{"id":139510,"date":"2021-01-24T22:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T03:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=139510"},"modified":"2021-01-24T22:00:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T03:00:20","slug":"crestview-grinds-out-win-over-celina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/01\/24\/crestview-grinds-out-win-over-celina\/","title":{"rendered":"Crestview grinds out win over Celina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

CONVOY — Crestview held Celina scoreless in overtime and the Knights managed to get by the upset minded Bulldogs 48-40 on Senior Night at Ray Etzler Gymnasium on Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The win improved Crestview\u2019s overall record to 12-4, while Celina fell to 4-9. It was the first overtime loss in three games for the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI give a lot of credit to Celina,\u201d Crestview head coach Doug Etzler said. \u201cThey came in with a good game plan. They really mixed up their defenses and made things tough for us offensively, and Celina did a good job of being patient and hitting shots tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crestview’s Carson Kreischer (left) and Kalen Etzler (right) made things very difficult for Celina’s Connor Nuding. Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Bulldogs began the fourth quarter with a 33-31 lead and with three minutes left in regulation, Celina was ahead 37-33. That\u2019s when the Knights went on a 7-3 run to tie the game and force an extra period. From there, Kalen Etzler, who finished with a game high 17 points and 13 rebounds, hit a basket and JJ Ward and Carson Kreischer each hit a pair of foul shots and the Knights kept the visitors off the scoreboard in the overtime period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI thought defensively in the second half we steppted up and really guarded and made things a little tougher for them,\u201d Etzler said of his team. \u201cI\u2019m really proud of our guys for grinding out a tough win when we didn\u2019t shoot the ball as well as we have been.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The foul line turned out to be a key factor in the game. Crestview converted 16-of-22 free throws, while Celina went to the line just three times and converted one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two teams were neck-and-neck for most of the game. Gavin Etzler connected on three treys in the first quarter and Kalen Etzler added four points, but Crestview led by just one, 15-14 at the end of the opening period and the lead remained at one, 25-24 at halftime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

In the third quarter, Kreischer scored five of his 11 points, while Celina\u2019s Josh Rasawehr scored four of his team high 13 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celina is scheduled to host Defiance on Friday and Crestview is currently slated to host Hicksville on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Crestview 15 10 6 9 8 \u2013 48
Celina HS 14 10 9 7 0 \u2013 40<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview: Kalen Etzler 4-9-17; Gavin Etzler 4-0-12; JJ Ward 1-4-6; Carson Kreischer 4-3-11; Nathan Lichtle 1-0-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celina: Jack Duncan 4-1-11; Reeves Black 3-0-6; Connor Nuding 1-0-3; Dylan Feister 1-0-3; Quinn Andrew 2-0-4; Josh Rasawehr 6-0-13<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crestview head coach Doug Etzler makes a point (literally) during a timeout against Celina. Bob Barnes photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor CONVOY — Crestview held Celina scoreless in overtime and the Knights managed to get by the upset minded Bulldogs 48-40 on Senior Night at Ray Etzler Gymnasium on Saturday night. The win improved Crestview\u2019s overall record to 12-4, while Celina fell to 4-9. It was the first overtime loss in three […]<\/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-139510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 07:24:32","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\/139510","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=139510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139510\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}