Maumee Sports

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — Kaylee Clixby had a strong weekend for the Maumee girls track and field team, scoring for the team in the long jump at both Friday’s Genoa Springfest and Saturday’s Fostoria Athletic Boosters Invitational. On Friday, Clixby finished second in the long jump with a distance …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — Playing four home games in six days last week, it was an important early stretch for the Maumee baseball team. The Panthers answered the challenge, winning three of the four games, including two league matchups, to run their record to 5-6 overall and 2-1 in …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS— Maumee senior Michael Dembski led the Panthers baseball team to a pair of wins early last week, beating Archbold, 9-8 and Lake, 11-1. Dembski combined to go 5-for-8 from the plate with three runs and two RBI in the wins. Fellow senior Sam Archambeau went 3-for-6 …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — Lucas Polkinghorn won the high jump and William Boyles scored points in both the distance events to lead the Maumee boys track and field team to an eighth-place finish at last Friday’s Pirate Invitational at Sandusky Perkins. The Panthers totaled 32 points. The host Pirates …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — The last time the Maumee softball team started out this hot – well, Panthers coach Brian Jones isn’t quite sure. Maumee went 3-0 in its opening week, outscoring Archbold, Notre Dame and Delta 32-13 with a 41-21 edge in hits. Jones said his team hasn’t …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — It might be the third head coach in three years for the Maumee track and field teams, but she’s no stranger to the Panthers. Lindsay Vannett, who was an assistant on last year’s squad, takes over as the head coach. Also the Maumee volleyball head …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — Ramsey Quinn wanted to quit every single day. The Maumee junior had finished up his football season and was ready for his first year of wrestling, but first, he needed to lose weight to wrestle in the heavyweight division. Quinn had to lose more than …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — The last time Maumee had wrestlers represent the school at the OHSAA state tournament, Tommy Gast was finishing up his last season of competition at Gateway Middle School. Last weekend, Gast stopped a five-year dry spell for the Panthers by competing at the Division II …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — It’s been a while since Maumee had a wrestler advance to the state tournament in Columbus – five years to be exact. Senior Tommy Gast has ended that ignominious streak. Gast will represent the Panthers in the 126-pound weight class at the Schottenstein Center after …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — Every athlete has a unique journey to reach the state championship and Maumee gymnasts Elisa Borello and Courtney Crawford might have two of the more impactful. The senior duo will represent the Panthers at the state tournament this weekend at Hilliard Bradley High School in …