{"id":206379,"date":"2026-05-28T12:31:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=206379"},"modified":"2026-05-28T12:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:56:19","slug":"three-cougars-named-all-wbl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/05\/28\/three-cougars-named-all-wbl\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Cougars named All-WBL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Van Wert\u2019s Trevor Halker has been named first team All-Western Buckeye League baseball, while two teammates also earned all-league honors. Easton Putman was named third team All-WBL, one of just two freshmen to earn all-league honors, while Griffin McCracken was named honorable mention All-WBL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kasey Gross of St. Marys Memorial was named player of the year, while Bath\u2019s Joe Gomez and Defiance\u2019s Rick Weaver were named co-coaches of the year. Bath and Defiance finished as WBL co-champions this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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  • Kasey Gross, senior, St. Marys Memorial<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ike Webb, junior, Defiance<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Drew Bailey, senior, Wapakoneta<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Jonan Snyder, sophomore, Elida<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Jaden Miller, senior, Bath<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Trevor Halker, senior, Van Wert<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Colt Ward, sophomore, Defiance<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Tanner Wendel, senior, Celina<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Grant Leopold, senior, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Colton Graham, sophomore, Elida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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

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    • Griffin Mericle, senior, Wapakoneta<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Bodee Schulte-Arn, junior, Celina<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Luke Rammel, senior, St. Marys Memorial<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Zach Welsch, senior, Bath<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Mason Noirot, sophomore, Defiance<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Carson Yaeger, junior, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Logan Markley, senior, Bath<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Ben Adcock, sophomore, Elida<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Preston Rupert, senior, St. Marys Memorial<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Jaren Honsberger, senior, Defiance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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

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      • Easton Putman, freshman, Van Wert<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Ethan Brandt, junior, Wapakoneta<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Gavin Tickle, sophomore, Elida<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Haiden Aldrich, sophomore, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Wes Greber, senior, Celina<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Karson Green, senior, Bath<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Austin Dysert, junior, Kenton<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Daniel Cole, junior, Bath<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Aiden Meinerding, senior, St. Marys Memorial<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Blake Dingledine, senior, St. Marys Memorial<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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

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        • Peyton Liles, senior, Bath<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Griffin McCracken, senior, Van Wert<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Ohyn May, junior, Celina<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Brayden Weaver, senior, Defiance<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Gabe Miley, senior, Elida<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Haven Conley, junior, Kenton<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Landon Pester, junior, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Cooper Hartman, freshman, Shawnee<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Reese Howell, junior, St. Marys Memorial<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Zach Fisher, senior, Wapakoneta<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Player of the Year: <\/strong>Kasey Gross, St. Marys Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

          Coach of the Year:<\/strong> Joe Gomez, Bath and Rick Weaver, Defiance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          VW independent sports Van Wert\u2019s Trevor Halker has been named first team All-Western Buckeye League baseball, while two teammates also earned all-league honors. Easton Putman was named third team All-WBL, one of just two freshmen to earn all-league honors, while Griffin McCracken was named honorable mention All-WBL. Kasey Gross of St. Marys Memorial was named […]<\/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-206379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-05 13:19:50","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\/206379","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=206379"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206385,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206379\/revisions\/206385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}