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Little Panthers Basketball Team
Coached by the Best Thank you for sharing James and Jill Leighner for the pictures and story! ![]() The 2012 Little Panthers K-2 boys were at it again last Saturday 1-28-12. Thanks Coach Snyder and the high school team for their involvement in the future of Parkway's Jr High through varsity players. Somewhere in this group of kids you'll see them, we will just have to wait a few years to see who they are. The coaches are teaching these kids to jump stop, chin the ball, follow through on a shot, dribble, and Barna even gave a lesson in dunking! (Although none of the little guys could get that one quite right yet). Click below for more great shots of the boys! https://picasaweb.google.com/113913976620504942533/LittlePanthers012712
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Little Panthers Basketball Team Plays
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Little Panthers Basketball Begins Season Story and pictures by James and Jill Leighner - thanks for sharing! ![]()
The little panthers K-2 basketball kicked off Saturday with High School
coaches and players helping the next generation of Panthers learn and
have fun playing the game. Starting with some fundamentals and
progressing to dribble war, then splitting into teams. The kids love
it! Thanks to all the coaches and players that taking their time to come
out and Click here for more of their pictures on picasaweb.
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First Grader at
Parkway Wins Rookie 1st Place at Mac-O-Chee
She has her own fan club in Grandpa and Grandma Gruss and Grandpa and Grandma Bell, cousins, and her new baby sister, Kinlee. When asked is she has ever wrecked, she explained that once she came together with another car where her front-end went up, but they were able to back-out from the collision. She was not hurt and was not deterred.
This winter she and her family plan to spend Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays traveling to different tracks including the new Versailles 1/10 mile long indoor dirt track. Brian will simply change her tires to dirt runners if they make it to that one or the Eldora Track ~ Little E this summer. They belong to the United States Auto Club but she is not required to have a specifically assigned number on her car.
Brian can be reached at cell phone number (419-733-1473), and email (tracker96bg@yahoo.com) for anyone with further questions.
Click on smaller thumbnails below to see Taylor's family, trophies and and her car up close.
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Local 11 year-old Wins 4th Place in Young Guns Racing Circuit
It all started when Gage, age 7, and his dad went to watch go-kart (karting) races at an indoor venue at the Ohio State Fairground Racetrack in Columbus, Ohio. Even though no one in the family had ever raced or worked on race car engines before, Ben jumped right in when Gage fell in love with the sport and wanted to try it on for size. Ben purchased a flat go-kart with enclosed wheels and an open cockpit. And, they were off to the races at Eldora, Waynesfield, Cridersville, State Line and more as they followed the karting series. He took the title of Rookie Champion in 2008 at the age of 7. He enjoyed the fun, but once found himself pinned underneath another go-kart that wrecked on top on him. He was not injured. But, Ben and Gage began to investigate the next step up in racing for youth because of safety and also because of the increased competition: CHAMP which resembles midget car racing without suspension, and is actually a go-cart with open wheels (like Indy cars) and a protective roll-cage. There is a seat belt, arm-restraints and a full-head “Hutchin’s” device to keep Gage’s head and neck from bending. Gage longed for that competition. So they bought a CHAMP racer with the same engine and entered the Young Guns circuit with a pool of 65 racers in the 4 state area of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Illinois. Gage’s pool of competitors numbers 25 at any given race he attends. There are three age levels with boys and girls both racing: Junior Sportsman CHAMP, ages 8-12; Junior CHAMP, ages 13-15; and Senior CHAMP 15 & up. Still reserved as #99 in the Junior Sportsman Young Gun Series circuit, last year and part of this past summer, Gage did very well and learned a lot about racing. He usually came in 2nd. But he and Ben knew what was needed to boost him into the winner’s circle ~ a better engine. And they made that change in July 2011. When deciding on an engine, they had to look at several things.
Gage, whose favorite subject in school is Science, admits he had some getting used-to with the speed of his new “Animal”, but his skills improved quickly. He won 8 races before the circuit ended in September: 3 at Cridersville, 1 at Bryant, IN, and 4 at Eldora. Gage finished 4th place overall in the Young Guns Series and had 6 top fives. A recent banquet where he was awarded an awesome trophy and medals brought an end to the season for the racers. Gage spoke candidly and said he has wrecked, but has never rolled his kart. Ben says they have seen others roll, though, where they get started and don’t want to stop rolling. Gage thinks it is cool that his little sister Grace likes to get out on the racetrack and turn laps (in his first go-kart) to get used to the track. She has not decided if she will become a go-karter herself, but at age 8 she has a year to think it over. Although he has never met a famous race car driver in his racing travels, Gage's favorite ones are Carl Edwards and Tony Stewart (owner of Eldora Speedway). Some of Gage's over favorite people are his sponsors, the good people at Michael Tires Plus, Trick Connection, RPM Graphics, and May Painting. Gage has been mentioned in articles on CHAMP racing in the Chase’n Race’n Magazines from September 2010 and October 2011 which include pictures of him “in the pack of racers”. The magazine’s website can be viewed at www.chasenracen.com if you’d like to learn more on the CHAMP and other series. Even though the Young Guns series is over for 2011, Gage will continue to race this winter. He is really proud that he has been asked to drive for another team at the indoor dirt track in Versailles. Ben said that the entry fees range from $25 to $50, but top 3 finishes help pay the expenses of racing and traveling. Above all it has become a family affair with the 4 of them involved, and Grandma and Grandpa Etgen and Grandma and Grandpa Gage cheering him on in the stands. Remember to click on smaller thumbnail pictures below to enlarge them. |
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NFL Punt, Pass & Kick Competition
Winners Announced The Rockford Recreation Association was a local host for the NFL Punt, Pass & Kick competition that was held at Panther Stadium on Sunday, September 18, 2011. We had a total of 42 participants. The first place winners in each age group will be moving on to the sectional competition that will be held in Trotwood, OH on Sunday October 9, 2011. Good Luck to all 1st place winners at the Sectional Competition!
Results:
6/7 Boys: 1st Roman Leszinske 2nd Noah Purtee 3rd Eddie Nichols 6/7 Girls: 1st Gabrielle Stober 2nd Aaliyah Baxter 8/9 Boys: 1st Liam Ferroggiaro 2nd Gavin Stober 3rd Gabe Schaaf 8/9 Girls: 1st Kelsey Nichols 2nd Bo Bates 10/11 Boys: 1st Jack Wehe 2nd Conner Lyons 3rd Bailey Parris 10/11 Girls: 1st Grace Rogers 12/13 Boys: 1st Dan Purtee 2nd Hayden Lyons 3rd Clayton Agler 12/13 Girls: 1st Bailey Bates 2nd Abby Sutter 3rd Mackenzie Sipe 14/15 Boys: 1st Hayden Abromavich 2nd Connor Morton 3rd Dakota Schaffner 14/15 Girls: 1st Samantha Wehe
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Parkway Little Panthers Win over Elida on 9-18-2011
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