{"id":121846,"date":"2019-08-27T03:42:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T08:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=121846"},"modified":"2019-08-27T10:01:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T15:01:26","slug":"2019-season-preview-crestview-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/08\/27\/2019-season-preview-crestview-knights\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 season preview: Crestview Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

CONVOY — It\u2019s no secret that Crestview will have a different look in terms of personnel in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just four returning starters are back on offense and five are back on defense from a team that went 11-2 (7-1 NWC, tri-champions) that reached the Division VII Region 28 championship game. It was the sixth consecutive season the Knights qualified for the postseason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crestview junior Brody Brecht will play quarterback, running back and linebacker for the Knights this fall.<\/strong> Wyatt Richardson\/file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have players that have been a part of teams that have experienced some success during the regular season and postseason,\u201d eighth year head coach Jared Owens (61-31) said. \u201cWe bring back a few starters who played key roles on those teams, and we have an understanding of what it will take to maintain and attempt to exceed our goals every season.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gone are the likes of quarterback Drew Kline, a three year starter and two time Northwest Conference Offensive Player of the Year, Wade Sheets, who a first team All-NWC player at wide receiver and defensive back, running back\/defensive back Derick Dealey, and all-conference linemen Robbie Gonzalez, Micah Snyder and Kole Small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that in mind, a handful of players have taken snaps at quarterback during practices and scrimmages, and several players are competing for playing time up front.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are rotating four quarterbacks right now \u2013 Kaden Short (5-7, 140 senior) Brody Brecht (5-11, 205 junior), Jayden Ward (6-0, 185 sophomore) and Carson Hunter (5-8, 145 freshman),\u201d Owens explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short suffered a leg injury during Friday\u2019s scrimmage at Van Wert and is out until cleared by his doctor. Owens said when he returns, he\u2019ll play quarterback, running back and wide receiver. In his absence though, Brecht, who was last year\u2019s leading rusher with over 800 yards and 17 touchdowns, and Ward will take the majority of snaps in Crestview\u2019s option-based attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI expect Logan Gerardot (5-10, 175 junior) and Caylib Pruett (5-8, 150 senior) to play important roles on offense in multiple positions as well.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Owens and his coaching staff are considering a number of players to fill spots along the interior line and at tight end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have Ayden Lichtensteiger (6-1, 185 sophomore), Colby Swager (6-1, 260 senior), Isaiah LaTurner (6-1, 215 senior), Carson Kreischer (6-3, 225 junior), Ian Bailey (5-11, 225 junior), Mason Penix (5-11, 260 sophomore), Dylan Barrickow (6-0, 305 sophomore), Tyler Hart (6-1, 200 junior), Ward and Dalton Castle (5-8, 150 junior) competing for offensive line and tight end spots,\u201d Owens explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have gotten more familiar with the new roles that some personnel have found themselves in,\u201d Owens continued. \u201cWe have worked hard to get in really condition and we have improved in our ability to execute our assignments. We are developing our identity and leaders as we push through training.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On defense, Crestview\u2019s strength is expected to rest with the linebackers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDefensively it is a lot of the same names, and Brecht and LaTurner will be our leaders up the middle,\u201d Owens offered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gerardot and Pruett will likely contribute in the secondary, as will Short when he\u2019s able to return to action. Gerardot had a pair of interceptions last fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As far as special teams, Brecht, Lichtensteiger, Kaden Kreischer (5-5, 125 sophomore) and Kaygen Bogle (5-3, 155 sophomore) have been getting reps in the punting and kicking game. Pruett and Short are expected to be the main returners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Lautzenheiser, Matt Holden, Ben Schamp, Shaun Balliet and Kory Lichtensteiger are back as assistant coaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Knights will open the 2019 season at Parkway, and Owens expects the Panthers to present some challenges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cParkway looks to be big and physical up front,\u201d Owens said. \u201cThey have some very impressive athletes in their offensive backfield and their linebackers and defensive ends do a good job of getting to the football. It has been impressive on watching on film how hard they have played in a couple of scrimmages.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview\u2019s first home game is in Week No. 2 against Hicksville and the NWC opener will be at home September 20 against Delphos Jefferson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow: Van Wert Cougars season preview<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor CONVOY — It\u2019s no secret that Crestview will have a different look in terms of personnel in 2019. Just four returning starters are back on offense and five are back on defense from a team that went 11-2 (7-1 NWC, tri-champions) that reached the Division VII Region 28 championship game. It […]<\/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-121846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-31 21:11:38","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\/121846","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=121846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}