{"id":134355,"date":"2020-08-25T03:58:31","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T08:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=134355"},"modified":"2020-08-25T03:58:35","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T08:58:35","slug":"random-thoughts-ads-and-much-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/08\/25\/random-thoughts-ads-and-much-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts: ADs and much more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

This week\u2019s Random Thoughts center around area athletic directors, welcome back, attendance limits, COVID game casualties, congratulations, previews and picks, and a coveted resource for high school football fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Athletic directors<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A tip of the hat to all area athletic directors for putting the finishing touches on the fall sports schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They were hamstrung with little or no information from Columbus and finally got information about football and soccer last Tuesday. They\u2019ve also had to deal with very strict attendance limits and other regulations in a short amount of time and they\u2019ve done a great job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome back<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welcome back fall sports \u2013 golf, tennis, volleyball, cross country, soccer and football. It\u2019s nice to have you back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attendance limits<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No one is happy with attendance limits passed down by the Ohio Department of Health, but let\u2019s try to remember that the kids get to play and that\u2019s the most important thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

COVID vs. sports<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve already seen two casualties of COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday\u2019s Antwerp-Kalida volleyball match was postponed due a positive test and to the north and east, Friday\u2019s Montpelier\/Hopewell-Loudon football game was canceled because of multiple positive cases at Hopewell-Loudon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These two cancelations won\u2019t be last ones of the season. Mostly likely, the status of high school athletic events will be day-to-day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Congratulations<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to the Van Wert girls\u2019 tennis team for winning the Cougar Classic on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Led by new head coach Katie Peterson, the Lady Cougars won the title in fairly dominating fashion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s hoping for continued success this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our preview of Crestview and Van Wert football will appear on Wednesday\u2019s Sports Page and the first Pigskin Pick\u2019em of the season is slated for Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, complete game stories and the VW independent football scoreboard will be posted late Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Joe Eitel<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a great resource for any Ohio high school football fan \u2013 joeeitel.com. The website lists schedules and scores for every single OHSAA high school football team in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The site now has updated schedules for all teams and it\u2019s certainly worth checking out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have thoughts on any of the above subjects, feel free to email me at sports@thevwindependent.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor This week\u2019s Random Thoughts center around area athletic directors, welcome back, attendance limits, COVID game casualties, congratulations, previews and picks, and a coveted resource for high school football fans. Athletic directors A tip of the hat to all area athletic directors for putting the finishing touches on the fall sports schedule. […]<\/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-134355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 03:44:39","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\/134355","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=134355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134355\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}