Address: 10708 SR 118 S. Van Wert, OH 45891
Principal: Bob Priest | Office Phone: 419-238-3350
Athletic Director: Trent Temple | Office Phone: 419-238-9601 | Email
Van Wert WBL Championships
Baseball (5): 21, 19, 84, 69, 68
Boys Basketball (6): 07, 01, 95, 92, 87, 60
Girls Basketball (1): 06
Girls Bowling (1): 21
Boys Cross Country (12): 20, 14, 05, 03, 98, 97, 96, 93, 88, 85, 82, 81
Girls Cross Country (11): 20, 13, 12, 09, 04, 03, 02, 01, 96, 95, 94
Football (19): 21, 87, 69, 67, 58, 57, 56, 55, 54, 52, 50, 49, 47, 43, 42, 41, 39, 38, 37
Golf (11): 22, 12, 07, 03, 02, 91, 85, 81, 80, 79, 75
Boys Tennis (5): 16, 69, 67, 66, 65
Boys Track (8): 22, 19, 12, 05, 04, 01, 98, 87
Girls Track (3): 18, 76, 75
Wrestling (4): 08, 07, 04, 71
Van Wert State Appearances
State Championships
2020 Football Division IV State Champions
1976 Girls Track Mile Relay State Champions
State Runner-Up
2000 Football Division III State Runner-Up
1988 Boys CC State Runner-up
1985 Boys Golf State Runner-Up
State Semifinalist
2019 Baseball Division II State Semifinalist
1992 Boys Basketball State Semifinalist
1990 Boys Basketball State Semifinalist
1987 Boys Basketball State Semifinalist
State Qualifiers
Boys Golf State Qualifiers: 2007, 2004 (5th), 2003 (3rd)
Girls CC State Qualifiers: 2006 (12th), 2004 (14th), 2003 (5th), 2002 (4th), 2001 (8th)
Boys CC State Qualifiers: 1998 (9th), 1993, 1987 (6th)
Van Wert News & Scores
8/21 WBL Girls Tennis Scores
Shawnee 4 Bath 1
Celina 4 Van Wert 1
St. Marys 3 Defiance 2
Elida 4 Kenton 1
Ottawa-Glandorf 3 Wapakoneta 2
8/21 Volleyball Scores
Bath 3 Delphos Jefferson 1
Liberty-Benton 3 Defiance 1
Shawnee 3 Bluffton 0
Paulding 3 Van Wert 0
Findlay 3 Wapakoneta 0
8/19 Girls Soccer Scores
Liberty-Benton 2 Bath 1
Celina 1 Bryan 0
Bellefontaine 5 Kenton 0
Ottawa-Glandorf 2 Findlay 0
Bowling Green 1 Shawnee 1
Coldwater 18 Van Wert 0
8/19 Girls Tennis Scores
Van Wert Cougar Classic (6 teams)
1. Elida, St. Marys, Van Wert
8/18 Football Scores
Bath 14 New Bremen 7
Versailles 26 Celina 0
Elida 42 Rogers 6
Coldwater 29 Kenton 12
Eastwood 21 Ottawa-Glandorf 18
St. Henry 17 St. Marys 0
Van Wert 47 Bryan 21
Marion Local 29 Wapakoneta 26
8/17 WBL Boys Golf Scores
WBL Dual at Northmoor GC
Bath 151, St. Marys 171
WBL Dual at Tamarac GC
Van Wert, Elida
WBL Dual at Pike Run GC
Ottawa-Glandorf 167, Defiance 184
Dual Match at Sycamore Springs GC
Riverdale 184, Kenton 201
8/17 WBL Girls Tennis Scores
Van Wert at Bath (ppd)
Celina at St. Marys (ppd to 8/22)
Wapakoneta 3 Defiance 2
Shawnee at Elida
Kenton at Ottawa-Glandorf
8/15 WBL Boys Golf Scores
WBL Dual at Memorial Park GC
Shawnee 175, Kenton 195
WBL Dual at Eagle Rock GC
Bath 165, Defiance 173
Dual-Match at Shelby Oaks GC
Wapakoneta, Jackson Center
Dual-Match at Northmoor GC
St. Marys, St. Henry
Dual-Match at Pleasant Valley GC
Wayne Trace, Van Wert
8/15 Boys Soccer Scores
St. Marys 9 Toledo Central Catholic 0
Fort Jennings 9 Van Wert 0
Findlay 4 Wapakoneta 1
8/11 Boys Golf Scores
Dual-Match at Wapakoneta CC
Wapakoneta 177, St. Henry 190
Liberty-Benton Invitational at Sycamore Springs GC (9 teams)
4. Van Wert 352
8/9 Boys Golf Scores
Kalida Wildcat Invitational at Moose Landing CC (23 teams)
3. Bath 336, 6. Ottawa-Glandorf 339, 10. Van Wert 344, 13. Shawnee 351, 17. Defiance 372, 22. Elida 423
Auglaize County Invitational at Prairie View GC (6 teams)
Wapakoneta, St. Marys
8/7 WBL Boys Golf Scores
WBL Dual at Wapakoneta CC
Wapakoneta 180, Kenton 231
Defiance Invitational at Eagle Rock GC (15 teams)
3. Ottawa-Glandorf 332, 5. Bath 343, 7. Van Wert 345, 8. Celina 348, 11. Defiance 368
6/3 OHSAA Track & Field State Tournament
Division I State Tournament at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium
Boys
63. Shawnee 2
Shot Put: 7. Akyus Richardson, Shawnee; 9. Kaden Murlin, Celina
Girls
59. Celina 2
300 – Hurdles 30″: 18. Paige Olberding, Wapakoneta
Discus Throw: 7. Amelia Lutz, Celina
High Jump: 17. Jordan Gladen, Elida
Division II State Tournament at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium
Boys
49. Defiance 3.5
4×800 Meter Relay: 11. Ottawa-Glandorf (Masen Vogt/Ty Rosengarten/Isaac Macke/Ethan Metzger); 15. Van Wert (Rylan Miller/Owen Scott/Freddy Behm/Gage Springer)
3200 Meter Run: 10. Ty Rosengarten, Ottawa-Glandorf; 11. Owen Scott, Van Wert
Discus Throw: 10. Parker Rarey, Kenton; 16. DeJuan Jones, Elida
High Jump: 4. Heaven Dalton, Defiance
Shot Put: 18. DeJuan Jones, Elida
Girls
4. Ottawa-Glandorf 35, 13. Van Wert 14, 21. Kenton 9, 67. St. Marys 1
4×800 Meter Relay: 4. Ottawa-Glandorf (Olivia Fenbert/Rose Turnwald/Corinne Closson/Alexa Fortman)
100 Meter Dash: 11. Kendra Deerhing, Van Wert
4×200 Meter Relay: 2. Van Wert (Kendra Deerhing/Macy Johnson/Danesha Branson/Sofi Houg); 13. Ottawa-Glandorf (Delaney Duling/Savannah Recker/Averie Fox/Laney Hedrick)
4×100 Meter Relay: 3. Van Wert (Sofi Houg/Macy Johnson/Danesha Branson/Kendra Deerhing); 16. Ottawa-Glandorf (Delaney Duling/Savannah Recker/Laney Hedrick/Averie Fox)
400 Meter Dash: 1. Alexa Fortman, Ottawa-Glandorf; 15. Tatum Walsh, Bath
800 Meter Run: 1. Alexa Fortman, Ottawa-Glandorf; 9. Corinne Closson, Ottawa-Glandorf; 16. Maria Jutte, St. Marys
200 Meter Dash: 8. Syerra Greber, St. Marys
4×400 Meter Relay: 1. Ottawa-Glandorf (Olivia Fenbert/Corinne Closson/Averie Fox/Alexa Fortman)
Discus Throw: 6. Tatum Miller, Kenton
Shot Put: 3. Tatum Miller, Kenton
Pole Vault: 9. Lily Haselman, Ottawa-Glandorf
5/27 OHSAA Track & Field Regionals
Division II Region 6 – Regional at Lexington
Boys
30. Kenton 5
State Qualifiers:
Discus Throw: 4. Parker Rarey, Kenton
Girls
20. Kenton 11
State Qualifiers:
Discus Throw: 3. Tatum Miller, Kenton
Shot Put: 4. Tatum Miller, Kenton
Division II Region 8 – Regional at Piqua
Boys
10. Ottawa-Glandorf 20, 14. Elida 15, 16. Van Wert 14, 21. Defiance 11, 45. St. Marys 3, Bath 0
State Qualifiers:
4×800 Meter Relay: 2. Ottawa-Glandorf, 4. Van Wert
3200 meter Run: 2. Ty Rosengarten, Ottawa-Glandorf; 3. Owen Scott, Van Wert
Discus Throw: 1. DeJuan Jones, Elida
High Jump: 2. Heaven Dalton, Defiance
Shot Put: 4. DeJuan Jones, Elida
Girls
2. Ottawa-Glandorf 68, 4. Van Wert 38, 15. St. Marys 17.5, 30. Bath 4
State Qualifiers:
100 meter Dash: 1. Kendra Deerhing, Van Wert
4×200 Meter Relay: 2. Van Wert, 3. Ottawa-Glandorf
4×100 Meter Relay: 1. Van Wert, 4. Ottawa-Glandorf
400 meter Dash: 1. Alexa Fortman, Ottawa-Glandorf
200 meter Dash: 2. Syerra Greber, St. Marys; 4. Kendra Deerhing, Van Wert
4×400 Meter Relay: 1. Ottawa-Glandorf
Pole Vault: 3. Lily Haselman, Ottawa-Glandorf
800 meter Run: 1. Alexa Fortman, Ottawa-Glandorf; 4. Corinne Closson, Ottawa-Glandorf
4×800 Meter Relay: 1. Ottawa-Glandorf
2023 WBL Baseball All-League Teams
WBL Player of the Year: Grant Jolly – Wapakoneta
WBL Coach of the Year: Jason Brandt – Wapakoneta
1st Team
Grant Jolly – 10 – Wapakoneta
David Jimenez – 12 – Defiance
Blaine Albright – 12 – Bath
Taylor Echols – 11 – Wapakoneta
Bradyn Shaw – 12 – Defiance
Tyler Frederick – 12 – Defiance
Aidan Kiessling – 12 – Defiance
Landon Brandt – 12 – Wapakoneta
TJ Stoller – 12 – Van Wert
Nick Steinbrunner – 10 – Celina
2nd Team
Joel Kogge – 10 – St. Marys
Jarron Willoby – 12 – Kenton
Gavino Gomez – 12 – Defiance
Jacob Kaiser – 10 – St. Marys
Skyler Lhamon – 11 – Bath
Chase Sunderland – 12 – Shawnee
Kaden Moore – 11 – Wapakoneta
Derek Lyons – 11 – Shawnee
Carter Duling – 12 – Ottawa-Glandorf
Brice Engle – 12 – Elida
3rd Team
Brylen Parker – 11 – Van Wert
Max Baumstark – 11 – Celina
Grady Kleman-Beazley – 10 – Kenton
AJ Dieringer – 12 – St. Marys
Sage Ebling – 12 – Shawnee
Brady Kirk – 12 – Elida
Brayden Sullivan – 12 – St. Marys
Zander Jones – 11 – Celina
Ryan Price – 11 – Wapakoneta
Conner Loughrie – 12 – Van Wert
Honorable Mention
Quintin Collins – 11 – Bath
Carver Harris – 11 – Celina
Kasey Gross – 9 – St. Marys
Austin West – 12 – Wapakoneta
Seth Leffler – 11 – Kenton
Ty Buckland – 12 – Ottawa-Glandorf
Camden Howard – 12 – Elida
Jaden Wheeler – 12 – Shawnee
Jackson Walter – 12 – Defiance
Kaden Shaffer – 11 – Van Wert