Address: 405 N. Water St. Paulding, OH 45879
Principal: Chris Etzler
Athletic Director: Brock Bergman | Office Phone: 419-399-4656 | Email
Paulding NWC Championships
Baseball (15): 19, 16, 10, 08, 02, 95, 92, 90, 85, 82, 80, 78, 77, 76, 74
Boys Basketball (1): 99
Girls Basketball (3): 03, 81, 79
Football (5): 88, 83, 78, 77, 68
Boys Golf (4): 93, 92, 89, 88
Softball (4): 10, 02, 94, 93
Boys Track (4): 89, 81, 80, 78
Girls Track (7): 83, 82, 81, 78, 77, 76, 75
Volleyball (4): 15, 97, 94, 80
Wrestling (5): 14, 13, 03, 00, 99
Paulding State Appearances
State Championships
1960 Boys Track & Field State Team Championship
State Runner-Up
none
State Semifinalists
none
News & Scores
2015 NWC Softball All-Conference Teams
In voting by Northwest Conference softball coaches for the 2015 softball season. senior Hope Schroeder, a pitcher from Columbus Grove was named Player of the Year after being runner-up for that honor during the 2014 season. Schroeder received first-place votes from 7 of the conference coaches. Coaches may not vote for players from their own schools. Bluffton senior Maddie Willis finished second in the balloting with Allen East sophomore Ariana Schmiedebusch finishing third.
Allen East coach Bill Mattevi tallied 19 points to be named Coach of the Year at the all-conference selection meeting Monday evening in Delphos. Mattevi led the Mustangs to a 7-1 record and a Northwest Conference co-championship. Carl Etzler of the co-champion Crestview Knights finished second in the balloting.
Hope Schroeder batted .506 with 8 home runs and 46 RBI’s in leading the Bulldogs to a 21-6 overall recored. Schroeder also posted a 16-5 record as a pitcher with a 3.00 ERA.
First Team:
Hope Schroeder – Columbus Grove – Senior
Maddie Willis – Bluffton – Senior
Ariana Schmiedebusch – Allen East – Sophomore
Brooke Hoffman – Columbus Grove – Junior
Tianna Rager – Crestview – Junior
Audrey Rodriguez – Allen East – Senior
Macala Ashbaugh – Lincolnview – Sophomore
Terra Crowle – Crestview – Senior
Mackenzie Riggenbach – Crestview – Senior
Kara May – Spencerville – Freshman
Second Team:
Ashley Sumner – Ada – Junior
Morgan Riley – Paulding – Senior
Mackayla Wilson – Bluffton – Senior
Julia Thatcher – Lincolnview – Senior
Sami Fruchey – Bluffton – Junior
Kylie Wyss – Allen East – Junior
Kyrah Yinger – Columbus Grove – Junior
Brady Guest – Crestview – Junior
Shayla Rice – Delphos Jefferson – Senior
Alex Shumate – Spencerville – Junior
Honorable Mention:
Maddy Hollar – Spencerville – Senior
Mackenzie Ringwald – Spencerville – Senior
Alexis Amburgey – Ada – Senior
Alexis McCluer – Allen East – Junior
Lauren Parkins – Bluffton – Senior
Baylee Neate – Lincolnview – Senior
Taylor Lloyd – Allen East – Senior
Teyah Sautter – Ada – Freshman
Taylor Monday – Bluffton – Junior
Sammi Rosengarten – Columbus Grove – Junior
Cora Millay – Crestview – Sophomore
Claire Thompson – Delphos Jefferson – Junior
Lauren Birkemeier – Columbus Grove – Freshman
Dani Harman – Delphos Jefferson – Sophomore
Jessica Pimpas – Delphos Jefferson – Junior
Sam Branham – Delphos Jefferson – Senior
Devann Springer – Lincolnview – Senior
Audrey Manz – Paulding – Freshman
Megan Miller – Spencerville – Senior
2015 NWC Track & Field Championships
Columbus Grove swept both the boys and girls track championships in the Northwest Conference tournament held Thursday/Saturday at Columbus Grove High School. This makes two years in a row that the Bulldogs have taken both the boys and the girls crowns. Grove has now won 4 consecutive boys NWC track championships.
Bluffton finished runner-up in both the boys and girls and Spencerville took third place in the team standings for both.
Bayley Tow of Lincolnview and Kacie Mulholland of Spencerville were voted as the 2015 NWC Male and Female Athletes of the Year respectively by the coaches of the league schools.
2015 Team Results:
Boys:
1. Columbus Grove 161, 2. Bluffton 98, 3. Spencerville 86, 4. Lincolnview 79, 5. Crestview 41, 6. Allen East 26, 7. Delphos Jefferson 20.5, 8. Paulding 11.5, 9. Ada 3
Girls:
1. Columbus Grove 159, 2. Bluffton 90, 3. Spencerville 79, 4. Ada 64, 5. Lincolnview 44, 6. Allen East 31, 7. Paulding 28, 8. Delphos Jefferson 22, 9. Crestview 9
NWC Boys Event Champions
4×800 Meter Relay: Columbus Grove (Alex Giesige/Colton Grothaus/Boone Brubaker/Bryce Sharrits)
110 Meter Hurdles 39″: Hunter Blankemeyer, Lincolnview
100 Meter Dash: Zack Jellison, Crestview
4×200 Meter Relay: Bluffton (Levi Kistler/Sam Crisp/Robbie Stratton/Dylan Alt)
1600 Meter Run: Bayley Tow, Lincolnview (New NWC Record – 4:23.07)
4×100 Meter Relay: Bluffton (Nolan Nickels/Sam Crisp/Robbie Stratton/Dylan Alt)
400 Meter Dash: Alex Giesige, Columbus Grove
300 Meter Hurdles 36″: Hunter Blankemeyer, Lincolnview
800 Meter Run: Bryce Sharrits, Columbus Grove
200 Meter Dash: Baily Clement, Columbus Grove
3200 Meter Run: Bayley Tow, Lincolnview
4×400 Meter Relay: Columbus Grove (Baily Clement/Alex Giesige/Bryce Sharrits/David Bogart)
Shot Put: Rece Roney, Columbus Grove
Discus Throw: Rece Roney, Columbus Grove
Long Jump: Cody Musselman, Allen East
High Jump: Baily Clement, Columbus Grove
Pole Vault: Clay Wilson, Bluffton
NWC Girls Event Champions:
4×800 Meter Relay: Bluffton (Kayla Kindle/Leah Conley/Adel Sommers/Sydney Hoff)
100 Meter Hurdles 33″: Carlee McCluer, Columbus Grove
100 Meter Dash: Raiya Flores, Columbus Grove
4×200 Meter Relay: Columbus Grove (Raiya Flores/Haley Roe/Linnea Stephens/Bailey Dunifon)
1600 Meter Run: Anna Gorman, Lincolnview
4×100 Meter Relay: Columbus Grove (Raiya Flores/Bailey Dunifon/Linnea Stephens/Sarah Schroeder)
400 Meter Dash: Kacie Mulholland, Spencerville
300 Meter Hurdles 30″: Carlee McCluer, Columbus Grove
800 Meter Run: Anna Gorman, Lincolnview
200 Meter Dash: Kacie Mulholland, Spencerville
3200 Meter Run: Elizabeth Nisly, Bluffton
4×400 Meter Relay: Bluffton (Lucie Fett/Karis Wilson/Kayla Kindle/Haley Baker)
Shot Put: Lyne’a Diller, Columbus Grove
Discus Throw: Lyne’a Diller, Columbus Grove
Long Jump: Bailey Dunifon, Columbus Grove
High Jump: Hannah McCleery, Lincolnview
Pole Vault: Gabrielle Goecke, Spencerville
2015 OHSAA Baseball Tournament Brackets
Division III
Ada District
Allen East, Bluffton, Delphos Jefferson, Paulding
Division III Sectional Championship
St. Henry 4 Bluffton 0
Van Wert 11 Paulding 1
Division III Sectional Semifinal
Lima Central Catholic 4 Delphos Jefferson 3
Bluffton 3 Riverdale 2
Parkway 3 Allen East 1
Paulding 12 Van Buren 2
Division IV
Coldwater District
Crestview, Lincolnview, Spencerville
Division IV District Semifinal at Coldwater
Minster 1 Spencerville 0
Division IV Sectional Championship
Spencerville 10 New Bremen 0
Marion Local 4 Crestview 1
Division IV Sectional Semifinal
Waynesfield-Goshen 5 Lincolnview 0
Findlay District
Ada
Division IV Sectional Championship
McComb 10 Ada 0, 6 inn.
Division IV Sectional Semifinal
Ada 10 Hardin Northern 1
Elida District
Columbus Grove
Division IV District Championship at Elida
Miller City 1 Columbus Grove 0
Division IV District Semifinal at Elida
Columbus Grove 2 Holgate 1
Division IV Sectional Championship
Columbus Grove 1 Continental 0
5/14 OHSAA Baseball Sectionals
Division III Sectional Championship
St. Henry 4 Bluffton 0
Division III Sectional Championship
Van Wert 11 Paulding 1
5/12 Baseball Scores
Bluffton 5 Pandora-Gilboa 4
Crestview 10 Antwerp 0
Paulding 8 Edon 5
Spencerville 9 Kalida 8
5/12 OHSAA Softball Sectionals
Division III Sectional Semifinal
Ottawa-Glandorf 4 Allen East 2
Division III Sectional Semifinal
Columbus Grove 15 Paulding 5
Division III Sectional Semifinal
Bluffton 4 Coldwater 1
Division IV Sectional Semifinal
Perry 10 Delphos Jefferson 6
Division IV Sectional Semifinal
Lincolnview 5 Marion Local 4, 12 inn.
Division IV Sectional Semifinal
Ada 7 Vanlue 2
5/9 OHSAA Baseball Sectionals
Division III Sectional Semifinal
Bluffton 3 Riverdale 2
Division III Sectional Semifinal
Parkway 3 Allen East 1
Division III Sectional Semifinal
Paulding 12 Van Buren 2
5/7 NWC Baseball Scores
Delphos Jefferson 14 Ada 2
Spencerville 12 Allen East 1
Paulding 5 Bluffton 0
Lincolnview 2 Columbus Grove 1
Non-Conference:
Lima Central Catholic 13 Crestview 12
5/7 NWC Softball Scores
Ada 12 Delphos Jefferson 4
Allen East 4 Spencerville 3
Bluffton 3 Paulding 1
Lincolnview 2 Columbus Grove 1
Non-Conference:
Crestview 7 Lima Central Catholic 0
5/5 NWC Baseball Scores
Paulding 8 Columbus Grove 3
Non-Conference:
Ada 9 Temple Christian 4
Kalida 12 Allen East 11
Riverdale at Bluffton (ppd)
Crestview at Ayersville
Wayne Trace 16 Delphos Jefferson 5
Continental 9 Lincolnview 6
5/5 NWC Softball Scores
Columbus Grove 11 Paulding 1
Non-Conference:
Allen East 15 Kalida 3
Riverdale at Bluffton (ppd)
5/5 Track & Field Results
Delphos St. John’s Quad Meet
Boys: Delphos St. John’s 97, Wayne Trace 77, Crestview 44, Paulding 38
Girls: Wayne Trace 84, Delphos St. John’s 68, Crestview 54, Paulding 43
Complete Results
Kenton Quad Meet
Boys: Columbus Grove 97, Bluffton 77, Cory-Rawson 41, Kenton 35
Girls: Columbus Grove 84, Bluffton 78, Kenton 55, Cory-Rawson 25
Complete Results
Spencerville Tri-Meet
Boys: Spencerville 83, Lincolnview 76, Temple Christian 10
Girls: Spencerville 68, Lincolnview 55, Temple Christian 32
Complete Results
Van Wert Quad Meet
Boys: Van Wert 127, Delphos Jefferson 55.5, Ottoville 49, Lima Central Catholic 24.5
Girls: Van Wert 149.5, Ottoville 44, Lima Central Catholic 31, Delphos Jefferson 19.5
Complete Results
5/4 NWC Baseball Scores
Spencerville at Ada (ppd to 5/11)
Paulding 4 Allen East 1
Bluffton 13 Lincolnview 7
Crestview 3 Delphos Jefferson 2
Non-Conference:
Columbus Grove 17 Lima Central Catholic 12
5/4 NWC Softball Scores
Spencerville at Ada (ppd to 5/15)
Allen East 11 Paulding 1
Bluffton 3 Lincolnview 0
Crestview 6 Delphos Jefferson 0
Non-Conference:
Columbus Grove 16 Lima Central Catholic 2
2014-15 Northwest Conference Scholar Athletes – Winter Season
Attached is a file listing the Northwest Conference scholar-athletes for the winter sports season. Scholar athletes are letter winners in a sport who have earned the following GPA during the season of their sport:
1. Gold level — GPA of 3.50 to 4.00
2. Silver level — GPA of 3.00 to 3/49
CHEERLEADING
ADA – Gold: Haley Jenkins, Ashley Breidenbach, Rielyn Castle, Gabby Linnon, Lyric Jones
ALLEN EAST – Gold: Destiney Goble, Taylor Gutierrez, James Hunt, Sara Perez, Kierstin Prater, Kayla Redmon, Kasey Reneau, Kassidy Reneau
Silver: Madison Hatcher, Carter Jarman, Morgan Zellmann
BLUFFTON – Gold: Makayla Smith, Kaity King, Kylee Leugers
Silver: Emily Stratton
COLUMBUS GROVE – Gold: Rachel Kohls, Mady Schroeder, MacKenzie Clymer, Raiya Flores, Alexis Recker
Silver: Alyssa Ridinger, Emily Pitts, Juanita Mata
CRESTVIEW – Gold: Eden Allison, Janie Boroff, Katie Hughes, Emma Leary, Hannah Leary, Olivia Leary, Paige Michael, Lauren Schmid, Whitney Smart
DELPHOS JEFFERSON – Gold: Bria McClure, Claire Sensibaugh
Silver: Sarah Fitch, Samantha Klint, Megan VanSchoyck
LINCOLNVIEW – Gold: Brooke Lehman, Mackenzie Strite, Miki Dull, Kelsey Brenneman, Kaylee Hobbs
Silver: Kershin Pavel, Dakota Hammons
PAULDING – Gold: Alexis Howell, Haley Schlegel, Jordan Shull, Kynsie Etzler, Molly Meeker, SeSe Bullard, Taylor Schooley
SPENCERVILLE – Gold: Allison Bowsher, Gabrielle Goecke, Adrian Johnson, Kacie Mulholland, Kennedy Sharp, Amelia Wood
Silver: Amber Stapleton
BOYS BASKETBALL
ADA – Gold: Blake Willeke
Silver: Brayden Sautter, Levi Bass, Grant McBride, Coleten Lee
ALLEN EAST – Gold: Logan Ryan, Jacob Sherrick
Silver: Travis Guthrie, Luke Perkins
BLUFFTON – Gold: Eli Runk, Levi Kistler, Joel Siefker, Nick Friesen
Silver: Bret Rumer
COLUMBUS GROVE – Gold: Joey Warnecke, Jace Darbyshire, Baily Clement
Silver: David Bogart, Tanner From, Colton Grothaus, Corey Schroeder, Bryce Sharrits, Gabe Stechschulte, Logan Diller
CRESTVIEW – Gold: Jacob Lippi, Mitchell Rickard, Spencer Rolsten
Silver: Connor Lautzenheiser, Cody Mefferd, Derek Stout, Preston Zaleski
DELPHOS JEFFERSON – Gold: Jace Stockwell, Trey Smith, Brenen Auer
Silver: Kurt Wollenhaupt, Josh Teman, Ryan Goergens
LINCOLNVIEW – Gold: Tyler Brant, James Smith, Colton Snyder, Trevor Neate, Austin Leeth, Hayden Ludwig
Silver: Derek Youtsey, Chandler Adams, Justis Dowdy
PAULDING – Gold: Alex Arellano, Ben Heilshorn, Jarrett Sitton, Preston Ingol, Preston Johanns
Silver: Brad Crawford, Christian Burtch, Corbin Edwards, Treston Gonzales
SPENCERVILLE – Gold: Bailey Croft, Griffen Croft, Grant Goecke, Zach Goecke, Mason Nourse
Silver: Jacob Meyer, Dakota Prichard, David Wisher
GIRLS BASKETBALL
ADA – Gold: Alexis Amburgey, Tori Wyss, Sidney Faine, Tessa Coulson, Melina Woods
Silver: Lindsay Walden, Carlee Marshall, Haley Wyss
ALLEN EAST – Gold: Abby Burley, Kyra Clark, Audrey Rodriquez, Aubri Woods, Kylie Wyss
Silver: Carly Clum
BLUFFTON – Gold: Kayla Kindle, Katie Burkholder, Haley Baker, Taylor Monday, Andie Schmutz, Abbie Parkins
Silver: Kearstin Barry, Alicia Schmutz
COLUMBUS GROVE – Gold: MacKenzie Wurth, Sydney McCluer
Silver: Becca Endicott, Kyrah Yinger, Brooke Hoffman, Jade Clement, Carlee McCluer, Paige Bellman
CRESTVIEW – Gold: Emily Bauer, Terra Crowle, Brady Guest, Megan Hartman, Kennis Mercer, Mackenzie Riggenbach, Claire Zaleski
DELPHOS JEFFERSON – Gold: Heather Pohlman, Sarah Miller, Devyn Carder, Jessica Pimpas, Macy Wallace
Silver: Brooke Culp, Shelby Koenig, Bailey Gorman, Taylor Stroh
LINCOLNVIEW – Gold: Katlyn Wendel, Kayla Schimmoeller, Hannah McCleery, Julia Thatcher, Claire Clay, Stephanie Longwell, Ashton Bowersock
Silver: Madison Gorman
PAULDING – Gold: Cassidy Posey, Faith Vogel, Morgan Riley, Skyler McCollough, Suzanne Reinhart, Audrey Manz
SPENCERVILLE – Gold: Jenna Henline, Emilee Meyer, Megan Miller, Schylar Miller, Jayden Smith
Silver: Audrey Bowsher, Katie Merriman, Caitlyn Propst, Tiffany Work
WRESTLING
ADA – Gold: Noah Beach, Jarod Woodland, Chase Sumner
Silver: Austin Windle
ALLEN EAST – Gold: Luke Brown, Schuyler Caprella, Lee Dues, Lucas Freeman
Silver: Cody Kretzer, Brandon Soules, Mike House
BLUFFTON – Gold: James Badial-Luna, Nathaniel Staley, Justin Haggard
Silver: Cole Wilson, Dylan Pletcher
COLUMBUS GROVE – Gold: Christian Stechschulte, Adam Birkemeier, Enoch Jones
Silver: Preston Brubaker
DELPHOS JEFFERSON – Gold: Hunter Binkley, Wyatt Place, Jayden Moore Brice Metzger
Silver: Jordan Blackburn, Dylan Hicks, Andrew Foust, Robert Stevenson
LINCOLNVIEW – Silver: Jacob Gibson, Luke Bullinger
PAULDING – Gold: Aaron Mock, Adam Deatrick, Ryan Woodring
SPENCERVILLE – Gold: Cole Bellows, Peyton Ford, Wyatt Krouskop, Evan Pugh, Derrick Smith, Caleb Sutherland
Silver: Gage Bellows, Cody Dickson, Tyler Dues, Dakota Sutherland
SWIMMING
ADA – Gold: Aaron Spar, Evan Smittle, Zach Beaschler, Katey Stuart, Kyley Stuart, Casey Swick, Alexandra Boyadzhiev, Mara Guyton, Mackenzie Wills, Jil Wolber, Olivia Guyton
Silver: Mitchell Wilcox, Andrew Robey, Jacob Park