{"id":140762,"date":"2021-03-02T23:43:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-03T04:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=140762"},"modified":"2021-03-02T23:43:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-03T04:43:26","slug":"ottoville-ends-crestviews-season-58-49","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/03\/02\/ottoville-ends-crestviews-season-58-49\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottoville ends Crestview’s season 58-49"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

ELIDA — A second half surge by No. 2 seed Ottoville proved to be too much for No. 3 seed Crestview, as the Big Green posted a 58-49 win in the second Division IV district semifinal game of the night at Elida on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crestview’s Kalen Etzler (2) tries to shoot over Ottoville’s Ryan Suever (5) during Tuesday night’s Division IV district semifinal game. Etzler finished with 21 points and 12 rebounds. Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Big Green (21-2) led by just one, 31-30 with 2:46 left in the third quarter before going on 14-3 run that spanned into the final period. Kyle Manns scored six of those points and Ryan Suever added two buckets, one coming after an offensive rebound and the other via a crowd pleasing slam dunk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suever, who finished with a team high 14 points, added another dunk later in the quarter. Manns scored eight of his 10 points in the final period and two other Ottoville players \u2013 Will Miller and Josh Thorbahn each added 10 points in the game. Thorbahn also had six rebounds and seven assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview\u2019s Kalen Etzler led all scorers with 21 points, including 10 in the fourth quarter. The 6-8 senior also finished with 12 rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m so proud of our kids,\u201d Ottoville head coach Keith Utendorf said. \u201cWe had guys step up all over the place tonight. Our role players played their roles and made plays when they were called upon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCredit Crestview, they came back every time we got out ahead and they responded each time, but our kids also responded,\u201d Utendorf added. \u201cThe second half we really focused on making the extra pass for the best shot, not the first one, and we found guys in the gaps of their different zones. We got the ball inside and finished and made foul shots at the end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have to give a lot of credit to Ottoville,\u201d Crestview head coach Doug Etzler said. \u201cThey are a very good team and they were well prepared. Ottoville did a great job of pressuring us and making things really tough for us at the offensive end. They had great balance with four guys scoring in double figures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m really proud of my guys for battling for four quarters tonight and I\u2019m also proud of the season we had,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottoville jumped out to a 12-4 first quarter lead, but the Knights (18-6) closed the gap to 14-11 by the end of the period, then Crestview opened the second quarter with buckets by Carson Kreischer and Etzler to take a 15-14 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Knights led on two other occasions in the period, 19-18 and 21-20, before a triple by Trae Schlaghbaum gave the Big Green the lead for good, 23-21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottoville finished 23-of-49 shooting and 9-of-14 from the foul line, compared to 18-of-41 and 10-of-19 by Crestview. Each team had 30 rebounds, but the Knights committed 17 turnovers, while Ottoville had eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The loss marked the end for four Crestview seniors \u2013 Etzler, Kreischer, Brody Brecht and Dmitry Lichtensteiger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur seniors did a great job of leading us this year and our underclassmen did a great job of getting better everyday and competing at a high level,\u201d Etzler said. \u201cA great group of guys to coach.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottoville will play Columbus Grove for the district championship at 7 p.m. Friday at Elida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Crestview 11 10 12 16 \u2013 49
Ottoville 14 9 16 `9 \u2013 58<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview: Kalen Etzler 7-5-21; Gavin Etzler 1-3-6; Carson Hunter 1-0-2; Brody Brecht 1-0-2; Carson Kreischer 4-0-8; JJ Ward 2-0-4; Rontae Jackson 2-2-6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottoville: Will Miller 4-3-11; Ryan Suever 7-0-14; Grant Kortokrax 1-0-2; Kyle Manns 4-2-10; Josh Thorbahn 4-2-10; Jack Langhals 2-0-6; Trae Schlaghman 1-2-5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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