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Wyandot
Sports Hall of Fame Class
of 2023 The Wyandot Sports Hall of Fame inducted its 12th class April 20,
2024, in a banquet
at the Masters’ Building at the Wyandot County Fairgrounds.
For
more on each inductee, click on their photo or their name below. Krista (Sand) Haubert was the Class A
long jump champion in 1983 with a jump of 18 feet, 1/4 inch. She also placed
fifth in the state in the 100-meter hurdles and was part of the sixth-place
800-meter relay team and the state-qualifying 400-meter relay team. She then
competed in track for three years at Malone College. While
at Carey, Tom Yingling was an All-Ohio linebacker and
school’s career tackle leader who also played basketball and baseball. He
went on to be a two-time all-conference defensive back at Ohio Wesleyan
University and then served as a successful head baseball and assistant football
coach at Jackson Local Schools. Emily (Bastel) Glaser
is a former professional golfer who now serves as the head coach of the
University of Florida women’s golf team. She was a three-time All-Ohioan for
the Rams, then went on to be a four-time All-Big Ten selection and a one-time
All-American at Michigan State University. She spent three years on the
Futures Tour and three years on the LPGA Tour and has been coaching since
2009, including as the head coach of the Gators since 2012. Chad
Sowers was the Division III 189-pound state wrestling champion in
2002 and also placed second at 215 pounds in 2003
and third at 189 pounds in 2001. He was a four-time Midland Athletic League
and sectional champion and finished with a 166-19 career record. Sowers also
excelled in football, earning All-Ohio first-team honors in 2002 when he was
the MAL co-defensive player of the year. A
1954 graduate of Upper Sandusky High School and lifelong resident of Upper
Sandusky, Rosemary Austin is a seven-time All-American
senior softball player who was inducted in 2018 into the National Senior
Softball Hall of Fame. She has won multiple other softball awards and is a
Senior Olympic gold medalist. She continues to play softball across the country
to this day at 87 years old. John
Wolfe was a standout football player at Riverdale, leading them to an
8-2 record and second-place finish in the North Central Conference
his senior year. That season, he earned All-NCC first-team honors as a
running back, leading the league and breaking the school record with 1,281
yards and 14 touchdowns. As a linebacker, he led the league with 192 tackles.
Wolfe earned All-Ohio honorable mention as a junior and special mention as a
senior. The 1982 Upper Sandusky girls basketball team finished as state
semifinalists, finishing the season with a 22-4 record. They lost to state
No. 1 Cincinnati Reading 49-36 in the title game, which set the record for
largest attendance at a girls state semifinal game
with 5,985 fans. The Rams’ seniors that year had a combined 44-7 record their final two years with two Northern Ohio League
and two district championships.
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