{"id":202980,"date":"2026-02-22T21:28:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T02:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=202980"},"modified":"2026-02-22T21:29:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T02:29:03","slug":"hammons-named-nwc-coach-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/02\/22\/hammons-named-nwc-coach-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Hammons named NWC Coach of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After leading Lincolnview to an outright Northwest Conference boys basketball championship, head coach Brett Hammons has been named NWC Coach of the Year in balloting done by fellow conference coaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A year after Lincolnview went 5-18 (0-7 NWC), Hammons guided the Lancers to a 17-5 (6-1 NWC) 2025-2026 season, along with the No. 1 seed at the Division VI Defiance district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two Lancers were named first team All-NWC \u2013 junior Max Hammons and senior Gavin Evans. Two other starters, freshman Marshall Hammons and junior Chayse Overholt were named honorable mention All-NWC. Two Crestview Knights were named second team All-NWC \u2013 senior Hayden Perrott and junior Will Sheets.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Max Hammons was named first team All-NWC and his father, Brett Hammons (standing) was named NWC Coach of the Year. Hanna Young photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Lima Central Catholic senior Jordan Priddy was named the NWC Player of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boys all-conference results<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Jordan Priddy, Sr., Lima Central Catholic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will Sensabaugh, Jr., Spencerville<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Max Hammons, Jr., Lincolnview<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trevon Baxter, Sr., Columbus Grove<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Owen Sensabaugh, Sr., Spencerville<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gavin Evans, Sr., Lincolnview<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Hayden Perrott, Sr., Crestview<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will Sheets, Jr., Crestview<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keagan Jones, Jr., Allen East<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Landon Best, Sr., Columbus Grove<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brady Parker, Jr., Lima Central Catholic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Brady Brooks, Sr., Allen East<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brady Basinger. Jr., Columbus Grove<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grady Smith, Sr., Spencerville<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bean Ginther, Sr., Bluffton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marshall Hammons, Fr., Lincolnview<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chayse Overholt, Jr., Lincolnview<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kellen Carder, Sr., Delphos Jefferson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gavin Howell, Jr., Delphos Jefferson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jaxon White, Jr., Lima Central Catholic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jude Stemen, So., Spencerville<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Player of the Year: Jordan Priddy, Lima Central Catholic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coach of the Year: Brett Hammons, Lincolnview<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent sports After leading Lincolnview to an outright Northwest Conference boys basketball championship, head coach Brett Hammons has been named NWC Coach of the Year in balloting done by fellow conference coaches. A year after Lincolnview went 5-18 (0-7 NWC), Hammons guided the Lancers to a 17-5 (6-1 NWC) 2025-2026 season, along with the […]<\/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-202980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-06 20:29:58","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\/202980","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=202980"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202984,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202980\/revisions\/202984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}