{"id":142167,"date":"2021-04-20T03:52:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T08:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=142167"},"modified":"2021-04-20T03:52:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T08:52:14","slug":"roundup-vw-wins-on-wittens-walk-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/04\/20\/roundup-vw-wins-on-wittens-walk-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: VW wins on Witten’s walk-off"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Van Wert independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert and Lincolnview posted baseball wins on Monday, while Crestview and Lincolnview softball teams were victorious as well. Below is a recap of Monday\u2019s action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baseball<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert 9 Wayne Trace 8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the second straight game, Turner Witten\u2019s walk-off single propelled Van Wert to victory as the Cougars rallied past Wayne Trace 9-8 at Smiley Park on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On a full count, the first baseman singled to center field and scored Owen Treece, who had walked to start the final inning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Right fielder Luke Wessell also had a big game for Van Wert by going 3-for-4 at the plate with three RBIs, including a single in the third that plated Witten and Aidan Pratt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five of Wayne Trace\u2019s runs came in the third inning and the Cougars trailed 6-1 entering the bottom of the third, then tied the game 7-7 in the fifth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ethan Rupert picked up the win in relief by allowing a run on three hits in 2.2 innings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both teams are scheduled to play today, with Van Wert (12-3) slated to host St. Marys Memorial and Wayne Trace (8-4) set to travel to Fairview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview 12 Columbus Grove 0 (six innings)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLUMBUS GROVE — Landon Price had a banner day for Lincolnview on Monday, going 5-for-5 at the plate with an RBI and three runs scored, while striking out 12 and giving up just two hits in five innings in a 12-0 victory over Columbus Grove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After two scoreless innings, Collin Overholt singled and drove in Price in the third, then Carson Fox belted a triple to score Overholt and Dane Ebel for a 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Price scored again in the fourth, then the Lancers (9-4, 3-0 NWC) exploded for eight runs in the sixth, including a two-RBI single by Fox that plated Overholt and Ebel, then four consecutive singles by Clayton Leeth, Jack Dunlap, Adam Berryman and Price that scored Fox, Leeth and Dunlap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox finished with two hits and four RBIs and Ebel had a pair of hits and two RBIs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview is scheduled to host Bluffton on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allen East 2 Crestview 0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HARROD — In a pitchers duel, Allen East\u2019s Jordan Matter fanned 15 batters and allowed just one hit, a single in the seventh inning by Nick Helt, and the Mustangs defeated Crestview 2-0 on Monday. Matter\u2019s performance offset one by Crestview\u2019s Trever Sheets, who struck out 10 batters and gave up just three hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mustangs (12-3, 3-0 NWC) scored a run on a sacrifice fly in the first inning and on an error in the fifth, one of five Crestview errors in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Knights (6-5, 1-3 NWC) are scheduled to play at Minster on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Softball<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview 12 Columbus Grove 2 (five innings)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COLUMBUS GROVE — 10 runs in the first inning proved to be more than enough for Lincolnview as the Lady Lancers defeated Columbus Grove 12-2 on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leading 3-0, Hanna Young singled and drove in Zadria King and Addysen Stevens then three batters later, Kendall Bollenbacher doubled and scored Young and Andi Webb. The next batter, Taylor Post, belted a home run to center field that plated Annie Mendenhall and Bollenbacher to make it 10-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stevens scored on an error in the second and Destiny Coil crossed home plate on an error in the third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Columbus Grove\u2019s runs came in the bottom of the third.
Post had a pair of hits and three RBIs, while Bollenbacher had two hits and two RBIs. Post went the distance on the mound and allowed just four hits while striking out six.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview (10-2, 3-0 NWC) is scheduled to travel to Minster today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview 12 Allen East 1 (five innings)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HARROD — Crestview scored four runs in the second inning and five more in the fourth on the way to a 12-1 win over Allen East on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kali Small, Katelyn Castle, Olivia Cunningham and Olivia Hecker combined for eight of Crestview\u2019s 14 hits, and Heckler and Laci McCoy scored on back-to-back solo home runs in the second inning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breena Grace doubled and scored Mandy Macki and Small in the second, as Crestview built a 5-0 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post earned a complete game win on the mound by holding Allen East to just three hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview (12-4, 4-0 NWC) is scheduled to host Wayne Trace on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antwerp 7 Van Wert 3<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert fell behind 5-0 and couldn\u2019t catch up in a 7-3 non-conference loss to Antwerp at Jubilee Park on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trailing 5-0 in the bottom of the fourth, Emilee Phillips put the Lady Cougars on the board by scoring on a Carlee Young grounder. Kiara Samm scored on an error in the fifth and after Antwerp scored on a pair of runs in the top of the sixth, Phillips hit a solo home run in the bottom half of the inning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phillips had two of Van Wert\u2019s five hits, while Antwerp\u2019s Emerson Litzenberg had three hits and two RBIs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert (2-6) is scheduled to play at St. Marys Memorial today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent sports Van Wert and Lincolnview posted baseball wins on Monday, while Crestview and Lincolnview softball teams were victorious as well. Below is a recap of Monday\u2019s action. Baseball Van Wert 9 Wayne Trace 8 For the second straight game, Turner Witten\u2019s walk-off single propelled Van Wert to victory as the Cougars rallied […]<\/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-142167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 05:51:17","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\/142167","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=142167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142167\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}