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PREP: This week's schedule

December 12, 2011

Monday
Girls Basketball
New Bremen at Botkins, 6 p.m.

Tuesday
Girls Basketball
Wapak at Allen East, 6 p.m.
New Knoxville at Botkins, 6 p.m.

Thursday
Girls Basketball
Elida at Wapak, 6 p.m.
W-G at Riverside, 6 p.m.
Bellefontaine at Botkins, 6 p.m.
Wrestling
Wapak at Van Wert vs. Bath/Celina, 6 p.m.
Swimming
Wapak home meet, 5:30 p.m.

Friday
Boys Basketball
Wapak at Elida, 6 p.m.
W-G at Perry, 6 p.m.
Botkins at Russia, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday
Boys Basketball
Wapak at St. Henry, 6 p.m.
Middletown-Madison at W-G, 6 p.m.
Swimming
Wapak at Toledo St. Francis Inv., TBA

BASKETBALL: W-G gives New Knoxville scare

December 12, 2011

NEW KNOXVILLE — For most of the first half the New Knoxville Rangers basketball team controlled the action against the Waynesfield-Goshen Tigers Friday night as they doubled the score on the Tigers 28-13 at halftime.

In the second half the Tigers caught fire and pulled within 10 at the end of the third. They closed the gap to two points a couple times in the fourth quarter, but the Rangers hit a few free throws down the stretch to defeat the Tigers 50-44 at the Barn in New Knoxville.

BASKETBALL: Patton passes 1,000 as Tigers pound Perry

December 9, 2011

WAYNESFIELD — Waynesfield-Goshen junior Kaylee Patton needed 16 points Thursday night to eclipse the 1,000 point mark in her varsity girls basketball career.

And she needed less than two quarters to do it.

Patton passed the mark with a reverse layup with 1:37 left in the half, then went on to score a team-high 24 points to lead the Tigers to a 56-40 win over the Perry Commodores in the Northwest Central Conference opener for both teams.

“It’s amazing,” Kaylee Patton said. “My teammates really help me out. They hit some outside shots and that let me get to the inside.”

WRESTLING: 'Skins win WBL opener

December 7, 2011

The Wapakoneta Redskins bounced back from a disappointing start to the varsity wrestling season to post a 46-34 win over the Van Wert Cougars on Tuesday at Wapakoneta High School.

Wapak struggled in the Findlay Trojan Duals on Saturday. But the young Redskins squad showed resilience in the Western Buckeye League dual-meet opener.

“We improved a lot from Saturday,” Redskins varsity coach Jason Rostorfer said. “It was the first time a lot of these freshmen got to wrestle varsity, so they were a little nervous and apprehensive. ...