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Celina Beats Shawnee

(2-3-12) The Bulldogs picked up a WBL win over Shawnee 73 to 62 at the Fieldhouse.

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Van Wert Nips Celina

Bulldogs lose a tough one to Van Wert 63 to 61 at the Fieldhouse in WBL action.

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DIVING DOGS at WBL Championship!

by Dan Otten

Thursday, January 26 the Western Buckeye League began competition in the 2011-12 Swimming and Diving Championship Meet, with the Boys and Girls Diving event. The Celina Diving Dog contingent, year in and year out one of the best in the WBL, once again demonstated its depth and talent. By evening's end the Ladies tallied 45 points to lead the Girls 'team' standings, while the Boys totaled 49 to top the Boys standings. Celina's Girls placed 2-3-4-6, with Boys taking 1-3-4-5.

Collen Byer led the way for the Diving Dogs as he picked up an individual WBL Championship. Collen amassed 387.25 points in the 11-dive format. Tye Spengler, Charlie Folk, and Leyton Schoen followed with 3rd, 4th, and 5th place results respectively. The Ladies were headed by the Runner-Up finish of Dethora Hasenjager. Dethora totaled 282.90 points to capture the silver medal. Right behind, in the 3rd, 4th, and 6th spots were Diving Dogs Olivia Schlotterer, Julia Folk and Claire Schmitmeyer.

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'Senior' Night is a WINNER for Waterdogs!

Story by Dan Otten -

Saturday evening (1-7-12) eleven 'senior' members of the Celina Waterdog program were recognized during the annual Celina/Coldwater/Ft Recovery/St Marys quad meet, held at the Auglaize/Mercer County YMCA. SENIORS Andrea Bell, Lizz Carr, Matt Feltz, Hannah Fleck, Justin Green, Dethora Hasenjager, Peyton Jones, Alex Parker, Claire Schmitmeyer, Leyton Schoen, and Tye Spengler all contributed to the Girls and Boys Waterdog victory. The Ladies tallied 236 points to St Marys' 100, Coldwater's 87, and Ft Recovery's 9 while the Guys amassed 191.5 to outdistance St Marys' 89, Ft Recovery's 78.5, and Coldwater's 42. CHS took first 16 of the 24 events, with 13 runner-up finishes.

The Bulldog swimmers and divers won all 6 relays, taking 1-2 in four of them. Individually Paige Dorsten touched first twice, winning the shortest and longest races of the evening, the 50 and 500 freestyles. Other winning Dogs were Hannah Fleck (200 free), Matt Feltz (200 free), Collen Byer (dive), Peyton Jones (100 fly), Andrea List (100 free), Mason Miller (100 free), Kaysn Fishbaugh (500 free), and Kandace Eichenauer (100 breast). Second place points were earned by Tye Spengler (dive), Michaela Wenning (100 fly), Maddy Weininger (100 free), Brooke Mertz (500 free), Holly Thobe (100 back), Lizz Carr (100 breast), and Matt Feltz (100 breast).

Next up...Celina is co-host of the Celina/Wapakoneta Invitational which will be staged on Saturday, Jan 14 at the Auglaize/Mercer County YMCA. Start time is 1:00.

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Waterdogs vs South Adams (Boys / Girls) and St Henry (Girls).

(1-3-12) - By Dan Otten For the second day in a row the Celina Waterdogs crossed the Ohio/Indiana boarder for competition. On Tuesday, Jan 3, Berne was the destination and South Adams was the opponent. St Henry, OH brought a 5-girl contingent to also compete. CHS returned to the Buckeye State on the winning side of the ledger. The Men defeated SA 167-87, while the Ladies outpointed SA and St Henry. CHS's Swimmin' Women tallied 157 to SA's109 and St Henry's 36. Wins were plentiful as the Bulldogs won 19 of the 24 events. All six celina Relays touched first. Double winners include Mason Miller (100 free and 100 back), Peyton Jones (50 free and 500 free), Kandace Eichenauer (200 free and 500 free), and Matt Feltz (200 IM and 100 fly). Tyus Temple (200 free), Taylor Schenking (50 free), Julia Folk (dive), Collen Byer (dive), and Michaela Wenning (100 free) also won events.

Next up for the Waterdogs...Saturday, January 7, at the Auglaize/Mercer County YMCA in the annual Celina/Coldwater/St Marys 'Senior Night' extravaganza with a 5:00 PM start time.

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Celina Loses Tourney Championship Game In OT

(12-30-11) - Celina lost to Columbus Bishop Ready at the Fieldhouse 53-47.

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Celina Moves Into Tourney Championship Game

(12-29-11) - Celina beat Greenville at the Fieldhouse 67-49. Celina will play tomorrow night for the tournament championship.

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Celina Beats Linden McKinley At The Fieldhouse

(12-9-11) - Celina beat Canton Linden McKinley 74 to 67 at the Fieldhouse.

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Waterdogs split tri meet with Ottawa-Glandorf and St Marys

Saturday evening the Celina Waterdogs hosted Western Buckeye League foes Ottawa-Glandorf and St Marys in tri meet action. The Auglaize/Mercer County YMCA was the site of the competitive contest. By meet's end, it was OG's 'team' depth that was the difference. Although the Waterdogs won 10 of the 24 events (to Ottawa's 8 and St Marys' 6), the OG Women amassed 148 points to Celina's 130 and St Marys' 49 while the OG Men tallied 131, to Celina's 127, and St Marys' 57.

Earning first place points for Matt May's Waterdogs were double winners Kandace Eichenauer and Matt Feltz. Kandace touched first in the 500 free and 100 breast. Matt won the 200 free and 100 fly. Brooke Mertz won her specialty, the 50 free, Collen Byer the boys dive and Tyus Temple the 500 free. Three Bulldog relays took the top spot; the Girls medley and 200 free as well as the Boys medley. Second place results came from Alex Parker (girls 200 free and 100 fly), Kasyn Fishbaugh (boys 50 free and 100 breast), Dethora Hasenjager (girls dive), Tyus Temple (boys 200 IM), Leyton Schoen (boys dive), Lucas Goodwin (100 free), Peyton Jones (100 back) and the Girls 400 free relay.

Next up...at the Napoleon Invitational on Saturday, December 10.

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Lima Sr Beats Celina At The Fieldhouse

(12-3-11) - Lima Sr handed Celina it's first loss of the season 89 to 84 at the Fieldhouse.

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LCC Leaving NWC

2011 All-Northwest District Boys Soccer Team

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Celina's Tournament Trail Ends

(11-3-11, Ontario, Ohio) -Celina lost in three straight sets to St. Francis De Sales (Powell 2 District Winner) in DII Regional Volleyball play, 14-25, 15-25, and 17-25.

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Celina Beats Eastwood In Tournament Action

Northwest Ohio Division II Distric Volleyball match between the Celina Lady Dogs and the Eastwood Eagles. Celina defeated Eastwood in 4 games. Eastwood won the first set 26-24. Celina won the next 3 sets 25-22, 25-22, and 25-15. Celina will play the winner of Wapak vs Napoleon game on Saturday October 29 at 6:00 p.m. at Liberty-Benton.

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All League Boys Soccer Western Buckeye League - 2011

2011 WBL Player of the Year

First Team
Garrett Renner – Bath
Sam Best – Bath
Chad Braun – Celina
Doug Herret – Defiance
Brennan Brown – St. Marys
Zack Wilker – St. Marys
T. J. Metzger – Ottawa Glandorf
Matthew Kaufman – Ottawa Glandorf
Tim Taviano – Shawnee
Andy Faller – Wapakoneta
Joe Moonshower – Van Wert
Trey Bowman – Elida

Second Team
Logan Rockhold – Bath
Logan Laux – Celina
Jordan Tobias – Defiance
Caleb Markward – Van Wert
Joe Burnett – Elida
Josh Thomas – Shawnee
Colin Mankin – Wapakoneta
Conner Rockhold – Bath
Danny Warner - Kenton
Ryan Wilker – St. Marys
Eric Beckman – Ottawa Glandorf
Mathias Klausing – Ottawa Glandorf

Third Team
Scott Moeder – Celina
Collin Roll – Kenton
Matt Lemmerman – St. Marys
Corey Nedderman – St. Marys
Nate Schmiedebusch – Ottawa Glandorf
Joey Jose – Wapakoneta

Honorable Mention
Joey Hurless – Van Wert
Nate Brickner – Ottawa Glandorf
Derek Smith – Shawnee
Cameron Deardoff – Kenton
Will Hinegardner – Wapakoneta
Mark Clellan – Defiance
Michael Carman – Bath
Brock Schmidt – Celina
Spencer Sciranka – Elida
Luke Leffel – St. Marys

All League Girls Soccer - Western Buckeye League 2011

Player of the Year

First Team
Kaitlyn O’Connor – Shawnee
Jamie James – St. Marys
Taylor Guingrich – Celina
Taylor Dackin – Bath
Shannon Boroff – Elida
Breann Schroeder – Ottawa Glandorf
Kristen Vehorn – St. Marys
Alyssa Manley – Bath
Terrill Webb – Kenton
Emily Wolery – Shawnee
Kaitlynn Gronas – Shawnee
Alexis Osting – Ottawa Glandorf

Second Team
Mackenzie Welker – Celina
Lindsey Hall – Elida
Brooke Zynda – Ottawa Glandorf
Britt Lauck – Shawnee
Molly Albert – St. Marys
Katie Schlegel – Defiance
Mallory McDevitt – Wapakoneta
Katie Dackin – Bath
Beth Parker – Celina
Ashleigh Falk – St. Marys
Ashley Knippen – Wapakoneta

Third Team
Meghan Collins – Bath
Megan Hoehn – Ottawa Glandorf
Asher Roberts – Shawnee
Molly Hertenstein – St. Marys
Alex Parker – Celina
Lexi Mills – Celina
Allison Whitaker – Kenton
Eryn Porter – Defiance
Jenn Eilerman – Elida
Amanda Clay – Van Wert
Sarah Lawrence – Wapakoneta

Honorable Mention
Sara Lininger – St. Marys
Hannah Hulbert – Van Wert
Ashley Fogle – Defiance
Ali Manley – Bath
Audrey Miller – Kenton
Jena Wensole – Elida
Sara Warner – Wapakoneta
Victoria Beverly – Shawnee
Kelsey Hoehn – Ottawa Glandorf
Georgi  Zizelman - Celina

WESTERN BUCKEYE LEAGUE ALL-LEAGUE VOLLEYBALL – 2011

FIRST TEAM
Liz Brock		Bath
Lizz Carr		Celina
Angie Fisher		Celina
Jenny Brown		St. Marys
Cierra Anderson		St. Marys
Katrina Meeks		Elida
Demma Strausbaugh	Defiance

Player of the Year: Angie Fisher - Celina
Coach of the Championship Team: - Carolyn Dammeyer - Celina

SECOND TEAM

Kelley Selhorst		Ottawa Glandorf
Molly Gamble		Van Wert
Sara Homan		Celina
Joni Brown		St. Marys
Amber Dickerson		Wapakoneta
Sarah Sanford		Defiance

THIRD TEAM

Kiernon Koontz		Celina
Krissy Stinebaugh	Wapakoneta
Michelle Ruhe		Ottawa Glandorf
Marianne Deppe		Bath
Marie Bertke		St. Marys
Kelsey Smith		Elida

HONORABLE MENTION

Kirsten Davis		Bath
Zoe Kriegel		Celina
Kayle Pasterz		Defiance
Aubrey Williams		Elida
Brooke Bostelman	Kenton
Jill Recker		Ottawa Glandorf
Ashley Strawn		Shawnee 
Kiley Schamp		St. Marys
Maggie Allmandinger	Van Wert
Nicole Brown		Wapakoneta

Celina Opens Sectional Volleyball Tournament with a Win

(10-18-11) - The Celina Bulldogs beat Lima Shawnee in 3 games to advance in the Div II Sectionals at Lima Senior

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MIDWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE ALL-LEAGUE VOLLEYBALL 2011

FIRST TEAM

NAME			SCHOOL		POSITION		GRADE

Macy Reigelsperger	Coldwater	MB			Soph.

Emily Kahlig		Coldwater	MB			Jr.

Claire Heitkamp		Marion Local 	RS			Jr.

Margaret Wuebker	Marion Local	MB			Sr.

Josie Winner		Marion Local	MB			Jr.

Dana Stucke		Minster		L			Sr.

Haley Dillon		New Knoxville	MH			Sr.

Bailey King		Parkway		MH			Sr.

Becca Harshman		Parkway		OH			Sr.

Katie Hoyng***		St Henry	OH			Sr.

Abby Brunswick		St Henry	S/RS			Sr.

Amanda Winner		Versailles	OH			Jr.	

***Player of the Year
Coach of the Year- 	Diana Kramer
League Champs- St Henry

SECOND TEAM

Jamie Bills		Coldwater	L		Jr.
Shelby Reindel		Delphos St.JohnsMH		Sr.
Kelsey Fiely		Ft Recovery	OH		Jr.
Kylie Kahlig		Ft Recovery	MH		Sr.
Megan Wendel		Marion Local	L		Soph.
Kassi Brown		Minster		MB		Sr.
Karli Jones		New Bremen	S		Soph.
Haley Horstman		New Knoxville	S		Soph.
Haley Burtch		Parkway		OH		Sr.
Peyton Heitkamp		Parkway		L		Sr.
Ashley Heitkamp		St Henry	OH		Sr.
Kenzie Kleinhenz	St Henry	RS		Sr.
Olivia Schlater		Versailles	L		Soph.

HONORABLE MENTION

Coldwater- Kelsey Rammel		
Delphos St John- Katrina Etzkorn	
Ft Recovery-	Erika Lennartz, Abby Backs	
Marion Local-Laura Schwieterman	
Minster-Claire McGowan		
New Bremen- Haley Moeller 	
New Knoxville-Paige Lehman, April Cain	
Parkway-Haley Roehm, Morgan Steinbrunner		
St Henry-Kylie Koesters		
Versailles-Katie Grieshop		

2011 MAC GIRLS GOLF ALL LEAGUE TEAM

1st Team:

Kelsey Koesters***	Coldwater
Kelly Mueller		Minster
Claire Fischer		Minster
Brooke Wehrkamp		Versailles
Elizabeth White		Versailles
Marissa Conrad		Minster
Jennifer Schatzer	Parkway
Margo Slonkosky		Minster
Megan Brockman		St Henry
Rachel Parker		New Bremen
Morgan Breitigam	St Henry
Danielle Cochran	Versailles	
2ND Team:

Alison Griesdorn	Coldwater
Kristen Subler		Marion Local
Emily Albers		St Henry
Elizabeth Rutschilling	Marion Local
Mindy Puthoff		Marion Local
Haley Hogenkamp		St Henry
Taylor Koesters		St Henry
Mackenzie Howell	New Bremen

Honorable Mention:	

Rachel Hedrick		Versailles
Kelsey Smith		Marion Local
Kelly Siefring		St Henry
Emily Harman		Versailles
Annie Burke		Minster
Emily Wellman		Coldwater
Morgan Homan		Coldwater
Abby Hausfeld		Minster

***Player of the Year
League Champs:		Minster
Coach of the Year:	Deb Ahrns, Minster

2011 MAC BOYS GOLF ALL LEAGUE TEAM

First Team:

Brian Schatzer***	Parkway
Darin Bergman		New Bremen
Cody Kundert		Delphos St John
Nate Clune		St Henry
Austin Fischer		Minster
Jordan Bollenbacher	Parkway
Nick Kayser		Delphos St John	
Jared Kahlig		Ft Recovery
Trevor Phlipot		Versailles
Danny Liette		Marion Local
Tyler Shreve		New Knoxville
Reggie Wendel		Marion Local

***Player of the Year
Coach of the Year-	Pete DiSalvo, Versailles
League Champs- 		Versailles

Second Team:

Brian Kremer- St Henry
Freddie Purdy- Minster
Xavier Francis – Minster
Aaron Niekamp- Versailles
Brandon Groff- Versailles
Matt Wuebker- Minster
Alex Bruggeman- Coldwater
Jake Ahrens- Versailles

Honorable Mention:
Gage Retz- Ft Recovery
Tyler Nosek- New Bremen
Eric Bergfield- Delphos St John
Alex Wilker- St Henry
Tyler Drees- Versailles
Jordan Diller- Coldwater
Alex Britton- New Bremen
Isaac Klausing- Delphos St John

Celina and Sidney Tie 1-1

9-17-11 - In non-conference girls soccer action the Bulldogs and Sidney tied 1 to 1 with Sidney.

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Celina Beats Greenville 3-1

9-10-11 - In non-conference soccer action the Bulldogs took a 3 to 1 win over Greenville.

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Celina Loses To Defiance

9-9-11 - Celina lost to Defiance 42 to 34. With the loss the Bulldogs drop to 0-2 in the WBL and 0-3 on the season.

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CLICK HERE - Coldwater's Ross Homan Cut By Vikings

Coldwater's Keith Wenning Leads Ball State To Win Over Indiana

Sophomore QB Keith Wenning threw for 173 yards and two touchdowns and added 61 more yards on the ground to help lead Ball State to a 27-20 victory over IU before 40,224 at Lucas Oil Stadium.

Fleck Wins At Westerville

(9-3-11) Celina's Hannah Fleck won the the Westerville Classic Cross Country Meet.

photo courtesy of Kristy Miller

Celina Loses To O-G On Senior Night

9-2-11 - Celina opened the WBL at home losing to O-G 34-28. With the loss the Bulldogs drop to 0-2 on the season.

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Celina's Cole Mertz Is Individual Champion At Celina Rotary

picture courtesy Kristy Miller

As a team the top '7' Bulldogs, representing the 'Celina Green' team finished 3rd overall and the 'Celina White' team, took 10th (8 points out of 7th). Findlay won with 25 points following Bryan (72 points) placing just ahead of Celina Greens's 86. The Celina 'White' had 220.

The Bulldogs were led by sophomore Cole Mertz's career fastest run for 5000-meters and earned him 'Individual honors'. Cole took the lead after the midpoint of the race and won by :04. Derek Pease sprinted past a pair of competitors in the final 150 meters top claim 4th of the 110 finishers. Zach Mitchell (26th), Jacob Gilstrap (28th), and Aaron Crites (30th) completed the Celina scoring.

Celina scored 39 points to take the Rotary Invitational title, nine fewer than runner-up Jay County's 48. Findlay took third with 82. Individually Celina did their part with 8 of the 10 CHS athletes improving times from the August 22 Mercer County meet. TheBulldogs were led by senior Hannah Fleck's season fastest run for 5000-meters. Her clocking of 19:55 earned her the title 'Individual Champion'. Andrea Bell and Jenna Coon charged to the front in the late stages to collect 3rd and 4th place points respectively. Katlin Robinson and (12th) and Holly Thobe (21st) rounded out the Celina scoring.

Celina's Mike Bath Selected As "12th Man" On Miami's offensive All-Decade Team

OXFORD, Ohio -- Miami's offensive All-Decade Team is nearly complete, but a key position--perhaps one of the most symbolic--still remains: the 12th man. After careful consideration, the fans have selected former Miami quarterback Mike Bath.

Bath played for Miami from 1998-2000, serving as the team captain in 2000. His record-breaking performances helped him earn team Most Valuable Player that the same year. During that season, he served as a mentor for then red-shirted freshman quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

Throughout the many scouting reports on Bath, coaches cited his intangibles, such as leadership, as some of the greatest they had ever seen.

During Bath's first season in 1998, he played in all 11 games, then never missed a start during the next three years. Bath's first career start was one for the ages as he led the `Hawks to an upset of 12th-ranked North Carolina. His breakout season was in 1999 when he threw for 2,525 yards and 24 touchdowns, good enough for fourth and sixth place, respectively, in Miami history.

Bath's career total offense of 7,010 yards and 49 passing touchdowns stand as the third-best marks in the long history of the RedHawks. He was the first Miami quarterback ever to surpass 6,000 yards in career passing.

After graduation, Bath stayed with his Miami family. In 2004 and 2005 he served as a graduate assistant, then became a fulltime assistant coach under Shane Montgomery from 2006 to 2008. Today, Bath is entering his first season as an assistant under head coach Don Treadwell.

Celina Wins WBL All Sports Trophy...Again

The Western Buckeye League currently awards 18 championships in 12 different sports.

This will be Celina's 14th all sports trophy and their 6th in the last 10 years.

CELINA WBL CHAMPS!

Celina Fieldhouse Floor Dedication

all pictures by Nancy Heppeard

(7-25-10 - The dedication of the Celina Fieldhouse gym floor. The court was named "Dean White Court" to honor the former Bulldog Head Basketball coach. White took Celina to there only boys HS state basketball final four back in 1972.

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In Honor of Coach John Reed...

OBITUARY - Hogenkamp Funeral Home

Coach Reed tribute by Coldwater Grads at the Scarlet & Gray Scrimmage

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CLICK HERE - Coach John Reed Caring Bridge Page

September 19, 2009 - Coldwater beat MAC rival Marion Local, 42-19

Refinishing Of The Fieldhouse Floor

looking north in the Fieldhouse

looking south in the Fieldhouse

center court

photos submitted by Kevin Mast

MAC Official Site

WBL Official Site

Now you can read Mark Purdy's sports column in the San Jose Mercury. Mark is a graduate of Celina Senior High School and is well respected all over the USA for his work.