{"id":117227,"date":"2019-05-02T06:50:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T11:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=117227"},"modified":"2019-05-02T06:50:21","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T11:50:21","slug":"bonus-random-thoughts-may-2-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/05\/02\/bonus-random-thoughts-may-2-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonus Random Thoughts: May 2, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

This bonus edition of Random Thoughts centers around postponements, baseball sectional draws, Van Wert\u2019s Austin and Kirsten Clay, and injuries to Cleveland Indians pitchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rain Rain Go Away<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mother Nature doesn\u2019t seem to want Van Wert County baseball and softball teams to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday\u2019s lone baseball game \u2013 Delphos St. John\u2019s at Lincolnview \u2013 was postponed due to wet conditions. The game was added to the schedule on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert, Crestview haven\u2019t played since last Wednesday, when they squared off in Convoy. Lincolnview hasn\u2019t played since last Monday, when the Lancers defeated Delphos Jefferson. That\u2019s an eternity in baseball terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same can be said for Van Wert, Crestview and Lincolnview softball teams. It seems like those teams haven\u2019t been able to play in eons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To top it off, today\u2019s forecast doesn\u2019t look promising. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know spring weather in Ohio is unpredictable, but here\u2019s hoping teams can hit the field again sooner instead of later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sectional draws<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baseball sectional draws will take place this Sunday, and two local schools \u2013 Van Wert and Lincolnview should be top seeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Cougars (15-2) are in a wide ranging Division II field with Celina, Clear Fork, Tiffin Columbian, Elida, Galion, Kenton, Lexington, Shawnee, St. Marys Memorial and Wapakoneta. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sectional winners will head to Heidelberg University in Tiffin and the district winner will play at Bowling Green State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, Lincolnview (15-2) will compete in a Division IV field that includes Crestview, Lima Central Catholic, Perry, Marion Local, Minster, New Knoxville, New Bremen, Parkway, Upper Scioto Valley and Waynesfield-Goshen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sectional winners will advance to the Coldwater district and the district champion will head to Springfield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Record setters<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The brother-sister duo of Austin and Kirsten Clay set new records again on Tuesday, breaking records set just last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Austin Clay\u2019s shot put toss of 58-06.75 broke a stadium and school record, and he set a stadium record with a discus throw of 162-07.25 in a quad with Ottoville, Lima Central Catholic and Delphos Jefferson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No disrespect to the other competitors, but he\u2019s like a man among boys in those events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kirsten Clay also rewrote the record book with a discus throw of 142-10.25. That was good for new stadium and school record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No doubt, they are fun to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Injuries<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is there a Major League pitching staff more snake bitten than the Cleveland Indians?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting pitcher Danny Salazar is recovering from shoulder surgery. He\u2019s on the 60 day DL and is out until at least early June. Another starting pitcher \u2013 Mike Clevinger \u2013 is on the 60 DL with an upper back strain. He\u2019s out of action until sometime in June. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, team ace Corey Kluber appears headed to the DL after getting hit last night. The early word from the Indians was that he suffered a non-displaced fracture of his right ulna bone. So basically he has a broken arm, and he\u2019s expected to miss extended time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an Indians fan, I\u2019m afraid to ask what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday Mailbag<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have a sports question for the next Monday Mailbag, feel free to email it to sports@thevwindependent.com<\/a>. It can be about any sport, any season at any level \u2013 high school, college or pro. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor This bonus edition of Random Thoughts centers around postponements, baseball sectional draws, Van Wert\u2019s Austin and Kirsten Clay, and injuries to Cleveland Indians pitchers. Rain Rain Go Away Mother Nature doesn\u2019t seem to want Van Wert County baseball and softball teams to play. Wednesday\u2019s lone baseball game \u2013 Delphos St. John\u2019s […]<\/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-117227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 04:00:46","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\/117227","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=117227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}