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Northwestern All Sports Champ

Northwestern All Sports Champ

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The 2017-18 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) sports season is complete and Northwestern College with 168.5 points is the GPAC All-Sports Trophy winner.

All of the league’s 21 sports in the All-Sports Trophy Standings are complete. Cheer and Dance counted towards the All-Sports Standings starting this year. Jamestown as an affiliate does not qualify for the All-Sports Trophy, but their placings count for point distribution in the standings for their affiliate sports (dance and wrestling).

GPAC spring sports regular season championships were won by Doane (women’s and men’s track & field), Northwestern (baseball), Northwestern (men’s golf), Morningside (women’s golf), Midland and Morningside (softball co-champions), Hastings and Midland (women’s tennis co-champions), and Midland (men’s tennis).

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