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Week 6 Winning Drive player of the week: Ben Kubicz, Maumee
Here are the winners for this week’s High School Football Winning Drive voting that took place Sept. 29 to Oct. 1. Voting each week of the season starts Sunday for Player of the Week and Game of the Week, sponsored by Renewal by Andersen, at: www.toledoblade.com/HSFBDrive. Voting ends Wednesday at noon. ■ PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Ben Kubicz, Maumee Passed for 248 yards and three touchdowns in a victory over Lake. Here is a look at his 49-yard touchdown toss to Carson Graetz and a 61-yard strike to Will Kubicz last Friday.
Maumee boys soccer routs Lake 9-0 to repeat as NBC champs
MILLBURY, Ohio — With constant possession and pressure, the Maumee boys soccer team clinched a second consecutive Northern Buckeye Conference championship as the Panthers remained undefeated with a dominating 9-0 shutout of Lake on Wednesday night. Maumee (13-0-0 overall) posted a 6-0-0 record in the NBC. Senior Blake Wagener tallied a hat trick, while fellow seniors Frankie Folger and Danny Ballez each scored two goals. Junior Noah Preciado and sophomore Charlie Skeels tallied the others. Wagener, Folger, and Preciado scored first-half goals to put the Panthers up 3-0 at halftime before Maumee erupted for six more goals in the second half. Lake (11-2-1, 5-1-0 NBC) also had a chance to win the league title in the final NBC game of the season as the teams entered the tilt undefeated in league play.
BGSU School of Art receives anonymous $5 million donation
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Bowling Green State University recently received an anonymous $5 million donation to its School of Art. Not only is the multi-million dollar donation one of the largest gifts to the arts in BGSU history because of its amount, the funding will be used to help establish BGSU's "RING" center. The RING center will be an extension to the School of Art where students will be offered more learning experiences and career advancement opportunities.
Washington Local Schools welcomes its 1st Boys & Girls Club
When Jim Ravas became president and chief executive officer for Boys & Girls Club of Toledo in 2020, one of the first things he knew he had to do was expand the nonprofit to Washington Local Schools, he said. “It was a priority because this is the second-largest school district in Lucas County,” he said. “To me, it intuitively made sense to say we have to be here.” He reached out to former Washington Local Schools Superintendent Kadee Anstadt, who had wanted a Boys & Girls Club location within the school system for years but never knew how it would be possible. “It’s not an easy thing,” Ms. Anstadt said. “There’s just a lot of moving parts to getting funding for a club. The thing that I, that none of us, put together is just how expensive it is to put together a club. There are wages to be paid, there’s space that has to be available, and we don’t have a lot of space here at Washington Local. … You have to [meet] need qualifications from a national standpoint.”
'Strong student enrollment is our top priority': UToledo names new VP of strategic enrollment as student numbers decline
TOLEDO, Ohio — The University of Toledo announced an addition to its enrollment staff Monday as the number of enrolled students continues to drop year-over-year. Tony Bourne, a strategic enrollment leader, will join UToledo as the vice president for strategic enrollment management on Oct. 28. The university has seen...
AP football rankings: Big jump for Anthony Wayne after big win
Three Toledo-area high school football teams entered this week’s Ohio Associated Press state poll. Here are the complete rankings for this week, as well has how The Blade voted. DIVISION I 1. Mentor (8 first-place votes), 6-0 record, 124 points, 1 last week
BGSU conducting non-partisan Ohio voter polls
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Bowling Green State University students have the opportunity to participate in research being conducted on Ohio voters ahead of the November election through two non-partisan polls. The university's Democracy and Public Policy Research Network, part of its department of political science, already sent one poll...
Toledo gets $1M grant to enhance school safety
The City of Toledo has received a $1 million grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to enhance school safety and expand student and family support at Waite, Woodward, and Scott high schools. This federal funding, from the FY24 Enhancing School Capacity to Address Youth Violence program, will be used to support recommendations outlined in the Peace in Motion comprehensive plan. The city’s five-year plan was announced in August and aims to address the root causes of gun violence. Initiatives include community and system-level coordinated responses, enhancing youth peer support, further integrating services for youth impacted by violence, and developing a sustainability plan. Officials said the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement will use the grant to expand its efforts to foster a safer environment for youth.
Toledo School for the Arts to begin accepting applications for enrollment lottery
The Toledo School for the Arts will begin its lottery application season with the online application for the 2025-26 school year going live Friday. All Ohio students entering grades 6-12 with lottery applications and all required checklist documentation items in and complete by 3 p.m. Jan. 31, will qualify for and be included in the lottery to be held Feb. 24. Results will be posted on the TSA website at 5 p.m. that day. TSA is an Ohio public charter school and enrollment is done by lottery with the application process completed online. Go to www.ts4arts.org for more information. Questions about enrollment should be directed to the school’s enrollment department at admissions@ts4arts.org or by calling 419-246-8732, Ext. 250. Students who are interested in applying for the lottery can visit the school during its annual new student open house Nov. 2 from 10 a.m. to noon. Families can tour TSA and talk to teachers and students during the event. RSVP for the open house by clicking on the Enrollment tab on the school’s website.
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