(8-25-24) It was good week 1 for the Western Buckeye League (WBL) against non-conference football foes.

The WBL went 6-4 in week one. Three wins came against ‘big city’ schools from Columbus and Toledo. One win against a Northwest Conference school and one Midwest Athletic Conference (MAC) teams.

Last year the WBL teams went 4-6 in week 1.

WON

  • Celina 55 Columbus South 13
  • Wapakoneta 35 Toledo St Johns Jesuit 21
  • St. Marys 33 St. Henry 14
  • Van Wert 48 Bryan 6
  • Shawnee 33 LCC 19
  • Elida 40 Toledo Rogers 0

Three of the four losses included a 1-point OT loss, two of the games loss were by 3 points. One loss was to a MAC team.

LOST

  • Eastwood 38 Kenton 35
  • New Bremen 17 Bath 14
  • Napoleon 35 Defiance 34 – OT
  • Liberty-Benton 34 Ottawa-Glandorf 6

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