COLUMBUS – State Senator Rob McColley (R-Napoleon) and State Representative Craig S.Riedel (R-Defiance) today honored the Van Wert High School football team at the Ohio Statehouse for winning the 2020 Division IV State Championship.
“It was great to recognize the Van Wert Cougars for their thrilling State Championship victory,” Senator McColley said. “We have so many excellent young men and women in Northwest Ohio and the members of the Van Wert Cougar football team are certainly some of the best.”
Under the leadership of Coach Keith Recker and his assistants, the Cougars defeated Lake Catholic High School in the Division IV State Championship with a 31-28 victory.