Tadd Koch

[Mark Altstaetter @marathoner1984]

In the Division V long jump, Columbus Grove's Trevon Baxter won with a mark of 22-8.25, while brother Gavin Baxter placed fourth (22-2.75).

[Dayton Basketball @DaytonMBB]

FLYERS WIN ✈️🏀

#GoFlyers

[NWO Sports @sports_nwo]

🏈 Columbus Grove Football Post Game Interview Coach Schafer 🎙️

🎥 Postgame coverage presented by Ensign’s Pub

*unfortunately our interview with Trevon and Landon did not record audio. We apologize as we had issues with the rain.

#NWOSports #ColumbusGrove #PostGameInterview

[Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow]

We appreciate your time @POTUS

🗣🗣OORAH #PMSLive

[JD Vance @JDVance]

A while ago, probably in 2017, I appeared on Tucker Carlson's Fox show to talk about God knows what. Afterwards a name I barely knew sent me a DM on twitter and told me I did a great job. It was Charlie Kirk, and that moment of kindness began a friendship that lasted until today.

Charlie was fascinated by ideas and always willing to learn and change his mind. Like me, he was skeptical of Donald Trump in 2016. Like me, he came to see President Trump as the only figure capable of moving American politics away from the globalism that had dominated for our entire lives. When others were right, he learned from them. When he was right--as he usually was--he was generous. With Charlie, the attitude was never, "I told you so." But: "welcome."

Charlie was one of the first people I called when I thought about running for senate in early 2021. I was interested but skeptical there was a pathway. We talked through everything, from the strategy to the fundraising to the grassroots of the movement he knew so well. He introduced me to some of the people who would run my campaign and also to Donald Trump Jr. "Like his dad, he's misunderstood. He's extremely smart, and very much on our wavelength." Don took a call from me because Charlie asked him too.

Long before I ever committed (even in my mind) to running, Charlie had me speak to his donors at a TPUSA event. He walked me around the room and introduced me. He gave me honest feedback on my remarks. He had no reason to do this, no expectation that I'd go anywhere. I was polling, at that point, well below 5 percent. He did it because we were friends, and because he was a good man.

When I became the VP nominee--something Charlie advocated for both in public and private--Charlie was there for me. I was so glad to be part of the president's team, but candidly surprised by the effect it had on our family. Our kids, especially our oldest, struggled with the attention and the constant presence of the protective detail. I felt this acute sense of guilt, that I had conscripted my kids into this life without getting their permission. And Charlie was constantly calling and texting, checking on our family and offering guidance and prayers. Some of our most successful events were organized not by the campaign, but by TPUSA. He wasn't just a thinker, he was a doer, turning big ideas into bigger events with thousands of activists. And after every event, he would give me a big hug, tell me he was praying for me, and ask me what he could do. "You focus on Wisconsin," he'd tell me. "Arizona is in the bag." And it was.

Charlie genuinely believed in and loved Jesus Christ. He had a profound faith. We used to argue about Catholicism and Protestantism and who was right about minor doctrinal questions. Because he loved God, he wanted to understand him.

Someone else pointed out that Charlie died doing what he loved: discussing ideas. He would go into these hostile crowds and answer their questions. If it was a friendly crowd, and a progressive asked a question to jeers from the audience, he'd encourage his fans to calm down and let everyone speak. He exemplified a foundational virtue of our Republic: the willingness to speak openly and debate ideas.

Charlie had an uncanny ability to know when to push the envelope and when to be more conventional. I've seen people attack him for years for being wrong on this or that issue publicly, never realizing that privately he was working to broaden the scope of acceptable debate.

He was a great family man. I was talking to President Trump in the Oval Office today, and he said, "I know he was a very good friend of yours." I nodded silently, and President Trump observed that Charlie really loved his family. The president was right. Charlie was so proud of Erika and the two kids. He was so happy to be a father. And he felt such gratitude for having found a woman of God with whom he could build a family.

Charlie Kirk was a true friend. The kind of guy you could say something to and know it would always stay with him. I am on more than a few group chats with Charlie and people he introduced me to over the years. We celebrate weddings and babies, bust each other's chops, and mourn the loss of loved ones. We talk about politics and policy and sports and life. These group chats include people at the very highest level of our government. They trusted him, loved him, and knew he'd always have their backs. And because he was a true friend ,you could instinctively trust the people Charlie introduced you to. So much of the success we've had in this administration traces directly to Charlie's ability to organize and convene. He didn't just help us win in 2024, he helped us staff the entire government.

I was in a meeting in the West Wing when those group chats started lighting up with people telling Charlie they were praying for him. And that's how I learned the news that my friend had been shot. I prayed a lot over the next hour, as first good news and then bad trickled in.

God didn't answer those prayers, and that's OK. He had other plans. And now that Charlie is in heaven, I'll ask him to talk to big man directly on behalf of his family, his friends, and the country he loved so dearly.

You ran a good race, my friend.

We've got it from here.

[JD Vance @JDVance]

Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord.

[CG Track & Field @CG_TrackTeam]

🚨 The girls team finished 3rd place at the State Track Meet‼️

[Carolina Basketball @UNC_Basketball]

🥽

[WOSN Sports @WOSNScores]

YOUR 2025 DIV. VI STATE CHAMPION COLUMBUS GROVE BULLDOGS!

Congrats to Coach Schroeder, their lone senior Lauryn Auchmuty, and the entire team and community!

[OHSAA Sports @OHSAASports]

🏆🏀#OHSAA GIRLS BASKETBALL: Congratulations to Columbus Grove for winning the Division VI girls basketball state championship! This is the first girls basketball state title for the Bulldogs.

[Tony Quach @TonyTQuach]

STATE 🏀 PREVIEW

{Columbus Grove 26-2}
"It's a business trip, we got to go down there, do what we know how to do, play the game we know how to play and bring home a victory for this town, this small community," said @AuchmutyLauryn.

#YNNSports @cgschools @GroveBasketball

[The Lantern @TheLantern]

Ohio State discontinues Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Center for Belonging and Social Change effective Friday, will remove 16 professional staff positions within 60 days
https://t.co/EPNt1G3TXC

[CG Bulldog Football @CGFootball]

Next level

[trey sautter @SautterTrey]

Congratulations to this guy right here! Not that he would ever even tell anyone or has ever done it for this reason, but @ChrisSautter4 got his 300th win tonight. Thank you for everything you did for me as a player and continue to do for me as a person. Once again, congrats Dad.

[WOSN Sports @WOSNScores]

BBK Final: Columbus Grove 51, #1 Spencerville 47

The top-team in D6 suffers their first loss of the season on the road.

Bearcats (14-1) turn around and travel to #1 DSJ tomorrow.

Tonight’s game airs at 10pm on WOSN.

[GroveBasketball @GroveBasketball]

Grove. 81
Allen East. 47
@AuchmutyLauryn 42
Auchmuty breaks the single game scoring record previously held by Lauren Slusser.
A. Schroeder. 11
@nicolenesby5 10
Thompson. 7
@kendal_palte. 6

JV's win to move to 3-0

[WOSN Sports @WOSNScores]

A great night in Columbus Grove!

Senior RB Trent Barraza gets past Blaine Maag for the school's all-time career rushing leader (Maag rushed for 6124 yards)

HC Andy Schafer also with his 100th victory at Grove in Year 13.

Catch the 35-13 Grove win on Saturday at 7pm on WOSN.

[JD Vance @JDVance]

There are so many reasons this is ridiculous, but here's one:

Who do you actually think the gross majority of the men who stormed the beaches at Normandy would vote for?

The answer is obvious: Donald J. Trump.

[WOSN Sports @WOSNScores]

FINAL: #2 Columbus Grove 42, #4 Bluffton 0

The Bulldogs (10-0) clinch the outright NWC title for the second straight year in convincing fashion!

This game airs tonight at 10pm on WOSN.

[Christian Stechschulte @CoachSteck52]

In that time, the Dogs have won 6 NWC Championships - 4 of them outright, for 17 total in program history