Fall Homecoming

King and Queen Announced

By: Todd Enders

The Wynford Royals hosted the Mohawk Warriors on homecoming night defeating the Warriors 24-6. Wynford improves to  6-0 on the season and awaits the arrival of Lima Central Catholic next week.
The Royals were proud to announce the homecoming court of Brandon Shutler and Madi Schiefer, Seth Hoffman and Kenzie Kent, Hannah Crabtree and Ethan Stuckey, Grace Piatt and Zach Hoffman, and Tara Zinser and Tyler Glowaski. The student body voted Hannah Crabtree (queen) and Ethan Stuckey (king). Congratulations to Hannah and Ethan for your achievements.

2016-2017 School Year

Welcome Back!

The Wynford administration and staff would like to welcome back all students for the 2016-2017 school year.

A lot of changes have taken place this year with new staff, new classes, and policies within the school district. Many of these changes are to benefit the students that we work with every day. Please embrace these changes with open arms and lets make this school a huge success. 

Goodluck and work hard!

Go Royals!

N10 Champs

Royals Take N10 Title

By: Todd Enders

The Wynford Royals baseball team defeated the Bucyrus Redmen 6-0 on Monday evening to take an out-right Northern 10 Conference Championship. Wynford ended its regular season with a record of 13-3 in the N10 and 18-5 overall. Their only loses coming to Mohawk (4-2), Ridgedale (4-2), and Seneca East (4-2). The Royals edged out the Seneca East Tigers who finished 11-4.

The Royals go on to play for a sectional championship on Wednesday night. They will face Plymouth at Wynford with game time starting at 5 p.m.

Academic Awards

Wynford Honors Academic Students

By: Beth Heinlen

2015-2016 Senior Award Winners

Wynford High School held their 45th Academic Honors Night on Tuesday, May 10th.


The following students received special awards.





Angene Scholarship – Alyssa Harrer
Altrusa Scholarship – Aryn Copeland
Allan Reinhard Memorial Scholarship – Aryn Copeland
Archie Griffin Sportsmanship Award – Margaret Willford & Qyenton Stone
Lt. J.G. Donald Powers Memorial Scholarship – Aryn Copeland
Bev Hemm Athletic Boosters Scholarship – Alyssa Harrer & Nathan Sparks
Crawford College Connection Scholarships – Alexis Phonchone, Michaela Lloyd,
Kaleigh Swalley, Aryn Copeland & Jennifer Brown
Barb Levering Memorial Scholarship – Alyssa Harrer
Harold & Dorothy Ross Scholarship – Michaela Lloyd
Karl Dilley Scholarship – Jennifer Brown
Larry Schiefer Memorial Scholarship – Aryn Copeland
Daryl Stucky Memorial Scholarship – Loagan Neal
The Mohr Family Scholarship – Alex Crall
Holmes Liberty Alumni Association Scholarship – Eric Thomas
Jeanne Miller Scholarship – Kaleigh Swalley
Crawford County Sports Hall of Fame Scholarship – Alex Crall
Santek Environmental Scholarship – Tony Watson
Dustin Stover Memorial Scholarship – Michaela Lloyd
Pioneer Career & Technology Center – Emilee Hoover
Abby Snyder Memorial Scholarship/New Vision FM – Mary Shuck
Wyandot County 4-H – The I & D Schoenberger Scholarship – Lena Stiles
Wyandot County Young Professionals – Aryn Copeland
Wyandot Sports Hall of Fame – Nathan Sparks
Wynford Academic Boosters – Alyssa Harrer, Carlee Leonhardt & Nathan Sparks
Wynford PTO Scholarship – Aryn Copeland & Kaleigh Swalley
Luther Lust Education Scholarship – Aryn Copeland, Alyssa Harrer & Carlee Leonhardt
Ohio Mutual Insurance Scholarship – Nathan Sparks
OHSAA Scholar Athlete – Margaret Willford, Nathan Sparks & Tony Watson
OHSAA Courageous Student Award – Alyssa Harrer
Warpole Chapter Order of the Eastern Star – Lena Stiles
D.A.R. Winner – Annika Gerlach
Rotary 4-way Contest – Annika Gerlach
Envirothon State Participants – Ethan Stucky, Annika Gerlach, Caleb Hess,
 Luke Scott & Aaron Hand
N10 Scholar Athletes – Mackenton Johnson, Aryn Copeland, Margaret Willford, Qyenton Stone, Rhieannae Cory, Alyssa Harrer, Taylor Leonhardt, Nathan Sparks, Alexis Richardson, Maci Cooper, Alex Crall, Mallory Moore

National Honor Society – Jennifer Brown, Aryn Copeland, Rhieannae Cory, Kelsey Dunford,  Annika Gerlach, Aaron Hand, Alyssa Harrer, Connor Hickman, Mackenzie Kent, Carlee Leonhardt, Michaela Lloyd, Hayley McCoy, Loagan Neal, Sarah Ogden, Samantha Peck, Alexis Phonchone, Lynae Rausch, Alexus Ross, Kymber Sand, Grace Schiefer, Madi Schiefer, Luke Scott, Allyssa Sheets, Nathan Sparks, Hannah Underwood, Margaret Willford, Tara Zinser

Wynford Academic Fitness Award – Jennifer Brown, Rhieannae Cory, Carlee Leonhardt, Taylor Leonhardt, Loagan Neal, Adrianne Peck, Qyenton Stone, Kaleigh Swalley, Margaret Willford, Dalton Benson, Annika Gerlach, Tyler Glowaski, Conner Hickman, Kenzie Kent, Samantha Peck, Alexus Ross, Grace Schiefer, Luke Scott, Brandon Shutler, Ethan Stuckey, Hannah Underwood, Hannah Zeigler, Tara Zinser, Bailey Alspach, Brooke Bishop, Abby Cochran, Jenna Coffman, Brooklyn Gebhardt, Cole Heinlen, Victoria Hoerig, Zach Houck, Seth Karcher, Lindsay Mosley, Mark Prince, Kaytlynn Reynolds, Hannah Skinner, Wyatt Smith, Sami Strickland, Marissa Ulmer, Hannah Weithman, Jasmine Wilson, Rachel Cox, Kora Dutton, Alyssa Eckert, Zoltan Feldman, Rece Galitza, Kat Hall, Jesse Honaker, Teresa Lambert, Connor Miller, Jonathan Miller, Tyler Phelps, Caleb Rausch, Josh Rose, Emily Rudd, Noah Smith, Ryan Stevely, Kelsie Williams, Macey Zinser

On be half the administration and staff we would like to congratulate all students on earning the awards that were available.

2016 Senior Survey

Memories for Life

By: Todd Enders

Its that time of year to remember everything about your classmates.

Please complete the survey below by clicking on the link. Please do not converse with your classmates, so the survey results reflects the true memories that you have shared with your class.

2016 Senior Survey

Thanks for all the memories that the class of 2016 has given everyone at Wynford High School.

Junior High Scholar Athletes

Academic Success

By: Mr. Solis

Wynford Junior High announces spring sport scholar athletes. The criteria for the a scholar athlete is a 3.5 GPA for the third nine week grading period and currently be enrolled in five academic content areas.
In the 7th grade, we have 11 scholar athletes and overall 85% of the 7th grade participants, boys and girls, in track have achieved this recognition.

7th Grade Scholar Athletes

Front row: Thomas Rindfuss, Matthew Schiefer, Alison Gebhardt, Levi Hartschuh, Caden Pollock.

Back row: Ryan Ruth, Will Stinehelfer, Carter West, Wes Wheeler, Logan Collene, Peyton Bardon.

 In the 8th grade, we also have 11 scholar athletes and overall 65% of the 8th grade participants, boys and girls, in track have achieved this recognition.

8th Grade Scholar Athletes

Front row: Eleni Ritzler, Briley Pollock, Rylee Alspach, Emma Lohr, Kim Tuck.

Back row: Todd Chandler, Ty Flohr, Gavin Leffler, David Bils, Brady McGuire, Carson Heinlen.

Keep up the great work, and we appreciate your commitment to academic success as well as participating in a spring sport. Congratulations for this recognition.

First Grade at Div III State Tournament

Showtime!

By Nelle Nutter

After performing the Star Spangled Banner at a home Varsity Girls' Basketball game, the first graders went viral on Twitter and Facebook, and caught the attention of Jerry Snodgrass at the OHSAA.

Mr. Snodgrass contacted Mrs. Nutter to see if the group would be interested in singing at a Boys' Championship game in Columbus...and of course we said yes!

Thirty-four students loaded a bus at 7:30 to head to Columbus for a 10:45 game.  The students entered the arena in an entrance that allowed them to go straight on to the floor.  The students were amazed by the Schottenstein Center, from an adult's perspective, their pure amazement may have been the best part of the day!

The students practiced several times before finding their seats.

When it was time for the game, they marched on to the court with confidence and sang with great enthusiasm and pride in front of thousands of people!  After they performed, they took their seats and enjoyed the game.  They also took a walking tour of the Schott.

The PTO supplied students with snacks for the way to Columbus, a parent treated them all with cotton candy, the school provided lunch and the OHSAA provided tickets for the students and staff attending.

This trip would not have possible without the preparation provided by Carrie Freshour, Tracy Frombaugh, Tonya Kimmel, Sean Weisenauer, Teresa Wenner, Dawn Schaaf and of course, the students' parents!

First grade students that participated in the event were: Left to Right: Back Row: Aaron Rabun, Addie Dunford, Brooke Frombaugh, Allyson Liming, Landon Miller, Trey Johnson, Korbin Wyss, Daniel Fleming, Braxton Leeper, Zayden Reinhart, Gavin Koehler, Shilese LaFrance

Middle Row: Allie Bessinger, Evan Stacklin, Jesse Whitmeyer, Cali Weible, Daina Tate, Brooklyn Stauffer, Gwendolyn Collene, 
Gavin Cross-Tucker, Victoria Kelly, Evan Hedges

Front Row: Maggie Ridge, Kylie Harer, Brooke Schieber, Braxton Hunt, Cali Holbrook, Maddison Keaton, Hayden Langenderfer, Willa Johnson, Caroline Sheldon, Alivia Ritzler, Eli Cooper, Brennen Westrick

Presidential "March Madness"

"Presidential Madness"

By: Mr. Banta

I am conducting a simulation on presidents/presidential hopefuls in all of my classes. The main idea is to "answer" the question of how well presidents/hopefuls from different eras would do if they competed against each other in an election.  I am using the format of the March Madness Bracket to conduct this simulation.  Students will be required to complete this project in an effort to educate them about the presidency in a non-traditional manner.

I will be using the progression of the actual tournament to update the presidential bracket.
For example: George Washington is the #1 seed in the Midwest Region.  His "success" throughout the tournament will depend on the school that is actually seeded #1 in that region.

The assignment is broken into 2 parts

• Physical Bracket

1. Students will fill out the attached bracket of presidents/hopefuls, making predictions on how well each president/hopeful will progress throughout the tournament.
2. Accurately predicting the winner is not determined in the grade.

• Written Portion

1. Students will label their Final Four picks on the “Written Portion”
2. 3 facts are to be given for each Final Four pick demonstrating why that president/hopeful is worthy of becoming the “presidential champion”
3. The students will write one paragraph explaining who they picked as the “presidential champion” and why that person is worthy of beating every other president/hopeful in the tournament.

Students will update their bracket in real time during the actual tournament.  A space on the back wall of the classroom will be used to monitor the progress.

In conclusion, the intent of the project is to have students familiarize themselves with our presidents other than a face and number.

Below are Mr. Banta's recaps of each round.

Round One Recap

Round Two Recap

Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight Recap

Royals Eliminate Bucks

By Todd Enders


The Wynford Royals and the Buckeye Central Bucks squared in their third meeting of the season in the sectional championship game. The Royals caged the Bucks by maintaining controlled of entire game, winning 67-58, for the sectional title.


Wynford played extremely well as a team to get the victory. Defensively the Royals frustrated the Bucks offense holding Grant Loy to only 10 points. A very aggressive defense forced Buckeye Central out of their game plan as they trailed most of the game. It was Jacob Shade's effort that kept the Bucks in the game leading all scores on the evening with 27 points.

Offensively for the Royals, they put four players in double figures. Alex Crall had a team high 16 points while Braxton Tea added 14, Jack Reed dropped 11, and Nate Sparks muscled in 10. Coach Jason Engel said, "A great team effort was the key to defeating the Bucks tonight."

The Royals improve to 15-9 and advance on to face the No.2 seed Mansfield St Peter's in the district semifinals at Willard High School with a game time of 8 p.m.

Winter Homecoming

Winter Court Announced

By: Todd Enders

The Wynford student body voted on this years winter homecoming court. The Royals will host the Mohawk Warriors on Saturday, January 30th. Come out to support the Royals and find out who will be announced as queen during halftime of the junior varsity game. This years senior candidates from left to right are Jade Stuckman, Mallory Moore, and Katie Hoover. The remaining attendants are Tara Zinser (junior), MaKennah Allen (sophomore), and Kelsie Williams (freshman).

National Honor Society

New Members Inducted

By: Todd Enders

Last night the new members were inducted into the Wynford National Honor Society. An induction ceremony was held in the auditorium recognizing the accomplishments of these new members. Punch and cake were served following the ceremony.

2015-2016 INDUCTEES AND CURRENT MEMBERS

Row 1: Alexis Phonchone (current member), Aryn Copeland (president), Madison Schifer, Kelsey Dunford, Grace Schiefer, Hannah Underwood, Rhieannae Cory, Mackenzie Kent, Alexus Ross, Margaret Willford (treasurer), Carlee Leonhardt (current member), Alyssa Harrer (secretary). Row 2: Jennifer Brown (vice-president), Connor Hickman, Lynae Rausch, Samantha Peck, Annika Gerlach, Hayley McCoy, Allyssa Sheets, Loagan Neal. Row 3: Nathan Sparks, Kymber Sand, Sarah Ogden, Michaela Lloyd, Tara Zinser, Luke Scott, Aaron Hand.  

Varsity Football

Early Exit From Playoffs

By: Todd Enders

The Wynford Royals ran into a tough Delta Panthers team in the first round of the state playoffs losing 21-15 and exiting the playoffs earlier than antipacting. Delta's 6-4 record was no indication of a weak team. The Panthers used a steady ground attack of B. Storeholder and J. Beverly which the Royals had difficulty controlling.
The Royals got out to an early lead on a 13 yard run by Zach Hoffman and two point conversion on a trick extra point play taking an 8-0. Wynford looked as if they were going to take an early 15-0 but a block in the back penalty negated the touchdown.
The Panthers got on the board just before halftime on a 6 yard run by Storeholder and the kick after was good bringing the score to 8-7 still in favor of the Royals. Delta put together two scoring drives during the second half both by Beverly giving the Panthers a 21-8 lead. Beverly's second score came after the Royals gave Delta a second chance on a face mask penalty on strong goal line stand.

Wynford would not give up. With roughly 8:00 left in the game, the Royals got good field position after the kick off and took the ball down the field and scored. Hoffman's 7 yard run brought the Royals to within seven at 21-15 with 6:49 left to play.
A strong defensive stand by the Royals gave them an opportunity to tie the game. With no time outs left and time ticking away, an interception ended the Royals playoff dreams. Wynford's season comes to an end with an impressive 9-2 record and another N10 championship.

Happy Halloween

Wynford Staff Shows Halloween Spirit

Wynford Volleyball

Equally Matched Teams Collide

By: Todd Enders

 Two equally matched teams, the Wynford Royals (14-10) and the Gibsonburg Golden Bears
(14-9), collided in round one of the sectional tournament. It was evident on the talents of each teams players with the match going five games.
Each player did not want this to be the last game of the year with every match being a battle to the end. The Royals used 61 kills, 14 aces, and 8 blocks as they traded points with Gibsonburg during each match. The Royals came out on top winning the match 3-2 with the scores of 23-25, 30-28, 25-23, 25-27, and 15-13.
The Royals will need an excellent effort like this evenings as they travel to Huron on Saturday night to face the talented Huron Tigers (15-7) in the sectional championship game at 6:30.

Homecoming Festivities

Powder Puff Football / Bonfire

By: Todd Enders


A yearly tradition was brought back to the Wynford student body in the powder puff football game. The girls in grades 9-12 had the opportunity to take part in a game of flag football. The football players were the coaches, referees, and cheerleaders, that sure was a site to see. The senior and sophomore girls teamed up against the junior and freshmen girls. The juniors and freshmen got off to an early lead, but the seniors and sophomores were not going to let that affect them.  A 20-0 lead ended up in a 20-14 win for the underclassmen.

After the game, the attendees and others proceeded over to the high school for the bonfire and continued supporting the homecoming activities. The band and cheerleaders played and cheered as the fire glowed red hot. We would like to thank the Holmes Township Volunteer Fire Department for keeping the fire under control.

Please come out and support the Wynford football team on Friday night as they host the Seneca East Tigers in the homecoming game. Also, the 2015 Fall Homecoming king and queen will be crowned, and the 2005 football team will be recognized.

Homecoming Court Announced

Fall Homecoming

By: Todd Enders

The Wynford student body selected their homecoming court this past week. The Royals will host the Seneca East Tigers on Friday night were a king and queen will be crowned. 

The attendants were nominated by which specific club, organization, or sport they participated in. Our attendants are as follows:

Jennifer Brown - National Honor Society

Matt Hall - Cross Country

Alyssa Harrer - Student Council

James Ort - FFA

Mallory Moore - Volleyball

Alex Crall - Basketball

Maci Cooper - Basketball

Nate Sparks - Football

Jade Stuckman - Yearbook

Josh Gregory - Yearbook

Wynford Football

Royals Plow Eagles

By: Todd Enders

On a wet and windy night, the Wynford Royals defeated the Colonel Crawford Eagles 41-14 and remained in control of the Iron Plow Trophy. Each schools FFA organization came up with the idea 2 years ago and it has become a tradition during the rivalry. Wynford improves to 2-1 while the Eagles fall to 2-1 taking their first defeat of the season. 

The Royals were lead by an impressive ground attack with Zach Hoffman and Nick Looker leading the way with a combined total of 289 rushing yards. Hoffman was the leading rusher with 176 yards while Looker added 113 yards. Wynford's 6 scores were all rushing with 3 each by Hoffman and Looker. Hoffman also contributed 4 of 7 passing on the wet evening for 102 yards.

The first quarter looked as if the game was going to be a close match up between the rivalries. The Royals got on the board first scoring quickly on a 15 yard run by Hoffman after the Eagles fumbled on their first possession. Colonel Crawford came right back scoring on their next possession making it 7-7.

The Eagles stopped the Royals on 4th and short and connected on a 10 yard pass play to increase their lead to 14-7. This was the last of the Eagles scoring on the night. The Royals defense was just to much for the Eagles. Wynford managed to tie the game at 14-14 before half with 4 seconds remaining on a 6 yard run by Looker.

The Royals offensively plowed through the Eagles defense in the second half and held Crawford to just 9 total yards offense.

This was a great victory for the Royals and they will host the Carey Blue Devils Friday night on senior night.

Fall Scholar Athletes

The following student-athletes earned scholar athlete honors for Wynford. They all earned a 3.5 GPA or above during the 4th quarter of the 2014-15 school year. Congratulations to all on your efforts in the classroom and in your athletic sport.

Junior High

Back row: Briley Pollock, Hannah Messmer, Addie Wood, Hailey King, Rylee Alspach. Front row: David Bils, Thomas Kurek, Carson Heinlen, Brady McGuire.  

Cheerleading

Brooke Bishop, Hannah Underwood, Hannah Zeigler, Taylor Leonhardt, Shannon Crabtree, Kennedy Teynor.

Football

Front row: Wyatt Smith, Cole Heinlen, Zack Houck, Qyenton Stone, Sierra Richardson. Back row: Zach Hoffman, Brandon Shutler, Tyler Glowaski, Dylan McLaughhlin, Dalton Benson Seth Hoffman.

Volleyball
Rhieannae Cory, Gabby Grove, Eleni Smock, Tara Zinser, Maci Cooper, Jenna Coffman, Bailey Alspach

Golf
Brooklyn Gebhardt, Mackenton Johnson, Jack Reed, Sarah Ogden, Annika Gerlach

Cross Country
Front row: Madi Schiefer, Hannah Weithman. Back row: Seth Karcher, Nate Weithman

New School Year

The start of the 2015-2016 school year is under way at Wynford.  The high school and junior high students rolled into the building full of excitement and were ready for some changes. New faces and and the changing of internal positions have made the administration and staff happy with how smoothly the year has begun.  The new faces that have contributed to the staff and the smooth running of year are Andrew Amlin (social studies), Jamee Burke (special education), and Jason Engel (physical education and health).  Internally there were some changes with administration. Chris Solis moved from athletic director to junior high principal and Tim Ehresman took the role as athletic director. Everyone on the Wynford staff is looking forward to working with your child and making this a successful year.

Girls Varsity Basketball

Girls Start Tournament with Win

By: Todd Enders

The Wynford Lady Royals started sectional play with a victory over the Western Reserve Roughriders, 51-39. The first quarter found each team dealing with some early tournament play jitters and getting the feel of each others style of play. Ending the first quarter in a 10-10 tie. The Royals had a strong second quarter led by Mallory Moore as she hit three straight 3-point field goals giving the Royals a 21-14 lead. The strong outside shooting and an aggressive full court press gave the Royals a 30-16 halftime lead.
Western Reserve continued to hang around during the second half not allowing Wynford to increase their lead and continue with the momentum from the first half. The Roughriders cut the Royals lead to within eight with 3:00 left in the fourth quarter, but Wynford held on to advanced to the next round of sectional play.  The Royals were lead by Alyssa Harrer's, 15, and Sarah Ogden's and Mallory Moore's, 12. Western Reserve was led by Brooke Buckannon's 14.
Wynford improves to 14-7 on the year and returns to Shelby High School on Saturday night to take on Ashland Crestview at 6:15 p.m.