Ottoville does it with class and character
March 19, 2007Sports
OTTOVILLE — Welcome home, Lady Green. It was a county-wide show of appreciation and support. Sirens screaming, lights flashing and horns blaring, signaling the arrival of Continue »

Ottoville’s defense dooms Lady Panthers
March 12, 2007Sports
Ottoville rolled to a 53-37 victory in the Division IV regional finals Saturday evening at the Elida Fieldhouse.

Lady Green’s defense stifles Liberty Center
March 9, 2007Sports
Ottoville had cruised through three previous tournament games with stellar defensive efforts but the Liberty Center Lady Tigers, at 18-5, appeared to be a formidable foe, having held tournament opponents to under 32 points per game and playing their best basketball at just the right time of the season.

Defense keys Lady Green district title
March 5, 2007Sports
The Lady Green used its tenacious defense and strong free-throw shooting to down the Lady Knights 47-31.

Lady Green survives Musketeers’ scare
February 26, 2007Sports
There was one large sigh of relief from the Ottoville contingent Saturday night at Wayne Trace high school after the Division IV sectional championship game that featured Fort Jennings and its PCL rival, the Lady Green.

Big Green boys run table for PCL title
February 19, 2007Sports
At 0-18, the Vikings appeared to be the perfect host for the Big Green Saturday evening. Any thoughts of a Leipsic magical upset on Senior Night and/or Ottoville looking past the Vikings were quickly dispelled.

Ottoville girls survive in OT
February 16, 2007Sports
A good tuneup for the Ottoville Lady Green, finishing 10th in the final Division 4 poll and a share of the Putnam County League crown; the host Elida Lady Bulldogs appeared to be the perfect opponent at the Elida Fieldhouse Thursday evening in a makeup game.

Lady Green wears down Pilots by 23
February 13, 2007Sports
OTTOVILLE — Someone needed to inform Ayersville that Senior Night at the L. W. Heckman Gymnasium was not for their seniors — it was intended Continue »

Lady Green wears down Pilots by 23
February 13, 2007Sports
Someone needed to inform Ayersville that Senior Night at the L. W. Heckman Gymnasium was not for their seniors — it was intended to celebrate the Lady Big Green seniors Monday evening in a makeup affair between the visiting Lady Pilots (9-9) and the hosts.

Lady Green seals PCL title tie
February 6, 2007Sports
The ingredients for winning a Putnam County League girls basketball championship game is a simple one.

Great start keys Lady Green by Musketeers
January 26, 2007Sports
In the second meeting of the season for these two backyard foes, Fort Jennings and Ottoville had two missions. One, the Lady Musketeers had hopes of avenging an earlier season loss to the Lady Green; two, they wanted to even their PCL record at 3-3. On the other hand, Ottoville was looking to erase a tough loss to state-ranked Minster last Saturday (35-32), as well as stay on the heels of Leipsic in the PCL race.

Lady Green defense stifles Rockets 50-15
January 17, 2007Sports
Tuesday night’s Putnam County League matchup between the visiting Ottoville Lady Green and host Pandora-Gilboa Lady Rockets was a battle to stay one game back of the league-leading Leipsic Lady Vikings.

Ottoville sinks Lady Pirates
January 12, 2007Sports
Two girls cage teams with identical 9-2 overall records and 2-1 in Putnam County League met up at Heckman Gymnasium Thursday night.