By Cort Reynolds
The Ada High School girls soccer team placed four players on all-conference teams in voting recently conducted by the league coaches.
Junior Ella Marshall was named first team All-Northwest Conference and first team All-North Central Ohio Soccer Association.
Marshall set an Ada program single-season record with 16 goals, and she also passed out seven assists.
Junior Olivia Burkhart was voted second team All-NWC and second team All-NCOSA. She broke the Ada season record for most assists in a season with 13, and she also netted seven goals.
Senior Ella Badertscher and sophomore Lexi Poling both were named honorable mention All-NWC and HM All-NCOSA.
Poling scored 10 goals and two assists, and also filled in at goalkeeper.
Sami Scoles of league champion Bluffton was voted NWC Player of the Year. Pirate coach Jamie Mehaffie was named NWC Coach of the Year.
Bluffton won the NWC crown at 6-0, followed by Columbus Grove (5-1), Delphos Jefferson (4-2), Allen East (2-3), Crestview (1-4-1), Spencerville (1-4-1) and Ada (0-6).
Mustang sophomore scoring ace Rilynn Jones was NWC Player of the Year runner-up.
All-NWC girls soccer teams:
1st Team
Sami Scoles – Senior – Bluffton
Rilyn Jones – Sophomore – Allen East
Lauryn Auchmuty – Sophomore – Columbus Grove
Lyv Lindeman – Junior – Delphos Jefferson
Grace Goecke – Junior – Spencerville
Ella Marshall – Junior – Ada
Julia Mehaffie – Senior – Bluffton
Allison Diller – Senior – Bluffton
Aubrey Young – Junior – Allen East
Hanna Schroeder – Senior – Columbus Grove
Riley Eachus – Senior – Bluffton
Katelynn Castle – Senior – Crestview.
2nd Team
Kylee Dientsberger – Senior – Delphos Jefferson
Olivia Burkhart – Junior – Ada
Macy Kulwicki – Senior – Crestview
Makayla Schweingruber – Junior – Bluffton
Gwen Langhals – Senior – Columbus Grove
Olivia Matthews – Senior – Bluffton
Addyson Dowler – Senior – Crestview
Devanie Pingle – Freshman – Columbus Grove
Reagen Emerick – Senior – Allen East
Alexandra Greer – Junior – Spencerville
Grace Myers – Junior – Columbus Grove.
Honorable Mention
Lexi Poling – Senior – Ada
Ella Badertscher – Senior – Ada
Megan Koehlinger – Junior – Allen East
Ashley Hawk – Junior – Allen East
Nikki Thaxton – Senior – Allen East
