{"id":153227,"date":"2022-04-15T03:39:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T08:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=153227"},"modified":"2022-04-19T20:16:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T01:16:52","slug":"vw-independent-baseball-softball-recap-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/04\/15\/vw-independent-baseball-softball-recap-8\/","title":{"rendered":"VW independent baseball, softball recap"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Crestview 2 Columbus Grove 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONVOY — Carson Hunter gave up just two hits and Mason Speith scored on a sixth inning RBI single by Parker Speith, giving Crestview a 2-1 win over Columbus Grove on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hunter, who struck out the side in the top of seventh, fanned 10 and walked three as the Knights improved to 4-1 (1-1 NWC). Columbus Grove dropped to 5-2 (1-1 NWC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview took a 1-0 lead in the third when Ayden Lichtensteiger singled and drove in Parker Speith. Columbus Grove tied the game in the fifth when Shep Halker\u2019s RBI single scored Trey Sautter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Knights will host Ottoville at 12 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defiance 10 Van Wert 0 (five innings)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEFIANCE — No. 2 Defiance no-hit No. 11 Van Wert and the Bulldogs went on to defeat the Cougars 10-0 in five innings on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Jimenez struck out four and walked one and Jayden Jerger finished with a pair of hits, three RBIs and two runs scored for Defiance (8-0, 3-0 WBL).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert (4-3, 1-2 WBL) will play at Kalida at 12 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Van Wert 7 Defiance 4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DEFIANCE \u2013 Van Wert scored five runs in the second then added two more in the sixth and the Lady Cougars defeated Defiance 7-4 on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Alexis Gearhart and Abby Marbaugh had RBI hits in the second and Carlee Young had a two-RBI single in the sixth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gearhart and Emilee Phillips each had two hits and Phillips struck out six on the mound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert (3-5, 3-0 WBL) will play a doubleheader at Coldwater starting at 11 a.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview 25 Lima Central Catholic 0 (five innings)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview took full advantage of nine Lima Central Catholic errors and the Lady Lancers cruised by the Thunderbirds 25-0 in five innings on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, Lincolnview pounded out 18 hits, and Sydney Fackler and Kendall Bollenbacher teamed up to hold the visitors to just one hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lady Lancers led 10-0 after the first inning and 18-0 after three. The final seven runs came in the fourth inning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Addysen Stevens and Heather Beair each finished with three hits, while Zada Walker had a home run and a team high four RBIs. Bollenbacher and Makayla Jackson each scored three runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview (5-2) is scheduled to play at the Crestview quad with Celina and Ridgemont at 12 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview 10 Columbus Grove 6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CONVOY — Crestview led 5-0 after three innings then added three insurance runs in the sixth for a 10-6 victory over Columbus Grove on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michaela Lugabihl had two hits, including a triple, and three RBIs, while Megan Mosier, Olivia Heckler and Katie Sawmiller each drove in a pair of runs. Crestview finished with 11 hits and Heckler earned the win on the mound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Columbus Grove was plagued by seven errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lady Knights (9-1, 2-0 NWC) will host Lincolnview, Celina and Ridgemont at 12 p.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent sports Baseball Crestview 2 Columbus Grove 1 CONVOY — Carson Hunter gave up just two hits and Mason Speith scored on a sixth inning RBI single by Parker Speith, giving Crestview a 2-1 win over Columbus Grove on Thursday. Hunter, who struck out the side in the top of seventh, fanned 10 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-153227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 01:50:47","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\/153227","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=153227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}