{"id":147754,"date":"2021-10-29T23:27:53","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T04:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=147754"},"modified":"2021-10-29T23:28:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T04:28:28","slug":"nwc-releases-football-all-conference-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/10\/29\/nwc-releases-football-all-conference-info\/","title":{"rendered":"NWC releases football all-conference info"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Van Wert independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crestview offensive lineman Mason Penix earned First Team All-NWC honors in voting by coaches this week, the only Knight to the all-conference first team recognition. He was also named Honorable Mention as a defensive lineman.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Mason-Penix-10-2021-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-147758\"\/><figcaption>Crestview offensive lineman Mason Penix (55) was named to the 2021 All-NWC First Team. Penix also earned Honorable Mention accolades along the defensive line. <em>Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Second Team Honors went to Crestview running back Nick Helt, offensive lineman Landin Friemoth, linebacker Ayden Lichtensteiger and defensive lineman Trevon Barton, while Honorable Mention accolades went to offensive lineman\/linebacker Wesyn Ludwig, running back Isaac Kline, receivers Rontae Jackson and Ayden Lichtensteiger; defensive lineman Dylan Barricklow, Helt (linebacker), defensive backs Carson Hunter and Parker Spieth and kicker Kaden Kreischer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Delphos Jefferson quarterback Colin Bailey and Columbus Grove running back Colin Metzger were named Offensive Co-Players of the Year&nbsp;and Columbus Grove linebacker AJ Schafer was named Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, after leading the Bulldogs to a fourth consecutive NWC championship and a 10-0 record, Columbus Grove head coach Andy Schafer was named Co-Coach of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>First Team Offense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>QB: Colin Bailey, Delphos Jefferson&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RB: Colin Metzger, Columbus Grove; Gunner Grigsby, Spencerville;&nbsp;Fabian Pena, Leipsic; &nbsp;Dale Smith, Spencerville&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OL: Mitch Douglas, Columbus Grove; &nbsp;Adrian Carrillo, Leipsic; Aaron Tabler, Bluffton; Gunner Rister, Allen East; &nbsp;Mason Penix, Crestview&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WR\/TE: Jackson Schroeder, Columbus Grove;&nbsp;Trent Siefker, Leipsic; Carter Young, Allen East&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Second Team Offense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>QB: Dillan Niese, Leipsic&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RB: Jack Hoel, Allen East; Nick Helt, Crestview; Landon Shutler, Bluffton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OL: Tadd Koch, Columbus Grove; Alek Winner, Allen East; &nbsp;Payton Lammers, Leipsic; Landin Friemoth, Crestview&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WR\/TE: AJ Schafer, Columbus Grove; Andrew Miller, Delphos Jefferson; Quin Schroeder, Leipsic&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Honorable Mention<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>QB: Nate Schaadt, Bluffton;&nbsp;Jacob Hershberger, Allen East&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RB: Isaac Kline, Crestview; Tyler Koenig Spencerville&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OL: Kolby Chamberlin,&nbsp;Trent Howard, Bluffton; Robby Lyons, Columbus Grove; &nbsp;Evan Shafer, Allen East; Jesse Long, Delphos Jefferson; Caden Johnston, Spencerville; Wesyn Ludwig, Crestview; Heath Gaskill Spencerville&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WR: Rontae Jackson, Crestview; &nbsp;Chase Miller, Allen East; Ayden Lichtensteiger, Crestview; Tanner Voorhees, Delphos Jefferson;&nbsp;Trent Teman, Delphos Jefferson;&nbsp;Hayden Dearth, Bluffton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>First&nbsp;Team Defense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DL: Mitch Douglas, Columbus Grove; Ethan Lammers, Leipsic; Sy Morris, Spencerville; Evan Shafer, Allen East&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LB: AJ Schafer, Columbus Grove; Tadd Koch, Columbus Grove; Chase Miller, Allen East; Brayden Casteel, Leipsic&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DB: Quin Schroeder, Leipsic; Jacksen Schroeder, Columbus Grove; Jacob Hershberger, Allen East; Luke Kaufman, Columbus Grove&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Specialist<\/strong>: Rece Verhoff, Columbus Grove&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Second&nbsp;Team Defense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DL: Adrian Carrillo, Leipsic; &nbsp;Lawson Maag, Columbus Grove; Clay Bonnell, Columbus Grove; Trevon Barton, Crestview&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LB: Fabian Pena, Leipsic; Ayden Lichtensteiger, Crestview; &nbsp;Griffin Schwartz, Spencerville; &nbsp;Kade Wireman, Allen East&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DB: Cade Elling, Spencerville; Blake Liffick, Leipsic; Carson Clum, Allen East; Braylon Baxter, Columbus Grove&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Specialist<\/strong>: Carter Young, Allen East<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Honorable Mention<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DL: Alex Winner, Allen East; &nbsp;Mason Penix, Crestview; Tanner Voorhees, Delphos Jefferson; Aaron Tabler, Bluffton; &nbsp;Tyler Schroeder, Leipzig; Dylan Cook, Spencerville; Jack Wilson, Bluffton; Dylan Barricklow, Crestview&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LB: Tyler Koenig, Spencerville; Jeremy Cameron, Ada; Blaine Belcher, Allen East; Wesyn Ludwig, Crestview; Dustin Bohyer, Spencerville; Kameron Coughlan, Bluffton; Estevan Carrillo, Leipsic; Nick Helt, Crestview; Andrew Miller, Delphos Jefferson&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DB: Caleb Ellerbrock, Leipsic; Carson Hunter, Crestview; Beau Stever, Bluffton; Shop Halker, Columbus Grove; &nbsp;&nbsp;Braylon Scala, Delphos Jefferson; Eli Harter, Spencerville;&nbsp;Parker Spieth, Crestview; &nbsp;Ethan Smith Spencerville&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Specialist: Colin Bailey, Delphos Jefferson,&nbsp;Kaden Kreischer, Crestview &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent sports Crestview offensive lineman Mason Penix earned First Team All-NWC honors in voting by coaches this week, the only Knight to the all-conference first team recognition. He was also named Honorable Mention as a defensive lineman.&nbsp; Second Team Honors went to Crestview running back Nick Helt, offensive lineman Landin Friemoth, linebacker Ayden [&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-147754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 01:30:35","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\/147754","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=147754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}