{"id":127197,"date":"2020-01-20T22:36:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T03:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=127197"},"modified":"2020-01-21T05:41:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T10:41:50","slug":"gregory-hits-milestone-in-win-over-vw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/01\/20\/gregory-hits-milestone-in-win-over-vw\/","title":{"rendered":"Gregory hits milestone in win over VW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

CONVOY — Lexi Gregory joined the 1,000 point club and along the way led Crestview to a 54-33 win over county rival Van Wert at Ray Etzler Gymnasium on Monday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gregory, who needed nine points to reach 1,000, hit the milestone when she drained a trey from the top of the key with 7:17 left in the second quarter. Seconds later, the game was paused for a brief celebration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m so proud of her and happy for her at the same time,\u201d Crestview head coach and father Mark Gregory said. \u201cThat\u2019s a kid who could care less about the 1,000 points. She\u2019s most happy with the fact that we got the victory tonight.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 5-8 senior, who also recorded over 1,000 career kills in volleyball, finished the night with a game high 20 points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crestview’s Lexi Gregory (center) surpassed the 1,000 point mark during Monday night’s 54-33 win over Van Wert. During the fall, she recorded over 1,000 career kills in volleyball, giving her a rare 1,000\/1,000 honor.<\/strong> Wyatt Richardson\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cKudos to her,\u201d Van Wert head coach Hannah Phlipot said. \u201cAlong with the 1,000 kills in volleyball, that\u2019s a phenomenal accomplishment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Van Wert\u2019s Jerica Hueber drilled back-to-back three pointers to pull the Lady Cougars to within three, 11-8, late in the first quarter, Gregory hit a bucket and foul shot, then drained a triple at the buzzer to increase Crestview\u2019s lead to 17-8. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Gregory\u2019s milestone three pointer, Laci McCoy converted four free throws and a bucket and Olivia Cunningham drilled a trey to cap off an 18-0 run, giving the Lady Knights a 29-8 lead. Cunningham finished with eight points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat was probably our best stretch we\u2019ve played all year long,\u201d the elder Gregory said. \u201cI think we\u2019re playing with a lot of confidence and knocking down some shots but also keeping extra balls alive on offense and getting stops on defense.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t show up mentally tonight and didn\u2019t execute things we worked on in practice the last three or four days,\u201d Hannah Phlipot said. \u201cThey sped us up and there were a couple of times we found ourselves in traps, traveled and dragged our pivot foot. Couple that with the fact that they got hot and shot very well from the outside, and that\u2019s very hard to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leading 31-12, Crestview rattled off an 11-4 run to begin the third quarter, with two buckets coming from Gregory, a pair of baskets by Kylie Etzler and one by Cunningham. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lady Knights, who led 46-22 to start the final period, got a pair of triples from Bailey Gregory, who finished with 10 points, while Van Wert\u2019s Emilee Phillips scored four points in the quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huebner led Van Wert with eight points, while Clouse had a team high seven rebounds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJerica gave us some life in the first quarter and Jamison\u2019s done a great job on the boards the last couple of games,\u201d Phlipot said. \u201cThere\u2019s fight in us, it\u2019s just the mental mistakes that killed us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview held a commanding 37-19 advantage on the boards, including six each by Cunningham and McCoy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI thought we attacked the offensive and defensive glass tonight,\u201d Gregory said. \u201cWe had several girls who were so active on the glass and that\u2019s who we need to be, because we\u2019re not bigger than everyone we play.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert (3-12) will travel to Shawnee on Thursday while Crestview (7-8) will entertain Ada the same night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Crestview 17 14 15 8 \u2013 54
Van Wert 8 4 10 11 \u2013 33<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview: Bailey Gregory 3-1-10; Kylie Etzler 3-0-6; Lexi Gregory 7-3-20; Laci McCoy 1-4-6; Raegan Hammons 2-0-4; Olivia Cunningham 2-3-8<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert: Carlee Young 1-0-3; Kyra Welch 1-0-3; Carly Smith 1-0-2; Jamison Clouse 2-0-4; Jaylyn Rickard 2-0-5; Jerica Huebner 3-0-8; Sofia Houg 2-0-4; Emilee Phillips 2-0-4 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

JV: Crestview 37-28<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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