{"id":151168,"date":"2022-02-11T04:52:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T09:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=151168"},"modified":"2022-02-11T04:52:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T09:52:39","slug":"lady-cougars-win-regular-season-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/02\/11\/lady-cougars-win-regular-season-finale\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Cougars win regular season finale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Van Wert independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ELIDA &#8212; Van Wert closed the regular season by defeating Elida 41-38 on Thursday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lady Cougars finished the regular season 12-9 (6-3 WBL).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/VW-Cougars_stacked-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-96499\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Both teams got off to a slow start, with Elida leading 7-6 after the first quarter and 14-13 at halftime. Behind eight third quarter points by Sofi Houg, including a pair of treys, the Lady Cougars surged to a 26-19 lead after three quarters, then Houg and Emilee Phillips combined to score nine points in the final period, while Erin Schaufelberger added a pair of baskets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Houg led all scorers with 17 points, Phillips finished with nine and Schaufelberger added eight. Carlee Young scored Van Wert\u2019s seven remaining points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elli Mitchell led Elida (8-12, 4-4 WBL) with 16 points and Addisyn Freeman added 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Wert and Elida will meet again in the Division II sectional semifinals at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Ayersville High School.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van Wert independent sports ELIDA &#8212; Van Wert closed the regular season by defeating Elida 41-38 on Thursday night. The Lady Cougars finished the regular season 12-9 (6-3 WBL). Both teams got off to a slow start, with Elida leading 7-6 after the first quarter and 14-13 at halftime. Behind eight third quarter points by [&hellip;]<\/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-151168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 09:45:43","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\/151168","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=151168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}