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{{Short description|Athletic league in northwest Ohio}}
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The '''Green Meadows Conference''' is an [[Ohio High School Athletic Association|OHSAA]] athletic league located in [[northwest Ohio]]. The eight member schools are all located in one of four counties: [[Henry County, Ohio|Henry County]], [[Defiance County, Ohio|Defiance County]], [[Paulding County, Ohio|Paulding County]], or [[Williams County, Ohio|Williams County]].
The '''Green Meadows Conference''' is an [[Ohio High School Athletic Association|OHSAA]] athletic league located in [[northwest Ohio]]. The eight member schools are all located in one of three counties: [[Defiance County, Ohio|Defiance County]], [[Paulding County, Ohio|Paulding County]], or [[Williams County, Ohio|Williams County]].


==History==
==History==
''source'':<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.greenmeadowsconf.com/home/league-history |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711131725/http://www.greenmeadowsconf.com/home/league-history |archive-date=2011-07-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
''source'':<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.greenmeadowsconf.com/home/league-history |title=Green Meadows Conference |access-date=2011-08-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711131725/http://www.greenmeadowsconf.com/home/league-history |archive-date=2011-07-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


The Green Meadows Conference was formed as an athletic conference in 1962. The charter members of the conference were '''Ayersville''', '''Fairview''', '''Hicksville''', '''Paulding''', and '''Jewell''' (now Tinora).
The Green Meadows Conference was formed as an athletic conference in 1962. The charter members of the conference were '''Ayersville''', '''Fairview''', '''Hicksville''', '''Paulding''', and '''Jewell''' (now Tinora).
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In 1974, Paulding left the GMC to join the [[Northwest Conference (OHSAA)|Northwest Conference]]. They were replaced by '''Edgerton'''. Membership remained the same until the 2019-20 school year.
In 1974, Paulding left the GMC to join the [[Northwest Conference (OHSAA)|Northwest Conference]]. They were replaced by '''Edgerton'''. Membership remained the same until the 2019-20 school year.


In February 2020, it was announced that Holgate would join the [[Buckeye Border Conference]] as a member for every sport except football, which will participate in the [[Northern 8 Football Conference]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Calvin| first = Nate| title = Holgate To Become Member Of BBC After GMC Votes To Remove School From League| publisher = The Village Reporter | date = February 6, 2020| url = https://thevillagereporter.com/holgate-to-become-member-of-bbc-after-gmc-votes-to-remove-school-from-league/| accessdate = February 6, 2020}}</ref> Holgate announced in late 2019 that they would move to [[8-man football]] due to low numbers, which caused the remaining schools in the Green Meadows Conference to vote them out of the GMC over scheduling concerns. The Tigers are expected to join the BBC in the fall of either 2021 or 2022.
In February 2020, it was announced that Holgate would join the [[Buckeye Border Conference]] as a member for every sport except football, which will participate in the [[Northern 8 Football Conference]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Calvin| first = Nate| title = Holgate To Become Member Of BBC After GMC Votes To Remove School From League| publisher = The Village Reporter | date = February 6, 2020| url = https://thevillagereporter.com/holgate-to-become-member-of-bbc-after-gmc-votes-to-remove-school-from-league/| accessdate = February 6, 2020}}</ref> Holgate announced in late 2019 that they would move to [[8-man football]] due to low numbers, which caused the remaining schools in the Green Meadows Conference to vote them out of the GMC over scheduling concerns. The Tigers joined the BBC in the fall of 2021.


With Holgate's departure, the GMC decided to extend an invitation to former member '''Paulding''' in February 2020, which was accepted shortly afterwards.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Paulding Invited to Join Green Meadows Conference| publisher = 419Sports.com | date = February 25, 2020| url = https://419sports.com/paulding-invited-to-join-green-meadows-conference/| accessdate = May 15, 2020}}</ref> Paulding, which has been a member of the [[Northwest Conference]] ever since leaving the GMC in 1974, is expected to rejoin after the 2020-21 school year.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Paulding announces their intent to leave the NWC and join the Green Meadows Conference| publisher = NWC-Sports.com | date = February 28, 2020| url = https://www.nwc-sports.com/2020/02/28/paulding-announces-their-intent-to-leave-the-nwc-and-join-the-green-meadows-conference/| accessdate = May 15, 2020}}</ref>
With Holgate's departure, the GMC decided to extend an invitation to former member '''Paulding''' in February 2020, which was accepted shortly afterwards.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Paulding Invited to Join Green Meadows Conference| publisher = 419Sports.com | date = February 25, 2020| url = https://419sports.com/paulding-invited-to-join-green-meadows-conference/| accessdate = May 15, 2020}}</ref> Paulding, which had been a member of the [[Northwest Conference]] ever since leaving the GMC in 1974, rejoined during the 2021-2022 school year.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | title = Paulding announces their intent to leave the NWC and join the Green Meadows Conference| publisher = NWC-Sports.com | date = February 28, 2020| url = https://www.nwc-sports.com/2020/02/28/paulding-announces-their-intent-to-leave-the-nwc-and-join-the-green-meadows-conference/| accessdate = May 15, 2020}}</ref>

Ayersville has traditionally been a football power in the conference. They won ten consecutive conference titles between 1985 and 1994.<ref>{{cite news|title=Special to the Journal Gazette|last=Fowerbaugh|first=Paul|date=1995-08-25|publisher=[[The Journal Gazette|Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette]]}}</ref> Fairview was a similar power in girls' basketball, having advanced to the state tournament repeatedly in the 1990s and having won the [[OHSAA]] Division III state championship in 1989.<ref>{{cite news|title=No letup expected at Fairview|last=Bellis|first=Jennifer|date=1995-11-10|publisher=Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette}}</ref> Holgate won the Division IV boys' basketball state championship in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/Sports/bk/boys/2004/d4final.htm|title=2004 Division IV State Final|date=2004-03-07|publisher=[[OHSAA]]|accessdate=2008-06-16}}</ref> Wayne Trace won the Division III boys' basketball title in 1991 with Final 4 appearances in 1988, 2001, 2008, and 2015. They have won the conference title over 20 times.<ref name="Ohio High School Athletic Association"/> Tinora girls' cross country consistently won the conference title through the 1990s and early 2000s.

Edgerton, Fairview and Tinora emerged as football powers as well. In 2013 Wayne Trace got runner up at State in Football. In 2014 and 2015 Tinora reigned as back to back GMC and regional champs and made it to the state semifinals. In 2018, Edgerton won the GMC Conference and advanced to State Semi-Finals in football. Antwerp won the state volleyball championship in 1992, and has won the volleyball title the last two years and were the District Champs. Additionally, Wayne Trace and Fairview have been near the top of the conference in cross country for the past few years.

The Tinora boys' basketball team captured a State Runner-up trophy in Division III for the 2008–09 season. Tinora's baseball team made the state final four years straight with winning the state championship in 2014.

In 2020, Holgate was voted out of the conference and joined the Buckeye Border Conference (BBC) for the 2021-2022 season. Paulding rejoined the GMC, active in the fall of 2021.


==Members==
==Members==
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|Archers
|Archers
|[[Antwerp, Ohio|Antwerp]]
|[[Antwerp, Ohio|Antwerp]]
|Royal Blue, White <br />{{color box|#4169E1}} {{color box|white}}
|Royal Blue, White <br />{{color box|#4169E1|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}
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|-
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|[[Paulding High School|Paulding]]
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|Panthers
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|[[Paulding, Ohio|Paulding]]
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|Maroon, White <br />{{color box|maroon}} {{color box|white}}
|-
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|[[Ayersville High School (Defiance, Ohio)|Ayersville]]
|[[Ayersville High School (Defiance, Ohio)|Ayersville]]
|Pilots
|Pilots
|[[Highland Township, Defiance County, Ohio|Highland Twp.]]
|[[Highland Township, Defiance County, Ohio|Highland Twp.]]
|Columbia Blue, Gold <br />{{color box|#75B2DD}} {{color box|gold}}
|Columbia Blue, Gold <br />{{color box|#75B2DD|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}}
|-
|-
|[[Edgerton High School (Ohio)|Edgerton]]
|[[Edgerton High School (Ohio)|Edgerton]]
|Bulldogs
|Bulldogs
|[[Edgerton, Ohio|Edgerton]]
|[[Edgerton, Ohio|Edgerton]]
|Maroon, Gold <br />{{color box|#800000}} {{color box|gold}}
|Maroon, Gold <br />{{color box|#800000|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}}
|-
|-
|[[Fairview High School (Sherwood, Ohio)|Fairview]]
|[[Fairview High School (Sherwood, Ohio)|Fairview]]
|Apaches
|Apaches
|[[Sherwood, Defiance County, Ohio|Sherwood]]
|[[Sherwood, Defiance County, Ohio|Sherwood]]
|Black, Gold <br /> {{color box|black}} {{color box|gold}}
|Black, Gold <br /> {{color box|black|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}}
|-
|-
|[[Hicksville High School (Ohio)|Hicksville]]
|[[Hicksville High School (Ohio)|Hicksville]]
|Aces
|Aces
|[[Hicksville, Ohio|Hicksville]]
|[[Hicksville, Ohio|Hicksville]]
|Red, White <br /> {{color box|red}} {{color box|white}}
|Red, White <br /> {{color box|red|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}
|-
|-
|[[Holgate High School|Holgate]]
|[[Paulding High School|Paulding]]
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|Panthers
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|Tigers
|[[Holgate, Ohio|Holgate]]
|[[Paulding, Ohio|Paulding]]
|Purple, Gold <br /> {{color box|purple}} {{color box|gold}}
|Maroon, White <br />{{color box|maroon|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}
|-
|-
|[[Tinora High School (Defiance, Ohio)|Tinora]]
|[[Tinora High School (Defiance, Ohio)|Tinora]]
|Rams
|Rams
|[[Defiance, Ohio|Defiance]]
|[[Defiance, Ohio|Defiance]]
|Green, White <br /> {{color box|green}} {{color box|white}}
|Green, White <br /> {{color box|green|border=silver}} {{color box|white|border=silver}}
|-
|-
|[[Wayne Trace High School|Wayne Trace]]
|[[Wayne Trace High School|Wayne Trace]]
|Raiders
|Raiders
|[[Haviland, Ohio|Haviland]]
|[[Haviland, Ohio|Haviland]]
|Red, Blue <br /> {{color box|red}} {{color box|blue}}
|Red, Blue <br /> {{color box|red|border=silver}} {{color box|blue|border=silver}}
|-
|-
|}
|}
==Former members==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!School
!Nickname
!Location
!Colors
!Membership Tenure
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|-
! colspan="7" style="background:#676AFE;" |
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|-
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|[[Holgate High School|Holgate]]
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|Tigers
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|[[Holgate, Ohio|Holgate]]
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|Purple, Gold <br /> {{color box|purple|border=silver}} {{color box|gold|border=silver}}
|1972-2021
|-
|}

==Membership timeline==
<timeline>
DateFormat = yyyy
ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:25
Period = from:1962 till:2030
TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal
PlotArea = right:30 left:0 bottom:50 top:5

Colors = id:barcolor
id:line value:black
id:bg value:white

PlotData=
width:20 textcolor:black shift:(5,-5) anchor:from fontsize:m

bar:1 color:powderblue from:1962 till:end text:Ayersville (1962-)
bar:2 color:powderblue from:1962 till:end text:Fairview (1962-)
bar:3 color:powderblue from:1962 till:end text:Hicksville (1962-)
bar:4 color:powderblue from:1962 till:1965 text:Jewell (1962-1965)
bar:5 color:powderblue from:1962 till:1974: text:Paulding (1962-1974)
bar:6 color:powderblue from:1965 till:end text:Tinora (1965)
bar:7 color:powderblue from:1966 till:1972 text:Blue Creek (1966-1972)
bar:8 color:powderblue from:1967 till:1972 text:Oakwood (1967-1972)
bar:9 color:powderblue from:1972 till:end text:Wayne Trace (1972-)
bar:10 color:powderblue from:1972 till:end text:Antwerp (1972-)
bar:11 color:powderblue from:1972 till:2021 text:Holgate (1972-2021)
bar:12 color:powderblue from:1975 till:end text:Edgerton (1975-)
bar:5 color:powderblue from:2021 till:end text:(2021-)

ScaleMajor = gridcolor:line unit:year increment:10 start:1962

</timeline>


==Conference rivalries==
==Conference rivalries==
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* '''Ayersville''' vs '''Tinora'''<ref name="crescent" />
* '''Ayersville''' vs '''Tinora'''<ref name="crescent" />
* '''Antwerp''' vs '''Wayne Trace'''<ref name="blade">{{cite news|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080304/SPORTS06/803040386/-1/SPORTS|title=Inexperienced Ayersville advances past district for first time since 1994|last=Monroe|first=Mark|date=2008-03-04|publisher=[[The Toledo Blade]]|accessdate=2008-06-17}}</ref>
* '''Antwerp''' vs '''Wayne Trace'''<ref name="blade">{{cite news|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080304/SPORTS06/803040386/-1/SPORTS|title=Inexperienced Ayersville advances past district for first time since 1994|last=Monroe|first=Mark|date=2008-03-04|publisher=[[The Toledo Blade]]|accessdate=2008-06-17}}</ref>
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* '''Holgate''' vs '''Ayersville'''
* '''Hicksville''' vs '''Edgerton'''
* '''Hicksville''' vs '''Edgerton'''
*'''Hicksville''' vs. '''Fairview'''
*'''Hicksville''' vs. '''Fairview'''
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*'''Wayne Trace''' vs. '''Tinora'''
*'''Wayne Trace''' vs. '''Tinora'''
*'''Antwerp''' vs. '''Hicksville'''
*'''Antwerp''' vs. '''Hicksville'''
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*'''Paulding''' vs. '''Wayne Trace'''


==State championships==
==State championships==
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| Holgate
| 2004
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| 1991
| 1991
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| 2014
2021
2022
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==Notable athletes==
==Notable athletes==
*[[Bruce Berenyi]], Fairview (1976)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/3913761|title=Difficult decision lies ahead|last=Hefflinger|first=Bruce|date=2008-06-08|publisher=Crescent-News|accessdate=2008-06-17}}</ref>
*[[Bruce Berenyi]], Fairview ([[Major League Baseball]] Pitcher)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/3913761|title=Difficult decision lies ahead|last=Hefflinger|first=Bruce|date=2008-06-08|publisher=Crescent-News|accessdate=2008-06-17}}</ref>
[[Chad Reineke]], Ayersville (MLB Pitcher)
*[[Chad Reineke]], Ayersville ([[Major League Baseball]] Pitcher)
*[[Denny Stark]], Edgerton ([[Major League Baseball]] Pitcher)

*[[Paul Miles (American football)|Paul Miles]], Paulding ([[National Football League]] Running Back)
Denny Stark, Edgerton (1993 Graduate) Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 4th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball Draft.


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 04:44, 31 July 2024

Green Meadows Conference
ClassificationOHSAA Division(s) III-IV
Sports fielded
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Region Ohio
Locations

The Green Meadows Conference is an OHSAA athletic league located in northwest Ohio. The eight member schools are all located in one of three counties: Defiance County, Paulding County, or Williams County.

History

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source:[1]

The Green Meadows Conference was formed as an athletic conference in 1962. The charter members of the conference were Ayersville, Fairview, Hicksville, Paulding, and Jewell (now Tinora).

In 1966, Blue Creek, from Paulding County and now a part of the Wayne Trace School District, joined the conference. Then in 1967, Oakwood joined.

The conference stayed intact until 1972, when district consolidations in Paulding County caused some changes in the make-up of some member schools. Blue Creek became a part of the new Wayne Trace School District, along with Grover Hill and Payne. Oakwood became a part of the Paulding Exempted School System. Antwerp and Holgate also joined the league making the number of members eight: Antwerp, Ayersville, Hicksville, Holgate, Fairview, Paulding, Tinora, and Wayne Trace.

In 1974, Paulding left the GMC to join the Northwest Conference. They were replaced by Edgerton. Membership remained the same until the 2019-20 school year.

In February 2020, it was announced that Holgate would join the Buckeye Border Conference as a member for every sport except football, which will participate in the Northern 8 Football Conference.[2] Holgate announced in late 2019 that they would move to 8-man football due to low numbers, which caused the remaining schools in the Green Meadows Conference to vote them out of the GMC over scheduling concerns. The Tigers joined the BBC in the fall of 2021.

With Holgate's departure, the GMC decided to extend an invitation to former member Paulding in February 2020, which was accepted shortly afterwards.[3] Paulding, which had been a member of the Northwest Conference ever since leaving the GMC in 1974, rejoined during the 2021-2022 school year.[4]

Members

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The member schools of the Green Meadows Conference.
School Nickname Location Colors
Antwerp Archers Antwerp Royal Blue, White
   
Ayersville Pilots Highland Twp. Columbia Blue, Gold
   
Edgerton Bulldogs Edgerton Maroon, Gold
   
Fairview Apaches Sherwood Black, Gold
   
Hicksville Aces Hicksville Red, White
   
Paulding Panthers Paulding Maroon, White
   
Tinora Rams Defiance Green, White
   
Wayne Trace Raiders Haviland Red, Blue
   

Former members

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School Nickname Location Colors Membership Tenure
Holgate Tigers Holgate Purple, Gold
    		1972-2021

Membership timeline

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Conference rivalries

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  • Tinora vs Fairview[5][6]
  • Ayersville vs Tinora[5]
  • Antwerp vs Wayne Trace[6]
  • Hicksville vs Edgerton
  • Hicksville vs. Fairview
  • Hicksville vs. Tinora
  • Wayne Trace vs. Tinora
  • Antwerp vs. Hicksville
  • Paulding vs. Wayne Trace

State championships

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Fall sports

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Boys Cross Country[7] Girls Cross Country Football Golf Volleyball[7]
Antwerp 1992
Ayersville 1975
Edgerton
Fairview
Hicksville
Paulding
Tinora
Wayne Trace

Winter sports

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Boys Basketball[8][9] Girls Basketball[7] Wrestling[7][10]
Antwerp
Ayersville 1957, 1961
Edgerton 1959
Fairview 1946 1989
Hicksville
Paulding
Tinora
Wayne Trace 1991 2014

2021 2022

Spring sports

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Baseball[11] Softball Boys Track & Field Girls Track & Field[7]
Antwerp 2019
Ayersville 1997 1996
Edgerton
Fairview 2021
Hicksville 1978
Paulding 1960
Tinora 2014
Wayne Trace

Notable athletes

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Green Meadows Conference". Archived from the original on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
  2. ^ Calvin, Nate (February 6, 2020). "Holgate To Become Member Of BBC After GMC Votes To Remove School From League". The Village Reporter. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Paulding Invited to Join Green Meadows Conference". 419Sports.com. February 25, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  4. ^ "Paulding announces their intent to leave the NWC and join the Green Meadows Conference". NWC-Sports.com. February 28, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  5. ^ a b "High school playoffs: Five area teams still in hunt for state title". Crescent-News. 2007-11-05. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  6. ^ a b Monroe, Mark (2008-03-04). "Inexperienced Ayersville advances past district for first time since 1994". The Toledo Blade. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  7. ^ a b c d e OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  8. ^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Basketball A". Archived from the original on 2007-01-13. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
  9. ^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Basketball D3". Archived from the original on 2007-01-13. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
  10. ^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Wrestling". Archived from the original on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
  11. ^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Baseball". Archived from the original on 2007-03-08. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
  12. ^ Hefflinger, Bruce (2008-06-08). "Difficult decision lies ahead". Crescent-News. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
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