Bricker and Bowden named to NWC baseball second team
Two Bluffton High School baseball players were named to the all-Northwest Conference second team this spring.
Players were Matt Bowden, junior, and Dakota Bricker, sophomore.
In voting by Northwest Conference baseball coaches for the 2016 baseball season. senior Damon Egnor, a pitcher from Paulding was named Player of the Year after being runner-up for that honor last season.
Crestview senior Colby Clifton finished second in the balloting with Delphos Jefferson junior Jace Stockwell finishing third.
Paulding coach Travis McGarvey tallied 20 points to be named Coach of the Year. McGarvey led Paulding to a 7-1 record and a co-championship with Spencerville. Spencerville's coach Shane Falke finished second in the coach of the year balloting. It was Paulding's 14th NWC championship and Spencerville's 2nd league championship.
Egnor compiled 2 no-hitters in his 5 conference starts. In one of those games he retired every batter by strikeout. He allowed only 6 total hits during conference play.
Complete results for the Northwest Conference are listed in the attachment.
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