Knights tennis team scales new heights with win over Blue Devils
The West Holmes tennis team could definitely get used to the idea of breaking their own team records on an annual basis. West Holmes had a chance to put themselves in a place no other Knights tennis team could claim on Thursday, May 9 at West Holmes, and did so in fine fashion. With a record winning percentage on the line, the Knights stepped up and delivered, one by one, well, except for the...
Knights double their fun at Sectionals
Much like Noah, the West Holmes Knights are sending tennis players on to District play two-by-two. Four members of the West Holmes Knights tennis team will be making the trek to Athens Saturday, May 25, to participate in the District tennis meet. For West Holmes, the doubles team of Danny Nelson and Nate Ewing, who excelled at first and second singles respectively this season, teamed up to make...
Building blocks Improving Lady Knights get better each game
Despite the 6-14 record for the West Holmes Lady Knights softball team, there is no doubt that from the beginning of the season until now, the last couple games of the season, they have improved by leaps and bounds. Four of the six wins came against Ohio Cardinal Conference foes and two wins came against locals Garaway and Hiland. Although West Holmes didnt play perfectly in those games, they...
Strong effort leads Lady Knights to win at Hilliard Bradley Track Invite
The West Holmes Lady Knights dont seem to care who their competition is this season. West Holmes took on a much bigger field of teams at the Hilliard Bradley Track Invitational Saturday, May 11, and walked, or rather ran, away with a first-place finish in a 15 team field that featured a ton of talent. West Holmes took first with a 103-point effort, which was enough to edge past New Albany...
Lady Knights punched out of Sectionals with 6-1 loss to River View
The West Holmes Lady Knights softball team had a large task taking on the state-ranked River View Lady Black Bears in the opening Sectional game in Warsaw on Monday, May 13.Even though the Lady Knights have been playing much better lately, they were not able to get the bats going against River View starting pitcher Taylor Spang.Spang struck out 14 West Holmes hitters en route to a dominating...
Rachelle Morrison receives pinnacle honor with Academic All-Ohio award
The 2012-2013 basketball season was full of honors and achievements for Rachelle Morrison. The feisty guard parlayed a great work ethic and a full complement of skills into a season in which she helped the West Holmes Lady Knights to the Div. II State finals for the second straight season. But while the Sports Wall of Fame at West Holmes is lined with All-Ohioans, Morrison recently joined a...
DeWitt honored to receive Academic All-Ohio award
Neil Armstrong knows what it is like to be the first man to step on the moon.Charles Lindbergh is well known for being the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.Michael DeWitt now knows a first, too.While it may not stand out among national lore, what DeWitt did accomplish this past winter with the West Holmes Knights basketball team is something that should be hailed by all throughout...
Hawks prove mettle in finals loss to Tigers
Its been a tumultuous season for the Hiland softball team, one that has been both challenging and disappointing. Sporting only four wins on the campaign, the season ended as it began, with a loss. But if you go beyond the win/loss column, the results were completely different. Because the team that pushed powerhouse Strasburg to the brink in a 3-1 Sectional final defeat would never be...
A six pitch game and a rebound win for Hawks
Most high school baseball games last about two hours. When Hiland hosted Ridgewood on Tuesday, May 7, the first game of a double-header lasted all of six pitches.In a game which began earlier in the season but was halted due to rain, Ridgewood set up camp at Hiland with a runner on second in the bottom of the seventh and one out.In a game which carried some huge implications as to who will...