{"id":203055,"date":"2026-02-24T11:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=203055"},"modified":"2026-02-24T11:56:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:56:36","slug":"kelly-five-other-cougars-named-all-wbl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/02\/24\/kelly-five-other-cougars-named-all-wbl\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly, five other Cougars named All-WBL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

All five Van Wert starters and the team\u2019s top reserve all earned all-WBL honors in balloting done by league boys basketball coaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cougar point guard Xavier Kelly was named first team All-WBL in balloting done by league coaches. Kelly led Van Wert\u2019s balanced scoring attack with 11.5 points per game. Teammates Cohen Bragg (9.1 points, 5.2 rebounds per game) and Zach Crummey (11 ppg, 8.0 rpg) were named second team All-WBL, while Keaten Welch (10.2 ppg) and Griffin McCracken (9.2 ppg) was named third team All-WBL. Caden Collins, who came off the bench (3.4 ppg) was named honorable mention All-WBL. The Cougars finished the regular season 16-6 (8-1 WBL) and enter the tournament as the No. 1 seed in the Division IV Paulding district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shawnee brothers Beckett Bertke and Trevick Bertke were named WBL Co-Players of the Year and Shawnee head coach Mark Triplett was named WBL Coach of the Year. The Indians finished the regular season to a 17-5 regular season (9-0 WBL) and the program\u2019s second straight WBL championship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Xavier Kelly was named first team All-WBL. Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Logan Markley, Bath<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josiah Schlatter, Defiance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brody Fortman, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beckett Bertke, Shawnee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trevick Bertke, Shawnee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xavier Kelly, Van Wert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Dagan Hawkins, Bath<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gavin Wicker, Celina<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordan Schumaker, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cohen Bragg Van Wert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zach Crummey, Van Wert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan Richardson, Wapakoneta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Josiah Clark, Bath<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jon Payne, Elida<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Luke Marshall, Shawnee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Griff McCracken, Van Wert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keaten Welch, Van Wert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blake Rogers-Wapakoneta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Zach Welsch, Bath<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caleb Schlater, Celina<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will Horvath, Defiance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marcus Hill, Elida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

,Tay’Vion Glispie, Kenton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adam Maag, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ashton Wright, Shawnee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blake Dingledine, St. Marys Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caden Collins, Van Wert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Caleb Adams, Wapakoneta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Player of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beckett Bertke, Shawnee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trevick Bertke, Shawnee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coach of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mark Triplett, Shawnee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent sports All five Van Wert starters and the team\u2019s top reserve all earned all-WBL honors in balloting done by league boys basketball coaches. Cougar point guard Xavier Kelly was named first team All-WBL in balloting done by league coaches. Kelly led Van Wert\u2019s balanced scoring attack with 11.5 points per game. Teammates Cohen […]<\/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-203055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 10:29:09","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\/203055","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=203055"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203069,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203055\/revisions\/203069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}