(2-28-17) League Champion Versailles made it a clean sweep on the All-MAC Boys Basketball team named today. Ohio State commit Justin Ahrens was named Player of the Year, his coach, Travis Swank in his first year in charge of the Tigers was named Coach of the Year.

Versailles also placed AJ Ahrens and Alex Wendel on the 1st team, Keaton McEldowney and Conner Custenborder to the 2nd team and Austin Knapke picked up Honorable Mention honors.

Representing the Stateline area on the MAC 1st team, were SSN Player of the Year from Ft. Recovery Micaiah Cox, St. Henry’s Tyler Schlarman, Marion Local’s  Nathan Bruns and Tyler Mescher , Coldwater’s Dylan Thobe.

On the 2nd Team was Parkway’s Mason Baxter, Coldwater’s Marcus Bruns and Neal Muhlenkamp, Ft. Recovery’s Matt Bihn, Payton Jutte and Caleb Martin, Marion Local’s Tyler Prenger and St. Henry’s Ryan Luttmer.

Related story: 2017 All-SSN Boys HS Basketball Team Named

2016-2017 MIDWEST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

BOYS BASKETBALL ALL CONFERENCE TEAM

 

JUSTIN AHRENS – VERSAILLES  – Junior –  PLAYER OF THE YEAR

TRAVIS SWANK – VERSAILLES – COACH OF THE YEAR

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All-SSN Player of the Year – Micaiah Cox – Ft. Recovery – photoe courtesy Pat Agler

FIRST TEAM

NAME                                                SCHOOL                           GRADE

  • DYLAN THOBE                        COLDWATER                     12
  • MICAIAH COX                         FT. RECOVERY                   12
  • NATHAN BRUNS                    MARION LOCAL                10
  • TYLER MESCHER                   MARION LOCAL                11
  • AARON ERNST                        MINSTER                             12
  • NICK TOPP                                NEW KNOXVILLE             12
  • TYLER SCHLARMAN              ST. HENRY                         11
  • TIMOTHY KREEGER               ST. JOHN’S                         12
  • JARED WURST                          ST. JOHN’S                        10
  • AJ AHRENS                                VERSAILLES                      11
  • ALEX WENDEL                         VERSAILLES                      12
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Coldwater’s Dylan Thobe – courtesy Pat Agler
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Marion Local’s Nathan Bruns – courtesy Press Pro Magazine
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St. Henry’s Tyler Schlarman – courtesy Pat Agler

 

SECOND TEAM

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Parkway’s Mason Baxter – courtesy Nikki Fox

NAME                                                SCHOOL                              GRADE

  • MARCUS BRUNS                              COLDWATER                     10
  • NEAL MUHLENKAMP                     COLDWATER                    12
  • MATT BIHN                                       FT. RECOVERY                   12
  • PAYTON JUTTE                                 FT. RECOVERY                   10
  • CALEB MARTIN                                FT. RECOVERY                   12
  • TYLER PRENGER                              MARION LOCAL                11
  • MIKE KETNER                                   MINSTER                            10
  • NOLAN BORNHORST                      NEW BREMEN                    9
  • MASON BAXTER                               PARKWAY                          10
  • RYAN LUTTMER                               ST. HENRY                          11
  • CONNER CUSTENBORDER            VERSAILLES                       12
  • KEATON McELDOWNEY                 VERSAILLES                      11

HONORABLE MENTION

DEREK ALBERS, COLDWATER; RYAN BRAUN, FT. RECOVERY; COLLIN EVERMAN, MARION LOCAL; BRYCE SCHMIESING, MINSTER; LUKE VONDERHAAR, NEW BREMEN; NATHAN TINNERMAN, NEW KNOXVILLE; JACK WEHE, PARKWAY; BLAKE HOYNG, ST. HENRY; OWEN RODE, ST. JOHN’S; AUSTIN KNAPKE, VERSAILLES