{"id":109737,"date":"2018-11-21T01:05:46","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T06:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=109737"},"modified":"2018-11-20T22:31:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-21T03:31:13","slug":"season-in-review-crestview-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/11\/21\/season-in-review-crestview-knights\/","title":{"rendered":"Season in review: Crestview Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

CONVOY — By all accounts, the 2018 high school football season was a successful one for Crestview. After all, the Knights won 11 games, a share of the Northwest Conference championship, hosted a playoff game for the second straight year and defeated defending state champion Minster in Week No. 12 to advance to the Division VII Region 28 title game against Fort Loramie.<\/p>\n

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Drew Kline (10) worked behind center Kole Small (53), guard Robbie Gonzalez (64) and the rest of Crestview’s offensive line.<\/strong> Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Before last Saturday\u2019s game in Lima, the only blemish on the schedule was a Week No. 5 loss to Columbus Grove. The following week, Drew Kline\u2019s 14 yard touchdown pass to Griffin Painter as time expired gave the Knights a heart pounding 50-49 win at Spencerville. From there, Crestview rolled through the remainder of the regular season schedule to finish 9-1 (6-1 NWC).<\/p>\n

While the offense put up some eye popping numbers throughout the season, head coach Jared Owens noted a great deal of improvement came on the other side of the ball.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was very pleased with how our defense improved throughout the season,\u201d Owens explained. \u201cIt didn\u2019t always turn up in the final scores, but I thought we had the ability to get key stops when we needed them.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t put into words what they have meant to me, our football program, our school, and our community,\u201d Owens said. \u201cThey were a group who would do anything for our team. They have shown the blueprint for how to be successful for generations of Crestview players to come. They will continue to do great things in life, no doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two of those seniors are All-Ohioans Drew Kline and Wade Sheets. After passing for 1,782 yards, 17 touchdowns and 10 interceptions and rushing for 1,382 yards and 20 touchdowns, Kline was named Northwest Conference Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. Despite attracting double coverage for much of the season, Sheets caught 46 passes for 770 yards and seven scores, and returned three interceptions, three punts and a kickoff for touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Other seniors on the team included Painter, Riley Wilson, Landin Burch, Riley Saylor, Derick Dealey, Jordan Perrott, Micah Snyder, Kole Small, Robbie Gonzalez, Gavin Preston, Devan Roberts and Javin Etzler.<\/p>\n

While a that group of talented seniors will graduate, younger talent will be back, but the off season will a key to future success.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll off seasons are important,\u201d Owens said. \u201cEvery year brings a new set of challenges and opportunities. It will be fun to see which of our young men make the most of the opportunities they will have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Owens also gave credit to his coaching staff and the fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy staff top to bottom exceeds expectations daily,\u201d Owens said. \u201cThey are always prepared, love our program, and love our players. They are a huge asset for building our family atmosphere. I couldn\u2019t ask for a better group of people to help teach our young men.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur community was 100 percent behind our team,\u201d Owens continued. \u201cFrom Convoy businesses donating money to give the opportunity for more students to get to the game, to being loud in the stands, we definitely felt their support and fed off their energy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor CONVOY — By all accounts, the 2018 high school football season was a successful one for Crestview. After all, the Knights won 11 games, a share of the Northwest Conference championship, hosted a playoff game for the second straight year and defeated defending state champion Minster in Week No. 12 to […]<\/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-109737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 16:32:52","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\/109737","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=109737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}