By Cort Reynolds
Three Bluffton High School seniors and one junior from the league title team earned first team All-Northwest Conference boys soccer honors in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.
Seniors Eden Antrim, Justin Good and Nolan Hoffman made first team All-NWC, along with junior Pirate teammate Kyle Basil.
Junior Ben Hartzler made second team all-league, as did seniors Luke Shepherd and Ethan Oglesbee.
Junior Theo Andreas made honorable mention all-league.
Senior Will Gallaspie of Spencerville was named NWC Player of the Year. Lincolnview mentor Anson Moody was voted NWC Coach of the Year.
Bluffton won the league title for the seventh year in a row at 4-0, followed by Spencerville ((3-1), Ada (1-2-1), Lincolnview (1-2-1) and Allen East (0-4).
All-NWC boys soccer teams:
1st Team
Will Gallaspie – Senior – Spencerville
Eden Antrim – Senior – Bluffton
Emerson Layman – Senior – Spencerville
Austin Bockrath – Junior – Lincolnview
Justin Good – Senior – Bluffton
Reece Berryman – Junior – Lincolnview
Brendan Jameson – Senior – Ada
Nolan Hoffman – Senior – Bluffton
Beau Miller – Junior – Spencerville
Emilio Rettig – Junior – Allen East
Kyle Basil – Junior – Bluffton
Carter Conley – Senior – Ada
2nd Team
Ethan Murphy – Senior – Ada
Caden Hanf – Senior – Lincolnview
Ben Hartzler – Junior – Bluffton
Isaiah Stewart – Junior – Spencerville
Isen Schaefer – Junior – Allen East
Ethan Oglesbee – Senior – Bluffton
Jackson Evans – Junior – Lincolnview
Logan Jolliff – Sophomore – Ada
Luke Shepherd – Senior – Bluffton
Gavin Evans – Freshman – Lincolnview
Reide Jackson – Junior – Lincolnview
Landon Flack – Sophomore – Spencerville
Honorable Mention
Theo Andreas – Junior – Bluffton
