Chris Sommers voted NWC football coach of the year
First-year Delphos Jefferson head coach Chris Sommers was selected as the Coach of the Year in all-conference selection voting by coaches at a meeting in Delphos on Tuesday. Delphos won the conference title by defeating Spencerville in the final game of the year to finish the year with a 6-1 league win/loss record.
Jefferson senior, Jordan McCann, and Ada senior, Noah Beach, were voted Co-Linemen Of The Year in the NWC.
McCann was selected as a first team all-conference defensive end for the second year in a row. Beach was selected as a first-team choice on both the offensive and defensive lines for the second consecutive year. Preston Zaleski, Crestview senior quarterback, was named the Back of the Year in the conference.
The top four teams in the conference have all qualified for the OHSAA football playoffs with Crestview, Spencerville and Columbus Grove all tying for the runner-up position in the conference.
A full list of NWC all-conference football honors are in the attachment at the bottom of this story.
The final NWC standings for 2014 are as follows:
Win Loss Win Loss
1 Delphos Jefferson 6 1 8 2
2 Crestview 5 2 8 2
2 Spencerville 5 2 8 2
2 Columbus Grove 5 2 6 4
5 Ada 4 3 5 5
6 Allen East 2 5 3 7
7 Bluffton 1 6 3 7
8 Paulding 0 7 1 9
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