{"id":142951,"date":"2021-05-17T21:12:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T02:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=142951"},"modified":"2021-05-17T21:12:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T02:12:52","slug":"cougars-earn-all-wbl-baseball-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/05\/17\/cougars-earn-all-wbl-baseball-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Cougars earn All-WBL baseball honors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Van Wert independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Wert\u2019s Owen Treece has been named First Team All-Western Buckeye League and coach Charlie Witten has been named WBL co-Coach of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Treece is 7-1 on the mound (1.08 ERA, 83 strikeouts, .321 batting average, 15 RBIs, 21 runs scored) while Witten has led the state-ranked Cougars (No. 11, Division II) to a 21-4 record.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Five other Cougars also earned All-WBL honors. Jacob Place (.330, 17 RBIs) and Ethan Rupert (4-3, 3.50 ERA, .348, 23 RBIs, 23 runs scored) were named to the Second Team, and Turner Witten (.316, 22 RBIs, 19 runs scored) and Luke Wessel (7-0, 1.62 ERA, .286 batting average) were named to the Third Team. In addition, TJ Stoller (.338, 13 RBIs, 23 runs scored) was named Honorable Mention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Team: Logan Maxwell, Jarin Bertke, Caden Vermillion, Shawnee; Bradyn Shaw, Jayden Jerger, Defiance; Lex Boedicker, Bath; Dylan Trogdlon, St. Marys Memorial; Jaxon Buddelmeyer, Ottawa-Glandorf; Braeden Goulet, Wapakoneta; Owen Treece, Van Wert<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second Team: Jacob Place, Ethan Rupert, Van Wert; Austin Williams, Carter Parlapiano, Bath; Nate Maag, Ottawa-Glandorf; Hayes Burton, Elida; Ty Kiehl, St. Marys Memorial; Quinn Andrew, Celina; Sage Ebling, Shawnee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Third Team: Camden Roth, David Jimenez, Defiance; Luke Cowan, Keaton Cooper, Shawnee; Turner Witten, Luke Wessell, Van Wert; Adam Tobin, St. Marys Memorial; Jacob Balbaugh, Ottawa-Glandorf; Brayden Lybarger, Elida; Jarron Willoby, Kenton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honorable Mention: Trey Johnson, Bath; Brandon Staugler, Celina; Jack Mortier, Defiance; Nick Niebel, Elida; Trevor Robinson, Kenton; Wes Davidson, Ottawa-Glandorf; Derek Lyons, Shawnee; Tanner Howell, St. Marys Memorial; TJ Stoller, Van Wert; Cooper Talowsky, Shawnee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Player of the Year: Logan Maxwell, Shawnee<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coach of the Year: Charlie Witten, Van Wert; Tom Held, Defiance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent sports Van Wert\u2019s Owen Treece has been named First Team All-Western Buckeye League and coach Charlie Witten has been named WBL co-Coach of the Year. Treece is 7-1 on the mound (1.08 ERA, 83 strikeouts, .321 batting average, 15 RBIs, 21 runs scored) while Witten has led the state-ranked Cougars (No. 11, [&hellip;]<\/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-142951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 03:53:54","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\/142951","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=142951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142951\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}