{"id":119061,"date":"2019-06-10T04:37:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T09:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=119061"},"modified":"2019-06-10T04:37:17","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T09:37:17","slug":"monday-mailbag-vw-football-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/06\/10\/monday-mailbag-vw-football-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Mailbag: VW, football &#038; more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week\u2019s Monday Mailbag includes thoughts about Van Wert, possible football playoff contenders and Lincolnview girls\u2019 basketball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q: This isn\u2019t a question, but I just want to say it\u2019s been fun watching Van Wert athletics. The baseball team capped off an outstanding school year. Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A: No question about it, it\u2019s been a great athletic year at Van Wert. Football, cross country, volleyball, wrestling, boys basketball, track and baseball all enjoyed success in terms of wins and losses. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q: I know the Van Wert baseball team is disappointed, but they have nothing to be ashamed of. What a fantastic and memorable season. Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A: I completely agree. It may take some time to fully sink in, but this group will be able to look back and see what a truly special season it was. They accomplished something no other Van Wert baseball had before. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The kids and coaches deserve a round of applause.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q: With the new football divisions out, which area teams do you think will make the playoffs this fall? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>A: It\u2019s all just a guess right now and it might be a little easier with the actual regional assignments. Those are expected to be released this week.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>There are a number of question marks roughly 12 weeks before the season begins. Despite heavy graduation losses, I think Van Wert and Crestview can still be playoff contenders this fall. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A number of other area schools have holes to fill as well, but I have to believe the WBL usuals will contend \u2013 Wapakoneta, Ottawa-Glandorf and St. Marys, even though the Roughriders will be in Division III.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>As far as the NWC, I\u2019d be very surprised if Spencerville and Columbus Grove didn\u2019t get in, and as mentioned before, I think Crestview will be a contender. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>It should be a fun fall.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q: When is Lincolnview going to hire a new girls\u2019 basketball coach? Name withheld upon request<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A: They have \u2013 sort of. 2014 Lincolnview graduate Kyle Williams has been chosen to lead the Lady Lancers, pending Board of Education approval on June 26.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Once it\u2019s official, we\u2019ll have a full story on the new coach.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a question for the next Monday Mailbag, send it to <a href=\"mailto:sports@thevwindependent.com\">sports@thevwindependent.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor This week\u2019s Monday Mailbag includes thoughts about Van Wert, possible football playoff contenders and Lincolnview girls\u2019 basketball. Q: This isn\u2019t a question, but I just want to say it\u2019s been fun watching Van Wert athletics. The baseball team capped off an outstanding school year. Name withheld upon request A: No question [&hellip;]<\/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-119061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 13:57:42","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\/119061","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=119061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119061\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}