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Wyandot
Sports Hall of Fame Class
of 2023 The Wyandot Sports Hall of Fame inducted its 11th class April 15,
2023, in a banquet
at the Masters’ Building at the Wyandot County Fairgrounds.
Complete profiles are available by clicking
on the pictures above or on the names below. Merle Barth threw
seven no-hitters his senior year while helping McCutchenville
baseball team finish as state runner-up in 1949. Barth was signed by the
Cleveland Indians and played in the minor leagues. He later became an
accomplished driver and trainer of standard bred horses and drove in more
than 700 races. Rod
Dean, a 1968 Upper Sandusky High School
graduate, played one season on the freshman basketball team at Ohio State
University and then made his mark as one of the top players in Canada while
at Wilfrid Laurier University, leading the team to the Canadian national
championship in 1971. He was a four-time All-Canadian first-team selection. Dennis Eyestone, a 1965 Upper Sandusky High School graduate, made
his mark as a bowler, rolling the first 300 game in 37 years in Upper
Sandusky when he did so in 1978. In 1980, he had the first 800 series in
Wyandot County history. He finished his career with six perfect games while
helping to transform bowling from recreational to competitive in the county. Phil Gebhardt,
a 1988 graduate of Wynford High School, was a two-time All-Ohio basketball
selection and finished his career at Malone University as the school’s fifth
all-time leading scorer. He helped the Royals reach the state championship
game in 1987. John Knickel was track and field coach at Carey High School
from 1988 through 2012, serving as girls head coach starting in 1994. His
teams won eight Midland Athletic League championships and Knickel
was named coach of the year seven times. He coached 26 state athletes,
including 19 All-Ohioans and five state champions. Knickel
also helped organize the Wyandot Sports Hall of Fame. Ron
Lauck, a 1972 Riverdale High School
graduate, was a standout track and field athlete and coach for the Falcons.
He set the state meet record in winning the high jump in 1972 and later
placed ninth in the Junior Olympic trials. Later, he spent 30 seasons as a coach
with the Riverdale track and field program. The 1985 Mohawk football team was the first in school history to qualify for the
playoffs. The Warriors finished 9-3 and reached the regional final.
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