{"id":140919,"date":"2021-03-09T04:59:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T09:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=140919"},"modified":"2021-03-09T05:00:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T10:00:03","slug":"random-thoughts-crestview-and-more-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/03\/09\/random-thoughts-crestview-and-more-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts: Crestview and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

This week\u2019s edition of Random Thoughts centers around Crestview girls basketball, No. 1 Fort Loramie, Elida athletic director Dave Evans, Ohio State basketball and Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a run<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It sounds like a clich\u00e9 and maybe it is, but its important for any team to play its best basketball of the year at tournament time and there\u2019s no doubt Crestview is doing just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally, I wasn\u2019t sure what to expect from the Lady Knights this season. Don\u2019t get me wrong, I figured they\u2019d be good but it\u2019s sometimes hard to predict what\u2019s going to happen when you have younger players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those younger players have come a long way and overall, this team has gelled extremely well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

For lack of a better term, Crestview\u2019s defense has been suffocating during this tournament run. Points alone bears that out, as the Lady Knights are allowing just 30.8 points per tournament outing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The offense hasn\u2019t been too shabby either, as numerous players have stepped up to put points on the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Loramie<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking of defense, Fort Loramie knows how to play it as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Redskins allow just 24 points per game and in 28 games, they\u2019ve given up 24 points or less 17 times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t expect a high scoring shootout in Dayton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. 1<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Loramie has been ranked as the No. 1 team in Division IV in five of the six weeks the Associated Press poll came out. The only week the Redskins weren\u2019t in the top spot was the first poll, when Berne Union was ranked No. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Dave Evans<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week I sang the praises of Defiance athletic director Jerry Buti and this week I\u2019d like to do the same for Elida AD Dave Evans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dave is another of the great tournament managers in northwest Ohio and perhaps all of the state. Year in and year out he hosts a lot of games and this year he\u2019s picked up even more, adding Division II and III boys regional games to his plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His tournaments are always organized and like Buti, he\u2019s one of the nicest guys you\u2019ll come across.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kudos to Elida athletic director\/tournament manager Dave Evans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ohio State hoops<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know the Buckeyes have being dealing with some injuries, but count me among the fans who wonders if this team peaked far too early this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dak Prescott<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott finally got the contract he coveted \u2013 four years, $160 million, with $126 million guaranteed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t begrudge anyone for making money, but $40 million a year for a guy who has a 1-2 playoff record. That doesn\u2019t make sense to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor This week\u2019s edition of Random Thoughts centers around Crestview girls basketball, No. 1 Fort Loramie, Elida athletic director Dave Evans, Ohio State basketball and Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. What a run It sounds like a clich\u00e9 and maybe it is, but its important for any team to play its best […]<\/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-140919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 12:57:29","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\/140919","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=140919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}