2025-26 Putnam County League Boys Basketball League Honors mirrors the Continental High Boys Basketball team makeup as it is mostly Seniors with one Sophomore and one Junior picking up 1st and 2nd team honors. Pirate Senior Monty Rayle put a stamp on his 4 year Pirate career with Second Team honors. Rayle led the Pirates in scoring with 247 points (11.23 ppg). Picking up Honorable Mention awards were Seniors Tyson Clementz and Jackson Bidlack. Four Pirates picked up Scholar Athlete Awards Brady Thomsen, Quinn Tegenkamp, Jackson Bidlack and Tyson Clementz. The 1st team was made up of 4 seniors, a pair of Seniors from League Champion Columbus Grove. Fort Jennings and Ottoville had seniors on the first team along with a Kalida Junior. The Bulldogs swept the Player of the Year Trevon Baxter and Coach of the Year Connor Kohls awards.
PCL 1st Team:
Trevon Baxter 12 Columbus Grove
Landon Best 12 Columbus Grove
Calvin Menke 12 Fort Jennings
Owen Grime 10 Kalida
Ashton Miller 12 Ottoville
PCL 2nd Team:
Brady Basinger 11 Columbus Grove
Monty Rayle 12 Continental
Henry Rump 12 Miller City
Grady Troyer 12 Miller City
Camden Verhoff 12 Pandora-Gilbo
Player of the Year: Trevon Baxter Columbus Grove
Coach of the Year: Connor Kohls Columbus Grov
PCL Record (Conference & Overall):
Columbus Grove, 6 – 0, 17 – 6
Kalida, 6 – 1, 12 – 11
Miller City, 5 – 2, 18 – 5
Fort Jennings, 3 – 3, 10 – 13
Ottoville, 3 – 4, 6 – 17
Pandora-Gilboa, 3 – 4, 11 – 12
Continental, 1 – 6, 4 – 19
Leipsic, 0 – 7, 4 – 19
–Mike Jones, Sportswriter
