{"id":140643,"date":"2021-02-27T00:15:56","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T05:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=140643"},"modified":"2021-02-27T00:16:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T05:16:52","slug":"knights-down-delphos-st-johns-51-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/02\/27\/knights-down-delphos-st-johns-51-37\/","title":{"rendered":"Knights down Delphos St. John’s 51-37"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

CONVOY — Led by Kalen Etzler\u2019s 15 points and 12 rebounds and a staunch defense, No. 3 seed Crestview pulled away from Delphos St. John\u2019s 51-37 at Ray Etzler Gymnasium on Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The victory gave the Knights (18-5) a Division IV sectional championship and a spot in next week\u2019s district semifinals. The No. 12 seed Blue Jays saw their season end at 7-16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kalen Etzler came up big again for Crestview, scoring 15 points and pulling down 12 rebounds against Delphos St. John’s. Bob Barnes\/file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It seemed like the game might be a runaway early on, as Crestview jumped out to a 20-9 lead by the end of the first quarter. Etzler scored six points in the opening stanza and Carson Kreischer added five more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the second quarter was different as Delphos St. John\u2019s turned the tables and outscored the hosts 14-5 to close the gap to 25-23 at halftime. Matthew Kahny accounted for eight points in the period by hitting a trey, a bucket and three foul shots and Landen Grothaus added four points. Crestview\u2019s only points of the quarter came on a triple by Nathan Lichtle and free throws by Etzler and Kreischer, who finished with 10 points and seven rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI thought we got off to a good start both offensively and defensively, Crestview head coach Doug Etzler said. \u201cWe struggled to maintain things at both ends in the second quarter and St. John\u2019s did a good job of attacking the back and getting to the free throw line.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Blue Jays were able to muster just 14 second half points, with six coming in the third quarter. Four of those points came from Nolan Schwinnen, while Brody Brecht, Kreischer and Gavin Etzler combined for 10 of Crestview\u2019s 11 points in the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kalen Etzler poured in seven points in the final quarter and Rontae Jackson added six of his eight points. Crestview ended the game 18-of-43 shooting and 12-of-22 from the foul line, and the Knights enjoyed a 31-19 advantage on the boards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the second half we did a good job of mixing our defenses up and getting the ball inside and getting to the free throw line,\u201d Etzler said. \u201cI\u2019m really proud of our effort defensively.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Delphos St. John\u2019s was 12-of-37 from the floor and 9-of-10 from the free throw line. Schwinnen scored a team high 12 points and pulled down seven rebounds, and Kahny added 10 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview will face No. 2 seed Ottoville in the Division IV district semifinals at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Elida. The two teams met on January 19, and the Big Green posted a 61-59 overtime victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Crestview 20 5 11 15 \u2013 51
St. John\u2019s 9 14 6 8 \u2013 37<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview: Kalen Etzler 6-3-15; Rontae Jackson 3-2-8; Gavin Etzler 1-0-2; Carson Hunter 2-0-6; Brody Brecht 3-0-6; JJ Ward 0-1-1; Carson Kreischer 2-6-10; Nathan Lichtle 1-0-3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delphos St. John\u2019s: Brenden Oleson 0-1-1; Matthew Kahny 3-3-10; JJ Bonifas 2-0-4; Landon Elwer 1-2-4; Nolan Schwinnen 4-1-12; Landen Grothaus 2-2-6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor CONVOY — Led by Kalen Etzler\u2019s 15 points and 12 rebounds and a staunch defense, No. 3 seed Crestview pulled away from Delphos St. John\u2019s 51-37 at Ray Etzler Gymnasium on Friday night. The victory gave the Knights (18-5) a Division IV sectional championship and a spot in next week\u2019s district […]<\/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-140643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 13:14:36","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\/140643","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=140643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140643\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}