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Spencerville won the Northwest Conference 2017-18 “Don Bachman Award of Excellence," as Bluffton came in a very close third.

 Bluffton won last year's award.

This is the first time Spencerville has accomplished this feat since the establishment of the award in 2005.  This award recognizes the school in the conference that exhibits the highest level of consistent excellence in conference-sponsored sports and scholastic bowl competition each school year.

The Bearcats compiled a total of 76.5 points with Crestview (75.0) and Bluffton (72.0) finishing second and third respectively.  Points are awarded and accumulated each year based on conference standings in all sports and the NWC scholastic bowl competition.

The award was started during the 2005-06 school year to honor longtime Northwest Conference commissioner/secretary, Don Bachman, who served in that position for more than thirty years before passing away late in 2005.

This year Spencerville earned three outright NWC titles in Golf, Football and Softball.  In addition to the conference championships, the Bearcats had second place finishes in Girls' Track, Girls' Basketball and Scholastic Bowl competition.  The conference sponsors 14 sports in addition to the scholastic bowl tournament.

Other NWC champions/co-champions were:
Ada (Volleyball, Academic Team),
Allen East (Girls' Soccer, Wrestling),
Bluffton (Girls' Soccer, Boys' Soccer),
Columbus Grove (Boys'/Girls' Track, Girls' Basketball, Girls' Cross Country), Crestview (Boys' Basketball, Baseball),
Delphos Jefferson (Baseball),
Lincolnview (Baseball, Boys' Cross Country).

The final order of finish for the 2017-18 school year is as follows:

Spencerville               76.5
Crestview                   75.0
Bluffton                       72.0
Columbus Grove        70.0
Lincolnview                 66.5
Paulding                      62.5
Ada                              61.5
Allen East                    50.0
Delphos Jefferson       43.0

2016-17
1. Bluffton 75.0
1. Columbus Grove 75.0
3. Lincolnview 65.5
3. Spencerville 65.5
5. Crestview 62.5
6. Paulding 61.5
7. Delphos Jefferson 60.0
8. Allen East 59.0
9. Ada 53.0

2015-16
1. Bluffton 75.5
2. Spencerville 69.5
3. Columbus Grove 66.0
4. Crestview 62.5
5. Lincolnview 62.0
6. Delphos Jefferson 61.0
7. Paulding 58.0
8. Ada 55.5
9. Allen East 52.0

2014-15
1. Columbus Grove 77.0
2. Bluffton 73.5
3. Crestview 73.0
4. Spencerville 61.5
5. Allen East 58.0
6. Lincolnview 51.5
6. Delphos Jefferson 51.5
8. Ada 48.5
9. Paulding 29.5

2013-14
1. Bluffton 80.5
2. Crestview 79.0
3. Columbus Grove 70
4. Spencerville 63.5
5. Allen East 59.5
6. Lincolnview 57.0
7. Delphos Jefferson 49.0
8. Ada 41.5
9. Paulding 40.0

2012-13
1. Lima Central Catholic 101
2. Columbus Grove 79
3. Bluffton 77
4. Crestview 76.5
5. Spencerville 70.5
6. Lincolnview 61
7. Allen East 56.5
8. Ada 53.5
9. Paulding 47.5
10. Delphos Jefferson 41.5

2011-12
1. Lima Central Catholic 100
2. Crestview 92
3. Columbus Grove 86
4. Bluffton 79.5
5. Spencerville 76
6. Delphos Jefferson 54
7. Ada 53
8. Allen East 52.5
9. Paulding 43.5
10. Lincolnview 40.5

2010-11
1. Columbus Grove 86.5
2. Bluffton 85.5
3. Lima Central Catholic 83.5
4. Crestview 81.5
5. Spencerville 66.5
6. Paulding 65
7. Delphos Jefferson 54.5
8. Allen East 50.5
9. Ada 39.5
10. Lincolnview 36

2009-10
1. Lima Central Catholic 87.5
2. Columbus Grove 87
3. Crestview 73.5
4. Delphos Jefferson 67.5
5. Spencerville 66
6. Bluffton 63
7. Paulding 56.5
8. Lincolnview 42.5
9. Allen East 35.5
10. Ada 35

2008-09
1. Lima Central Catholic 85.5
2. Crestview 68.5
3. Bluffton 68
4. Columbus Grove 67.5
5. Delphos Jefferson 65
6. Spencerville 60.5
7. Paulding 58
8. Lincolnview 51.5
9. Ada 43.5
10. Allen East 41

2007-08
1. Lima Central Catholic 78.5
2. Crestview 74.5
3. Bluffton 71.5
4. Columbus Grove 64.5
5. Lincolnview 62
6. Spencerville 61.5
7. Delphos Jefferson 58
8. Paulding 56
9. Allen East 42
10. Ada 40.5

2006-07
1. Lima Central Catholic 85
2. Bluffton 76.5
3. Crestview 68
4. Columbus Grove 65.5
5. Lincolnview 61.5
6. Spencerville 61
7. Delphos Jefferson 51
8. Allen East 45
9. Ada 43
10. Paulding 37.5

2005-06
1. Crestview 80.5
2. Spencerville 78
3. Columbus Grove 72
4. Bluffton 70
5. Lincolnview 67
6. Allen East 58.5
7. Ada 45
8. Paulding 44
9. Delphos Jefferson 41.5
10. Upper Scioto Valley 18.5