{"id":151896,"date":"2022-03-01T22:22:37","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T03:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=151896"},"modified":"2022-03-01T22:22:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T03:22:40","slug":"ottoville-ends-crestviews-season-60-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/03\/01\/ottoville-ends-crestviews-season-60-50\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottoville ends Crestview’s season 60-50"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

ELIDA — No. 6 seed Ottoville used a big second half run to power to a 60-50 win over No. 1 seed Crestview in the Division IV district semifinals at the Elida Fieldhouse on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rontae Jackson (2) prepares to drive on an Ottoville defender. Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The loss ended Crestview\u2019s season at 16-7, while Ottoville improved to 16-9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A trey by Gavin Etzler gave the Knights a 34-31 lead with three minutes left in the third quarter but Ottoville scored the next 13 points to take a 44-31 lead early in the fourth quarter. Will Miller started the run with a triple and Carter Horstman scored back-to-back buckets, including a buzzer beating layup to end the third quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMichael Turnwald, Kellen Schlagbaum and Carter Horstman were huge contributors during the run,\u201d Ottoville head coach Keith Utendorf said. \u201cObviously Will was special handling the basketball and engineering the offense again, but we\u2019ve had Alex Suever, Michael Steffan and Carter Schnipke also step up during the season in different games.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe had some uncharacteristic mix ups on defense where we didn\u2019t get matched up and had some defensive rebounding box outs that we missed,\u201d Crestview head coach Doug Etzler said. \u201cAt the offensive end we had some lazy passes that led to transition points for Ottoville and we missed a couple of point blank shots that we normally finish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have to Ottoville credit for the way they took it at us and I\u2019m disappointed we didn\u2019t respond,\u201d Etzler added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Knights jumped to an 11-3 first quarter lead and it appeared the Big Green were in trouble when Miller picked up his second foul with 2:13 left in the opening period. However, Ottoville rallied and trimmed the deficit to 17-13 when Carter Schnipke drilled a trey to beat the buzzer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI thought we got off to a great start tonight and then Ottoville did a great job of flipping the script,\u201d Etzler said. \u201cAfter built our lead I thought Ottoville became the aggressive team at both ends and we didn\u2019t respond.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game was tied twice in the second quarter, 17-17 and 25-25, a score that stood at halftime when Miller hit a left wing three pointer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wren Sheets (44) goes to the basket for two points. Bob Barnes photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Etzler and Jackson combined to score all nine of Crestview\u2019s third quarter points, while Miller and Carter Horstman accounted for 15 of Ottoville\u2019s 17 points in the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI thought our guys were engaged and locked in, especially in the second half and executed the game plan,\u201d Utendorf said. \u201cI also thought we did a much better job in the second half of rebounding the defensive glass.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miller led all scorers with 22 points, while Turnwald added 12 points and Schlagbaum 10. Ottoville was 20-of-43 shooting and 13-of-20 from the three throw line with just five turnovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jackson led Crestview with 21 points including nine in the fourth quarter. Etzler added 10 points. The Knights were 21-of-45 from the floor and 8-of-13 from the foul line with 15 turnovers. Sheets had a game high 11 rebounds, including 10 in the first half and the Knights finished with a 33-20 rebounding advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game was the final one for four Crestview seniors \u2013 Jackson, Ryan Sowers, Kaden Kreischer and JJ Ward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy for this group to be able to experience an NWC championship and a sectional championship,\u201d Etzler said. I don\u2019t think many people outside our locker room would have predicted that out of our team when the season started. I\u2019m proud of our season overall but always disappointed when it\u2019s over.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottoville will face Columbus Grove for the district title at 7 p.m. Friday at Elida. The Bulldogs defeated Kalida 50-42 in the second game on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m so proud of all of our kids,\u201d Utendorf said. We talked about being together again and getting to practice again. That\u2019s all we care about \u2013 just some more time to be together and get better together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Box score<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottoville 13 12 17 18 \u2013 60
Crestview 17 8 9 16 \u2013 50<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottoville: Will Miller 5-9-22; Carter Schnipke 2-0-5; Alex Suever 1-0-2; Carter Horstman 4-1-9; Kellen Schlagbaum 4-0-10; Michael Turnwald 4-3-12<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview: Gavin Etzler 4-0-10; Rontae Jackson 8-5-21; Mitch Temple 3-3-9; Carson Hunter 2-0-4; Wren Sheets 3-0-6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor ELIDA — No. 6 seed Ottoville used a big second half run to power to a 60-50 win over No. 1 seed Crestview in the Division IV district semifinals at the Elida Fieldhouse on Tuesday. The loss ended Crestview\u2019s season at 16-7, while Ottoville improved to 16-9. A trey by Gavin Etzler […]<\/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-151896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 23:13:07","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\/151896","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=151896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151896\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}