Congratulations! And Good Luck!

Congratulations!  to the Ft. Jennings Musketeers!  I saw this team early in the season and recognized it had some very talented players.  They struggled a bit when I saw them though. They obviously persevered and things fell into place for them as they made a deep tournament run. Congratulations on a fine season!


Congratulations! to the Celina Bulldogs.  There is no doubt in my mind the Bulldogs were the best boys team in our area from the end of September on.  Two things that made a difference for this team were impressive quality depth and putting their best players, Moeder and Hoying, in space to play in.  This was a really good team.  It took a perennial power like Bay Village Bay to knock them out of the tournament. Extremely well done Celina.  Congratulations on a great season!

Congratulations! to the Bath Wildkittens for advancing to the OHSAA State Semi-Finals! The #7 Wildkittens will play Akron Archbishop Hoban (15--4-2) on Tuesday at 7:00 pm at a site yet to be announced. They will have their work cut out for them as coaching colleagues in the Akron area tell me Hoban is a very good side. I think Bath will be up to the task... and certainly hope so.  I have long thought it would be a girls side that eventually breaks through and gets to a OHSAA State Finals match. 

Good Luck Bath Wildkittens!

 

Congratulations! to the Ottawa-Glandorf Titans for advancing to the OHSAA State Semi-Finals!  The #4 Titans (19-1-1) will square off against #6  Elyria Catholic (15-1-4) on Tuesday at 7:00 pm at a site yet to be announced. This should be a tremendous match and I am greatly looking forward to watching it. In my opinion, Western Buckeye League Champions have an excellent chance to advance but it definitely will not be easy.

 

Good Luck Ottawa-Glandorf Titans!

 

Boys and Girls OHSAA Regional Action for November 1, 2014

In a Division II Boys Regional Final Celina will play #7 Bay Village Bay at Lake High School at 12:00 noon

Good Luck Bulldogs!

 

In a Division III Boys Regional Final Ft Jennings (12-5-4) will play #7  Mansfield Christian (16-2-2) at 12:00 noon at Findlay High School.

 

 

Good Luck Musketeers!

 

In a Division II Girls Regional Final #8 Bath (19-1-0) will play #5 Bellville Clearfork  (16-2-2)  at Findlay High School at 3:00 pm

 

 

Good Luck Wildkittens!

 

In a Division III Girls Regional Final #4 Ottawa-Glandorf (18-1-1) will play Akron Manchester (16-2-2) at Lexington High School at 3:00 pm

 

 

Good Luck Titans!

 

 

Girls Regional Games - Good Luck to Bath & Ottawa-Glandorf!

Tuesday October 28. 2014.

The Western Buckeye League is well represented in the OHSAA Girls Regional tournaments this week.

State ranked #8 Bath (18-1-0) will be playing Millbury Lake (15-3-2) at Findlay at 7:00 pm  tonight.

Good Luck Wild Kittens!

 

State ranked #4 and WBL Champion Ottawa-Glandorf (17-1-1) will be playing Archbold (14-3-2) at Ottawa Hills at 7:00 pm tonight.

 

Good Luck Lady Titans!

 

We wish both of these the very best of luck as they pursue their dreams and represent the Western Buckeye League on the tournament path.  Please join us in supporting them.

Western Buckeye League Boys Soccer Year in Review (Updated with All-WBL Teams)

2013  Western Buckeye League Champions

 

St. Marys Roughriders 

Standings

1) St Marys 7-0-2                  23 points
2) Wapakoneta 6-0-3             21 points
3) Shawnee 6-2-1                  19 points
4) Celina 5-2-2                      17 points
Elida 5-2-2                            17 points
6) Bath 4-4-1                         13 points
7) Kenton 3-6-0                      9 points
8) Ottawa-Glandorf 2-5-        7 points
9) Defiance 1-7-0                   3 points
10) Van Wert 0-9-0                0 points


My choices for players  and coach of the year awards:

Attacking POY:  Zach Wilker, Midfielder, St Marys
Defending POY:  Kaleb Miller, Goalkeeper, Wapakoneta
Coach of the Year:  Keith Rambin, Wapkoneta
Freshman of the Year:  Jackson O'Conner, Shawnee and Alex Lause, Wapakoenta.

Official 1st Team All - Western Buckeye League 2013

Player of the Year:  Zach Wilker

1^st Team  All – WBL 

Michael Carman, Bath

Eric Moeder, Celina

AJ Siefker, Elida

Jerod Houston, Elida

Cam Deardorff, Kenton

Luke Schaub, Ottawa-Glandorf

Andrew Ritchie, Shawnee

Ryan Roberts, Shawnee

Zach Nelson, St Marys

Sam Hinegardner, Wapakoneta

Alex Lause, Wapakoneta

Second Team
Luke Lemmerman, St. Marys
Nate Wilker, St. Marys
Riley Overholt, Elida
Cain Buroker, Kenton
Ryan Hoying, Celina
Troy Brinkman, Shawnee
Austin Brachok, Shawnee
Austin Ricker, Bath
Kaleb Miller, Wapakoneta
Trevor Ellerbrock, Ottawa-Glandorf
Joe Lisa, Van Wert
Ricky Sheffel, Defiance

Third Team
Detrique Mines, St. Marys
Kyle Brown, St. Marys
Brice Coolidge, Elida
Jon Szczerba, Kenton
Cole Loughridge, Celina
Alex Clark, Shawnee
Austin Davis, Shawnee
Tyler Stahr, Bath
Colin Lenhart, Wapakoneta
Nick Schroeder, Ottawa-Glandorf
Matt Bidlack, Van Wert
Layne Clellan, Defiance

Honorable Mention
Isaac Fuetter, Ottawa-Glandorf
Nathan Stewart, Elida
Warren Wall, Defiance
Kyle Money, Van Wert
Bailey Hinegardner, Wapakoneta
Isaac Elston, Celina
Trey Brock, Shawnee
Gage Hair, Kenton
Trey Barnett, Bath
Stuart Yahl, St. Marys

Match by Match Results

August 29, 2013

Celina 4     Bath 1
Elida 6      Defiance 0
Ottawa-Glandorf 3    Van Wert 0
St. Marys 2     Shawnee 1
Wapakoneta 8      Kenton 0

September 5, 2013

Bath 2    Defiance 0
Celina 3    Ottawa-Glandorf 1
Elida 0     Wapakoneta 0
St. Marys 4    Kenton 0
Shawnee 8     Van Wert 0

September 10, 2013

Wapakoneta 1     Bath 1
Celina 8     Defiance 0
St. Marys 4     Elida 2
Shawnee 3     Ottawa-Glandorf 0
Van Wert 1     Kenton 3

September 16, 2013

St. Marys 3     Bath 0
Wapakoneta 2     Celina 1
Ottawa-Glandorf 4     Defiance 0
Shawnee 7     Kenton 0
Elida 5     Van Wert 0

September 19, 2013

Bath 5     Van Wert 0
Shawnee 2     Elida 1
Kenton 1    Ottawa Glandorf 0
Celina 0     St Marys 0
Wapakoneta 8     Defiance 2

September 24, 2013

Shawnee 3    Bath 1
Elida 5    Kenton 0
Wapakoneta 2     Ottawa Glandorf 1
St Marys 7     Defiance 0
Celina 4     Van Wert 0

September 30, 2013

Defiance 3     Van Wert 0
Ottawa Glandorf 1    Elida 1
Bath 4    Kenton 3
Celina 1     Shawnee 1
St Marys 0     Wapakoneta 0

October 3, 2013

Elida 3 Bath 0
Celina 3 Kenton 0
Shawnee 6 Defiance 0
St Marys 3 Ottawa Glandorf 0
Wapakoneta 7 Van Wert 3

October 10, 2013

Bath 1 Ottawa-Glandorf 0
Defiance 3 Kenton 4
Wapakoneta 2 Shawnee 1
Van Wert 0 St Marys 7
Elida 2 Celina 1

Shawnee 2 Bath 0

I'm going to keep this short and sweet this evening as I am still recovering from food poisoning suffered last night.  

Shawnee and Bath met in a sectional final at Wapakoneta this evening. On the line was a trip to the Elida district next Wednesday evening.  The temperatures hovered around 50 degrees with a stiff wind out of the west. Along with an occasional light mist it sometimes felt colder.

The two teams had last met on September 24th with Shawnee winning 3 - 1. For that game Bath was missing a couple of key players due to injury, but would be at full strength this evening. Defeating a good team twice in one season is difficult yet this is what Shawnee would be tasked with.

Shawnee got on the board in the first half when right back Lance Brown saw forward Andrew Ritchie with his hand raised signaling for a pass.  Brown's diagonal pass onto Ritchie's bent run was a beautiful combination.  Ritchie's first touch led him straight towards goal and an easy finish past Bath goalkeeper Cam Clark to the side netting at back post.

In the second half Trey Brock played another beautiful diagonal ball through the Bath defense to Ryan Roberts who, like Ritchie in the first half, found himself 1 v 1 with the Bath goalkeeper inside the penalty area. Roberts calmly finished to back post to put the Indian's up 2-0.

This might have been Shawnee's best all round game of the season. Troy Brinkman was once again solid in goal earning his 9th shutout on the season.  Evan Bell played like the veteran center back he is in shutting down and turning away the Wildcats attack time and again. Right back Lance Brown played one of his best games of the season holding Bath's Logan Ambrister in check, distributing the ball and making dangerous runs in the attack. Jake Sevitz, Jack O'Connor and Tanner Mayer also played well in Shawnee's zonal defense as the Indians threw up a wall in front of the Wildcats attack. But if I had to name a player of the game for Shawnee it would be holding midfielder Austin Brachok who helped the Indians control center midfield defensively and got the Indians into their possession game offensively.

Bath ends their season with a 10-7-1 record.

Congratulations to the Shawnee Indians and Good Luck at Elida on Wednesday at 5:00 p.m.

Sectional: Bath 1 Wapakoneta 0

Sectional action got underway in Wapakoenta this evening as the Redskins hosted the Bath Wildcats.  The weather conditions were near perfect and the pitch was in good condition.  Veteran officials Mr. Doug Billerman and Mr. Randy Keeler were on hand to oversee the action. I would be remiss if I did not give special mention to Mr. Denny Faller who does an outstanding job of announcing the action at Ryan Field.

Wapakoneta began the match in a 1-4-4-2 formation and this is noted in part because the Redskins tend to use multiple formational alignments throughout each contest. Bath began the match in a 4-2-3-1 which is becoming ever more popular in the high school ranks.