2018 NWC Scholastic Bowl
Ada won the Northwest Conference Scholastic Bowl competition with a 8-0 record in matches held at Lincolnview High School on Saturday. Crestview and Bluffton tied for 2nd with 6-2 records in the competition followed by Spencerville, Columbus Grove, Allen East and Paulding (tie), Lincolnview and Delphos Jefferson.
1. Ada 8-0
2. Crestview 6-2
2. Bluffton 6-2
4. Spencerville 5-3
5. Columbus Grove 4-4
6. Allen East 3-5
6. Paulding 3-5
8. Lincolnview 1-7
9. Delphos Jefferson 0-8
The Northwest Conference Scholastic Bowl is an annual competition among the schools of the conference with teams of 4 students competing in a round robin quiz bowl competition.
Team Leaders
The final weekly OHSAA Football Computer Rankings were released and 3 NWC schools are in the top 8 in their region and moving on to the playoffs.
Paulding sophomore Sadie Estle was voted the 2018 Northwest Conference “Player of The Year” at a meeting of conference volleyball coaches in Delphos. In a close vote, Estle edged Rylee Sybert (Columbus Grove) and Lexi Gregory (Crestview) who finished second and third respectively in the balloting. Tammy Gregory of Crestview was voted NWC Coach of the Year by her peers. Columbus Grove and Crestview ended the regular season as conference co-champs with identical 7-1 records in league play.
Ada senior Chris Reyes was voted the 2018 Northwest Conference “Player of The Year” in a vote at a meeting of conference boys’ soccer coaches held in Delphos. Luke Young, a senior from Bluffton, finished second in the balloting. Steve Smucker of Bluffton was selected as “Coach of the Year” in the balloting. Smucker was a unanimous selection in winning his 4th straight Coach of the Year award.
Junior Kelsey Shaffer from conference champion Spencerville was voted the 2018 Northwest Conference “Player of The Year” at a meeting of conference soccer coaches held in Delphos. Her teammate junior Raygen Martinez finished second in the balloting. Spencerville coach Kathy Goecke was selected as “Coach of the Year” in the balloting. Spencerville won the league title with a 5-0-1 record in league play to edge out Bluffton who finished at 4-0-2.