{"id":124901,"date":"2019-11-16T08:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=124901"},"modified":"2019-11-16T08:01:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T13:01:17","slug":"place-hammons-named-to-wbl-first-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/11\/16\/place-hammons-named-to-wbl-first-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Place, Hammons named to WBL First Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Van Wert independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

11 Van Wert Cougars have been named to the Western Buckeye League All-League football team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior offensive tackle Colin Place and senior defensive tackle Keagon Hammons were named first team All-WBL, while two classmates \u2013 Parker Conrad (guard and linebacker) and Jake Hilleary (running back) were named to the All-WBL second team. In addition, junior defensive back Owen Treece and sophomore defensive end Cullen Dunn earned second team honors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Seniors Tanner Barnhart (wide receiver) and TJ Reynolds (linebackers) were named honorable mention All-WBL, along with junior wide receiver Dru Johnson and offensive\/defensive lineman Charlie Witten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Offense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackles: Colin Place, Van Wert; Bryan Ward, St. Marys; Aaron Rieman, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guards: Logan Allen, St. Marys; Logan Schmitz, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Centers: Riley Sweigart, St. Marys; Tyler Schroyer, Wapakoneta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tight end: Isaac Meeks, Wapakoneta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wide receivers: Jayden Cornell, Landon Rush, Kenton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flex: Brennan Blevins, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Running back: Ty Howell, St. Marys; Evan Kaeck, Wapakoneta; Clay Recker, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quarterback: Blaine Houston, Kenton<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Defense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ends: Blake Kanorr, St. Marys; Isaac Meeks, Wapakoneta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackles: Keagon Hammons, Van Wert; Noah Eikenbary, Kenton; Trey Fisher, St. Marys; Aaron Rieman, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linebackers: Luke Fackler, Kenton; Evan Kaeck, Reed Merricle, Wapakoneta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defensive backs: Ty Howell, St. Marys; Devin Huelskamp, Wapakoneta; Jayden Cornell, Kenton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flex: Lucas Walter, St. Marys<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Offense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackles: Jordan Speller, Elida; Ezekiel Arnett, Wapakoneta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guards: Parker Conrad, Van Wert; Erie Carpenter, Wapakoneta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Center: Tyler Leopold, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tight end: Will Kaufman, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wide receivers: Jacob Vorhees, Shawnee; Jarrod Beach, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Running back: Jake Hilleary, Van Wert; Will Roberson, Shawnee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quarterback: Jacob Balbaugh, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ends: Cullen Dunn, Van Wert; Carter Bays, Kenton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tackles: Cory Fortkamp, Celina; Keith Houser, Wapakoneta; Logan Schmitz, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Linebackers: Parker Conrad, Van Wert; Trey Johnson, Bath; Logan Miller, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defensive backs: Owen Treece, Van Wert; Peyton Wilson, Shawnee; Eric Heebsh, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honorable Mention<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert: Tanner Barnhart, TJ Reynolds, Dru Johnson, Turner Witten<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bath: Derek Grigsby, Zach Simpson, Lex Boedicker, Carter Parlapiano <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celina: Cayden Thomson, Ridge Walley, Jaxson Silliman, Cooper Jones<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defiance: Caden Kline, Zach Parrish, Johnny Ceballos, Romero Pearson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elida: Mike Niebel; Devon Barnett, Dylan Harmon, Nick Niebel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenton: Jake Eversole, Landen West, Cam Pulfer, Logan Hurt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottawa-Glandorf: Ethan Alt, Caleb Kuhlman, Cy Rump<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shawnee: Gavin Looney, Reece Bagan, Jeff Hunter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Marys: Tanner Howell, Ethan Freewalt, Carson Fishback, Kurt Bubp<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wapakoneta: Dylan Gonterman, Noah Ambos, Garrett Siefring, Jake Lee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Offensive Back of the Year: Jayden Cornell, Kenton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Offensive Lineman of the Year: Aaron Rieman, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defensive Lineman of the Year: Isaac Meeks, Wapakoneta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defensive Back of the Year: Luke Fackler, Kenton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kicking Specialist: Ty Howell, St. Marys<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coach of the Year: Brent Fackler, Kenton; Travis Moyer, Wapakoneta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent sports 11 Van Wert Cougars have been named to the Western Buckeye League All-League football team. Senior offensive tackle Colin Place and senior defensive tackle Keagon Hammons were named first team All-WBL, while two classmates \u2013 Parker Conrad (guard and linebacker) and Jake Hilleary (running back) were named to the All-WBL second […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 01:51:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124901\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}