Bluffton's Levi Kistler, a senior, was named to the second team all-Northwest Conference in boys' basketball. Two Pirate teammates were named honorable mention.
Columbus Grove senior Jace Darbyshire was chosen as the 2014-15 NWC Player of The Year by Northwest Conference boys’ basketball coaches at the annual selection meeting in late February. Darbyshire received 113 total points to edge out Connor Lautzenheiser (CV) and Trey Smith (DJ) in the coaches’ voting.
Darbyshire averaged 21.0 points per game along with 3.4 assists for the Bulldogs, while shooting 46 percent from the field and 87 percent from the free throw line this year.
Darbyshire, Lautzenheiser and Smith were joined on the NWC first team by Lincolnview's Justis Dowdy and Spencerville’s Zach Goecke. Darbyshire and Dowdy are seniors with Lautzenheiser, Smith and Goecke being juniors.
The voting procedure called for each coach to vote for the top 15 players on a 15-14-13, etc. point descending scale. No coach could vote for his own players.
Coach of the Year honors in the NWC go to Kevin Sensabaugh of Spencerville. He led the Bearcats to a 7-1 conference mark and a regular season record of 14-5.
The team breakdowns are as follows:
FIRST TEAM
Jace Darbyshire (CG) 12
Connor Lautzenheiser (CV) 11
Trey Smith (DJ) 11
Justis Dowdy (LV) 12
Zach Goecke (SV) 11
SECOND TEAM
Levi Kistler (BL) 12
Alex Arellano (PL) 11
Grant McBride (ADA) 12
Mason Nourse (SV) 11
Chandler Adams (LV) 11
HONORABLE MENTION
Jace Stockwell (DJ) 10
Spencer Miller (AE) 10
Cody Mefferd (CV) 11
Dakota Prichard (SV) 10
Gabe Stechschulte (CG) 11
Brett Rumer (BL) 11
Blake Willeke (ADA) 11
Hayden Ludwig (LV) 11
Brayden Sautter (ADA) 11
Mitchell Ault (BL) 11
FINAL STANDINGS
Spencerville 7-1 14-5
Columbus Grove 6-2 15-7
Crestview 5-3 12-9
Bluffton 4-4 16-6
Ada 4-4 10-11
Lincolnview 3-5 13-9
Delphos Jefferson 3-5 12-10
Paulding 2-6 11-11
Allen East 2-6 8-14
