The Village Reporter - May 24th, 2017

Swanton Class Of 2017

PHOTO COURTESY OF MARIE BLAYLOCK, SWANTON SCHOOLS

Extracurricular Activities Enjoyed By Swanton Seniors

4-H BOWLING CROSS COUNTRY NHS SPANISH CLUB TRACK
Austin David Hill Rachel Leigh Jordan Scott Richard Fennell Jr. Chase Alexander Avalos Kaitlyn Cooley Chase Alexander Avalos
Rachel Leigh Jordan Aaron Michael Hazlett Maxwell Wegener - Crow
Hayley McMahan Tanner Lee Prentice Ben Burke
Maxwell Wegener - Crow SPEECH Hunter Mason Eash
ART CLUB BPA FOOTBALL Zachary Dziengelewski Ben Burke Alexandria Jo Frost
Helena Jean Driver Morgan Eitniear Chase Alexander Avalos Garrett Chandler
Hayley McMahan Morgan Eitniear Maxwell Wegener - Crow Nicholas Koback
Brittany Fox Lauren M. O’Riordon Ben Burke Sabryn Height Morgan Eitniear Steven Victor Lunn
Alexandria Jo Frost CHEERLEADING Zachary Dziengelewski Deanna Herr Aaron Michael Hazlett Ronald Edward Luntsford
Taylor Ann Thornton Kaitlyn Cooley Aaron Michael Hazlett Allison Mishka Tyler Houston
Lauren M. O’Riordon Skyler Rose Hunt John Evan Lutz
BAND Becca Litten Tyler Houston Madelyn Lee Silveous Becca Litten Markaynah Lyczkowski
Hunter Mason Eash Lauren M. O’Riordon Nicholas Koback QUIZ BOWL Ronald Edward Luntsford
John Evan Lutz Maxwell Wegener - Crow John Evan Lutz Lauren M. O’Riordon
Morgan Eitniear Sarah Yaney Tanner Lee Prentice Hunter Mason Eash Crystal McEwan Tanner Lee Prentice
Scott Richard Fennell Jr. CHORALE Timothy Edward Rankin Scott Richard Fennell Jr. Hayley McMahan
Samara Baker Jonathan Shanks Austin David Hill Justin Niday Jonathan Shanks
Alexandria Jo Frost Garrett Chandler Dakota Straub Jarrett Scott Macek Angela Robinson Dakota Straub
Marissa Elizabeth Gregory Aaron Michael Hazlett Crystal McEwan Jonathan Shanks Connor Yaney
Skyler Rose Hunt Connor Yaney Chase Monroe Wilkes Sarah Yaney
Sabryn Height Becca Litten MOCK TRIAL S.E.E.D Alexandria Wolfram VOLLEYBALL
Deanna Herr Justin Niday Maxwell Wegener - Crow Duyane Scott Goings Connor Yaney Sabryn Height
Austin David Hill MacKenzie Warne John Evan Lutz Rachel Leigh Jordan STUDENT COUNCIL Deanna Herr
Cassandra Kosier Arthur Jacob Wolford Justin Niday Maxwell Wegener - Crow
Crystal McEwan Sarah Yaney Dakota Straub Hunter Mason Eash Cassandra Kosier
Allison Mishka Samantha Zappone MUSICAL Chase Monroe Wilkes Austin David Hill Becca Litten
Madelyn Lee Silveous Samara Baker Noah Kokensparger
BASEBALL CHOIR Garrett Chandler SOCCER Cassandra Kosier Angela Robinson
Josh Adcock Samara Baker Kaitlyn Cooley Josh Adcock Jarrett Scott Macek WRESTLING
Garrett Chandler Scott Richard Fennell Jr. Nicholas Koback Arthur Jacob Wolford
Ben Burke Kaitlyn Cooley Marissa Elizabeth Gregory Noah Kokensparger SWIM & DIVE Maxwell Wegener - Crow
Duyane Scott Goings Aaron Michael Hazlett Aaron Michael Hazlett Levi Laurell Kaitlyn Cooley Hunter Mason Eash
Skyler Rose Hunt Austin David Hill Tanner Lee Prentice THEATER Aaron Michael Hazlett
Austin David Hill Rachel Leigh Jordan Skyler Rose Hunt Arthur Jacob Wolford Aaron Michael Hazlett Tyler Houston
Nicholas Koback Steven Victor Lunn Becca Litten SKILLS USA Noah Kokensparger Levi Laurell
Ronald Edward Luntsford Ronald Edward Luntsford Morgan Eitniear Justin Niday YEARBOOK
Levi Laurell Carissa Lynn Mowry Carissa Lynn Mowry Hayley McMahan MacKenzie Warne Duyane Scott Goings
Jonathan Shanks Justin Niday Justin Niday SOFTBALL Connor Yaney Aaron Michael Hazlett
Chase Monroe Wilkes Joseph Austin Oberheim Joseph Austin Oberheim Brittany Fox Sarah Yaney Noah Kokensparger
Angela Robinson Jonathan Shanks Sabryn Height Samantha Zappone MacKenzie Warne
BASKETBALL Jonathan Shanks Madelyn Lee Silveous Deanna Herr
Ben Burke MacKenzie Warne MacKenzie Warne Cassandra Kosier
Alexandria Wolfram Arthur Jacob Wolford Hayley McMahan
Garrett Chandler Connor Yaney Connor Yaney MacKenzie Warne
Zachary Dziengelewski Sarah Yaney Sarah Yaney
Samantha Zappone Samantha Zappone
Alexandria Jo Frost
Duyane Scott Goings

Nicholas Koback
Ronald Edward Luntsford

Tanner Lee Prentice
Connor Yaney

Class Of 2017 Notables

Best Wishes, Swanton’s Class of 2017 has members whom have
Graduates! stayed focused on their own personal visions and
whom have pursued that which they have wanted to
Congratulations on your well-deserved pursue. They note that they are “pretty normal, actual-
achievement. We know you’ve faced ly”.
challenges along the way, and we recognize
the hard work and dedication you’ve put in The class notes challenges they have faced such as
to stand where you do today in your cap changes in leadership, transition periods within the
and gown. We couldn’t be happier for you, world, growing into themselves, and readying them-
and we wish you continued success selves for college and the real world. They have faced
these challenges head on. They are proud of overcom-
in your future endeavors! ing these challenges as well as of their triumphs in
sports, academics, and extracurriculars, where they
have earned many awards that they note would just be
too many to list. They also take pride in the fact that
many of the class will be going on to college.

Swanton’s Class of 2017 advises underclassmen to
stay focused on school work, to succeed the best they
can, and to stay involved in organizations. The class
hopes to be remembered for being impactful leaders, as
having a great influence on underclassmen, and for
their involvement in extracurricular organizations. They
would also like to share with the public that “Respect is
spread throughout, and there will be many friendships
that will last a lifetime”.

PROVIDED BY THE SWANTON
2017 SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS

255 Co. Rd. R • Napoleon, Ohio 43545
Phone: 419-599-5180
Fax: 419-592-5180

Email:[email protected]
www.casindustries.com

Congratulations Graduates!

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SWANTONPPrreesseennttiinngg 2017CLASS OF

KAITLYN ANDERSON CHASE AVALOS SAMARA BAKER ADAM BAKER-MOORE MARIE BLAYLOCK GABRIEL BURRESS

GARRETT CHANDLER ELISE CROSSER RAYMOND DETRAY TAYLOR DOHM HELENA DRIVER ZACHARY
DZIENGELEWSKI

HUNTER EASH MORGAN EITNIEAR SCOTT FENNELL BRITTANY FOX ALEXANDRIA FROST DUYANE GOINGS

MARISSA GREGORY AARON HAZLETT SABRYN HEIGHT JUSTYN HENSEL ANNALECE HEROY DEANNA HERR

AUSTIN HILL TYLER HOUSTON RAYMOND HUNT SKYLER HUNT NOAH JOHNSTON RACHEL JORDAN

NICHOLAS KOBACK NOAH KOKENSPARGER CASSANDRA KOSIER HAILEE LAMERE BRADLEY LORENZEN STEVEN LUNN

RONALD LUNTSFORD JOHN LUTZ MARKAYNAH LYCZKOWSKI JARRETT MACEK HALEY MARVIN CRYSTAL MCEWAN

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HOMETOWN ATHLETIC NEWS & PHOTOS FOR WILLIAMS & FULTON COUNTY SCHOOLS IN NORTHWEST OHIO

“THE HOMETOWN”

WEDNESDAY, MAY 24TH, 2017 A WEEKLY SPORTS PUBLICATION COURTESY OF "THE VILLAGE REPORTER"

Hilltop Holds On For Tournmanet Win Over Edgerton

PHOTOS BY NATE CALVIN, STAFF

CLOSE CALL ... Hilltop held on for a 5-4 win over the Edgerton Bulldogs in
a classic Williams County tournament battle last week. The Lady Cadets
went on to claim the District Championship and advancing to Regionals.

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Congratulations To
Our Regional Qualifiers!

ArchboldBluestreaks

Congratulations District Champions! GOOD LUCK AT
Good Luck At Regionals! STATE!

ARCHBOLD VARSITY BASEBALL ... Kneeling: TJ Rice, Bryson Taylor, Cory Erbskorn, Rigo Ramos, Ian Radabaugh, JEREME RUPP LUKE MCQUADE
Bryce Williams, Sam Petersen, Travis Ziegler, Gabe Petersen Standing: Volunteer Coach Scott Foor, Jeron Williams,
Holden Galvan, Nic Rodriguez, Toby Walker, Brandon Miller, Trevor Rupp, Kade Kern, Assistant Coach Jeff Bruns- ARCHBOLD REGIONAL QUAILFIERS:
wick, Head Coach Dick Selgo. 4x800 relay: Jack Fisher, Daniel Nieves,
ARCHBOLD VARSITY GIRLS TRACK ... Sitting: Julia Lambert, Marli Cheney, Anya Rose, Gwynne Riley, Shylo Rich-
ardson, Amberlyn Whitson. Kneeling: Dakota Stamm, Emie Peterson, Kennedy Miller, Natalie Roth, Emily Roth, Syd- Logan Garrow, Caen Garrow.
ney Ranzau, Lexa Richardson. Standing: Ariah Qaimari, Giulia Lee, Morgan Miller, Macey Rupp, Katie Short, Maura *100 meter hurdles: Lexa Richardson
Riley, Elizabeth Schmucker. 110 meter hurdles: Deven Girdham
*4x200 Relay: Macey Rupp, Emily Roth,

Gwynne Riley, Dakota Stamm
*4x200 Relay: Nick Waidelich,

Noah Blankenship, Kegan Ott,
Jack Fisher.
*4x100 Relay: Shylo Richardson,
Emily Roth, Julia Lambert,
Macey Rupp.
*4x100 Relay: Nick Waidelich,
Kegan Ott, Sma Petersen,
Clay Gerig
*400 Meters: Dakota Stamm
*400 Meters: Jack Fisher,
2nd Noah Blankenship
300 Meter Hurdles: Lexa Richardson
300 Meter Hurdles: Clay Gerig
800 Meters: Gwynne Riley
800 Meters: Caden Garrow
200 Meters: Macey Rupp
* 4x400 Relay: Julia Lambert,
Emily Roth, Gwynne Riley,
Dakota Stamm
*4x400 Relay: Deven Girdham,
Noah Blankenship, Sam Petersen,
Jack Fisher.
Boys Shot Put: Levi Carmody
Girls Pole Vault: Sydney Ranzau
Boys Pole Vault: Isaiah Esquibel

* District Champion

ARCHBOLD VARSITY BOYS TRACK ... Sitting: Kegan Ott, Isaiah Esquibel, Nick Waidelich, Zach Rocha, Daniel Best Of Luck Athletes!
Nieves, LJ Tijerina, Dominic Beltran, Mason Kinsman. Kneeling: Ivan Cobb, Caden Garrow, Brendon Johns,
Clay Gerig, Noah Blankenship, Brennan Short, Osvaldo Orduno, Mason Babcock, Gavin Seiler, Corbin Vonier.
Standing: Jonah Waidelich, Andrew Wyse, Levi Carmody, Jack Fisher, Elijah Esquibel, Camden Warncke, Lo-
gan Garrow, Brian Ball, Kasyn Schaffner, Caleb Wooley, Matthew Gladieux, Austin Wiemken, Spencer Short,
Sam Petersen, Cam Collins, Deven Girdham, Brock Ranzau, Shane Bechtel, Devin Witte, Kalieb Hanicq. Not
pictured: Tony Grime.

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(Continued)Area Tracksters Have Success ...

way to a 50.76 in the 400 meters. The meet meter qualifications. Leppelmeier was sec- 8:28.30. The relay qualifications continued height of 12’.
ended with Archbold sweeping their third ond in the 1600 in 5:13.32 while Foor was as both 4x200 meter relay teams, 4x100 The North Central Lady Eagles showed
and final relay race. The boys team of De- two spots behind in fourth with a qualify- meter relay teams and 4x400 meter relay
ven Girdham, Blankenship, Petersen and ing time of 5:16.76. Alexa Leppelmeier’s teams all advanced. Hanna Bumb, McKen- next on the scoreboard with 24 points. Two
Fisher sped to a district title in the 4x400 exploits continued with a district title in na Quaderer, Jaelyn Lyons and Jacqueline Lady Eagles will be making the trip to re-
meters in 3:28.66. Sydney Ranzau repre- the 3200 meters. She ran the distance in Carlson finished third in 1:50.54 while the gional as Kailey Siebeneck qualified third in
sented Archbold in the field events with a 11:24.41. Foor again ran with her team boys team of Bryce Cooley, Brandon Stein, the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 49.72.
win in the Pole Vault with a leap of 9’5”. mate and qualified third in 11:40.95. Eliz- Austin Miller, Kolden Uribes were second Vada Lashaway jumped her way to a third-
Grabbing second places for the Streaks abeth Sauder added a district title in the in 1:33.02. Two different faces went with place finish in the Pole Vault with a leap of
included: Levi Carmody (Shot Put, 48’2”), 800 meters in 2:20.87. The ‘fab four’ then six of the same in the 4x100 relays. Gabby 9’ to advance.
Lexa Richardson (300 meter hurdles, 49.16) teamed up for another regional qualifica- Cox joined Quaderer, Carlson and Bumb in
and Blankenship (400 meters, 52.50). Clay tion in the 4x400 relay with a second-place the 4x100 for the girls while Austin Grubb The Bombers were led by the Family Bloir
Gerig was third in the 300 meter hurdles finish in 4:15.60. Katie Hauter will accom- joined Uribes, Stein and Cooley for the boys. as Riley qualified in the 100 meter hurdles
in 42.02 and Macey Rupp added a third in pany the four as she was a fourth-place The girls finished fourth to advance with a and long jump and brother Logan won the
the 200 meters in 26.29. Devan Girdham finisher in the discus with a toss of 105’4”. time of 53.47 while the boys were third in district title in the 110 meter hurdles and
qualified in the 110 meter hurdles finishing Pettisville’s lone male regional qualifier was 45.01. In the two 4x400 meter relay qualify- qualified in the 100 meters and 200 meters.
fourth in 16.08. high jumper Jaret Rychener with a district ing teams it once again was Quaderer, Carl- Riley’s time in the 100 meter hurdles was
championship leap of 6’1”. son and Bumb being joined this time by 16.96, good for fourth and her long jump
The Lady Blackbirds led the BBC con- Destiny Oliphant. The girls qualified third of 14’11.5” was good for third. Logan ran to
tingent with a third-place finish in the Divi- The Montpelier Locomotive teams fin- in 4:19.50. The boys team of Miller, Blake, a first-place finish in the hurdle event with
sion III meet. Five ladies represented Pet- ished with 17 athletes moving on to the re- Uribes and Stein finished the trifecta with a a time of 15.7. He then placed third in the
tisville with three district titles including gional meet. In the first day of competition third-place finish in 3:32.45. Blake gained 100 meters in 11.28 and fourth in the 200
one district record. The record occurred both the girls and boys 4x800 relay teams an individual district title in the 800 meters meters with a time of 22.99.
when the 4x800 meter relay team of Eliza- advanced. The girls’ foursome of Jacqueline in 2:00.18 and moved to the High Jump for
beth Sauder, Nichole Foor, Morgan Leppel- Carlson, McKenna Quaderer, Kimme En- a second-place finish with a clearance of Other individuals qualifying for the Di-
meier and Alexa Leppelmeier outdistanced gels and Lydia Grime finished fourth with a 6’. Marie Schoenefeld and Zac Mason join vision III Regional included: Chanse Ev-
runner up Holgate by 13 seconds with a qualifying time of 10:23.35. The boys team of their teammates to regional as Schoenefeld ans (Edgerton, high jump), Kelsey Fruchey
time of 9:34.52. The foursome broke their Jared Rediger, Austin Miller, Kolden Uribes qualified third with a toss of 35’ 3.5” and (Fayette, high jump), Kara Brown (Hilltop,
own mark of 9:40.16 set last season. Al- and Michael Blake won a district champi- Mason vaulted his way to regional with a 100 meter hurdles) and Taylor Trent (Hill-
exa Leppelmeier added the 1600 and 3200 onship in the event with a winning time of top, long jump) and Paige Speelman (Stryk-
er, 100 meters and 200 meters.)

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Congratulations To
Our Regional Qualifiers!

Halen Mealer Aliza Dauterman Halen Mealer WauIsnedoianns

Josh Lowry Kyle Vernot Kyle Zirkle WAUSEON REGIONAL Best Of Luck Athletes!
QUALIFIERS
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1600 Meters: Kyle Vernot, Goods Headquarters!
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*3200 Meters: Kyle Vernot,
Josh Lowry

300 Meter Hurdles: Halen Mealer
200 Meters: Paige Smith
Discus: Kyle Zirkle
4x800 Relay Boys: Kyle Vernot,

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Girls Discus: Aliza Dauterman

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*800 Meters: Elizabeth Sauder
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4x400 Relay: Elizabeth Sauder, Nichole Foor,
Morgan Leppelmeier, Alexa Leppelmeier
Discus: Katie Hauter
*High Jump: Jaret Rychener

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