Sports

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — There were moments during Rafael Soler’s second season as Maumee’s girls basketball coach when the Panthers looked like a team on the rise.  There were other moments, though, where they stumbled and took some steps backward. For the second straight year, Soler has put together …

When Kristi Biniker’s father, Leroy Wright, was diagnosed in 2019 with ALS – amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig’s disease –she and her family decided to take action. Last week, the Binikers hosted two Strike Out ALS baseball games to raise funds for the Walk to Defeat ALS. Wearing Strike …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — The calendar had only flipped to June earlier in the day, but when the Maumee boys basketball team took the court at the Rossford Summer League last Wednesday, coach Ryan Osier was surprised by what he saw. “There were a lot of things that I …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — Already in his young life, Eric Board has lived plenty of big days with monumental moments. Few have been bigger than last Saturday, however. At the Division II regional track meet at Piqua High School, Board placed second in the 1600-meter run and third in …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — In the 2021 district tennis tournament, Maumee coach Teddy Morse thinks his doubles duo of Braden Tucker and Gavin Yu were just happy to be there and soak in the moment. There was none of that awe or simplicity when they returned to the district …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — Find anyone who was associated with Maumee High School in the 1980s and ‘90s, and the opinion is unanimous – there were few people more influential or more impactful than Jim Robinson Sr. The former boys basketball and softball coach for the Panthers will have …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — Dylan Reichow scored in all four of his events and three of the four Maumee relay teams won, as the boys track team narrowly lost to Perrysburg, 83-51, in a Northern Lakes League dual meet last week. Reichow was a member of the 4×200-meter relay …

BY KAREN GERHARDINGER | MIRROR REPORTER — With 11 student-athletes committing to play college-level sports on May 4, Anthony Wayne High School had its largest signing event in school history, said athletic director John Snyder. Baseball Noah Sample has signed to play baseball for Walsh University, in North Canton, Ohio, where he will …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — Brian Jones admits it feels too early in the season, but the Maumee softball coach and other Division II coaches in the Northwest District held their tournament draw last Sunday for the upcoming postseason. Jones was excited about the Panthers’ first-round matchup against Central Catholic, …

BY JEREMY SCHNEIDER | MIRROR SPORTS — The first three games of last week are probably best left forgotten and in the past for the Maumee baseball team. Losses on the road to Defiance, Northview and Springfield had the Panthers reeling entering Friday’s league contest at Southview. They had been outscored 24-2 …