{"id":109780,"date":"2018-11-23T01:01:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T06:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=109780"},"modified":"2018-11-21T22:37:35","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T03:37:35","slug":"season-preview-crestview-lady-knights-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/11\/23\/season-preview-crestview-lady-knights-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Season preview: Crestview Lady Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CONVOY &#8212; The 2018-2019 girls\u2019 basketball season should prove to be an interesting one for the Crestview Lady Knights.<\/p>\n<p>On one hand, the team lost last year\u2019s leading scorer and rebounder (Paige Motycka, NWC Player of the Year, Third Team All-Ohio) to graduation. On the other hand, a number of other talented players return.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_95617\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-95617\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-95617\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Coach-Gregory-e1514982580883.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"230\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-95617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Mark Gregory<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Coming off a 17-7 season, which included a Division III district championship game loss to state power Ottawa-Glandorf, head coach Mark Gregory (30-17) is entering his third season, and he\u2019ll have five letter winners at his disposal: Lexi Gregory (11.9 ppg), Bailey Gregory (5.0 ppg), Olivia Cunningham (5.0 ppg), Haley Smith and Emma Bowen.<\/p>\n<p>Even with those returning players and a group of promising newcomers, Gregory still has concerns while entering the new season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe lost a lot of experience and 37 points per game from last years squad,\u201d Gregory said. \u201cWe have big shoes to fill and we have several kids experiencing it for the first time at the varsity level. We need to really pick up scoring and rebounding from this group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the players expected to see varsity or more varsity time this season: Lauryn Black, Codi Miller, Aleigh Chesbro, Kaylee Wolford, Raegan Hammons and Lizzie Bowen.<\/p>\n<p>Gregory noted his team may lack prototypical size and strength, but backcourt play and knowledge of the game should allow the Lady Knights to run the court.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will still push the ball as much as we can,\u201d Gregory explained. \u201cWe have a nice group of guards that allow us to play an uptempo style. We are small, but we have huge hearts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Defensively, the Lady Knights will once again play man-to-man.<\/p>\n<p>Crestview will open the season at 2017-2018 Division IV state runner up Ottoville on Saturday. Other non-conference opponents on the schedule include Fort Recovery, Parkway, Fort Jennings, Kalida, Continental, Coldwater, Delphos St. John\u2019s, Van Wert, Celina and Wayne Trace. In addition to those teams, the Lady Knights will tangle in what should be a competitive NWC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur non-conference schedule is very tough again,\u201d Gregory said. \u201cWe also have seven of our first nine games on the road. Our conference will be very competitive, and multiple teams have a shot to win the conference.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor CONVOY &#8212; The 2018-2019 girls\u2019 basketball season should prove to be an interesting one for the Crestview Lady Knights. On one hand, the team lost last year\u2019s leading scorer and rebounder (Paige Motycka, NWC Player of the Year, Third Team All-Ohio) to graduation. On the other hand, a number of other [&hellip;]<\/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-109780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 16:32:38","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\/109780","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=109780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}