{"id":104453,"date":"2018-07-06T05:42:09","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T10:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=104453"},"modified":"2018-07-06T05:42:34","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T10:42:34","slug":"104453","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/07\/06\/104453\/","title":{"rendered":"Offseason report: Crestview Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n

CONVOY — Many decades ago, football was a fall sport. There weren\u2019t many (if any) year round training programs, camps, 7-on-7\u2019s, etc. Weight training was extremely limited, and strength programs may have been something like digging ditches or working on the farm.<\/p>\n

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Jared Owens<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Of course, all of that has changed now. Football, even high school football has become a near year-round sport, especially if a team wants to enjoy success in terms of wins. Things can get tricky at smaller schools, were student-athletes participate in two or three sports.<\/p>\n

The Crestview Knights are one of many teams around Ohio with plans to prepare ahead of next month\u2019s practices. Teams are allowed up to 10 days for things such as camps or passing drills and head coach Jared Owens said the Knights will utilize those days, starting next week.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have not used any of our 10 days as of yet,\u201d Owens explained. \u201cWe have taken this week off, and we will be going to our team camp next week with 7 on 7\u2019s and lineman camps using up our 10 days as we prepare for the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Owens also noted he\u2019s pleased with weight room participation during the off-season.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur weight room participation has been excellent up until this point,\u201d Owens said. \u201cMy staff has done an excellent job of motivating our players to get bigger, faster, and stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crestview is coming off a record setting 10-2 (6-1 NWC) season, and a No. 4 ranking in the final Associated Press poll. The 10 wins set a new school record, and the Knights hosted a playoff game for the first time in school history, before falling to eventual state champion Minster in the Division VII regional semifinals. Overall, it was the fifth consecutive season the Knights qualified for the playoffs.<\/p>\n

While the Knights return dual threat quarterback Drew Kline and Division I recruit Wade Sheets at wide receiver\/defensive back, Crestview lost some key plays to graduation.
\n\u201cWe have graduated seniors who were excellent teammates, and we will have to find answers to fill the void they leave in both production and leadership,\u201d Owens stated. \u201cWe have already had several returning players starting to grow into leaderships roles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crestview may be considered the favorite to win the Northwest Conference, which will have a bit of a different look in 2018. Three teams \u2013 Ada, Delphos Jefferson and Allen East will have new head coaches \u2013 this season, which brings with it the unknown factor.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be interesting to see what schemes these coaches implement in all three phases of the game,\u201d Owens said of the new coaches. \u201cI look forward to our team competing against them. I believe that the NWC will be very balanced again this year and each week will present us with a challenge that I\u2019m excited to see how our players handle.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crestview will begin the 2018 football season August 24 at home against Parkway, another team with a new head coach. After games at Hicksville and home against Wayne Trace, the Knights will open conference play at home against Bluffton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor CONVOY — Many decades ago, football was a fall sport. There weren\u2019t many (if any) year round training programs, camps, 7-on-7\u2019s, etc. Weight training was extremely limited, and strength programs may have been something like digging ditches or working on the farm. Of course, all of that has changed now. Football, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 19:58:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}