2017-18 Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association (OPSWA) Boys Basketball All-Ohio Teams
Division IV
2nd Team: Javin Etzler, Crestview
Division IV
2nd Team: Javin Etzler, Crestview
Division IV Regional Championship at BGSU
Pandora-Gilboa 70 Crestview 58
Division IV Regional Semifinal at BGSU
Crestview 61 Maumee Valley Country Day 45
Division III
Lima District
Bluffton, Delphos Jefferson, Paulding, Spencerville
Division IV
Bowling Green Regional
Crestview
Wapakoneta District
Ada, Allen East
Findlay District
Columbus Grove
Elida District
Crestview, Lincolnview
Division IV District Championship at Elida
Crestview 43 Hicksville 42
Division III District Semifinal at Lima Senior
Ottawa-Glandorf 82 Paulding 38
Division IV District Semifinal at Liberty-Benton
Kalida 42 Columbus Grove 40, 2OT
Division IV District Semifinal at Elida
Crestview 72 Ottoville 67, 2OT
Division III Sectional Championships at Miller City
Ottawa-Glandorf 89 Spencerville 42
Paulding 35 Tinora 32
Division IV Sectional Championship at Ottawa-Glandorf
Columbus Grove 69 North Baltimore 46
Division IV Sectional Championship at Van Wert
Crestview 55 Parkway 48
Division IV Sectional Championship at Paulding
Wayne Trace 60 Lincolnview 52
Division III Sectional Semifinal at Elida
Coldwater 53 Delphos Jefferson 46
Crestview 6’7″ wing Javin Etzler was chosen as the 2017-18 NWC Player of the Year by Northwest Conference boys’ basketball coaches at the annual selection meeting Monday evening in Delphos. Etzler received 115 total points to finish ahead of Chayten Overholt, a guard from Lincolnview. Etzler averaged 15.2 points per game along with 7 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game for the Knights and was also a first team selection last year.
Etzler and Overholt were joined on the NWC first team by Derek Stout (CV), Caden Ringwald (LV), Alex Rode (DJ) and Blake Reynolds (CG). Overholt, Stout, Ringwald and Rode are seniors while Etzler is a junior and Reynolds is a freshman.
Coach of the Year honors in the NWC go to Jeremy Best of Crestview. He led the Knights to an 8-0 conference mark and a regular season record of 19-3. This year’s conference championship was the 17th NWC title in school history for the Knights and the first since the 2013-14 season.
First Team
Javin Etzler – Crestview – Junior
Chayten Overholt – Lincolnview – Senior
Derek Stout – Crestview – Senior
Caden Ringwald – Lincolnview – Senior
Alex Rode – Delphos Jefferson – Senior
Blake Reynolds – Columbus Grove – Freshman
Second Team
Wade Sheets – Crestview – Junior
Drew Kline – Crestview – Junior
Kaleb Jefferson – Bluffton – Senior
Ethan Rhonehouse – Paulding – Senior
Zane Miller – Lincolnview – Junior
Fletcher Cook – Paulding – Junior
Honorable Mention
Connor Frazier – Ada – Junior
Tayt Birnesser – Columbus Grove – Freshman
Marcus Miller – Paulding – Senior
Jaret Miller – Paulding – Junior
Jared Piercefield – Bluffton – Sophomore
Tyler Bratton – Delphos Jefferson – Senior
Brenen Auer – Delphos Jefferson – Senior
Ben Dues – Spencerville – Senior
Ethan Kemler – Lincolnview – Junior
Mason Soper – Bluffton – Sophomore
Division III Sectional Semifinals at Miller City
Spencerville 33 Fairview 20
Paulding 42 Bluffton 35
Division IV Sectional Semifinals at Coldwater
Waynesfield-Goshen 66 Ada 59
New Knoxville 40 Allen East 28
Division IV Sectional Semifinal at Paulding
Lincolnview 49 Continental 34
Division IV Sectional Semifinal at Ottawa-Glandorf
Columbus Grove 71 Arcadia 36
Bluffton 60 Ada 30
Delphos Jefferson 61 Allen East 37
Crestview 75 Columbus Grove 49
Paulding 57 Spencerville 36
Non-Conference:
Lincolnview 84 Perry 70
Paulding 65 Edgerton 60
NWC had no schools ranked in the final weekly 2018 AP Ohio Boys Basketball State Poll.
Upper Scioto Valley 68 Allen East 42
Temple Christian 56 Ada 46
Waynesfield-Goshen 57 Allen East 53
Kenton 59 Bluffton 53
Crestview 68 New Knoxville 42
Elida 88 Delphos Jefferson 47
Lincolnview 55 Arlington 39
Bryan 50 Paulding 49
Minster 63 Spencerville 39
Columbus Grove 51 Ada 41
Delphos Jefferson 49 Bluffton 35
Crestview 89 Spencerville 43
Lincolnview 65 Paulding 54
Bluffton 63 Monclova Christian Academy 42
Kenton 81 Allen East 50
Bluffton 51 Riverdale 45
Crestview 72 Wayne Trace 42
Delphos Jefferson 66 Russia 59
Paulding 68 Liberty Center 55
Marion Local 69 Spencerville 37
Lincolnview 53 Ada 39
Columbus Grove 85 Allen East 47
Crestview 70 Paulding 54
Delphos Jefferson 47 Spencerville 35