Several Pirates receive all-NWC football honors
Several Bluffton High School players received all Northwest Conference football honors this year.
They include on offense:
• Mitchell Ault, senior, first team, quarterback
• Dakota Bricker, sophomore, first team, receiver
• Sam Crisp, senior, honorable mention
• Dustin Falk, junior, honorable mention
On defense:
• Sam Crisp, senior, defensive line, honorable mention
• Kaleb Jefferson, sophomore, linebacker, honorable mention
• Mitchell Ault, senior, linebacker, honorable mention
• Dustin Falk, junior, specialist, honorable mention
Delphos Jefferson head coach Chris Sommers was selected as the Northwest Conference Coach of the Year for the second year in a row in all-conference selection voting by coaches at a meeting in Delphos earlier this month.
Jefferson won the conference title by defeating Spencerville in the final game of the year to finish the year with a 7-0 league win/loss record.
Jefferson senior, Dalton Hicks, and Spencerville senior, Zach Goecke, were voted Defensive and Offensive Players of the Year in the NWC respectively. Hicks was selected as a first team all-conference linebacker for the second year in a row. Goecke was selected as a first-team choice at running back for the second consecutive year.
Delphos Jefferson, Spencerville, Ada and Crestview have all qualifed for the state football playoffs.
A full list of NWC all-conference football honors is in an attachment at the bottom of this story.
The final NWC standings for 2015 are as follows:
1 Delphos Jefferson 7 0 9 1
2 Spencerville 6 1 9 1
3 Bluffton 4 3 7 3
3 Ada 4 3 6 4
5 Allen East 3 4 6 4
6 Columbus Grove 2 5 5 5
6 Crestview 2 5 4 6
8 Paulding 0 7 0 10
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