{"id":111847,"date":"2019-01-15T06:29:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T11:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=111847"},"modified":"2019-01-15T06:31:07","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T11:31:07","slug":"random-thoughts-miller-treece-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/01\/15\/random-thoughts-miller-treece-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts: Miller, Treece and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Today\u2019s Random Thoughts center around Lincolnview\u2019s Zane Miller, Van Wert’s Owen Treece, this weekend\u2019s Flyin\u2019 to the Hoop tournament, the NFL and a messages to parents of high school athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zane Miller<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a weekend for Lincolnview\u2019s senior guard. He hit the game winning trey in overtime at Bluffton on Friday, then was all but unstoppable with 14 points in the third quarter against Miller City on Saturday. His scoring outburst sparked the Lancers to a 61-49 win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two wins by Miller and Lincolnview. Not a bad weekend of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Consistency <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Owen Treece was a huge factor in Monday’s win at Marion Local, a place that’s never easy to go in and win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treece scored 31 points and did so in a steady way. The sophomore scored eight points in the first, second and third quarters, then tacked on seven more in the fourth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was certainly a career night at a difficult venue and it gives the Cougars a boost heading into this weekend’s games at Shawnee and against Bryan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flyin\u2019 to the Hoop<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Sunday is when the Crestview Knights will participate in the prestigious Flyin\u2019 to the Hoop tournament in Kettering. It\u2019s not really a tournament, but rather a showcase of some powerhouse teams, big and small from Ohio and beyond, and it\u2019s billed as the No. 2 ranked event nationally by CBS Sports\/MaxPreps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

If you can\u2019t make to any of the games, you can watch them live on the web for a fee. The website is flyintothehoop.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NFL playoffs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This weekend\u2019s AFC and NFC conference championship games should be interesting ones. Kansas City will host New England, while the Saints will host the L.A. Rams. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t have a horse in either race, but I wouldn\u2019t mind a Kansas City-New Orleans Super Bowl. Of course, I\u2019m sure CBS would much rather have an L.A. Rams-New England Patriots Super Bowl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chargers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While watching some of this past weekend’s Chargers-Patriots game, I realized I’ll never get used to the name L.A. Chargers. They\u2019ll always be the San Diego Chargers to me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s sort of the same with Progressive Field and FirstEnergy Stadium, both in Cleveland. They\u2019ll always be Jacobs Field and Cleveland Browns Stadium to me, even though I\u2019m one of the few people who actually preferred old Cleveland Municipal Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I must be living in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A message from NFHS<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was issued on Monday by the National Federation of State High School Associations: A Message to Parents of Ohio High School Athletes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It starts with Dear Mom and Dad: Cool It.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the key parts of the open letter said \u201cYelling, screaming and berating officials humiliates your child, annoys those sitting around you, embarrasses your child\u2019s school and is the primary reason Ohio has an alarming shortage of high school officials.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a shame that we live in an age when a letter like that has to be written to parents and other fans. Criticizing officials isn\u2019t new, but it really seem to have gotten worse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, officials make mistakes or miss calls. They don\u2019t do it intentionally, so try to keep that in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve said it for years and I\u2019ll say it again \u2013 buying a ticket to a high school sporting event entitles you to a seat, not to berate officials and others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have thoughts on any of today\u2019s Random Thoughts, feel free to email me at sports@thevwindependent.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor Today\u2019s Random Thoughts center around Lincolnview\u2019s Zane Miller, Van Wert’s Owen Treece, this weekend\u2019s Flyin\u2019 to the Hoop tournament, the NFL and a messages to parents of high school athletes. Zane Miller What a weekend for Lincolnview\u2019s senior guard. He hit the game winning trey in overtime at Bluffton on Friday, […]<\/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-111847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 09:29:37","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\/111847","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=111847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111847\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}