{"id":114836,"date":"2019-03-14T04:56:28","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T09:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=114836"},"modified":"2019-03-14T04:57:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T09:57:06","slug":"regional-final-preview-knights-vs-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/03\/14\/regional-final-preview-knights-vs-hawks\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional final preview: Knights vs. Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

One more victory stands between Crestview and a spot in next week\u2019s OHSAA Boys State Basketball Tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Knights (25-1), winners of 23 straight, will face Maumee Valley Country Day (19-7) in Friday\u2019s Division IV regional championship game at Bowling Green State University, with the winner advancing to Columbus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Javin Etzler puts up a shot during Tuesday’s regional semifinal game against Hicksville.<\/strong> Wyatt Richardson\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The two teams met in last year\u2019s regional semifinals, with Crestview winning 61-45. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Knights advanced to the regional title game with a 58-42 victory over Hicksville on Tuesday. Crestview led 26-22 at halftime, but outscored the Aces 32-20 in the second half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m really pleased how we took Hicksville\u2019s best punch and responded in the second half,\u201d Crestview head coach Jeremy Best said. \u201cWe had great balance and that will need to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Derick Dealey was one of four Knights in double figures. The 5-9 senior finished with 15 points, including three treys and a 4-for-4 performance from the foul line in the fourth quarter. Javin Etzler tallied 13 points, Wade Sheets scored 11 and Drew Kline finished with 10. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maumee Valley Country Day lost three of its last four regular season games, before defeating Hopewell-Loudon 73-30 to win the Carey sectional, then beating No. 1 seed Mohawk 94-76 and Toledo Christian 61-53 to capture the Fostoria district championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Behind 23 points by University of Michigan recruit Zeb Jackson, the Hawks rallied to defeat Columbus Grove 58-48 in Tuesday\u2019s first game at Bowling Green. 11 of Jackson\u2019s points came in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe\u2019s the best player\/athlete that we\u2019ve ever tried to prepare for,\u201d Best said of the 6-3 junior. \u201cHe is absolutely electric and has all the tools.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite frequent double teams by opposing defenses, Jackson averages 25.8 points, eight rebounds and four assists per game and has recorded more than one game with double digit steals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two other Hawks average double figures. 6-3 sophomore J. R. Lumsden averages 15 points and eight rebounds per game, while classmate Stephen Coleman averages 14 points and 7.5 rebounds per outing. 6-2 senior Parker Chatman also averages 14 points per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the Toledo Area Athletic Conference, Maumee Valley Country Day averages 72 points per game, while allowing 52 points per contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey have great balance around Zeb,\u201d Best said.\u201d Their athleticism is unlike anything we\u2019ve faced all year. They attack the offensive glass and usually win the 50-50 balls, so that\u2019s a major concern.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maumee Valley Country Day coach Rob Conover did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday\u2019s Crestview vs. MVCD regional championship game will air live on WKSD 99.7FM. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor One more victory stands between Crestview and a spot in next week\u2019s OHSAA Boys State Basketball Tournament. The Knights (25-1), winners of 23 straight, will face Maumee Valley Country Day (19-7) in Friday\u2019s Division IV regional championship game at Bowling Green State University, with the winner advancing to Columbus. The two […]<\/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-114836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 13:14:17","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\/114836","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=114836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}