{"id":107396,"date":"2018-09-22T05:02:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T10:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=107396"},"modified":"2018-09-22T08:35:40","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T13:35:40","slug":"columbus-grove-upsets-crestview-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/09\/22\/columbus-grove-upsets-crestview-knights\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus Grove upsets Crestview Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

CONVOY — Columbus Grove raced out to a 26-6 halftime lead then held on to stun No. 4 Crestview 33-20 on Friday night.<\/p>\n

The homecoming loss dropped Crestview\u2019s record to 4-1 (1-1 NWC), while the Bulldogs improved to 3-2 (2-0 NWC)<\/p>\n

Columbus Grove quarterback Blake Reynolds put the Bulldogs on the board first with a 31 yard touchdown pass to Adam Bogart with 7:23 left in the opening quarter, but the Knights responded when Caylib Pruett returned the ensuing kickoff 83 yards for a touchdown. The two point conversion failed and Grove led 7-6.<\/p>\n

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Crestview’s Drew Kline tries to evade Columbus Grove tacklers during Friday night’s game.<\/strong> Wyatt Richardson\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Bulldogs increased their lead to 14-6 when Reynolds tossed his second touchdown pass of the quarter, a 12 yarder to Caleb Barrientes with 3:30 remaining in the opening stanza.<\/p>\n

Neither team scored during the first part of the second quarter, but that changed when Columbus Grove\u2019s Trevor Taylor returned a Crestview punt 66 yards for a touchdown. The PAT was no good and the Bulldogs led 20-6. Columbus Grove tacked on one more scored with 22 seconds left until halftime with a one yard fumble return by Gabe Clement that gave the visitors a 20 point lead at the break.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrove was ready to play and they had a great plan,\u201d Crestview head coach Jared Owens said. It made it hard for us to move the ball in the first half.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe put our defense in a bad spot giving up a turnover for a score and a special teams touchdown,\u201d Owens added.<\/p>\n

The Knights got back on the scoreboard with 2:03 left in the third quarter when Drew Kline bolted in from 27 yards out, followed by a two point conversion pass from Kline to Landin Burch that trimmed the deficit to 26-14.<\/p>\n

Kline connected with Burch from 13 yards out with 6:31 left in the fourth quarter to pull Crestview to within six, 26-20, but the Bulldogs secured the victory with a nine yard touchdown run by Reynolds with 2:16 left.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe played hard in the second half, but we just couldn\u2019t overcome the deficit,\u201d Owens said.<\/p>\n

Reynolds finished the game 7 of 14 passing for 98 yards and a pair of touchdowns, while rushing nine times for 28 yards and a score. Garrett Nemire led Columbus Grove with 21 carries for 89 yards, while Caleb Barrientes finished with a team high four receptions for 41 yards and a touchdown. The Bulldogs finished the game with 234 yards of total offense.<\/p>\n

The Knights finished with 374 total yards and were led by Kline, who had 18 carries for 156 yards and a score, along with 152 yards passing and a touchdown on 10 of 22 passing. Kline also threw two interceptions. Wade Sheets had four receptions for 78 yards.<\/p>\n

The Knights will travel to Spencerville on Friday.<\/p>\n

Scoring summary:<\/p>\n

Crestview\u00a0 \u00a0 6\u00a0 \u00a00 8 6 \u2013 20
\nCol. Grove 14 12 0 6 \u2013 33<\/p>\n

7:38 1st qtr: Blake Reynolds 31 yard pass to Adam Bogart (Rece Verhoff kick)
\n7:23 1st qtr: Caylib Pruett 83 yard kickoff return (run failed)
\n3:30 1st qtr: Blake Reynolds 12 yard pass to Caleb Barrientes (Rece Verhoff kick)
\n5:53 2nd qtr: Trevor Taylor 66 yard punt return (PAT failed)
\n0:22 2nd qtr: Gabe Clement 1 yard fumble return (PAT failed)
\n2:07 3rd qtr: Drew Kline 27 yard run (Kline pass to Landin Burch)
\n6:31 4th qtr: Drew Kline 13 yard pass to Landin Burch (PAT failed)
\n2:16 4th qtr: Blake Reynolds 9 yard run (Rece Verhoff kick)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor CONVOY — Columbus Grove raced out to a 26-6 halftime lead then held on to stun No. 4 Crestview 33-20 on Friday night. The homecoming loss dropped Crestview\u2019s record to 4-1 (1-1 NWC), while the Bulldogs improved to 3-2 (2-0 NWC) Columbus Grove quarterback Blake Reynolds put the Bulldogs on the […]<\/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-107396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 01:22:40","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\/107396","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=107396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}