{"id":123394,"date":"2019-10-05T00:06:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T05:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=123394"},"modified":"2019-10-05T00:06:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T05:06:10","slug":"columbus-grove-too-much-for-crestview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/10\/05\/columbus-grove-too-much-for-crestview\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbus Grove too much for Crestview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

COLUMBUS GROVE — Crestview enjoyed a 14-10 halftime lead, but Columbus Grove scored two third quarter touchdowns and went on to edge the Knights 24-20 at Clymer Stadium on Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The loss was the first in NWC play for Crestview (3-3, 2-1) and it snapped a three game winning streak. The Bulldogs improved to 3-3 (2-1 NWC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Brody Brecht stiff arms a Columbus Grove tackler during Friday night’s game. Brecht finished with 144 yards rushing and three touchdowns.<\/strong> Wyatt Richardson\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Brody Brecht\u2019s three yard touchdown run and Kaden Kreischer\u2019s PAT gave the Knights a 7-0 lead with 4:57 left in the first quarter. Columbus Grove got on the scoreboard with a 28-yard field goal by Rece Verhoff at the 11:25 mark of the second quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Knights grabbed a 14-3 lead on Brecht\u2019s second touchdown run of the first half, a 10-yarder with 5:52 left until halftime, but Columbus Grove answered with a five yard touchdown run by Blake Reynolds with 53 seconds left before the break. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colin Metzger sprinted 70 yards for a touchdown and Verhoff added the PAT to give the Bulldogs a 17-14 lead with 10:38 left in the third quarter, then Reynolds ran 29 yards and a score that gave Columbus Grove a 23-14 advantage at the 8:19 mark of the period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Metzer finished with 19 carries for 155 yards, while Reynolds had 18 carries for 135 yards, plus a 4 for 12 passing performance for 31 yards and an interception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Brecht, who rushed for 144 yards and three touchdowns on 20 carries, closed the scored with a three yard touchdown run with 56 seconds left in the third quarter. He was stopped on the two-point conversion. Brecht and Kaden Short combined to go 2 of 5 passing for one yard, as the Knights were held to 209 yards of total offense. In addition, Crestview lost two fumbles and had a pass intercepted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Logan Gerardot had a game high 10 tackles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe played extremely hard and it was a very physical game,\u201d Crestview head coach Jared Owens said. \u201cWe had a couple of key turnovers and gave up a couple of big plays.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Columbus Grove will travel to Ada on Friday while the Knights will host Spencerville. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scoring <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First quarter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

4:52 \u2013 Brody Brecht 3 yard run (Kaden Kreischer kick)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second quarter<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

11:25 \u2013 Rece Verhoff 28 yard field goal
\n5:52 \u2013 Brody Brecht 10 yard run (Kaden Kreischer kick)
\n0:53 \u2013 Blake Reynolds 5 yard run (Rece Verhoff kick)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third quarter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:38 \u2013 Colin Metzger 70 yard run (Rece Verhoff kick)
\n8:19 \u2013 Blake Reynolds 29 yard run (Rece Verhoff kick)
\n0:56 \u2013 Brody Brecht 4 yard run (run failed)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor COLUMBUS GROVE — Crestview enjoyed a 14-10 halftime lead, but Columbus Grove scored two third quarter touchdowns and went on to edge the Knights 24-20 at Clymer Stadium on Friday night. The loss was the first in NWC play for Crestview (3-3, 2-1) and it snapped a three game winning streak. […]<\/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-123394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 00:55:19","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\/123394","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=123394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123394\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}