Bluffton wins NWC golf tournament

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BLUFFTON — Bluffton won the Northwest Conference golf tournament in an 18-hole tournament played at the Bluffton Golf Club on Thursday. The first-place tournament finish and team score of 340 also clinched the overall 2019 conference golf championship for the Pirates.

Delphos Jefferson (358) finished second, with Allen East (366) finishing third on the day. Other tournament team totals were: Paulding (372), Columbus Grove (374), Lincolnview (395), Ada (404), Crestview (414).

Bluffton senior Drew Wilson was the tournament medalist with a score of 81. Runner-up medalist honors were earned by Owen Macke, Columbus Grove at 82. Kenny Lovett of Bluffton and Logan Gallmeier tied for third-place medalist with each carding scores of 84.

Following Thursday’s play, the tournament finish for each school was combined with their regular season finish to determine the final golf standings for the NWC for 2019. Bluffton won both the regular season and tournament, and took first place with a perfect 16 points. Allen East finished second with a total of 13 points. Paulding and Jefferson tied for third with totals of 11 points each. The other schools’ order of conference finish was Lincolnview (8), Columbus Grove (7), Ada (4) and Crestview (2).

The NWC also presented its All-Conference Awards for 2019.

The coaches voted Mason Roth of Bluffton as Coach of the Year. Senior Drew Wilson of Bluffton earned Golfer of the Year honors by virtue of points earned during each regular season match and the season-ending tournament. Wilson was joined on the NWC First Team by Carter Frey (AE), Kolson Egnor (PL), Logan Gallmeier (DJ), Zach Miller (AE), Kenny Lovett (BL) and Braxton Scalf (DJ).

NWC second team honors went to Micah Minnig (BL), Brevin Sizemore, (Ada), Owen Macke, (CG), Landon Price (LV), Evan Miller, (LV) and Dillon Underwood (CV).

NWC Honorable Mention: Jared Piercefield (BL), Alex Morgan (Ada), Noah Macke (CG), Grant Glossett (LV), Cameron Hedrick (AE), Kyle Dominique (PL), Austin Macke (CG), Josh Carper (PL), Noah Brown (AE), Brady Johnston (DJ), Dane Ebel (LV), Noah Pessefalle (PL).