Flood Watch issued September 20 at 1:07PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union and Wayne and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...From 7 PM EDT this evening through Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rain will impact the area overnight. Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are expected with locally higher amounts. The heavy rain combined with saturated ground will lead to potential flash flooding.

Flood Warning issued September 20 at 1:05PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

...Forecast flooding changed to Minor severity and increased in duration for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 12:40 PM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

Thursday, August 13th, 2020

WBL's football schedule finalized

Celina-St. Marys set for Oct. 2

By Gary R. Rasberry

The Western Buckeye League released its modified football schedules for the 2020 season Wednesday.

The schedule, pending approval from the state, kicks off Aug. 28 with the final regular-season games set for Oct. 2. The playoffs - which will include all teams able to play or willing to enter the playoffs - starting on Oct. 9.

League commissioner Kent Smelser said it was a process he and the league athletic directors have been working on for some time.

"We've been working on this for several weeks, not knowing the direction we're going in," said Smelser via telephone after the release. "We're not sure which direction we're going in at this point (based on the state not yet signaling its decision)."

Smelser stated that a big part of the schedule makeup was to try to see that most of the schools' main rivalry matchups were preserved.

"We spent quite a bit of time trying to get rivalry games included in each team's schedule, as well as trying to balance the schedule as fair as we could as far as somebody not playing as strong a team as the others," said Smelser. "There's no perfect solution, but I know the ADs put a lot of time to try and make the best for each school."

For the two local WBL teams, both will face their main rivals during the season. Celina opens its schedule with Wapakoneta and would end the season with the Battle of Grand Lake at St. Marys on Oct. 2. St. Marys hosts Auglaize County rival Wapakoneta on Sept. 4.

As with the MAC, the WBL will not crown a league champion this season.

2020 Western Buckeye League Football Schedules:

Team	Aug. 28	Sept. 4	Sept. 11	Sept. 18	Sept. 25	Oct. 2
Bath	St. Marys	at Kenton	at Elida	O-G	at Celina	Van Wert
Celina	Wapakoneta	Shawnee	at Kenton	at Elida	Bath	at St. Marys
Defiance	O-G	at Van Wert	at Shawnee	Kenton	Elida	at Wapak
Elida	at Van Wert	at O-G	Bath	Celina	at Defiance	Shawnee
Kenton	at Shawnee	Bath	Celina	at Defiance	Wapakoneta	at O-G
O-G	at Defiance	Elida	at St. Marys	at Bath	Van Wert	Kenton
St. Marys	at Bath	Wapakoneta	O-G	at Van Wert	at Shawnee	Celina
Shawnee	Kenton	at Celina	Defiance	at Wapak	St. Marys	at Elida
Van Wert	Elida	Defiance	at Wapak	St. Marys	at O-G	at Bath
Wapakoneta	at Celina	at St. Marys	Van Wert	Shawnee	at Kenton	Defiance

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