsego, St. Ursula Academy and Oak Harbor, while the baseball team has squared off …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — When Maumee’s top three boys tennis players were freshmen, opponents brought out their junior varsity teams against the overmatched Panthers. To paraphrase the Michael Jordan meme, they took offense to that. Now just a few short years later, Maumee is a program on the rise …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — The winter sports season at Maumee High School came to an official end last week, with the athletic department and individual teams hosting their awards banquet. The evening began with all athletes from the winter sports – boys and girls basketball, bowling, cheerleading, dance, gymnastics, …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — Eric Board received plenty of advice and information when weighing where he will go to college and continue his running career. Few pieces stood out more than, “pick a school, not a program,” however. It’s one of the biggest reasons that Board recently signed a …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — Since Ryan Osier took over as the varsity boys basketball coach at Maumee five seasons ago, there is a spot in the locker room where every past player is recognized. Even when seasons ended with one or two wins, Osier knows those players are part …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — Tommy Gast earned a fourth-place finish at the Northern Lakes League wrestling tournament last weekend at Northview. Gast was the only Panthers wrestler to place as the team finished eighth in the league standings. In the first round of the 120-pound weight class, Gast beat …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — It was one of those best-case-scenario sequences that actually worked. The Maumee boys basketball team had given up its lead to Springfield on February 8 and watched as the Blue Devils continued to build a lead late in the fourth quarter.  Trailing by six with …