Address: 201 W. Cross St., Columbus Grove, OH 45830
Principal: Brian Best | Office Phone: 419-659-2156
Athletic Director: Terry Schnipke | Office Phone: 419-659-4331 | Email
Columbus Grove NWC Championships
Baseball (7): 06, 90, 89, 88, 84, 82, 81
Boys Basketball (9): 25, 21, 20, 19, 11, 05, 86, 84, 83
Girls Basketball (8): 26, 25, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 02
Boys Cross Country (19): 24, 23, 21, 20, 19, 18, 14, 12, 11, 10, 04, 03, 01, 00, 99, 98, 95, 94, 92
Girls Cross Country (7): 25, 19, 18, 17, 16, 14, 99
Football (18): 25, 24, 23, 21, 20, 19, 18, 05, 03, 02, 99, 98, 97, 92, 68, 59, 52, 51
Golf (4): 94, 93, 90, 89
Girls Soccer (2): 24, 21
Boys Track (29): 26, 24, 23, 22, 21, 19, 18, 16, 15, 14, 13, 07, 05, 04, 03, 02, 01, 00, 95, 93, 72, 71, 69, 64, 63, 61, 60, 59, 58
Girls Track (20): 26, 25, 24, 23, 21, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 08, 07, 06, 05, 04, 03, 96, 93, 91
Volleyball (8): 18, 14, 13, 05, 03, 81, 80, 79
Wrestling (2): 24, 23
Columbus Grove State Appearances
State Championships
2025 Boys Track & Field Division V State Champions
2025 Girls Track & Field Division V State Champions
2025 Girls Basketball Division VI State Champions
2023 Boys Cross Country Division III State Champions
2003 Boys Track & Field Division III State Champions
2003 Football Division VI State Champions
State Runner-Up
2025 Boys Cross Country Division IV State Runner-Up
2023 Boys Track & Field Division III State Runner-Up
2021 Boys Basketball Division IV State Runner-Up
2007 Boys Track & Field Division III State Runner-Up
2006 Boys Basketball Division IV State Runner-Up
2002 Boys Track & Field Division III State Runner-Up
State Semifinalists
2025 Football Division VII State Semifinalist
2025 Girls Track & Field Division III 3rd Place
2024 Football Division VII State Semifinalist
2024 Girls Soccer Division V State Semifinalist
2023 Football Division VI State Semifinalist
2022 Football Division VI State Semifinalist
2020 Football Division VI State Semifinalist
2014 Football Division VII State Semifinalist
2005 Boys Track & Field Division III 3rd Place
2004 Boys Track & Field Division III 4th Place
2002 Football Division VI State Semifinalist
2001 Football Division VI State Semifinalist
News & Scores
10/18 OHSAA Volleyball Sectionals
Division IV Sectional Championship at Columbus Grove
Columbus Grove 3 Continental 0
Division IV Sectional Championship at Arlington
Ada 3 Ridgemont 0
Division IV Sectional Championship
St. Henry 3 Crestview 0
2018 OHSAA Football Computer Rankings – Week 8
The 4th weekly OHSAA Football Computer Rankings were released and 3 NWC schools are in the top 8 in their region.
Division V, Region 18
22. Paulding
Division VI, Region 22
4. Columbus Grove, 15. Allen East, 22. Bluffton, 23. Ada
Division VI, Region 24
6. Spencerville, 26. Delphos Jefferson
Division VII, Region 28
2. Crestview
10/16 OHSAA Girls Soccer Sectionals
Division III Sectional Semifinal
Miller City 7 Paulding 0
Division III Sectional Semifinal
Allen East 6 Ada 1
Division III Sectional Semifinal
Columbus Grove 2 Fort Jennings 1
Division III Sectional Semifinal
Crestview 4 Delphos St. John’s 1
10/16 OHSAA Volleyball Sectionals
Division IV Sectional Semifinal
Columbus Grove 3 Bluffton 0
Division IV Sectional Semifinal
Crestview 3 Delphos Jefferson 0
2018 NWC Volleyball All-Conference Teams
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.
First Team
Sadie Estle – Sophomore – Paulding
Rylee Sybert – Senior – Columbus Grove
Lexi Gregory – Junior – Crestview
Lakin Brant – Senior – Lincolnview
Megan Light – Sophomore – Ada
Kendall Bollenbacher – Freshman – Lincolnview
Haley Radabaugh – Junior – Columbus Grove
Bailey Gregory – Sophomore – Crestview
Second Team
Avery McCoy – Senior – Crestview
Summer McCloskey – Senior – Allen East
Amy Vorst – Senior – Columbus Grove
Carly Wendel – Senior – Lincolnview
Katie Prater – Junior – Bluffton
Delaney Deuel – Sophomore – Delphos Jefferson
Jalynn Parrett – Sophomore – Paulding
Honorable Mention
Anamya Truex – Junior – Allen East
Emma Hoback – Junior – Spencerville
Morgan Swick – Senior – Ada
Brianna Ebel – Sophomore – Lincolnview
Alex Briley – Senior – Allen East
Megan Tope – Senior – Paulding
Sidney Gossard – Junior – Ada
Grace Howard – Senior – Allen East
Lauren Black – Junior – Crestview
Kylie Stackhouse – Freshman – Bluffton
Peyton Brubaker – Senior – Columbus Grove
Courtney Teman – Junior – Delphos Jefferson
Jayla Rostorfer – Junior – Delphos Jefferson
Madison Williams – Sophomore – Lincolnview
Ayron McClurg – Junior – Delphos Jefferson
2018 NWC Cross Country Championships
Columbus Grove won both the boys’ and girls’ titles in the Northwest Conference cross country meet run Saturday morning in Spencerville. The boys’ race featured a tight battle with Columbus Grove (30) edging out runner-up Lincolnview (33) by 3 points. Lincolnview girls also finshed second while Crestview took third place in both races. Junior High races were won by Lincolnview (boys) and Columbus Grove (girls).
Lincolnview’s Alek Bowersock ran the best individual time of 16:53.8 in winning the boys’ race and was voted by the coaches as NWC Male Runner of the Year. Johnny Schmiedebusch (CG, 16:59.0) finished second with Karter Tow (LV, 17:15.6) completing the race as the third place finisher.
Columbus Grove’s Alyssa Ellerbrock (19:41.2) defeated runner-up Madison Langdon (20:12.3) of Crestview in the girls’ race and was voted NWC Female Runner of the Year. Crestview’s Ragen Harting (20:27.4) finished out the top three.
Columbus Grove’s Terry Schnipke was voted by the coaches as the Boys’ Coach of the Year with the honors for Girls’ Coach of the Year going to Grove’s Jason Jay.
Boys
1. Columbus Grove 30, 2. Lincolnview 33, 3. Crestview 82, 4. Bluffton 121, 5. Ada 135, 6. Allen East 157, Spencerville NTS, Paulding NTS
Complete Results
NWC Individual Champion: Alek Bowersock, Lincolnview
Girls
1. Columbus Grove 36, 2. Lincolnview 44, 3. Crestview 49, 4. Paulding 108, Ada NTS, Bluffton NTS, Spencerville NTS
Complete Results
NWC Individual Champion: Alyssa Ellerbrock, Columbus Grove
Junior High Results: Boys | Girls
Columbus Grove Girls Cross Country – 2018 NWC Champions
10/13 NWC Girls Soccer Scores
Allen East 1 Ada 1
Non-Conference:
Bath 2 Bluffton 0
Columbus Grove at Crestview
10/13 Volleyball Scores
Bluffton 3 Cory-Rawson 2
Ottawa-Glandorf 3 Columbus Grove 0
10/12 NWC Football Scores
Paulding 35 Ada 0
Crestview 36 Allen East 22
Spencerville 47 Bluffton 0
Columbus Grove 44 Delphos Jefferson 0
10/11 NWC Girls Soccer Scores
Bluffton 4 Delphos Jefferson 2
Non-Conference:
Columbus Grove at Napoleon
Spencerville 2 Coldwater 2
2018 NWC Football Leaders & Stats – Week 7
Team Leaders
Team Offense
First Downs: Crestview 19.9
Team Rushing: Spencerville 373.3
Team Passing: Allen East 262.7
Team Total Offense: Crestview 412.1
Scoring Offense: Crestview 44.0
Team Defense
First Downs Allowed: Delphos Jefferson 8.9
Team Rushing Defense: Spencerville 83.9
Team Passing Defense: Delphos Jefferson 90.3
Total Team Defense: Spencerville 221.1
Scoring Defense: Allen East 20.7
Penalty Yards: Allen East 209
Turnover Ratio: Delphos Jefferson +7
Individual Leaders
Individual Offense per Game
Passing Yards: Tyler Clum, Allen East 1806 yards (258.0/game)
Passing Efficiency (min. 65 attempts): Drew Kline, Crestview 166.01
Passing TD’s: Tyler Clum, Allen East 20
Rushing Yards: Kale Lee, Spencerville 770 yards (110.0/game)
Rushing TD’s: Cannon Johnson, Spencerville 12
Rushing Yards per Carry (min. 70 attempts): Joel Lotz, Spencerville 8.9
Receiving Yards: Cole Fletcher, Allen East 727 yards (103.9/game)
Receptions: Hunter Kesler, Paulding 40 receptions (5.7/game)
Receiving Yards per Reception (min. 20 receptions): Cole Fletcher, Allen East 23.5
Receiving TD’s: Cole Fletcher, Allen East 8
Scoring: Cannon Johnson, Spencerville 80 points
Individual Defense
Interceptions: Caleb Barrientes, Columbus Grove 5
Individual Special Teams
Punting (min 20 attempts): Jacob Eblin, Paulding 37.3
Kickoff Returns: Drew Lumpkins, Paulding 273 yards
Punt Returns: Wade Sheets, Crestview 142 yards
2018 OHSAA Volleyball Tournament Brackets
Division III
Kalida District
Allen East, Lincolnview, Spencerville
Defiance District
Paulding
Division IV
Findlay District
Ada
Ottawa District
Bluffton, Columbus Grove
Van Wert District
Crestview, Delphos Jefferson
2018 OHSAA Football Computer Rankings – Week 7
The 3rd weekly OHSAA Football Computer Rankings were released and 3 NWC schools are in the top 8 in their region.
Division V, Region 18
24. Paulding
Division VI, Region 22
6. Columbus Grove, 15. Allen East, 21. Bluffton, 23. Ada
Division VI, Region 24
5. Spencerville, 26. Delphos Jefferson
Division VII, Region 28
2. Crestview
10/9 NWC Volleyball Scores
Columbus Grove 3 Ada 2
Bluffton 3 Delphos Jefferson 0
Crestview 3 Spencerville 0
Lincolnview 3 Paulding 1
Crestview Volleyball – 2018 NWC Co-Champions
10/8 Volleyball Scores
Upper Scioto Valley at Allen East
Columbus Grove 3 Kalida 1
Wayne Trace 3 Delphos Jefferson 0
New Knoxville 3 Lincolnview 1
St. Marys 3 Spencerville 0