The Crestview Lady Knights are bound for the district tournament after claiming a sectional championship on their home court with a 60-32 win over Stryker on Saturday night (see recap below). Top-seeded Crestview will return to action Thursday night against North Central. Photo by Wyatt Richardson/Van Wert independent
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Van Wert independent sports Crestview was crowned as a sectional champion at home on Saturday, while Lincolnview’s season came to an end in the sectional title game at Wayne Trace High School. Crestview 60 Styker 32 CONVOY — Cali Gregory scored 25 points and pulled down eight rebounds and No. 1 seed Crestview overwhelmed No. […]
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Van Wert’s Jayden Welker (pictured above) is state bound after finishing fifth in the 100 yard butterfly (53.18) at the Division II district tournament held Friday at Bowling Green State University. He’ll swim again Thursday at Canton McKinley High School. All other Cougar swimmers set personal records at the district tournament. 100 Backstroke: 31st (1:11.01 […]
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SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor This week’s Monday Mailbag features questions about girls tournament blowouts, Lincolnview’s chances in the tournament, league expansion and the Colts trading for Carson Wentz, plus a comment about Van Wert basketball. Q: What’s with all the lopsided girls basketball tournament scores? 66-6? 67-8? How is that even possible? Name withheld upon […]
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VW independent/submitted information The YWCA of Van Wert County will be launching a 21-Day Racial Equity and Social Justice Challenge on Thursday, April 1, as part of a national movement to engage communities in anti-racist work. Participants receive a daily email directing them to 3-4 curated activities, such as reading an article, listening to a […]
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VW independent/submitted information The Van Wert Soil & Water Conservation District is seeking young artists in grades K-12 to compete in its annual post contest. The contest is open to all Van Wert County students, and each submitted creation may not be traced from other artists’ work or from photographs. Each entry must have the […]
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VW independent/submitted information The Van Wert Planning Commission will meet at 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 9, in Van Wert City Council Chambers, 515 E. Main St. in Van Wert, to discuss the final plat for Washington Place Phase IV B. Also on the agenda is a request to change zoning for 1302 Lincoln Highway (12034734101) and […]
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SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor It wasn’t pretty, but Van Wert ended 2020-2021 Western Buckeye League portion of the schedule with 51-43 victory over Celina on Friday night. The win was the eighth in nine games for the Cougars (10-10, 5-4 WBL), while Celina fell to 5-15 (3-6 WBL). “It’s been a weird week,” Van Wert […]
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SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor A fast start and hot shooting helped Lincolnview close the 2020-2021 regular season with a 64-51 win over Paulding on Friday. “I was very proud of our guys and their effort tonight,” Lincolnview head coach Brett Hammons said. “Paulding has some really good players that can be tough to stop. Give […]
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SCOTT TRUXELL/independent sports editor SPENCERVILLE — In his final regular season game, Crestview’s Kalen Etzler scored 21 points and pulled down nine rebounds to help power the Knights by Spencerville 62-52 on Friday. The Knights finished the regular season 17-5 (7-1 NWC) and Spencerville finished 7-15 (3-5 NWC) Nine of Etzler’s points came in the […]
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