{"id":123685,"date":"2019-10-11T23:32:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T04:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=123685"},"modified":"2019-10-12T11:24:36","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T16:24:36","slug":"spencerville-too-much-for-crestview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/10\/11\/spencerville-too-much-for-crestview\/","title":{"rendered":"Spencerville too much for Crestview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

CONVOY — Spencerville is known for its powerful rushing attack, but it was the passing game that helped boost the Bearcats to a 48-25 win over Crestview on Homecoming Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh Henline attempted just six passes, but the freshman quarterback completed five for 181 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Spencerville also ran for 215 yards and two scores, including 16 carries, 101 yards and a touchdown by Joel Lotz, and 29 carries, 97 yards and a touchdown by Gunner Grigsby. Lotz also had a receiving touchdown and a special teams score. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kaden Short fires a pass during Friday night’s homecoming game against Spencerville.<\/strong> Wyatt Richardson\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Grigsby scored the game\u2019s first touchdown on a five yard run with 3:31 left in the opening quarter. The PAT by Emerson Layman gave the Bearcats a 7-0 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview tied the game with 10:59 left in the second quarter when Kaden Short connected with Logan Gerardot for an 83-yard touchdown, followed by Kaden Kreischer\u2019s PAT. It was Short\u2019s lone completion in four attempts, and the senior quarterback also ran for 44 yards on nine carries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview missed a 25-yard field goal attempt and Grigsby scored from three yards out with just 41 seconds left until halftime, giving Spencerville a 14-7 advantage, but Caylib Pruett raced 55 yards for a touchdown with 8:21 left in the third quarter to pull the Knights to within one, 14-13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The backbreaker may have come right after that, when Lotz returned the ensuing kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown, expanding Spencerville\u2019s lead to 21-13. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

After that, Henline fired a 31-yard touchdown pass to Eli Harter to give Spencerville a 28-13 lead entering the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSpencerville went to their passing game and we had a tough time with their play action,\u201d Crestview head coach Jared Owens said. \u201cWe had too many costly turnovers to stay in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Knights lost two fumbles and had a pass intercepted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henline ran two yards for a touchdown with 10:38 left in the game, then Brody Brecht, who finished with 11 carries, 76 yards and a touchdown, scored on a one yard run with 8:33 left. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henline found Joel Lotz for a 36-yard score and a 41-19 lead with 6:06 left, but the Knights answered with Shorts 92-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spencerville ended the scoring with 1:45 left, when Lotz went in from 32 yards out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The loss dropped Crestview to 3-4 (2-2 NWC), while Spencerville improved to 5-2 (4-0 NWC). The Knights will host Ada next Friday, while the Bearcats will travel to Columbus Grove. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

3:31 \u2013 Gunner Grigbsy 5 yard run (Emerson Layman kick)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

10:59 \u2013 Kaden Short 83 yard pass to Logan Gerardot (Kaden Kreischer kick)
:41 \u2013 Gunner Grigsby 3 yard run (Emerson Layman kick)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

8:21 \u2013 Caylib Pruett 55 yard run (PAT failed)
8:06 \u2013 Joel Lotz 85 yard kickoff return (Emerson Layman kick)
3:50 \u2013 Josh Henline 31 yard pass to Ed Harter (Emerson Layman kick)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fourth quarter <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10:28 \u2013 Josh Henline 2 yard run (Emerson Layman kick)
8:33 \u2013 Brody Brecht 1 yard run (run failed)
6:06 \u2013 Josh Henline 36 yard pass to Joel Lotz (PAT failed)
5:52 \u2013 Kaden Short 92 yard kickoff return (run failed)
1:45 \u2013 Joel Lotz 32 yard run (Emerson Layman kick)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor CONVOY — Spencerville is known for its powerful rushing attack, but it was the passing game that helped boost the Bearcats to a 48-25 win over Crestview on Homecoming Friday. Josh Henline attempted just six passes, but the freshman quarterback completed five for 181 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Spencerville […]<\/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-123685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 15:52:14","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\/123685","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=123685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}