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
10/21 OHSAA Cross Country Districts
Division II Boys – Ottawa Park, Ottawa
Qualifiers: Top three teams and those individuals that finish in the top 12 advance to the regional tournament at Tiffin.
11. Paulding 299
Individual Regional Qualifiers: none
Complete Results
Division III Boys – District 1 – Ottawa Park, Ottawa
Qualifiers: Top four teams and those individuals that finish in the top 16 advance to the regional tournament at Tiffin.
4. Crestview 108, 5. Spencerville 161, 9. Bluffton 224
Individual Regional Qualifiers: 13. Christopher Harnish, Bluffton; 16. Keagan Gaskill, Spencerville
Complete Results
Division III Boys – District 2 – Ottawa Park, Ottawa
Qualifiers: Top four teams and those individuals that finish in the top 16 advance to the regional tournament at Tiffin.
1. Lincolnview 56, 3. Columbus Grove 79, Allen East NTS, Ada NTS
Individual Regional Qualifiers: none
Complete Results
Division III Girls – District 1 – Ottawa Park, Ottawa
Qualifiers: Top four teams and those individuals that finish in the top 16 advance to the regional tournament at Tiffin.
4. Lincolnview 93, 5. Crestview 121, 9. Ada 226, Spencerville NTS
Individual Regional Qualifiers: 10. Ragen Harting, Crestview; 11. Ashley Bowen, Crestview; 14. Torie Bockey, Spencerville
Complete Results
Division III Girls – District 2 – Ottawa Park, Ottawa
Qualifiers: Top four teams and those individuals that finish in the top 16 advance to the regional tournament at Tiffin.
1. Columbus Grove 39, 7. Paulding 203, Bluffton NTS
Individual Regional Qualifiers: 12. Sydney Hoff, Bluffton; 14. Elyse Manz, Paulding
Complete Results
10/20 NWC Football Scores
Ada 42 Bluffton 17
Columbus Grove 27 Allen East 21
Crestview 49 Delphos Jefferson 28
Spencerville 60 Paulding 24
2017 NWC Football Leaders & Stats – Week 8
Team Leaders
Team Offense
First Downs: Spencerville 17.9
Team Rushing: Spencerville 337.6
Team Passing: Ada 231.6
Team Total Offense: Crestview 372.1
Scoring Offense: Crestview 40.8
Team Defense
First Downs Allowed: Delphos Jefferson 7.9
Team Rushing Defense: Delphos Jefferson 95.6
Team Passing Defense: Allen East 80.9
Total Team Defense: Delphos Jefferson 249.9
Scoring Defense: Delphos Jefferson 21.3
Penalty Yards: Allen East 31.9
Turnover Ratio: Crestview +8
Individual Leaders
Individual Offense per Game
Rushing Yards: Brenen Auer, Delphos Jefferson 140.0
Rushing TD’s: Brenen Auer, Delphos Jefferson 12
Rushing Yards per Carry (min. 60 attempts): Kaleb Jefferson, Bluffton 7.9
Passing Yards: Seth Conley, Ada 238.3
Passing Efficiency (min. 60 attempts): Drew Kline, Crestview 172.36
Passing TD’s: Seth Conley, Ada 21
Receiving Yards: Chase Sumner, Ada 111.9
Receptions: Chase Sumner, Ada 8.4
Receiving Yards per Reception (min. 20 receptions): Caleb Barrientes, Columbus Grove 20.6
Receiving TD’s: Wade Sheets, Crestview 10
Scoring: Brenen Auer, Delphos Jefferson 112 points
Individual Defense
Interceptions: Chase Sumner, Ada & Wade Sheets, Crestview 8
Individual Special Teams
Punting (min 10 attempts): Brice Rayle, Bluffton 37.3
Kickoff Returns: Trevor Taylor, Columbus Grove 413 yards
Punt Returns: Charles Stefanek, Crestview 144 yards
10/19 OHSAA Volleyball Sectionals
Division IV Sectional Championship
Ada 3 Pandora-Gilboa 1 (25-27, 25-10, 25-19, 25-7)
Division IV Sectional Championship
Ottoville 3 Crestview 0 (25-19, 25-18, 25-19)
Division IV Sectional Championship
Columbus Grove 3 Kalida 0 (25-18, 25-16, 25-23)
2017 NWC Volleyball All-Conference Teams
Ada senior Melina Woods was voted the 2017 Northwest Conference “Player of The Year” at a meeting of conference volleyball coaches in Delphos. Woods has earned Player of the Year honors three consecutive years in the conference. Tammy Gregory of Crestview was voted NWC Coach of the Year by her peers. Ada finished the year as conference champs with a perfect 8-0 record in league play.
First Team
Melina Woods – Senior – Ada
Paige Bellman – Senior – Columbus Grove
Lexi Gregory – Sophomore – Crestview
Carlee McCluer – Senior – Columbus Grove
Cassidy Posey – Senior – Paulding
Ally McCoy – Senior – Crestview
Alana Williams – Senior – Lincolnview
Lakin Brant – Junior – Lincolnview
Second Team
Abby Kennedy – Senior – Allen East
Madisyn Gossard – Senior – Ada
Kyra Clark – Senior – Allen East
Katie Prater – Junior – Bluffton
Olivia Alexander – Senior – Ada
Lauren Birkemeier – Senior – Columbus Grove
Abby Bagley – Senior – Crestview
Honorable Mention
Sarah Miller – Senior – Delphos Jefferson
Kayla Schimmoeller – Senior – Lincolnview
Rylee Sybert – Junior – Columbus Grove
Macy Wallace – Senior – Delphos Jefferson
Megan Tope – Junior – Paulding
Sadie Estle – Freshman – Paulding
Lyvia Black – Senior – Crestview
Summer McCloskey – Junior – Allen East
Ashley Eachus – Junior – Bluffton
Sidney Gossard – Sophomore – Ada
Kristina Claypool – Senior – Delphos Jefferson
Megan Niemeyer – Senior – Allen East
Abby Satterfield – Junior – Spencerville
Haley Radabaugh – Junior – Columbus Grove
Columbus Grove is ranked in the final weekly 2017 OHSVCA Volleyball State Poll.
Columbus Grove is ranked 15th in Division IV in the final weekly 2017 Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association State Poll.
10/16 OHSAA Volleyball Sectionals
Division IV Sectional Semifinal at Delphos St. John’s
Crestview 3 Delphos St. John’s 2 (21-25, 25-16, 16-25, 25-17, 17-15)
Division IV Sectional Semifinal at Ottoville
Ottoville 3 Lincolnview 0 (25-18, 25-14, 25-18)
Division IV Sectional Semifinal at New Knoxville
New Knoxville 3 Delphos Jefferson 0 (25-14, 25-14, 25-5)
Division IV Sectional Semifinal at Columbus Grove
Columbus Grove 3 North Baltimore 0 (25-7, 25-2, 25-15)
Division IV Sectional Semifinal at Ada
Ada 3 Temple Christian 0 (25-11, 25-9, 25-8)
10/14 Girls Soccer Scores
Columbus Grove 1 Crestview 0
Napoleon 9 Paulding 1
10/14 Volleyball Scores
Bluffton 3 Cory-Rawson 2
Ottawa-Glandorf 3 Columbus Grove 0
Crestview 3 Hicksville 1
2017 NWC Cross Country Meet
Lincolnview won the boys’ championship and Columbus Grove won the girls’ title in the Northwest Conference cross country meet run Saturday morning in Van Wert. Columbus Grove (boys) and Lincolnview (girls) finished second. Crestview took third place in both races. Junior High races were won by Lincolnview (boys) and Crestview (girls).
Lincolnview’s Karter Tow ran the best individual time of 16:44 in winning the boys’ race and was voted by the coaches as NWC Male Runner of the Year. Johnny Schmiedebusch (CG, 17:03) finished second with Alek Bowersock (LV, 17:12) completing the race as the third place finisher.
Columbus Grove’s Alyssa Ellerbrock (19:45) defeated runner-up Ragen Harting (20:04) of Crestview in the girls’ race and was voted NWC Female Runner of the Year. Crestview’s Ashley Bowen (20:13) finished out the top three.
Lincolnview’s Matt Langdon 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. Lincolnview 35, 2. Columbus Grove 49, 3. Crestview 76, 4. Paulding 99, 5. Spencerville 121, 6. Bluffton 132, 7. Allen East 205
Complete Individual Results
Girls
1. Columbus Grove 26, 2. Lincolnview 53, 3. Crestview 67, 4. Paulding 104, 5. Ada 123
Complete Individual Results
Junior High
Boys
1. Lincolnview 32, 2. Columbus Grove 40, 3. Bluffton 76, 4. Allen East 89, 5. Crestview 138
Complete Individual Results
Girls
1. Crestview 35, 2. Columbus Grove 39, 3. Lincolnview 51
Complete Individual Results
10/13 NWC Football Scores
Ada 22 Paulding 16
Crestview 49 Allen East 21
Spencerville 33 Bluffton 10
10/14 Scores:
Delphos Jefferson 28 Bluffton 21
2017 NWC Football Leaders & Stats – Week 7
Team Leaders
Team Offense
First Downs: Ada 17.7
Team Rushing: Spencerville 335.1
Team Passing: Ada 241.6
Team Total Offense: Crestview 365.9
Scoring Offense: Crestview 39.6
Team Defense
First Downs Allowed: Delphos Jefferson 7.9
Team Rushing Defense: Delphos Jefferson 96.6
Team Passing Defense: Allen East 66.0
Total Team Defense: Bluffton 240.9
Scoring Defense: Delphos Jefferson 21.3
Penalty Yards: Allen East 33.6
Turnover Ratio: Crestview +6
Individual Leaders
Individual Offense per Game
Rushing Yards: Brenen Auer, Delphos Jefferson 138.4
Rushing TD’s: Kaleb Jefferson, Bluffton & Brenen Auer, Delphos Jefferson 11
Rushing Yards per Carry (min. 50 attempts): Kaleb Jefferson, Bluffton 8.5
Passing Yards: Seth Conley, Ada 249.1
Passing Efficiency (min. 50 attempts): Drew Kline, Crestview 162.7
Passing TD’s: Seth Conley, Ada 20
Receiving Yards: Chase Sumner, Ada 121.1
Receptions: Chase Sumner, Ada 8.6
Receiving Yards per Reception (min. 15 receptions): Wade Sheets, Crestview 18.4
Receiving TD’s: Chase Sumner, Ada & Wade Sheets, Crestview 9
Scoring: Brenen Auer, Delphos Jefferson 106 points
Individual Defense
Interceptions: Chase Sumner, Ada 7
Individual Special Teams
Punting (min 10 attempts): Brice Rayle, Bluffton 38.4
Kickoff Returns: Trevor Taylor, Columbus Grove 376 yards
Punt Returns: Brenen Auer, Delphos Jefferson 102 yards
2017 OHSAA Football Computer Rankings – Week 7
The 4th weekly OHSAA Football Computer Rankings were released and 3 NWC schools are in top 8 in their region.
Division V, Region 18
24. Paulding 0.9
Division VI, Region 22
7. Ada 6.7929, 22. Columbus Grove 0.9929
Division VI, Region 24
5. Spencerville 9.2143, 11. Delphos Jefferson 7.5, 19. Bluffton 3.2143, 20. Allen East 2.8929
Division VII, Region 28
1. Crestview 11.0071
10/10 NWC Volleyball Scores
Ada 3 Columbus Grove 0
Delphos Jefferson 3 Bluffton 1
Crestview 3 Spencerville 0
Paulding 3 Lincolnview 1
10/9 Volleyball Scores
Columbus Grove 3 Kalida 0
Crestview at Antwerp
Delphos Jefferson 3 Wayne Trace 0
New Knoxville 3 Lincolnview 0
St. Marys 3 Spencerville 0