The Kenton Wildcats knocked down 13 three-pointers en route to a 66-30 win over Celina Friday in Western Buckeye League play. Winners of five straight, Kenton is now 6-2 overall and 2-0 in the WBL. Celina is now 0-5 overall and 0-2 in the league. Bryce Ellis led all players with 15 points for the Cats while Reed Cook scored 14 and Jacob Eversole added 11. Quinn Andrew had 11 points to pace Celina. Ellis was named the Ace Hardware […]
Celina pulled ahead with a 3 point shot with under a minute left to defeat the Kenton Lady Wildcats 48-41. The Cats were led by Jenna Manns with 14 points. Lindsey Smith had 9 while Sidney Plott and Kenzie Bays each had 7. Celina was led by Taylor Klingshirn with 15 points. Maria Lutz had 10 points while Emma Horman had 7 points and Carly Eichler had 6.
Kenton grapplers dropped their first dual meet of the season against the visiting Celina Bulldogs 48-18 Thursday. The still injury plagued Wildcats only won three matches against a big Celina team. Carter Bays keeps a great start to the season going with a pinfall at 1:22 over 160 pound Bulldog wrestler A. Kundtz. Ethan Manns (170 lbs) coming off of a shoulder injury a week ago pins B. Mullins at the 3:05 mark in the second period. Noah Eikenbary (285 […]
The Kenton Middle School wrestlers grabbed five wins Thursday night in a dual meet against Celina. Unfortunately, it was not enough as the wildcats fell to Bulldogs 25-58 in the dual meet. Karson Davis (98 lbs), Anthony Hunt (110 lbs), Landen Elliott (122 lbs) and Tim Wilkinson (172 lbs) all won their matches and Eli Kauble (245 lbs) picked up a win by forfeit. Kenton won four of the nine contested matches. Davis and Hunt pinned their opponents for the […]
The Kenton Youth Wrestling Team traveled to St. Marys on Sunday, Dec. 15th to compete in an eight team MVKWA mini-meet. Kids are paired up into 4-man round robin groups by age and weight. Kenton sent forty-two wrestlers who competed against kids from Wapakoneta, Elida, Dephos Tri-County, Lima Central Catholic, Ottawa Glandorf, Cory Rawson and the host St. Marys. Twelve wildcat wrestlers came home undefeated and placed 1st in their group. Leading the team was Isaiah Mundy (10 yr old […]
The Kenton Lady Wildcats defeated Riverdale 53-32 over the weekend. The Cats used a strong 3rd quarter to top the Falcons. Lindsey Smith was the leading scorer for the Cats with 16 points. Kenzie Bays had 14 and Sid Plott added 10. Riverdale was led by Reagan Mckinnis and Lanie Howell with 8 points each. The 2 quarter JV game was won by Kenton 33-13.
The injury plagued Wildcat Grapplers pull out a 10th place finish after losing Ethan Manns and Jayson Dyer do to injuries at the tournament. Noah Eikenbary and Aaron set out the tournament do to injuries against the Bath Wildcats the previous week. (in picture: : Carter Bays in Championship round against Daniel Smith of Monroeville. Carter Lost by a 3-8 regular decision) Carter Bays a #2 seed tops the wildcats chart with a 2nd place finish. Bays (160 lbs) […]
The Kenton Middle School Wrestling team finished strong with 167 team points in the Allen East Tournament on Saturday placing 7th out of nineteen teams. Six wildcats placed in their weight classes. Anthony Hunt (110 lbs), Landon Dillard (128 lbs) and Tim Wilkinson were all runner-ups for the tournament just coming short in their finals match-up. Karson Davis placed 4th in the 92 lb weight class. Landon Elliott (122 lbs) placed 5th and Kade Smith finished 6th. Kenton faces Celina […]
The Kenton Wildcats rallied past Riverdale for a 45-43 victory in boys basketball action Saturday. Coby Miller hit a baseline jumper with a minute to play to give Riverdale a 43-41 lead, but Jayden Cornell drained a three-pointer with 17.3 seconds left to put the Wildcats on top 44-43. After Riverdale (4-2) misfired on its ensuing possession, Kenton rebounded and Cornell was fouled. The Kenton junior, who scored Kenton's last nine points, split a pair of free throws to make […]
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