{"id":114763,"date":"2019-03-12T22:52:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T03:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=114763"},"modified":"2019-03-12T22:52:25","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T03:52:25","slug":"balanced-knights-down-hicksville-58-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/03\/12\/balanced-knights-down-hicksville-58-42\/","title":{"rendered":"Balanced Knights down Hicksville 58-42"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

BOWLING GREEN — Four Knights finished in double figures to help Crestview defeat Hicksville 58-42 in the Division IV regional semifinals at Bowling Green State University\u2019s Stroh Center on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Derick Dealey led the way with 15 points, followed Javin Etzler, who finished 13. Wade Sheets and Drew Kline scored 11 and 10 respectively, while Kalen Etzler finished with seven points and 13 rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Drew Kline drives to the basket for two of his 10 points against Hicksville.<\/strong> Wyatt Richardson\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what seniors are supposed to do in this environment,\u201d Crestview head coach Jeremy best said of Dealey, Javin Etzler, Sheets and Kline. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After leading 26-22 at halftime, the Knights stepped on the gas in the third quarter. Kalen Etzler and Sheets hit quick baskets, then after Hicksville\u2019s Landon Turnbull scored, a layup by Kline and a trey by Dealey off an Aces turnover pushed Crestview\u2019s advantage to 35-24. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lead eventually ballooned to 43-27 with less than two minutes left in the period, but Hicksville (23-3) rattled off eight straight points, including triples by Michael Myers and Parker Thiel to close the gap to 44-35. However, a layup by Kline at the buzzer gave Crestview a 46-35 lead entering the final quarter. Thiel went on to finish with a team high 13 points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back to back offensive rebounds and baskets by Javin Etzler extended the lead to 50-36 early in the fourth. Those would be the only buckets by Crestview in the quarter, but the Knights converted 8 of 10 foul shots in the quarter and 11 of 15 for the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cAt this juncture you\u2019d better execute down the stretch and make your free throws,\u201d Best said. \u201cOur kids are playing their tails off for us and our community and I\u2019m very proud of them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It appeared the game might be a track meet early on, as Crestview led 17-16 after the first quarter. Kalen Etzler and Sheets combined for nine points, while Javin Etzler and Dealey each drained a trey. Travian Tunis and Dylan Early each scored five for Hicksville, and the Aces led on three different occasions in the opening period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019re well coached, they\u2019re successful in their other sports, they compete and they\u2019ve had success,\u201d Best said of the Aces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game was tied 20-20 early in the second quarter, but Crestview scored three times within a minute to pull ahead 26-20. Kline scored once and Sheets added two baskets, the second at the 4:08 mark. It would be the final time the Knights scored in the period. Hicksville added a pair of free throws by Parker Thiel with 3:52 left, but the Aces remained scoreless the rest of the quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The win was the 23rd straight for Crestview, and it put the Knights (25-1) in Friday night\u2019s 7 p.m. regional championship game against Maumee Valley Country Day. The Hawks (19-6) defeated Columbus Grove 58-48 in the early game at BGSU. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey have fabulous talent, including one of the best players in his class in Zeb Jackson,\u201d Best said. \u201cHe\u2019s committed to Michigan and he\u2019s something special.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to have to rebound and bring an edge and a sense of toughness. Hopefully that\u2019s something that might catch them off guard a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday\u2019s Crestview-MVCD game will air live on WKSD 99.7FM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Crestview 17 9 20 12 \u2013 58
Hicksville 16 6 13 7 \u2013 42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview: Kalen Etzler 3-0-7; Wade Sheets 5-1-11; Javin Etzler 5-2-13; Drew Kline 4-2-10; Brant Richardson 0-2-2; Derick Dealey 4-4-15<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hicksville: Travian Tunis 1-2-5; Zac Brickel 0-4-4; Dylan Early 2-0-5; Michael Myers 3-1-8; Parker Thiel 4-4-13; Landon Turnbull 3-1-7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor BOWLING GREEN — Four Knights finished in double figures to help Crestview defeat Hicksville 58-42 in the Division IV regional semifinals at Bowling Green State University\u2019s Stroh Center on Tuesday. Derick Dealey led the way with 15 points, followed Javin Etzler, who finished 13. Wade Sheets and Drew Kline scored 11 […]<\/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-114763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 17:02:48","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\/114763","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=114763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}