BELLVILLE — She was an All-Ohio soccer player in the fall and now Clear Fork’s Lilly Wortman is an All-Northwest District basketball player.
A 5-foot-5 senior, Wortman was selected to the third team in Division III. She averaged 7.9 points and a team-high 6.9 rebounds a game as the Colts reached the district semifinals.
Wortman was joined on the all-district third team by Wynford’s Grace Stucky. The senior averaged 11 points and 7.1 rebounds a game.
Clear Fork’s Pacey Chrastina and Annika Labaki and Crestview’s Emma Aumend were honorable-mention picks. They were joined by Colonel Crawford’s Mira Holt and Mallory Plesac, Bucyrus’ Brook Dennison and Madalyn Kimmel, Wynford’s Katie Wagner and Galion’s Dezi Lester.
Parkway’s Gabrielle Stober and Delphos Jefferson’s Lyv Lindeman shared the Player or the Year award. Parkway’s Dan Williamson, Margaretta’s Ray Neill, Liberty Center’s Tim Davis and Western Reserve’s Carli Ashley shared the Coach of the Year award.
Here’s a look at the All-Northwest District Division III teams, as chosen by a panel of Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association members:
First Team: Gabrielle Stober, Rockford Parkway, 6-0, sr., 18.7; Riley Rismiller, Coldwater, 6-5, sr., 16.2; Lyv Lindeman, Delphos Jefferson, 5-7, jr., 20.3; Katie Kaufman, Ottawa-Glandorf, 6-0, jr., 10.0; Carrie Zeedyk, Sherwood Fairview, 5-3, sr., 15.6; Emerson Gray, Liberty Center, 5-7, jr., 11.8; Mia Hurst, Huron, 5-9, sr., 13.0; Eden Palomo, Castalia Margaretta, 5-5, jr., 11.7.
Second Team: Sasha Busey, Van Buren, 5-10, sr. 16.3; Kaidance Iles, Upper Sandusky, 6-0, sr., 11.2; Allison Hughes, Rockford Parkway, 6-2, sr., 11.0; Allison Rhodes, Sherwood Fairview, 5-10, sr., 15.0; Syana Sivongsak, Willard, 5-1, sr., 10.9; Savana Brooks, Harrod Allen East, 5-8, jr., 15.0; Cara Frank, Bloomdale Elmwood, 5-9, sr., 13.5; Kayla Buehler, Pemberville Eastwood, 5-7, jr., 13.9.
Third Team: Grace Walton, Upper Sandusky, 5-3, so., 10.3; Lilly Wortman, Clear Fork, 5-5, sr., 8.3; Karsyn Erford, Ottawa-Glandorf, 5-7, fr., 9.3; Gracie Shepherd, Haviland Wayne Trace, 6-0, sr., 10.4; Sami Scoles, Bluffton, 5-9, sr., 14.9; Lauren French, Delphos Jefferson, 6-3, sr., 8-5; Jaelle Keller, Castalia Margaretta, 5-5, sr., 8.4; Grace Stucky, Wynford, 5-7, sr., 11.0.
Players of the Year: Gabrielle Stober, Rockford Parkway; Lyv Lindeman, Delphos Jefferson.
Coaches of the Year: Dan Williamson, Rockford Parkway; Ray Neill, Castalia Margaretta; Tim Davis, Liberty Center; Carli Ashley, Collins Western Reserve.
Honorable mention: Pacey Chrastina, Clear Fork; Annika Labaki, Clear Fork; Emma Aumend, Crestview; Mira Holt, Colonel Crawford; Brook Dennison, Bucyrus; Katie Wagner, Wynford; Mallory Plesac, Colonel Crawford; Madalyn Kimmel, Bucyrus; Dezi Lester, Galion; Anna Durliat, Van Buren; Sophie Rupp, Archbold; Caylin McCormick, Huron; Rilynn Jones, Harrod Allen East; Velourea Stowers, Upper Sandusky; Kaelyn Grothause, Ottawa-Glandorf; Paige Williamson, Rockford Parkway; Claire Steinke, Coldwater; Becca Wenning, Coldwater; Cali Wendel, Fort Recovery; Grace Munger, Delta; Khloe Weber, Delta; Kelly Crites, Sherwood Fairview; Alaina Pelland, Swanton; Liv Mueller, Defiance Tinora; Nova Okuley, Defiance Tinora; Lilli White, Collins Western Reserve; Madison Pfanner, Collins Western Reserve; Anna Woodrum, Collins Western Reserve; Kalli Quillen, Milan Edison; Makinley Schaffer, Willard; Gabi Croft, Spencerville; Lilly Edwards, Castalia Margaretta; Raegan Heck, Castalia Margaretta; Kylie Leibacher, Castalia Margaretta; Katie Wagner, Wynford; Mallory Plesac, Colonel Crawford; Madalyn Kimmel, Bucyrus; Dezi Lester, Galion; Ella Berenzweig, Toledo Ottawa Hills; Liz Lathrop, Toledo Ottawa Hills; Addison Ricker, Metamora Evergreen.
