{"id":110359,"date":"2018-12-08T06:21:37","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T11:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=110359"},"modified":"2018-12-08T06:23:04","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T11:23:04","slug":"place-bagley-lead-vw-past-parkway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/12\/08\/place-bagley-lead-vw-past-parkway\/","title":{"rendered":"Place, Bagley lead VW past Parkway"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Nate Place scored 20 points, including a pair of key foul shots with 15 seconds left and Van Wert held off stubborn Parkway 56-50 in the home opener for the Cougars on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Drew Bagley chipped in with 14 points, including four consecutive free throws with just over a minute left in the game as Van Wert improved to 1-1 on the season. The Panthers dropped to 2-1.<\/p>\n

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Van Wert’s Drew Bagley (35) attempts a shot while Parkway’s Caleb Kinney defends.<\/strong> Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cParkway is going to win a lot of games this year,\u201d Van Wert head coach Mark Bagley said of the Panthers. \u201cThey\u2019re a good basketball team and they\u2019re very hard to guard.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe gave them a lot of layups, but we kind of took control and it got to the point where we were going to the free throw line. They only had one team foul, and they had to foul a bunch and we finally got there.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to foul shots, Van Wert enjoyed late scoring surges in the first, second and third quarters. The Cougars found themselves down 10-7 with 1:36 left in the opening quarter but scored the final six points of the period, including two foul shots and a basket by Lawson Blackmore and a buzzer beater off an offensive rebound by Blake Henry at the end of the quarter.<\/p>\n

The game was tied 19-19 with 3:38 left in the second quarter, then the Cougars closed the period on a 11-2 scoring run to grab a 30-19 halftime lead. Owen Treece started the run with an offensive rebound and basket, Bagley and LeTrey Williams each scored baskets, Henry scored, and Place drilled a trey. Parkway\u2019s lone basket during the run came from Mason Baxter.<\/p>\n

On the strength of four consecutive free throws by Caleb Kinney, the Panthers pulled to within four, 40-36, with two minutes left in the third quarter, but Place scored Van Wert\u2019s final five points of the period, and the Cougars enjoyed a 45-37 advantage. Kinney went on to finish with 20 points.<\/p>\n

Parkway again cut the margin to four, 49-45 with 4:02 left in the game, then neither team scored until Bagley connected on two foul shots at the 1:14 mark, and two more with 1:04 left to give Van Wert a 53-45 lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe do all kinds of pressure free throw situations in practice,\u201d the elder Bagley said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought we had some key possessions with three or four minutes left in the game,\u201d Parkway head coach Doug Hughes said. \u201cWe had good looks at the basket, but we got fouled and didn\u2019t hit our free throws, and we didn\u2019t hit the shots we needed to beat a quality opponent like Van Wert.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kinney hit a basket with 33 seconds left, then Preston Shober, who finished with 10 points drained a trey with 20 seconds left to make it a 53-50 game, setting the stage for Place\u2019s two late free throws and one by Blake Henry.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur kids did a great job of getting last week\u2019s loss out of their minds,\u201d Bagley said. \u201cI was pleased with how they practiced and how they moved on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Parkway will host Crestview tonight, while Van Wert will open Western Buckeye League play at home against Wapakoneta on Friday.<\/p>\n

In the junior varsity game, Ryan Hesse\u2019s three pointer with five seconds left gave the Panthers a 35-32 win.<\/p>\n

Scoring summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Van Wert 13 17 15 11 \u2013 56
\nParkway\u00a0 \u00a010 21 16 13 \u2013 50<\/p>\n

Van Wert: Owen Treece 1-0-2; Nate Place 7-4-20; LeTrey Williams 2-0-4; Blake Henry 3-1-7; Lawson Blackmore 3-3-9; Drew Bagley 5-4-14<\/p>\n

Parkway: Dylan Hughes 3-2-8; Mason Baxter 3-1-7; Jack Wehe 1-0-2; Preston Stober 4-1-10; Caleb Kinney 7-6-20; Caden Slusher 1-0-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor Nate Place scored 20 points, including a pair of key foul shots with 15 seconds left and Van Wert held off stubborn Parkway 56-50 in the home opener for the Cougars on Friday night. Drew Bagley chipped in with 14 points, including four consecutive free throws with just over a minute […]<\/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-110359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 00:16:18","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\/110359","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=110359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110359\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}