Address: 15945 Middle Point Rd., Van Wert, OH 45891
Principal: Brad Mendenhall | Office Phone: 419-968-2214
Athletic Director: Greg Leeth | Office Phone: 419-968-2343 | Email
Lincolnview NWC Championships
Baseball (8): 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 18, 90
Boys Basketball (6): 26, 16, 97, 96, 95, 74
Girls Basketball (1): 98
Boys Cross Country (7): 22, 17, 16, 15, 13, 07, 05
Girls Cross Country (8): 24, 23, 22, 21, 15, 06, 05, 04
Boys Golf (11): 25, 21, 16, 15, 05, 98, 97, 87, 80, 79, 78
Softball (7): 26, 25, 24, 22, 21, 13, 97
Volleyball (6): 21, 20, 19, 99, 98, 95
Lincolnview State Appearances
State Championships
1997 Boys Basketball Division IV State Championship
1962 Baseball State Championship
State Runner-Up
2022 Baseball Division IV State Runner-Up
2022 Softball Division IV State Runner-Up
2021 Baseball Division IV State Runner-Up
2016 Boys Basketball Division IV State Runner-Up
1996 Boys Basketball Division IV State Runner-Up
State Semifinalists
2026 Softball Division VI State Semifinalist
2026 Boys Basketball Division VI State Semifinalist
1974 Baseball State Semifinalist
Individual State Championships
2005 – Chelsea Honigford Division III Track and Field 800m Run State Champion
1992 – Steve Pardon Division III Wrestling 275lb State Champion
1981 – Corinne Arnold Class A Track & Field 100m Hurdles State Champion
1963 – Frank Hux Class A Track & Field Mile Run State Champion
News & Scores
2016 NWC Baseball All-League Teams
In voting by Northwest Conference baseball coaches for the 2016 baseball season. senior Damon Egnor, a pitcher from Paulding was named Player of the Year after being runner-up for that honor last season. Egnor was a near-unanimous selection receiving 199 out of a possible 200 points in the balloting. Crestview senior Colby Clifton finished second in the balloting with Delphos Jefferson junior Jace Stockwell finishing third.
Paulding coach Travis McGarvey tallied 20 points to be named Coach of the Year at the all-conference selection meeting Monday evening in Delphos. McGarvey led Paulding to a 7-1 record and a co-championship with Spencerville. Spencerville’s coach Shane Falke finished second in the coach of the year balloting. It was Paulding’s 14th NWC championship and Spencerville’s 2nd league championship.
Egnor compiled 2 no-hitters in his 5 conference starts. In one of those games he retired every batter by strikeout. He allowed only 6 total hits during conference play.
First Team
Damon Egnor – Paulding – Senior
Colby Clifton – Crestview – Senior
Jace Stockwell – Delphos Jefferson – Junior
Brayden Sautter – Ada – Senior
Corbin Edwards – Paulding – Senior
Thad Ringwald – Spencerville – Junior
Tyler Richey – Lincolnview – Senior
Brent Wilson – Allen East – Junior
Dakota Bricker – Bluffton – Sophomore
Spencer Rolsten – Crestview – Junior
Hunter French – Spencerville – Senior
Second Team
David Wisher – Spencerville – Senior
Lupe Martinez – Paulding – Sophomore
Brady Becker – Spencerville – Junior
Matt Bowden – Bluffton – Junior
Caden Hurless – Crestview – Sophomore
Reid Spencer – Allen East – Sophomore
Jake Utendorf – Columbus Grove – Senior
Jalen Roberts – Lincolnview – Senior
Gage Mercer – Delphos Jefferson – Senior
Grant Schroeder – Columbus Grove – Junior
Honorable Mention
Aaron Everhart – Ada – Sophomore
Jacob Painter – Crestview – Junior
Chayton Overholt – Lincolnview – Sophomore
Reid Stechschulte – Columbus Grove – Junior
Bret Ketchum – Allen East – Senior
Preston Johanns – Paulding – Junior
Jordan Miller – Crestview – Senior
Damien Dudgeon – Delphos Jefferson – Senior
Cole Schmersal – Lincolnview – Senior
Cameron Doster – Paulding – Junior
Luke Carpenter – Spencerville – Junior
Coleton Shilling – Allen East – Senior
Kole Wyss – Allen East – Senior
Ryan Verhoff – Columbus Grove – Senior
2016 NWC Softball All-League Teams
In voting by Northwest Conference softball coaches for the 2016 softball season. senior Jada Preston, a pitcher from Crestview was named Player of the Year. Columbus Grove senior Brooke Hoffman finished second in the balloting with Spencerville sophomore Kara May finishing third.
Preston finished the season with a record of 17 wins vs only 3 losses for the Knights. In 117 innings of pitching she struck out 116 batters and compiled an ERA of 1.496 for the season.
Crestview’s coach Carl Etzler tallied 20 points to be named Coach of the Year at the all-conference selection meeting Monday evening in Delphos. Etzler led the Knights to an 8-0 league record (22-4 overall) and the school’s 19th league championship in softball. Travis Gallmeier of co-runnerup Columbus Grove finished second in the balloting.
First Team
Jada Preston – Crestview – Senior
Brooke Hoffman – Columbus Grove – Senior
Kara May – Spencerville – Sophomore
Teyah Sautter – Ada – Sophomore
Kelsey Beck – Paulding – Senior
Kyrah Yinger – Columbus Grove – Senior
Brady Guest – Crestview – Senior
Kylie Wyss – Allen East – Senior
Sami Fruchey – Bluffton – Senior
Tianna Rager – Crestview – Senior
Audrey Manz – Paulding – Sophomore
Second Team
Macala Ashbaugh – Lincolnview – Junior
Grace Schroeder – Columbus Grove – Junior
Cora Millay – Crestview – Junior
Taylor Monday – Bluffton – Senior
Bailey Swartz – Spencerville – Sophomore
Alexis McCluer – Allen East – Senior
Kaiti Newland – Ada – Sophomore
Olivia Alexander – Ada – Sophomore
Alena Looser – Lincolnview – Sophomore
Claire Thompson – Delphos Jefferson – Senior
Honorable Mention
Averey Rumer – Bluffton – Freshman
Haylee Dominique – Paulding – Freshman
Abbie Parkins – Bluffton – Junior
Kristen Etzler – Crestview – Junior
Sydney Newland – Ada – Sophomore
Julie Mulholland – Spencerville – Sophomore
Ariana Schmiedebusch – Allen East – Senior
McKenzie Bame – Columbus Grove – Senior
Kristen Schilt – Paulding – Senior
Riley Newland – Allen East – Sophomore
Syd Bowen – Crestview – Junior
Destiny Price – Spencerville – Junior
Katie Prater – Bluffton – Freshman
Jenna Henline – Spencerville – Sophomore
Lakin Brant – Lincolnview – Freshman
Alex Shumate – Spencerville – Senior
Kaylin Hartsock – Delphos Jefferson – Junior
Madisyn Gossard – Ada – Sophomore
Kendra Johnston – Spencerville – Sophomore
5/21 OHSAA Track & Field Districts
Division III District at Ayersville
Boys (First four boys in each event qualify to the Regional in Tiffin)
14. Paulding 8
Regional Qualifiers:
Pole Vault: 3. Brendon Lothamer, Paulding
Girls (First four girls in each event qualify to the Regional in Tiffin)
10. Paulding 26
Regional Qualifiers:
Pole Vault: 3. Jacee Harwell, Paulding; 4. JoEllyn Salinas, Paulding
Complete Results
Division III District at Spencerville
Boys (First four boys in each event qualify to the Regional in Troy)
2. Spencerville 76, 3. Lincolnview 72, 6. Delphos Jefferson 43, 10. Crestview 30
Regional Qualifiers:
4×800 Meter Relay: 2. Lincolnview (Austin Elick/Karter Tow/Colton Snyder/Trevor Neate)
110 Meter Hurdles: 1. Hunter Blankemeyer, Lincolnview
100 Meter Dash: 1. Isaiah Kline, Crestview; 2. Calvin Wilson, Spencerville; 4. Sage Schaffner, Crestview
4×200 Meter Relay: 1. Spencerville (Zach Goecke/Gary Schrolucke/Chris Picker/Calvin Wilson); 3. Delphos Jefferson (Adam Rode/Josh Teman/Wyatt Place/Drew Reiss)
1600 Meter Run: 4. Austin Conrad, Spencerville
4×100 Meter Relay: 1. Delphos Jefferson (Josh Teman/Adam Rode/Drew Reiss/Kole McKee); 3. Spencerville (Gary Schrolucke/Zach Goecke/Chris Picker/Calvin Wilson)
400 Meter Dash: 2. Isaiah Kline, Crestview
300 Meter Hurdles: 1. Hunter Blankemeyer, Lincolnview; 2. Mason Nourse, Spencerville
800 Meter Run: 2. Trevor Neate, Lincolnview
200 Meter Dash: 1. Drew Reiss, Delphos Jefferson
4×400 Meter Relay: 1. Spencerville (Zach Goecke/Chris Picker/Mason Nourse/Calvin Wilson); 2. Lincolnview (Logan Williams/Hayden Ludwig/Ryan Rager/Trevor Neate)
Discus Throw: 2. Evan Pugh, Spencerville
High Jump: 2. Hunter Blankemeyer, Lincolnview; 3. Trevor Neate, Lincolnview
Shot Put: 1. Evan Pugh, Spencerville
Pole Vault: 3. Dylan Hicks, Delphos Jefferson; 4. Gage Bellows, Spencerville
Girls (First four girls in each event qualify to the Regional in Troy)
10. Lincolnview 26, 11. Spencerville 22, 13. Delphos Jefferson 10.25, Crestview 0
Regional Qualifiers:
4×800 Meter Relay: 4. Lincolnview (Rylee Byrne/Brayden Langdon/Madeline Snyder/Anna Gorman)
4×100 Meter Relay: 3. Delphos Jefferson (Taylor Stroh/Mikayla Bennett/Kendall Marquiss/Brooke Gallmeier)
800 Meter Run: 4. Anna Gorman, Lincolnview
3200 Meter Run: 4. Rylee Byrne, Lincolnview
Pole Vault: 2. Gabrielle Goecke, Spencerville
Division III District at Findlay
Boys (First four boys in each event qualify to the Regional in Troy)
1. Columbus Grove 82.33, 3. Bluffton 67, 10. Allen East 33, 19. Ada 1.33
Regional Qualifiers:
200 Meter Dash: 3. Caleb Smelcer, Allen East; 4. Trevor Bassitt, Bluffton
400 Meter Dash: 1. Baily Clement, Columbus Grove
1600 Meter Run: 2. Isaac Andreas, Bluffton; 3. Boone Brubaker, Columbus Grove
3200 Meter Run: 2. Jacob Barnett, Bluffton; 3. Preston Brubaker, Columbus Grove
110 Meter Hurdles: 1. Trevor Bassitt, Bluffton
300 Meter Hurdles: 1. Trevor Bassitt, Bluffton; 3. Kyle Nickles, Allen East; 4. Chris Kleman, Allen East
4×100 Meter Relay: 2. Bluffton (Adam Wannemacher/Josh Begg/Antony Kingsley/Trevor Bassitt)
4×200 Meter Relay: 2. Columbus Grove (Baily Clement/Brandt Follas/Lachlan Clymer/Caiden Grothaus)
4×400 Meter Relay: 3. Columbus Grove (Alex Giesige/Caiden Grothaus/Boone Brubaker/Baily Clement); 4. Allen East (Cody Musselman/Chris Kleman/Caleb Austin/Caleb Smelcer)
4×800 Meter Relay: 2. Bluffton (Jacob Barnett/Antony Kingsley/Isaac Andreas/Christopher Harnish)
High Jump: 3. Chris Kleman, Allen East
Pole Vault: 1. Caiden Grothaus, Columbus Grove; 3. Ryan Tabler, Columbus Grove
Shot Put: 2. Rece Roney, Columbus Grove
Discus Throw: 2. Rece Roney, Columbus Grove
Girls (First four girls in each event qualify to the Regional in Troy)
1. Columbus Grove 115.33, 3. Ada 62, 8. Allen East 38, 9. Bluffton 37.33
Regional Qualifiers:
100 Meter Dash: 2. Carlee Marshall, Ada
200 Meter Dash: 2. Carlee Marshall, Ada; 3. Rylee Sybert, Columbus Grove
400 Meter Dash: 1. Anney Archer, Ada; 4. Haley Baker, Bluffton
1600 Meter Run: 1. Taylor Ellerbrock, Columbus Grove
3200 Meter Run: 1. Elizabeth Nisly, Bluffton; 2. Taylor Ellerbrock, Columbus Grove
100 Meter Hurdles: 1. Carlee McCluer, Columbus Grove
300 Meter Hurdles: 2. Savannah Silone, Allen East; 4. Sarah Perez, Allen East
4×100 Meter Relay: 1. Columbus Grove (Raiya Flores/Rylee Sybert/Bailey Dunifon/Linnea Stephens)
4×200 Meter Relay: 1. Columbus Grove (Raiya Flores/Bailey Dunifon/Linnea Stephens/Rylee Sybert)
4×400 Meter Relay: 2. Columbus Grove (Bailey Dunifon/Linnea Stephens/Carlee McCluer/Rylee Sybert)
4×800 Meter Relay: 1. Columbus Grove (Leah Myerholtz/Kirsten Malsam/Allison Choi/Taylor Ellerbrock); 3. Bluffton (Kayla Kindle/Leah Conley/Elizabeth Nisly/Sydney Hoff)
High Jump: 1. Carlee Marshall, Ada
Pole Vault: 2. Sarah Perez, Allen East; 3. Morgan Niemeyer, Allen East
Long Jump: 1. Carlee Marshall, Ada; 3. Bailey Dunifon, Columbus Grove
Shot Put: 2. Lyne’a Diller, Columbus Grove
Discus Throw: 1. Lyne’a Diller, Columbus Grove
5/18 OHSAA Softball Districts
Division III District Semifinal at Bath
Allen East 6 Bluffton 2
Division IV District Semifinal at Elida
Continental 10 Lincolnview 8
2016 OHSAA Baseball Tournament Brackets
Division III
Elida District
Allen East, Bluffton, Delphos Jefferson, Spencerville
Defiance District
Paulding
Division IV
Ottawa-Glandorf District
Ada, Columbus Grove
Coldwater District
Crestview, Lincolnview
5/14 NWC Softball Scores
Crestview 6 Ada 2
Bluffton 7 Lincolnview 2
2016 NWC Track & Field Championships
The 2016 NWC Track & Field Championships were hosted by Ada
Boys
1. Columbus Grove 158, 2. Bluffton 121, 3. Spencerville 90, 4. Delphos Jefferson 87, 5. Lincolnview 84, 6. Allen East 45, 7. Crestview 31, 8. Ada 21, 9. Paulding 20
Girls
1. Columbus Grove 166, 2. Bluffton 92, 3. Spencerville 89, 4. Allen East 74.5, 5. Ada 74, 6. Lincolnview 70.5, 7. Delphos Jefferson 47, 8. Paulding 40, 9. Crestview 8
Individual NWC Champions
Boys
4×800 Meter Relay: Bluffton (Jacob Barnett/Antony Kingsley/Isaac Andreas/Christopher Harnish)
110 Meter Hurdles: Trevor Bassitt, Bluffton
100 Meter Dash: Calvin Wilson, Spencerville
4×200 Meter Relay: Columbus Grove (Baily Clement/Brandt Follas/Lachlan Clymer/Caiden Grothaus)
1600 Meter Run: Boone Brubaker, Columbus Grove
4×100 Meter Relay: Delphos Jefferson (Adam Rode/Josh Teman/Drew Reiss/Kole McKee)
400 Meter Dash: Baily Clement, Columbus Grove
300 Meter Hurdles: Trevor Bassitt, Bluffton
800 Meter Run: Christopher Harnish, Bluffton
200 Meter Dash: Baily Clement, Columbus Grove
3200 Meter Run: Jacob Barnett, Bluffton
4×400 Meter Relay: Columbus Grove (Alex Giesige/Caiden Grothaus/Boone Brubaker/Baily Clement)
Shot Put: Rece Roney, Columbus Grove
Discus Throw: Rece Roney, Columbus Grove
Long Jump: Josh Teman, Delphos Jefferson
High Jump: Brandt Follas, Columbus Grove
Pole Vault: Caiden Grothaus, Columbus Grove
Girls
4×800 Meter Relay: Lincolnview (Rylee Byrne/Brayden Langdon/Madeline Snyder/Anna Gorman)
100 Meter Hurdles: Carlee McCluer, Columbus Grove
100 Meter Dash: Rylee Sybert, Columbus Grove
4×200 Meter Relay: Columbus Grove (Raiya Flores/Bailey Dunifon/Linnea Stephens/Carlee McCluer)
1600 Meter Run: Anna Gorman, Lincolnview
4×100 Meter Relay: Columbus Grove (Raiya Flores/Rylee Sybert/Bailey Dunifon/Linnea Stephens)
400 Meter Dash: Haley Baker, Bluffton
300 Meter Hurdles: Savannah Silone, Allen East
800 Meter Run: Anna Gorman, Lincolnview
200 Meter Dash: Rylee Sybert, Columbus Grove
3200 Meter Run: Taylor Ellerbrock, Columbus Grove
4×400 Meter Relay: Lincolnview (Brayden Langdon/Madeline Snyder/Makenna Klausing/Anna Gorman)
Shot Put: Lyne’a Diller, Columbus Grove
Discus Throw: Lyne’a Diller, Columbus Grove
Long Jump: Carlee Marshall, Ada
High Jump: Carlee Marshall, Ada
Pole Vault: Gabrielle Goecke, Spencerville
5/13 OHSAA Softball Sectionals
Division III Sectional Championship at Paulding
Paulding 9 Delphos Jefferson 1
Division III Sectional Championship at Patrick Henry
Bluffton 2 Patrick Henry 1
Division III Sectional Championship at Riverdale
Allen East 4 Riverdale 3
Division IV Sectional Championship at Crestview
Crestview 9 Holgate 5
Division IV Sectional Championship at North Baltimore
Columbus Grove 11 North Baltimore 5
Division IV Sectional Championship at Wayne Trace
Lincolnview 6 Wayne Trace 2
5/12 OHSAA Softball Sectionals
Division IV Sectional Championship at New Bremen
New Bremen 8 Spencerville 4
Division IV Sectional Championship at Ada
Marion Local 9 Ada 6
Division IV Sectional Championship at North Baltimore
Columbus Grove at North Baltimore (ppd to 5/13)
Division IV Sectional Championship at Crestview
Holgate at Crestview (ppd to 5/13)
Division IV Sectional Championship at Wayne Trace
Lincolnview at Wayne Trace (ppd to 5/13)
5/11 OHSAA Baseball Sectionals
Division IV Sectional Championship at Arlington
Arlington 6 Columbus Grove 0
Division IV Sectional Championship at Minster
Minster 4 Lincolnview 0
Division IV Sectional Championship at DSJ
Crestview 1 Delphos St. John’s 0
5/11 NWC Softball Scores
Columbus Grove at Ada
Lincolnview 8 Delphos Jefferson 7
Non-Conference:
Shawnee 12 Spencerville 2
5/9 NWC Baseball Scores
Paulding 3 Allen East 0
Lincolnview 3 Bluffton 2
Non-Conference:
Lima Central Catholic 10 Ada 0, 5 inn.
Delphos Jefferson 10 New Knoxville 0, 5 inn.
St. Henry 13 Spencerville 8
5/9 OHSAA Softball Sectionals
Division IV Sectional Semifinal at Columbus Grove
Columbus Grove 13 Vanlue 3, 5 inn.
Division IV Sectional Semifinal at Spencerville
Spencerville 16 Lima Central Catholic 2, 5 inn.
Division IV Sectional Semifinal at Antwerp
Lincolnview 6 Antwerp 1
5/9 NWC Softball Scores
Crestview 2 Paulding 1
Non-Conference:
Allen East 16 Liberty-Benton 3
5/7 OHSAA Baseball Sectionals
Division III Sectional at Delphos Jefferson
Delphos Jefferson 1 Bluffton 0
Division III Sectional at Allen East
Allen East 7 Van Buren 6
Division III Sectional at Ottawa-Glandorf
Ottawa-Glandorf 5 Spencerville 4
Division IV Sectional at Miller City
Miller City 10 Ada 0, 5 inn.
Division IV Sectional at Perry
Lincolnview 6 Perry 0
Division IV Sectional at Crestview
Crestview 5 Marion Local 0