The Morning Show BG

09/06/2024

It's a program SWEEP this Thursday for BG Bobcat Volleyball

High school action vs Springfield:

Varsity wins 3-0: 25-17, 25-11, 25-15
Addison Brokaw- 8 kills, 3 digs
Madison Cowan- 7 kills, 18 digs
Molly Ruthenberg- 1 kill, 1 ace, 10 digs, 12 assists
Juliana Firsdon- 3 kills, 1 solo block, 2 block assists, 2 assists

JVA wins 2-0: 25-18, 25-14
Kendall Siville- 3 kills, 2 digs
Katie Parish- 2 kills, 1 block assist
Ayva Ladler- 2 kills, 6 digs
Colbie Lewis- 2 aces, 13 digs, 2 assists

JVB wins 2-0: 25-8, 25-6
Grace Hovest- 8 Assists, 5 Aces
Lila Nalepka- 3 Kills, 1 Ace
Elise- 3 Kills, 10 Aces
Anna- 8 Digs

In middle school action at Arbor Hills:

8th grade wins 2-0: 25-13, 25-13
7th grade wins 2-0: 28-26, 25-14

09/06/2024

BGHS Girls Tennis team played a league match against Whitmer HS at Whitmer HS. Scores are below.

Bowling Green(BG)3 - Whitmer (W) 2

1S Julia Barnett (BG) d Caralin Meyer 6-0,6-0
2S Kendall Hammons (W) d Sarah Mathey 6-2, 4-6,6-0
3S Riley McGrath (W) d Caroline Baker 6-4,6-2
1D Zoe Brujic/Teeda Cromwell (BG) d Alexis Stoldt/Marissa Ibarm 6-4,6-2
2D Mimi Faulkner/Lily Rader (BG) d Alexis Schwartz/Marlee Chappell 6-0,6-1

The win brings Bowling Green to 8-3 on the season 4-3 in the NLL.

Plus the BGHS Boys Soccer team picked up another win tonight:

Bowling Green - 1
Fremont Ross - 0

Bowling Green Goal Scorer:
Meek - 1

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Josh Fox
Boys Varsity Soccer Head Coach

09/06/2024

We talked with Bowling Green Bobcat Football Head Coach Shaun Kiss on Thursday's show about last week's big win over Fostoria. The victory was the coach's first as the head coach. I'll post the interview with coach here Friday morning as he also previewed this week's home game against the Anthony Wayne Generals and a special "purple out" event that's taking place for Tyler Boice, Tyler is a senior at Bowling Green High School and in June he was diagnosed with stage 2 Hodgkins Lymphoma.

09/05/2024

If you are able to identify the person in the photos please contact BGPD on the non-emergency line. 419-352-1131

09/05/2024

The Black Swamp Arts Festival is back this weekend in Downtown Bowling Green SID for the 31st year!
This all volunteer run event is once again looking for folks to help make this year's festival the biggest and best yet. Emily Keegan and Anne McLaughlin are co-chairs of the Volunteer committee again this year and they stopped by this morning to tell us all how we can sign up this year. Listen here...https://www.bgchamber.net/clint-corpe-interviews/

09/05/2024

Nice win for BG Bobcat Girls Soccer tonight.

BGHS 2
Napoleon 0

Goals: Alayna Mahan, Corinna Kramer
Assists: Allison Hover, Leah Koester

Tough night for BG Bobcat Volleyball on the road vs Anthony Wayne

Varsity falls 3-0: 12-25, 21-25, 19-25
Tara Hastings- 4 kills, 2 solo blocks, 2 block assists, 1 ace, 2 digs
Madison Cowan- 6 kills, 21 digs
Sophie Shepherd- 11 digs, 9 assists

JVA falls 2-1: 25-23, 21-25, 18-25
Kiersten Hendricks- 5 kills, 1 block assist, 7 digs
Kaliyah Fordham- 5 kills, 2 solo blocks, 3 block assists, 1 ace, 1 dig
Ella White- 5 aces, 4 digs, 9 assists
Colbie Lewis- 1 ace, 15 digs, 3 assists

JVB falls 2-1: 14-25, 25-21, 23-25
Grace Hovest- 18 Assists, 10 Digs, 5 Kills
Lila Nalepka- 5 Kills, 11 Digs
Elise Lavey- 4 Kills, 4 Aces
Ellie Brown- 10 Digs, 3 Aces

Back at it at home on Thursday vs Springfield. JVB and JVA to start at 5:15 with varsity to follow! Go Bobcats!

09/04/2024

Celebrating 100 years of the Bowling Green Country Club
country club as pictured in early 70's with golf carts and golfers parked out front.

This year the Bowling Green Country Club celebrates its 100th Birthday! From the first beginnings of the golf course in 1913/1914, the club has continued to connect people by offering great golfing activities and sports, as well as its weekly Thursday night games of pinochle. Community service clubs such as the Rotary Club and the BGSU Retirees Association also meet there. The modern clubhouse includes a beautiful dining room, cocktail lounge, kitchen, and social rooms as well as locker rooms, sauna, supply rooms and an office.

Early in the 20th century, the Wood County Fairgrounds were located in the area we now recognize as the Bowling Green City Park and the Bowling Green Country Club. Originally within the grounds of the County Fair was a racetrack and a large area for parking Model T cars. Within the racetrack itself was located a nine-hole golf course! This history is explained in a synopsis provided by Mr. Andrew Householder (Courtesy of Andrew Householder and the BGSU Center for Archival Collections):

In 1924 began the creation of what is now the Bowling Green Country Club by a group of Bowling Green business and community leaders. The club was proposed and started by Joe Eberly and C.G. Helby. Additional board members were William James, Art Lodge, Henry Murlin and Lynn Reiss.

At the time the club started, the 73 acres now used for the course (near the present City Park) was owned by the Wood County Fair Company, and there was a racetrack fenced in on both sides. Permission had to be obtained from the fair board to use the grounds, and the nine holes were located inside the racetrack. Additional land owned by the City of Bowling Green was leased to the golf course in 1929.

In the early 1920’s, there was a Caddy Registration Shed on the southeast corner of the course at the corner of Conneaut Avenue and Fairview Avenue. In 1937, a new and larger clubhouse was constructed on the site of the present one. Several additions and improvements were made until it burned down on July 17, 1970. On August 15, 1971, the present clubhouse was opened – it had been constructed at a cost of slightly over $150,000.

The first club championships were held in 1925 and the men’s champion was Wendell Reigle. The first women’s champion was Marilyn Ziegler in 1951. And in those earlier days, golfers had to contend with the BGHS football stadium (located nearby) when teeing off on the finishing hole.

Householder also recalled that the Country Club was the place to be for a potluck dinner and celebration of the 4th of July. Thousands of people from all over northwest Ohio descended upon the course to watch the fireworks display.

In 1925, the course membership was 95 members. Today its numbers range from 125-150. In 1958, the club completed its layout for an 18-hole course, and this was redesigned in 1992 by David Pfaff. Other major improvements included the 1992 redesign and reconstruction of the clubhouse and then in 2022 another clubhouse renovation and the construction of the Outdoor Pavilion.

Local attorney Norm Geer, who joined the club when he was thirteen, stated “I love this course. I played thousands of rounds here.” His childhood home was nearby at the corner of West Merry and Fairview Avenues. He and his school friends would “…walk across the path to the park and literally spend the summer on the course, playing golf, swimming in the quarry, and searching for stray golf balls in the water.”

The BGCC has worked hard to transform itself from humble beginnings as a small tool house and caddy shed to its current beautiful building and manicured golf course. For more information, please visit this site: https://www.bgcountryclub.com/

The entire Bowling Green community and the Historic Preservation Commission are proud to recognize and celebrate our very own historic Bowling Green Country Club as the August “Site of the Month”!

(Submitted by the Historic Preservation Commission, with contributions by member Christina Tracy and her children - Jack, Sam and Vivian - along with members John Sampen and Geoff Howes.)

09/04/2024

Listen at this link...https://www.bgchamber.net/clint-corpe-interviews/ to my visit with Bowling Green Fire Division Chief Bill Moorman and Bowling Green, OH Police Division Deputy Chief Major Justin White after their presentation to Bowling Green City Council Tuesday on possible future improvements to the Fire and Police facilities.
A study, financed by the city, is ongoing now and community presentations are underway to garner feedback on what citizens would like to see in possibly new or renovated buildings. Some of the challenges with the existing buildings were shown during last night's presentation.

09/04/2024

Deanna Vatan & Doug Cubberly are co-chairs of the Site & Logistics committee again this year for the Black Swamp Arts Festival and we had the opportunity to talk with them both this morning. Listen here..https://www.bgchamber.net/clint-corpe-interviews/ to the latest in this week's interviews as we preview this year's festival which opens Friday in Downtown Bowling Green SID

09/04/2024

09/03/2024

BGHS Girls Tennis team played a non-league match against Rossford HS at BGHS. Scores are below.

Bowling Green 5 - Rossford 0
1S Julia Barnett d Sofia Sizemore 6-0,6-1
2S Sarah Mathey d Amy Claypool 6-0,6-0
3S Caroline Baker d Sam Maenle 6-0,6-1
1D Zoe Brujic/Teeda Cromwell d Justynne Jones/Brittney Tingley 6-1,6-0
2D Mimi Faulkner/Lily Rader d Rileigh Clair/Lexi Klocko 6-0,6-0

The win brings Bowling Green to 7-3 on the season.

09/03/2024

The Director of the Wood County Emergency Management Agency Jeff Klein and the Deputy Director Erin Konecki stopped by the studio this morning to talk about September being National Preparedness Month and we also discussed last week's storms and heavy winds.

Listen here...https://www.bgchamber.net/clint-corpe-interviews/ as Bowling Green Fire Division chief Bill Moorman stopped in during our visit and we got to "connect community voices" and discuss the fire response to Cooper Standard last Friday as well.

09/03/2024

In the 1st of our series of interviews focusing on the 2024 Black Swamp Arts Festival, we talked this morning with the co-chair of the marketing and PR committee, Carmen Cano. Listen at this link...https://www.bgchamber.net/clint-corpe-interviews/

09/03/2024

Way to go BGHS Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams!
The Bobcats girls were the runners-up in the 29 team Mel Brodt Invitational at BGSU on Saturday 8/31. The Bobcats topped 7 NLL teams en-route to capturing 2nd place. Perrysburg, the 2023 State Champions, won the meet with 44 points, Bowling Green finished with 160. Top runners for the Bobcats in the field of 386 runners were:
Lilly Downey (Fr.) 17th, 20:44
Kate Scarletto Scholl (So.) 27th, 21:12
Averie Crawford (Sr.) 31st, 21:15
Kale Smith (Fr.) 41st, 21:37
Shelby Janes (Sr.) 45th 21:43
Natalie Neeson (Sr.) 50th, 21:56
Emarie Headly (Jr.) 52nd, 21:57

Also running standout races for BG were Tess Challu (So.), Kendall Crawford (So.) and Laina Schmetlz (Fr.)

The BG Boys ran an impressive race on Saturday finishing only 7 points out of 1st place in the 32 team Mel Brodt Invitational at BGSU on Saturday 8/31. The Boys team, currently ranked 22nd in the State of Ohio Division 1 coaches poll, defeated 6 NLL rivals en route to the runner-up finish. Top runners for the Bobcats in the field of 426 runners were:
Erek Kendrick (Sr.) 5th, 16:19
Landon Fry (Jr.) 13th, 16:48
Liam Triggs (Sr.) 20th, 17:02
Sam Wiles (So.) 28th, 17:20
Sam Challu (Sr.) 29th, 17:24
Adam Proulx (Fr.) 61st, 17:56
Quinn Rader (Jr.) 68th, 18:02

Also running standout races for the Bobcats were Alex Nelson (Jr.), Larry Mauk-Johnson (So.) and Gavin Roessner (Jr.)

09/03/2024

On Friday, August 30th at 2:09 p.m., a trooper from the Bowling Green Post stopped a Ram 1500 for a speeding violation on southbound Interstate 75 between state Route 582 and Wooster Street. The vehicle initially pulled onto the shoulder, but fled and a pursuit ensued. The Ram briefly exited onto Wooster Street before returning to southbound I-75. The pursuit continued to U.S. Route 6 where the vehicle exited and then went north on I-75. The Ram exited at Wooster Street and the pursuit ended a few minutes later in the area of Woodbridge Blvd and Dunbridge Road in Bowling Green, where the driver was taken into custody without incident.


The driver, identified as Robert M. Wendell, 37, Toledo, was charged with failure to comply with the signal or order of a police officer, a third-degree felony. He was incarcerated at the Wood County Jail.


The Ohio State Highway Patrol was assisted by the Bowling Green Police Department and the Wood County Sheriff’s Office during the incident.

09/02/2024

Congratulations!

In celebration of , meet Reese Avery Arend, born on August 27 at 9:09 AM. Reese weighed in at 8 lbs and measured 20 inches long. Baby Reese was born to proud parents Emily and Thomas Arend and was welcomed by big brother Theodore. Congratulations to the Arend family on their new addition! 🛠️🩺❤️🤍💙

09/02/2024

Bowling Green Police is HIRING Certified Officers (LATERAL)!
• Competitive Wages – Top Pay up to $44.65 in only 4 years
• Hourly Training Incentive Pay up to $2.34 per hour
• Shift Differentials including Weekend Differential
• $1,200 annual Fitness Bonus
• $1,000 annual uniform allowance
• 4-day work week/10-hr shifts/3 days off & shift bid every 6 months
• Generous Leave Time– 4 weeks of vacation to use the first year, with credit for prior public service
• Paid sick time
• 11 paid holidays (double time if you work)
• Health, Dental, Vision & City-paid Life Insurance

For hiring requirements and employment details, go to https://buff.ly/4fU0Lpl
Deadline to complete all requirements is 10/11/24.
The City of Bowling Green is an equal opportunity employer.

09/02/2024

In case you missed them, here's some area High School Football scores from Friday night. We'll talk with area coaches on the show again this week to preview their next games. 88.1 WBGU-FM

BOWLING GREEN 49, FOSTORIA 6

Jackson Shafer finished with 107 yards rushing and a touchdown on just five carries for the hosts (1-1) in a nonconference encounter.
Ja’Ceous Shannon scored two touchdowns and rushed for 84 yards. Fostoria fell to 0-2.

PERRYSBURG 37, MARYSVILLE 0

The host Yellow Jackets put up two game-sealing defensive touchdowns in the fourth quarter to move to 2-0 overall.
Braxton Mefferd scored on a 16-yard pick-six to push Perrysburg ahead 30-0, after a 2-point conversion, and Paulo Walkosky returned a fumble 27 yards for a score a few minutes later.
Josh Takats threw for 212 yards and three touchdowns on 10-of-21 passing. Dominick Woods led Perrysburg with 110 yards and two TDs (16, 80 yards) on three grabs.
Marysville dropped to 0-2.

EASTWOOD 49, ELMWOOD 6

PEMBERVILLE, Ohio — The host Eagles scored five touchdowns in the first quarter against the Royals (0-2).
After Brock Messenger recovered a fumble for a touchdown, Eastwood (2-0) took advantage of three Drew Luidhart touchdown passes and a Kevin Lewis touchdown run to establish a 35-0 lead.
Luidhart completed 8 of 9 passes for 140 yards. Lewis finished with 90 yards and two touchdowns on eight carries.

OTSEGO 14, TINORA 9

TONTOGANY, Ohio — The host Knights improved to 2-0.
Kris Kazmaier ran for a 2-yard touchdown in the first quarter and Kaidyn Hutton threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Keeghan Hutton in the second quarter for Otsego, which held Tinora scoreless in the second half.
Owen Ferrell scored the lone touchdown for Tinora (0-2) late in the first half on a 51-yard reception on a Dominic Graziani pass.

09/02/2024

Congratulations, Great way to start the season with big wins over Michigan!!

1st XV: Bowling Green 47 Univ. Michigan 12
2nd XV: Bowling Green 19 Univ. Michigan 8

09/02/2024

The Bowling Green State University volleyball team concluded play in the Best Western Invitational on Sunday (Sept. 1) against Cincinnati at the Stroh Center. BGSU and UC played a close first set with a late Cincinnati run making the difference. Cincinnati carried their momentum into the second set for a 2-0 lead. BGSU challenged in the third set, but another late run for the Bearcats pushed them in front for the 3-0 final.
The Falcons finished this weekend's Best Western Invitational with a record of 1-2.

The Falcons will hit the road for the first time this season next weekend at the Tru by Hilton Dayton Beavercreek Invite. BGSU will begin the road trip with UMBC on Friday (Sept. 6) followed by Dayton on Saturday (Sept. 7) and Wright State on Sunday (Sept. 8). All of the matches for Bowling Green are set for 3 p.m. starts.

09/02/2024

The Friends of BG Dog Parks invites the dog-loving community to join in the celebration of the group’s first event at the future location of its permanent dog park.

A huge fenced off-leash play space will be available at “Dog Day Afternoon,” on Saturday September 14 from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Ridge Park, located at 225 Ridge Street in Bowling Green. In case of rain, the event will be held on September 21.

Planned activities include dog-themed face painting and crafts, Best Dressed Dog and Doggie Talent Show contests with prizes for first place and runners-up and a talk on Dog Park Etiquette. There will be a table with information from Zoom Room and Planned Pethood.

Water bowls, balls and other dog toys will be provided. There will be some lawn chairs available; dog owners may also bring their own.

Raffle tickets for a 50/50 drawing will be available and donations to the Friends of BG Dog Parks group will be accepted at the “doggie door.”

Dogs attending the event must be off leash while in the fenced area, licensed, fully vaccinated, nonaggressive, responsive to commands and supervised at all times by the owner.

Friends of BG Dog Park, a nonprofit organization, signed a lease with the City of Bowling Green for the space at Ridge Park in July. The board of directors is in the process of interviewing design and project management companies and anticipates that construction of the dog park may begin this fall.

Anyone interested in receiving updates may visit www.bgdogparks.org to sign up for the group’s mailing list

09/01/2024

09/01/2024

Be sure to hop on 13abc's TheNineon13 to see the poster artist, Becky Laabs, talk about this year’s design! 🎨🦎

08/30/2024

Bowling Green Fire Division responded to a fire at the Cooper Standard plant on N Main St. This afternoon. BG Fire Chief Bill Moorman told us “The temperature on the roof where our guys were working for almost 3hrs was 145 degrees, they all in their fire gear also. They did an amazing job.”

Chief Moorman said “Two of our guys had some heat related issues”

No one from the plant was injured. Mutual aid was requested and provided by Perrysburg and Middleton Township and Pemberville Fire responded to the main BG station for backup.

08/30/2024

Busy week with The Morning Show BG "ticket window" open giving away BGSU Football and Bowling Green State University Volleyball tickets to listeners, some of which we grabbed pictures of. I do still have a pair of tickets for Saturday or Sunday's BGSU Volleyball Best Western Falcon Plaza invitational games against University of Cincinnati and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign left! Message me here by 4 today if you can go and cheer the Falcons on to victory at the Stroh Center!

08/30/2024

Aiden Xu, a fifth-grade student at Conneaut Elementary, was selected for a $200 scholarship from the Northwest Ohio Consortium of Coordinators for the Gifted (NWOCCG). The annual scholarship is presented to applicants who demonstrate a strong passion or interest in a specific area. Applicants must submit an essay describing how the award will help support or enhance their passion and include specific details regarding how they will use the scholarship. This year, NWOCCG received 25 submissions from students across Northwest Ohio and selected six scholarship winners.

Xu will use the award to help cover the cost of coding apps and classes, enabling him to create educational video games for students. In his essay, he expressed a passion for video games and his desire to challenge the negative stigma surrounding frequent gaming. He plans to learn coding for game design and invite friends and peers to test his games for success.

Xu is a gifted student in the P.A.C.E. class with identification in superior cognitive ability and math skills. Mrs. Laura Weaver, P.A.C.E. teacher and district coordinator for gifted services, praised his achievements, stating, "Aiden is a phenomenal math student and was a gold medalist in our annual International Perennial Math competition program last year. He earned a perfect score on the Intermediate (grades 5-6) and Advanced (grades 7-8) Teams. His achievements, including the Rookie (grades 3-4) Team, put him in the top 10% of 2,695 students in grades 3-8 in the competition. Aiden is enrolled in Math 8, an accelerated Math class for seventh graders, at Bowling Green Middle School. I am confident his math mind, analytical skills, creativity, and technical abilities will help him design enjoyable games for academics. I can't wait to play! I am so proud of Aiden for being one of the six winners from Northwest Ohio!"

08/30/2024

Listen at his link...https://www.bgchamber.net/clint-corpe-interviews/ to our visit with the long time President of Bowling Green Youth Baseball, Tim Dunn, about a great new partnership with Bowling Green State University.

Announced this week was the return of the 50/50 raffle, which benefits the Ziggy Collective and BG Baseball, at BGSU athletics events. All proceeds that go to the Ziggy Collective will be allocated for NIL opportunities for BGSU female student-athletes. BGSU Athletics Director Derek van der Merwe said "This initiative is a collaboration between two organizations committed to the growth and development of student-athletes and the youth in our community. Half of the proceeds will go to the winner, while the other half in addition to benefiting NIL opportunities for BGSU female student-athletes, will also benefit the Bowling Green Youth Baseball Program."