{"id":124196,"date":"2019-10-25T23:43:47","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T04:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=124196"},"modified":"2019-10-25T23:43:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-26T04:43:54","slug":"allen-east-rallies-past-crestview-20-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/10\/25\/allen-east-rallies-past-crestview-20-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Allen East rallies past Crestview 20-14"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

HARROD — Allen East scored three times in the second half, including twice in the fourth quarter to rally past Crestview 20-14 at Goodwin Field on Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The loss all but eliminated Crestview (4-5, 3-3 NWC) from the playoff race, while Allen East unofficially clinched a postseason berth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview led 7-6 entering the fourth quarter, but a one yard touchdown run by Cole Fletcher and a two point conversion pass from Bradden Crumrine to Bryce Belcher capped off an 11 play, 86-yard drive and gave the Mustangs a 14-7 lead with 8:04 left in the game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Kaden Short goes high for the ball during Friday night’s game at Allen East.<\/strong> Wyatt Richardson\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Allen East scored again at the 3:44 mark, when Garrett Neth reached the end zone from two yards out, giving the Mustangs a 20-7 advantage. Neth finished the game with 15 carries for 107 yards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Knights answered with a 17-yard touchdown pass from Jayden Ward to Kaden Short and a Kaden Kreischer extra point with 2:20 remaining in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short finished the game with 19 carries for 79 yards, two receptions for 53 yards and the touchdown, and the senior completed 2 of 5 passes for 16 yards. Ward completed two of three passes for 53 yards, one touchdown and one interception. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The two teams were scoreless after the first quarter, and Brody Brecht, who entered the game as the NWC\u2019s leading rusher, had 27 carries for 91 yards and a touchdown \u2013 a one yard run that gave the Knights a 7-0 lead on the final play of the first half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe had a couple of chances in the first half and couldn\u2019t punch it in,\u201d Crestview head coach Jared Owens said. \u201cThey got a fourth down stop in the second half too.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allen East got on the scoreboard in the third quarter, when Belcher connected with Neth for a 15-yard touchdown, but the PAT failed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Belcher completed 11 of 18 passes for 133 yards, one touchdown and one interception, a pass that was picked off by Logan Gerardot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neth, Fletcher, Crumrine, Gavin Maxwell and Logan McCluer each had two receptions for the Mustangs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the game, the Knights finished with 255 yards, including 186 on the ground on 54 carries against Allen East\u2019s stingy defense. Crestview lost two fumbles, as did Allen East. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview will finish the season at home against Paulding on Friday, while the Mustangs can clinch a share of the NWC championship with a win at Ada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

0:00 \u2013 Brody Brecht 1 yard run (Kaden Kreischer kick)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

8:31 \u2013 Bryce Belcher 15 yard pass to Garrett Neth (kick failed)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

8:04 \u2013 Cole Fletcher 1 yard run (Bradden Crumrine pass to Bryce Belcher)
3:44 \u2013 Garrett Neth 2 yard run (kick failed)
2:20 \u2013 Jayden Ward 17 yard pass to Kaden Short (Kaden Kreischer kick)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor HARROD — Allen East scored three times in the second half, including twice in the fourth quarter to rally past Crestview 20-14 at Goodwin Field on Friday. The loss all but eliminated Crestview (4-5, 3-3 NWC) from the playoff race, while Allen East unofficially clinched a postseason berth. Crestview led 7-6 […]<\/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-124196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 17:55:06","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\/124196","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=124196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}