Lancers’ Rager NWC golf Player of Year

Northwest Conference golf information

HARROD — Bluffton won the Northwest Conference golf tournament in an 18-hole tournament played at Colonial Golf Club in Harrod. The first-place tournament finish also clinched the 2014 overall conference golf championship for the Pirates.

The Pirates had a team total 356 to defeat tournament runner-up Allen East (362) by six strokes. Other tournament team totals were Lincolnview (363), Delphos Jefferson (374), Spencerville (378), Crestview (393), Columbus Grove (403), and Paulding (432).  Ada participated with three golfers and did not receive a team score.

Allen East junior Kayne Richardson was the tournament medalist for the second year in a row with a 79.  Second place medalist honors went to sophomore Joshah Rager of Lincolnview (80), while the third place medalist was Parker Frey of Allen East with an 81.

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 2014. Bluffton won both the regular season and tournament and took first place with a perfect 18 points. Allen East took second place in the conference with 16 points.  Delphos Jefferson and Lincolnview tied for a third-place conference finish as each tallied 13 points.

The other schools’ order of conference finish was Spencerville (9.5), Crestview (8.5), Paulding (5), Columbus Grove (5) and Ada (2).

Following Thursday’s action, the NWC also presented its All-Conference Awards for 2014.

The coaches voted Brad Prater of Bluffton Coach of the Year, while sophomore Joshah Rager of Lincolnview earned Player of the Year honors by virtue of points earned during each regular season match.

Kayne Richardson of Allen East, Parker Frey of Allen East, Chance Campbell of Spencerville, Mitchell Youngpeter of Spencerville and Rich Streicher of Bluffton joined Rager on the NWC First Team.

The NWC Second Team included Crestview’s Connor Lautzenheiser and Lincolnview’s Derek Youtsey, while Ronnie Schumm of Crestview and Lancer Justis Dowdy earned All-NWC honorable mention recognition.