GBK: Div. III Sectional Final:
#5 Defiance 40, #6 Wapakoneta 38
The Bulldogs hang on to win their first Sectional Championship since 2018!
DEF (10-13) - Jamie Rollins 16
WAP (9-14) - Sawyer Szelagowski 14
FINAL
Defiance 57, Fairview 45
Despite a valiant fourth quarter effort that saw FV get the deficit as low as 8, Defiance holds on and ends a six-game skid against the Apaches dating back to 2019. Bulldogs are 7-11. Fairview moves to 6-12.
18 points for Jamie Rollins.
16 for Aubrey Hammer to lead the way for FV.
Both Eliza Ramirez and Alexandra Fernandez come away with double-doubles. 11 points and 13 boards for Ramirez. Ferandez with 10 points and 10 boards.
Longtime @DefiBulldogs coach and teacher Steve Rittenour will be the next Defiance football head coach, pending approval at tonight’s DCS board meeting.
Rittenour has been an assistant in the football program since starting at DHS in 2001 and will continue as head track coach.
Per the agenda, volleyball assistant Alexis Kiessling will take over as head VB coach for the Bulldogs. The 2018 DHS grad was a 4-year player for @DefiCollegeVB
Girls XC coach Chris Vogelsong will now lead the boys and girls teams while Brett Wagner will coach boys soccer
North Central has a new head baseball coach in Anthony Kidston.
Kidston was approved as the program's new leader at tonight's North Central Board of Education meeting.
Kidston takes over for Josh Hicks, who had a 25-16 record and won a D-IV district title (2023) over 2 years.
BBK Final: Defiance 50, Ottawa-Glandorf 49
Tre Singleton beats the buzzer for Defiance (8-0) to remain unbeaten and beat OG for the first time since 2016.
Kahlil Ligon had 20 for the Defiance, Royce Ellerbrock had 17 for the Titans (1-6).
This game airs Tuesday at 7pm on WOSN.
Headed into the fourth quarter trailing 28-25 to St. Marys, it seemed like Defiance girls basketball had lost the momentum in a home Western Buckeye League bout on Thursday.
But a big fourth quarter surge gave them a big league victory.
Story:
https://t.co/8Ih2hB44bv
Girls 🏀 FINAL
Defiance 41, St. Marys 34
Defiance outscores St. Marys 16-6 in the fourth quarter to take a big WBL win over the Roughriders. The Bulldogs are now 3-7, 2-2.
SM falls to 2-7, 1-3.
19 points for Isabella Rowlison. Alex Fernandez posts 11 points and 17 boards.