{"id":143066,"date":"2021-05-20T21:43:06","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T02:43:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=143066"},"modified":"2021-05-20T21:50:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T02:50:23","slug":"friday-flashback-all-stars-clash-in-vw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/05\/20\/friday-flashback-all-stars-clash-in-vw\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Flashback: All-Stars clash in VW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Note: This week’s Friday Flashback goes back to June, 2017 when two groups of area football All-Stars met at Eggerss Stadium in Van Wert. Below is the game story that appeared on the Sports page of the VW independent. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Columbus Grove\u2019s Reid Stechschulte rushed for a game high 125 yards and two touchdowns, and rallied the Lima Area-Northwest Conference All-Stars to a 24-21 victory over the Western Buckeye League All-Stars, during Friday night\u2019s Van Wert County Hospital All-Star game at Eggerss Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crestview’s Braden Van Cleave is tackled after catching a pass. Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

114 of Stechschulte\u2019s yards came in the second half. He also completed 1 of 5 passes for 45 yards and one interception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cReid\u2019s a pretty special athlete, Crestview\/Lima Area-NWC All-Stars head coach Jared Owens said. \u201cWe knew he had that vision, that elusiveness. I\u2019m glad we don\u2019t have to try to defend that again next year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a lightning delay of about 45 minutes just three plays into the game, the WBL All-Stars marched downfield and scored on a one yard run by St. Marys Memorial\u2019s T.J. Mele with 6:18 remaining in the opening period. The drive featured a 62-yard bomb from St. Marys Memorial\u2019s Dustin Howell to Ottawa-Glandorf\u2019s Tony Carrillo on 3rd and 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lima Area All-Stars responded with a 53-yard pass from Spencerville\u2019s Dak Prichard to Wayne Trace\u2019s Seth Saylor, then two plays later, Stechschulte scored from nine yards out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two minutes later, St. Marys Memorial\u2019s Julius Fisher made a juggling sideline catch of Howell\u2019s pass, then raced 59 yards for a touchdown and a 14-7 WBL lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undeterred, Owens\u2019 team took just five plays to knot the score. Howell completed three passes on the drive, including a 38-yarder to Upper Scioto Valley\u2019s Chase Rose that set up a 14-yard touchdown toss from Prichard to Crestview\u2019s Payton Knittle with 11:37 left in the second quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cPayton had a tough year with his injury last fall,\u201d Owens said. \u201cHe took the approach that things happen, and you make the best of every situation, and he was able to strap it up one more time and make a play.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The only other touchdown in the quarter was scored just before halftime, when Elida\u2019s DeAngelo Woods intercepted a Howell pass and raced 25 yards to the end zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No scoring occurred in the third quarter, although it appeared the WBL All-Stars would go up by two touchdowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carrillo intercepted a pass by Stechschulte, and took it back to the Lima Area-NWC\u2019s 18 yard line. The WBL All-Stars ran off seven plays, but their counterparts dug in for a goal line stand that was capped off by Howell\u2019s two yard loss on fourth and goal from the two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was a huge play momentum wise,\u201d Owens said. \u201cIt turned things in our favor, and it gave us a burst of energy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From there, the Lima Area-NWC All-Stars drove to the WBL 21 yard line, and trimmed the deficit to 21-17 early in the fourth quarter, with a 31-yard field goal by Spencerville\u2019s Damon Blair. The drive included a 60-yard run by Stechschulte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Crestview’s Chase Clark leaps to tackle a WBL All-Star. Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

After a series of punts, the Lima-NWC All-Stars took over at their own 45, and after two incomplete passes, Stechschulte connected with Wayne Trace\u2019s Jon Sinn for 45 yards, to the WBL 10. Two plays later, Stechschulte ran six yards for what proved to be the game winning score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The WBL All-Stars were able to advance to the enemy 34, but the drive stalled on fourth and long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the game, Van Wert\/WBL-All Stars coach Keith Recker admitted that his shorthanded team (17 players) was worn down by the Lima-NWC squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat was definitely a factor,\u201d Recker said. \u201cWe had guys playing offense that had never played offense before, and guys playing defense that had never played it before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut they battled, and that was a good thing to see. They gave great effort, and should be really proud of themselves,\u201d Recker added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recker went on to explain that he enjoyed working with players from various WBL schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFrom one to 17, we had a great bunch of guys, just really good people, and that made the week really fun,\u201d Recker said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Owens had similar thoughts, and said he enjoyed spending time with players his team faced last fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn film, you see them as guys with helmets wearing a number, but throughout the week you get to know them, what their futures are, and you create relationships that last,\u201d Owens said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scoring:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WBL All-Stars                        14 7 0 0 \u2013 21
Lima Area\/NWC All-Stars  7 7 0 10 \u2013 24<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st (6:18) T.J. Mele 1 yard run (Seth Vorhees kick) 7-0 WBL
1st (4:20) Reid Stechshulte 9 yard run (Damon Blair kick) 7-7
1st (2:14) Julius Fisher 59 yard pass from Dustin Howell (Vorhees kick) 14-7 WBL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd (11:37) Payton Knittle 14 yard pass from Dak Prichard (Blair kick) 14-14
2nd (:11) DeAngelo Woods 25 yard interception return (Vorhees kick) 21-14 WBL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4th (10:53) Damon Blair 31 yard field goal 21-17 WBL
4th (2:03) Stechschulte 6 yard run (Blair kick) 24-21 Lima Area\/NWC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leaders:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WBL rushing: Howell 18-43, Tre Terry 5-24
Lima Area\/NWC rushing: Stechschulte 10-125<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WBL passing: Howell 9-17-1-1, 161 yards
Lima Area\/NWC passing: Dak Prichard 8-11-1-1 146 yards; Stechschulte 1-5-0-1, 45 yards<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Note: This week’s Friday Flashback goes back to June, 2017 when two groups of area football All-Stars met at Eggerss Stadium in Van Wert. Below is the game story that appeared on the Sports page of the VW independent. SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor Columbus Grove\u2019s Reid Stechschulte rushed for a game high 125 yards and […]<\/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-143066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 01:00:19","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\/143066","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=143066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143066\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}