{"id":152258,"date":"2022-03-15T04:02:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T09:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=152258"},"modified":"2022-03-15T04:02:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T09:02:32","slug":"random-thoughts-hoops-cap-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/03\/15\/random-thoughts-hoops-cap-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts: hoops, cap, baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Northwest Ohio basketball, the state tournament and polls, Wayne Trace wrestling, salary cap issues and baseball are among this week\u2019s Random Thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O-G and Antwerp<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best of luck to Ottawa-Glandorf and Antwerp at UD Arena this week, as they compete in the Division III and Division IV semifinals and hopefully the finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just one<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only one undefeated team is left in the state boys tournament \u2013 Centerville. The defending Division I champions are 26-0. Everyone else in each Division has at least one loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polls<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two of the four Associated Press poll champions will compete in Dayton this weekend: Centerville in Division I and Akron St. Vincent St. Marys in Division II. Division III poll champion Col. Crawford lost to Ottawa-Glandorf in the regional finals and the co-Division IV champions lost in the regionals as well, with Tiffin Calvert falling to Antwerp in the finals and Botkins fell to Tri-Village in the semifinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polls II<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember, Antwerp was No. 1 in the next to last poll of the season but despite a regular season finale win over powerful Blackhawk Christian, the Archers were dropped to third in favor of Calvert and Botkins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

However, given the choice between a poll championship or being in the state tournament, I\u2019m sure the Archers would pick the latter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wayne Trace<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Wayne Trace\u2019s Hunter Long, who won the 132-pound state wrestling championship on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also congratulations to teammates Jarrett Hornish (3rd, 144) and Corbin Kimmel (8th, 106) for making to the podium as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NCAA hoops<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re a college basketball fan, this is your week and this should be a very interesting tournament. Enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smart money<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is why you don\u2019t give a four-year, $160 million dollar contract to a quarterback with one career win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m talking about the Dallas Cowboys and Dak Prescott. It\u2019d be one thing if he had a Super Bowl victory under his belt but he doesn\u2019t. Now his contract (and Ezekiel Elliot\u2019s) is forcing the Cowboys to bid adieu to other good players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the subject of playoff wins, what do Prescott, Baker Mayfield and DeShaun Watson all have in common? Each has one playoff career playoff win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Spring training is underway after Major League Baseball owners and the Major League Baseball Players Association agreed on a new contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s nice to have baseball back, and I don\u2019t want to be that guy, but doesn\u2019t this seem like the very same agreement could have been reached months or weeks ago?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, if you have thoughts on any of the above subjects, feel free to email me at sports@thevwindependent.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor Northwest Ohio basketball, the state tournament and polls, Wayne Trace wrestling, salary cap issues and baseball are among this week\u2019s Random Thoughts. O-G and Antwerp Best of luck to Ottawa-Glandorf and Antwerp at UD Arena this week, as they compete in the Division III and Division IV semifinals and hopefully the finals. […]<\/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-152258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 11:10:51","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\/152258","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=152258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}