Koenig and Parkins all-NWC girls' first team
Two Bluffton High School girls' basketball player, both underclassmen, were named first team all-Northwest Conference, as voting was recently completed by league coaches.
Alivia Koenig, freshman, and Abbie Parkins, junior, were named to the first team. In addition, another underclassman, Andie Schmutz, junior, was named honorable mention.
Bluffton finished third in the NWC with a 6-2 record. The team, loaded with underclassmen, went 15-6 overall.
Columbus Grove junior guard Jade Clement was selected as the 2015-16 NWC Player of the Year. Brian Schroeder, who led Columbus Grove (8-0) to the school’s second NWC girls basketball title was selected as the NWC Coach of the Year.
All NWC players named to first, second and honorable mention teams in the attachment at the bottom of this story.
Final NWC standings
Columbus Grove 8-0
Crestview 7-1
Bluffton 6-2
Ada 5-3
Delphos Jefferson 4-4
Spencerville 3-5
Allen East 2-6
Lincolnview 1-7
Paulding 0-8
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