{"id":118793,"date":"2019-06-03T22:29:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T03:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=118793"},"modified":"2019-06-03T22:30:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T03:30:10","slug":"not-so-random-thoughts-thank-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/06\/03\/not-so-random-thoughts-thank-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Not so Random Thoughts: Thank You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

With the spring sports season nearly complete, it\u2019s time to say thank you to those who help make our sports coverage a big success. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coaches and athletic directors<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to Van Wert baseball coach Charlie Witten, softball coach Greg Steinecker, track and field coach Mark Collins, tennis coach Alex Schmidt and interim athletic director Ben Colllins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to Crestview baseball coach Jim Wharton, softball coach Carl Etzler and assistant Becky Macki, track and field coach James Lautzenheiser and athletic administrator Trent Kreischer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to Lincolnview baseball coach Eric Fishpaw, softball coach Brad Doidge, track and field coach Matt Langdon and athletic director Greg Leeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of these coaches and athletic directors help make our sports coverage a big success in many ways, including sharing statistics and results, taking the time to comment after a win or loss and providing schedule updates during the unpredictable spring sports season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The student athletes<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to each and every one of the student athletes who participated (or are still participating) during the spring sports season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your hard work provided some exciting moments this spring in the form of victories, come from behind wins and record setting performances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without your efforts, there would be nothing to write about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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

Thank you to Bob Barnes, Kylee Mongold and Wyatt Richardson for taking and sharing great pictures for all to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I refer to myself as camera impaired, meaning I have trouble taking even decent pictures. These three took the majority of pictures during the spring sports season and they did an absolutely outstanding job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are very talented photographers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northwest Ohio Welch Trophy<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you to Rob Welch and the gang at Northwest Ohio Welch Trophy for sponsoring our popular Student Athlete of the Week feature, which will return in early September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another shout out goes to the coaches and athletic directors who sent in nominations for the award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Finally, thank you to each and every one of you who read our sports coverage. Without you, none of this would be possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m always open to comments, good or bad, and suggestions. You can email me at sports@thevindependent.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor With the spring sports season nearly complete, it\u2019s time to say thank you to those who help make our sports coverage a big success. Coaches and athletic directors Thank you to Van Wert baseball coach Charlie Witten, softball coach Greg Steinecker, track and field coach Mark Collins, tennis coach Alex Schmidt […]<\/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-118793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 20:48:59","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\/118793","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=118793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}