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Mississinawa SR RB Bryce Watson 2nd effort breaks plain for a score.  The Hawks beat the Blazers for the first time since 2019.  (Barger photo)

NEW PARIS -  Mississinawa Valley held on for a 20-13 win at National Trail.  It marks their first win over the Blazers since 2019 when the Blackhawks made the football playoffs.

Their 3-0 start in WOAC play is the best since the league started 5 years ago and the most wins in the league in a single season.

If you were a spectator and arrived late, no worries most of the action took place at the end the first half and late in the game.

Both teams traded long possessions in the first quarter without scoring as National Trail on 4^th down at the 37-yard line had a bad snap to the QB that gave the Blackhawks good field position to start their second drive. 

They would capitalize advancing the ball to the 11-yard line just before the 1^st quarter ended. Senior running back Bryce Watson started the 2^nd quarter off scoring on a 2-yard run with extra effort and junior kicker Ian Tojosemito kicked the extra point for a 7-0 lead.

Soph Talon Bousman makes a great catch to set-up National Trail's 1st score of game. (Barger photo)

National Trail was able to answer the score with one of their own.  After a couple of nice plays that included converting on fourth down twice on their next possession.  A pass over the middle for a first down to Talon Bousman to 21, then again on fourth down, sitting in at quarterback was Aiden Martin who faked a pass, then sprinted to his right and cut back to the middle for a 15-yard TD.  The extra point kick from senior Jacob Farno tied the game 7-7.

Aiden Martin fakes a pass, then tucked it and ran it for a 15 yards TD. (Barger photo)

Both teams would trade a possession before the Blackhawks got the ball near their own 40-yard line with time dwindling down in the first half. They dodged a bullet on a near interception by Grady Ott as Bryce Watson moved the Hawks into the red zone on a 55-yard run down to the 10-yard line.

The run gave them a couple of shots of getting into the endzone and with 12.5 second to go Spradling threw one up into the corner for Kyle Wehrkamp who was triple covered, he won the jump ball somehow coming away with it for a 10-yard TD giving Mississinawa a 14-7 lead heading into the break.

Kyle Wehrkamp wins the jump ball in triple coverage to end the first half with a TD for Mississinawa.  (Barger photo)

Mississinawa Valley 1^st year coach Brandon Williams wanted to get the ball to his senior playmaker in that situation and made the call on the scoring TD just before the half ended.

“The play call was just getting Kyle wide and throw it up to him. You know, he's a great athlete and we just like to get the ball in his hands as much as possible,”

There was no score in the third quarter, but Mississinawa was on the move early in the 4^th quarter into the red zone looking to score again.

With the Blazers back against the wall they thwarted multiple passes thrown into the end zone denying a back breaking score and took over on downs where they would quickly turn the tables on Mississinawa.

Jody Wintrow came up with a couple big runs and TD in the 4th quarter to bring the Blazers to within a point trailing 14-13.  (Barger photo)

On the next play Trail was ignited on a 55-yard run from Jody Wintrow and then a few short plays later he culminated their climatic response on a five-yard TD run.

The Blazers weren't looking for the tie and decided to go for a two-point conversion, but Colton Hiestand and Ty Houser came up with a big stop to keep the Hawks in front 14-13 with 8:55 to go in the 4^th quarter

Mississinawa looked like they had the perfect response as Spradling hit Wehrkamp in the flat and he went for what appeared to be an 80-yard touchdown only to see it called back on an illegal shift.

National Trail would get their shot for a possible go ahead score ... but Mississinawa held strong and nearly intercepted a pass on 4^th down at midfield, instead they took over on downs at the 31-yard line with 3:35 to go in the game.

The Hawks tried milking each play to run clock but eventually scored on an 11-yard run by Caleb Spradling with 1:17 to go but they would miss the extra point and the score was 20-13.

The question then was did they score to early and after missing the extra point did they leave the door open for National Trail?

Mississinawa squib kicked the ball to midfield and Trail would strike on the first play a 35-yard shoestring catch by Josh Brinkley had them in Blackhawk territory.

If it worked once do it again, and this time Brinkley had to go up high and he pulled it down with defenders on him for another great catch at the 15-yard line with 43 seconds left to play.

But the Blazers went to the well one too many times this time throwing to the opposite sideline and the jump ball was picked off by Ashton Amspaugh for his second interception of the game at the 2-yard line squashing the exciting comeback by the Blazers.

Mississinawa ran out the clock to preserve the hard-fought road win 20-13 and their first 3-0 start in the WOAC. 

Mississinawa coach Brandon Williams was pleased about how his team responded to the adversity in the game.

“This team is playing with a lot of confidence, and they persevered tonight, they fought through a lot. It was tough sledding both ways from trail and for us,” Williams said.

“Although there wasn’t a lot going on, until towards the end of the half and the end of the game, these boys kept fighting through all the adversity, they've been believing, so the credit goes to them, they wanted this,” William added.

“That was a huge play by Ashton at the end of the game, he's probably one of our best, him and Cole McLaughlin, just great respect, both are good cover guys,” Willams praised.

“Bryce Watson’s big run late and then the big  catch by Kyle Wehrkamp were all big plays in the game,’ Williams added.

“We’ve got athletes and as coaches, we try to put these kids in the best position possible to be successful. So far, I think we've done a good job of that,” Williams concluded with a big smile on his face.

Bryce Watson led the Blackhawks on the ground rushing for 123 yards on 13 carries and a TD and Michael Bell had 46-yards on 11 carries. Caleb Spradling was 6-for-10 passing for 69 yards including the 10-yard TD throw to Kyle Wehrkamp.

Mississinawa improves to 3-1 overall and 3-0 in the WOAC and they will host Twin Valley South next Friday.

National Trail falls to 0-4, 0-3 and they will play at Dixie next Friday.


Caleb Spradling scores a late TD to put the Hawks up 20-13. (Barger photo)
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Ansonia celebrates a point in match, they defeated Bradford in four sets. (Barger photo)

ANSONIA – The Lady Tigers improve to 5-4 overall and 4-1 in the WOAC with a 3-1 win over Bradford in Volleyball action Thursday night.  The Bradford fell to 3-9, 1-4 but played better than their record shows.

Ansonia won the first set 25-20 but they were never able to build a large lead with Bradford hanging tough the entire way.  The Railroaders dropped set two 25-21 as well with Ansonia able to make the plays needed down the stretch.

In the first and second set the Tigers got some big hitting from “Big Red” senior Olivia Schmitmeyer and timely service from junior Dani Gibbs.

Olivia Schmitmeyer delivers the kills for the Tigers in win over Bradford. (Barger photo)

Lexi Custenborder in her first year as head coach at Ansonia stated they wanted to maintain focus and be consistent in their play and got that for much of the night with the exception of the third set and Bradford would show no quit after trailing by two.

They turned the tables on Ansonia, they were energized and having fun while making the necessary plays winning the third set 25-21 to extend the match.

The Lady Railroaders were all smiles after winning the 3rd set at Ansonia. (Barger photo)

Ansonia looked like a completely different team in the 4^th in what would be the final set as they dominated on their way to a 25-6 set and match win.

After the game I asked Ansonia coach Lexi Custenborder what the difference in that fourth set compared to the third.

“I think that the difference from the third to the fourth set is that we cleaned up our mistakes. They turned up their focus, and I think the energy everybody had was a lot more,” Custenborder commented.

“There were definitely several highs and lows throughout that game. I thought we made a lot of unforced errors on our end, which was frustrating, because I feel like we've been doing better.”

“I told the girls they just can’t choose when they want to have high energy or decide now is the time to focus.  It needs to be something that is just done, and they need give110% effort from the start of the game to the end,”

Coach talked about the play of “Big Red” who had 12 Kills in the match. 

“There's more opportunities for her and I thought she did a really nice job tonight and Rose Barga did well too,” Custenborder praised.

Dani Gibbs came up big serving late in the 1st and 2nd sets. (Barger photo)

“She also mentioned the service play of Dani and Elly, they're two juniors and pretty much are our servers and when they go in and serve, they do a really nice job, they've totally embraced their role,” Custenborder added.

But before she ended the interview she wanted to give credit to Bradford.

I thought they played really well and I told their coach that's a different team than we played last year for sure,” Custenborder concluded.

Bradford's Chloe Hocker got a work-out setting up her team vs Ansonia. (Barger photo)
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Tri-Village Lyla Brewer is 1st in WOAC scoring average. Her sister Reagan graduated last year & was first in scoring average in 2024.  (Barger photo)

ARCANUM – Over the last four years there have been just two ladies golf teams who have won a WOAC league championship.  Tri-Village won in 2021, 2022 and Arcanum in 2023, 2024.

In all four years these two teams battled it out till the end … but both were hit hard by graduation.  In fact, Arcanum graduated almost their entire team last year and Tri-Village’s most acclaimed golfer in school history also graduated and is now playing IU East.

So, if there was to be a glimmer of hope for other WOAC teams to gain a title, the 2025 season might just be the one.

But to the chagrin of the other teams and just one week left in the regular season before the season ending league tournament both Tri-Village and Arcanum are still at the top battling it out for supremacy in the conference.

Current Girls Standings

TEAMS                                                     WOAC                   OVERALL

Tri-Village                                             6 - 0                         8 - 0      

Arcanum                                               4 - 2                         6 - 2      

Ansonia                                                 3 - 3                         4 - 8      

National Trail                                        2 - 2                         4 - 4      

Mississinawa Valley                             2 - 2                         2 - 2      

Dixie                                                      0 - 3                         0 - 5       

Franklin Monroe                                   0 - 5                         0 - 7      

Arcanum graduated 4 seniors from their championship team and two time WOAC Golf “Coach of the Year” Andrew Bryant needed to step away from coaching due to military obligations he had to fulfill.

Athletic Director Abbey Moore would need to fill his spot in the interim and approached Jesse Warner a Franklin Monroe graduate and now an educator at Arcanum to see if he would be willing to take over the program.

“I think it was back in April when Abbey said, hey, we need somebody to do girls’ golf are you interested?  So, me being a teacher and having worked at a golf course for six years and been around golf a lot in the summer I thought I’d give it a try,” Coach Jesse Warner said.

“I didn't think we were going to have a full team and maybe we would get three girls, with just one player returning in Adalyn Paul, but then we had three cross country kids, Ella Warren, Sadie Waldo and Brynn Byers who decided they wanted to do both. Brooklyn Eley a cheerleader also decided she wanted to do both, and they've loved it,” Warner stated.

Arcanum junior Adalyn Paul is the lone returning player on the 2024 championship team and is the #1 golfer on the team.  (Barger photo)

“My goal this year was to make it fun and hope they get to love the game of golf, because it can be very frustrating at times. I think coaching girls is great because they are so willing to try things and make changes to their swing, so it’s been easy to coach them.”

“The best part about having freshmen and sophomores who have never played, they don't have all the bad swing thoughts where you can fix small things here and there, just to get them having a little bit more success. And I think our scoring average from beginning of the year where we were shooting 230s in our invitationals for nine holes, and now we've gotten it down to about 215 and lower … so we've shaved a lot of strokes off, which is all because they want to get better and they're willing to put the work in,” Warner explained.

Warner was pleased with the way his team competed in their first head-to-head match-up with Tri-Village a week ago falling by just one stroke.  The two teams met again on Tuesday with the Patriots prevailing again this time by 7 strokes.

Coach Warner talked about his line-up and how they have been playing this year.

“Adalyn Paul is our only returning player, a junior and mid to upper 40s golfer, she has been playing the one spot and our most consistent golfer all year.”

“Ella Warren has been our two and her scoring average right now is 53, she had a round last week in National Trail playing lights out with a 46.”

“Brooklynn Ely has been our three and for being somebody who's new to the game and a cheerleader has been 53, 54, 55, she's had some really good scores for us.”

“Sadie Waldo is our four, she started the year actually as our six and has put a lot of work in this year and gotten much better to move all the way up to our four.”

“Meridith Laux decided she wanted to pick up golf in her senior year, and she's had some good rounds for us and is playing the five spot.

“Brynn Byers who is one of our cross-country kids is playing the six spot and was strong at the beginning of the year, so we're trying to channel the beginning of year into her game of late.”

“Genevieve Dues is another first-year player who came in having no golf experience, wanted to learn and is playing the seven spot. She has started hitting the ball a little better, getting some good rounds underneath her,” Warner commented.

Going from just one golfer to seven this year is a huge step forward for Warner and he’s long on his way to building back the program.


Brooklynn Eley Cheerleader on Friday night and golfer the rest of the week is helping Arcanum golf compete in 2025.  (Barger photo)

“I wanted to build back the program … and get the girls to fall in love with game and come back next year.  If they do that then, I’ve done my job,” Warner concluded.

Tri-Village has a similar story to that of Arcanum after graduating 3 seniors they were left with just two sophomores on the roster heading into 2025.

Returning for the Patriots were Addie Pipenger and Kaytie Lytle both juniors.  The Patriots picked up freshman Annabeck Spencer, Abby Hampton, Taytum Gray and Lyla Brewer along with sophomore Kash Mead.

Lyla Brewer is the younger sister of Reagan Brewer who is now at IU East along with Annabeck Spencer, both playing above their years for the Patriots.  In fact, Brewer is first in the conference for scoring average and Spencer is 6^th overall.  Taytum Gray is 7th, Addie Pipenger is 8^th and Kash Mead 9^th helping lead the Patriots to their 8-0 record thus far.

Tri-Village coach Lee Morris believe the success they have had is due to the hard work the girls put in and the perfect weather to play golf in.

“I think we are definitely getting better, we have a few kids who got bit by the golf bug early in the year, and they’ve played quite a bit. When just starting out, and not having played very much, it's easy to get better quicker, as opposed to just trying to hone on specific things,” Morris said.

“The improvements our kids have seen, they’ve liked and that’s been very helpful along with having one of the best weather golf seasons we've ever experienced. I've been doing this a long time, when you're not out here and it's 90 degrees, or  it's 45 degrees and the wind blowing, it’s really helpful. We've been very fortunate as far as weather goes,” Morris added.

Tri-Village sophomore Kash Mead is golfing for the first time and has already made an impact and in the top 10 for scoring average in the WOAC.  (Barger photo)

When I asked about their match-up with Arcanum, Morris was glad to see both teams competing again and gave credit to the Trojans for being able to put a competitive team together this year.

“Yeah, they just had the Paul girl as their only returner, they were worried about even being able to potentially field a team. So, for them to be able to go out and find some kids, some doubling up on sports, which small schools need to do.  You've got to have that, we have a young lady who's playing both volleyball and golf, and a young lady who is involved in cheer while playing golf as well. You just kind of have to keep working with other people in order to get kids the opportunities they're seeking,” Morris offered up

“So, we've had a couple nice matches with them so far and I think our girls have enjoyed playing with them, so that’s a good thing,” Morris remarked.

“Obviously we want to win … but the whole golf experience goes beyond that,” Morris added.

“I’ve shared with the girls if you stick with this for four years of high school, there's a really good chance you could potentially, one day in a business setting, be the number one draft pick for your office golf scramble,”

“I want the girls to enjoy the game and have fun and after school you could be a good player. But for now, the game is something many are just being introduced to … but it is something they can do for a long time, not just for four years of high school,” Morris concluded.

But that might seem a long time down the road and so for now Tri-Village’s focus is on the WOAC Championships.  The Patriots control their own destiny when all the league teams play 18 holes on Wednesday September 17^th at the Richmond Elks golf club.

One thing you can count on, Arcanum will be there to challenge them once again.

Tri-Village freshman Annabeck Spencer is 6th in the conference in scoring and one of a few freshman playing well for the Patriots.  (Barger photo)
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MV Senior Setter Danika Neargarder receives ball commemorating her 1000th career assist in game vs Franklin Monroe.  (Barger photo)

UNION CITY – The Mississinawa Valley Volleyball team defeated Franklin Monroe in straight sets 25-15, 25-18, 25-13  to remain undefeated at 4-0 in the WOAC.

It would be a special night for Danika Neargarder who was able to give her team a boost in. a tight second set with Franklin Monroe. 

The Jets playing their best volleyball on the night held a 9-8 lead and battled back and forth with the Blackhawks until senior Danika Neargarder was able to set back-to-back kills for Allyson Waymire and Makenna Hoggatt to reach 1000 career assist and giving Mississinawa a boost they needed as they went on to win the 2^nd set 25-18.

Danika sets the ball for her teammate and outside hitter Makenna Hoggatt.  (Barger photo)

After her 1000^th assist play was stopped a few seconds to allow Mississinawa Valley Coach Taylor Rawlings to present a special ball, and she would then go into the stands to give to her parents before play would resume. 

On reaching the milestone Danika sort of took it in stride.  She plays the game with a quiet confidence and never gets too high or low always focusing on the next play as if she has been doing it her whole life. Well, that might be because volleyball has been her and her family’s life for as long as she can remember.

Danika's family was on-hand to support and witness her 1000th assist. (Barger photo)

“It's always been a part my whole family: my grandparents, my aunts, my uncles, my parents, we've always played volleyball, they enjoy and I enjoy it,” Danika commented.

“Ever since I could play it's always been my goal not to let the ball hit the floor, and that's what I do,” Danika stated.

Not only does she not let it touch the ground she covers a lot of space on the floor because she has the big responsibility of setting up big hitters and has been fortunate to have great ones over the last 3 years.

“She doesn't miss anything and playing a five-one center position is a tough job, especially when you're not very tall, but she does a great job at it, and she puts the ball where the hitters need it, and that's how you get 1000 assists,” coach Rawlings explained.

“Danika’s not one who wants to be in the spotlight, even when she deserves it, like tonight. She just comes in and does what she's supposed to do and is definitely one of those kids that leads by example.  She isn’t going to be the most vocal leader, but she's going to get the job done,” Rawlings praised.

Danika will have bragging rights now with her family after reaching 1000 assists, but she knows a lot of that credit goes to her teammates.

“I’ve been fortunate to have good senior teammates, and we’ve had so much fun playing together since the 7^th grade and I really can’t believe this is our last year, we really want to make it special,” Danika concluded.

Makenna Hoggatt gets kill to secure 1000th assist for Danika Neargarder.  (Barger photo)

Reaching a 1000 assist with her teammates will always be special … but they Blackhawks want more as they have their eye on a conference title.

Mississinawa cruised in the 3^rd set to improve their record to 9-1 overall and 4-0 in the WOAC and have two big conference games with National Trail and Newton before colliding with Arcanum in what many predicted to be the top two teams in the WOAC on September 18^th. 


Danika surrounded by team after win over FM to celebrate milestone.  (Barger photo)
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Mississinawa Valley is off to their best start in the WOAC at 2-0.  (Barger photo)

After 3 weeks of football and two weeks of WOAC play just four teams remain undefeated, Arcanum, Mississinawa Valley, Preble Shawnee and Tri-Village.  

Mississinawa Valley 45 – Bradford 0

You would have to go back some time ago to find Mississinawa Valley off to a 2-0 league start as the Blackhawks defeated Dixie 34-3 in week two and 45-0 verses Bradford in a Thursday Night game in week three.

Mississinawa rushed for 271 yards and passed for 174 for a total 445 yards of offense.

Sophomore QB Caleb Spradling was 6-for-8 for 156 yards and 2 TDs.  Running back Kyle Wehrkamp threw one time for an 18-yard TD as well.

Wehrkamp also had 3 receptions, 95 yards for 2 TDs including a 51 yarder.

Ashton Amspaugh had 2 receptions on for a 16-yard TD.

Senior running back Bryce Watson on just 6 runs went for 127 yards on the ground a score.  Spradling and senior Michael Bell also had rushing TDs.

Defensively Colton Hiestand led the way with 9 tackles, 5 solo and 2 sacks.  Ty Houser had 7 tackles 1 sack, and Cooper Nieport had 6 tackles for the Blackhawks.

Mississinawa Valley will travel to National Trail next Friday and Bradford will travel to Arcanum.

Arcanum 53 – Dixie 13

Robert Denniston gets the hand-off as the Trojans run game rushed for 364 yards in win over Dixie. (Blosser photo)

Arcanum is off to a 3-0 start, 2-0 in WOAC and defeated the Greyhounds in a Thursday night lights game broadcasted on TKDS sports network.

They defeated the Dixie Greyhounds 53-13 that saw a little of everything: running, passing, kicking, and defense.

“I think we are capable of winning any kind of game,” said Arcanum coach Matt Macy. “We threw the ball like I would like to, got some playmakers out there we need to get the ball to. We rushed the ball like we normally do. It was a nice win for us.”

Arcanum had 493 yards of total offense 384 on the ground and 109 in the air.  Junior MJ Macy rushed 9 times for 164 yards and 2 scores and also had a kick-off return of 79 yards.  Sophomore Hudson Knaus had 6 carries for 152 yards and 2 TDs.  Freshman Kenton Kenworthy also had a score.

Junior Bishop Cartwright was 4-for-7 passing and 1 TD strike and Freshman Weston Schmidt threw once for a TD.

Freshman Raysean Miles pulled down both passing scores and had 4 receptions for 59 yards.  Freshman Paxton Besecker also had one reception for 50 yards.


Dixie's Cole Swafford threw 2 TD passes for the Greyhounds vs Arcanum.  (Blosser photo)

The Greyhounds two scores came through the air from sophomore quarterback Cole Swafford on 14-of-24 attempts for 166 yards.  Sophomore Noah Thompson and sophomore Ayden Hipp hauled in TDs for Dixie.

Arcanum will host Bradford next Friday while Dixie will travel to Preble Shawnee.

Preble Shawnee 56 – Twin Valley South 12

The Arrows up their record to 3-0, 2-0 in WOAC.  They had 312 yards of offense; 176 rushing and 136 passing.

Sr QB Brody Morton was 11-for-17 with 136 yards and 2 TDs, one to senior Ian Francis and the other to junior Caleb Blankenship. 

Morton also ran for 75 yards including 2 TD carries.  Sophomore Ethan Mauler had 85 yards on the ground on just 5 carries and a TD.  Ian Francis and Caleb Blankenship also had rushing TDs, and senior Zarrin Walton had a two-yard fumble recovery for a score.

Twin Valley South got on the board late in the first half on a 27-yard pass completion from junior Evan Day to junior Lucas Barlow.  Day would also score in the third quarter on a 10-yard carry.

The Panthers had 224-yard offense led by junior Wyatt Harrod with 91 yards on 15 carries.  Harrod also had 3 catches for 37 yards.

Twin Valley South falls to 1-2, 0-2 in WOAC and they will host Tri-Village next Friday.

Preble Shawnee improves to 3-0, 2-0 and they travel to Dixie in week 4.

Tri-Village 56 – Tri-County North 12

The Patriots had 429 yards of offense with 279 passing and 150 on the ground.

Senior QB Trey Sagester threw for 202 yards on 16-of-21 attempts and had 4 TD aerials two of them to junior Kingston Shafer, one to junior Griffin Richards and one junior Teddy Miller.

Shafer had 4 catches for 64 yards, Richards 4 receptions for 52 yards, senior Noah Finkbine and Teddy Miller each had 3 receptions.

Teddy Miller goes high for reception and turned it into a TD. (Barger photo)

Sophomore QB Brecken Gray threw one time in the game for a 77-yard strike to fellow sophomore Kole Hiestand who did most of the work breaking a tackle and getting down the sideline for the TD.

On the ground sophomore Staley Colston led the way on 7 rushes for 90 yards including two TDs.

Junior defensive back Aaron Bruner had two interceptions including a 91-yard return for a touchdown for the Patriots.

Freshman kicker Owen Ridout was 7-for-7 on extra-point kicks.

Tri-County North had 99 yards passing and 142 yards rushing for a total of 241 yards of offense.

Sophomore Quarterback Luke Baughman was 8-for-14 for 104 yards and 1 TD but also had 3 picks.  His one TD pass was a 29-yard strike to junior Peyton Fanning.

Peyton Fanning had two TD's including this 29 yard catch & score. (Barger photo)

Fanning also had 66 yards rushing and a 10-yard TD run for the Panthers.

Tri-County North 0-3, 0-2 will host Ansonia next Friday while Tri-Village 3-0, 2-0 will travel to Twin Valley South.

Ansonia 54 – National Trail 19

Ansonia outgained National Trail 452 yards all rushing to 296 for the Blazers with 188 in the air and 108 on the ground.

Sophomore quarterback Talon Bousman threw for 109 on 8-for-12 with two TD tosses and he ran for 56 yards on 11 carries.  Aidan Martin also had two completions with one for a TD.  Junior Jonah Brinkley was the leading receiver with 6 receptions with 3 TDs.

The Blazers however couldn’t slow down the Tigers run game led by Jacob Schmitmeyer who had 221 yards on 18 carries and 4 TDs.  Cainan Robinson, Lander Shives and Layne Bowman all had TD runs as well for Ansonia.

The Tigers are 2-1, 1-1 and will travel to Tri-County North this Friday while National Trail falls 0-3, 0-2 and will host Mississinawa Valley.

The Tri-County North band performs at halftime at the Tri-Village game.  If you ever have a chance to watch them perform don't miss it.  They are good.  (Barger photo)

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