{"id":153475,"date":"2022-04-22T20:58:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T01:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=153475"},"modified":"2022-04-22T20:58:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T01:58:38","slug":"knights-lancers-post-wins-cougars-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/04\/22\/knights-lancers-post-wins-cougars-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Knights, Lancers post wins; Cougars fall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

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

Van Wert 6 St. Marys Memorial 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

ST. MARYS — Kaden Shaffer, TJ Stoller and Luke Wessell each drove in runs and Van Wert defeated St. Marys Memorial 6-2 on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, Shaffer had three hits and scored three runs, and Stoller allowed just two hits in a complete game effort, while striking out eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert (6-5, 3-2 WBL) will play at Delphos St. John\u2019s at 11 this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview 8 Bluffton 0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BLUFFTON — Preston Kreischer and Bryson Penix teamed up to strike out 10 Bluffton batters and Crestview shut out Bluffton 8-0 on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kreischer pitched the first five innings and allowed four hits while fanning six, while Penix pitched the remaining two innings and struck out four and didn\u2019t allow a hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the plate, Ayden Lichtensteiger, Carson Hunter and Parker Speith each had two RBIs, including a two-RBI single by Hunter in the second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview (7-2, 3-1 NWC) will return to action at Delphos Jefferson on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview 6 New Bremen 0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW BREMEN — Jack Dunlap held No. 19 New Bremen to just two hits and the No. 8 Lancers defeated the Cardinals 6-0 on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cole Binkley, Dane Ebel and Jared Kesler each had RBIs, and Binkley and Evan Miller each had two hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview scored a pair of runs in the fifth and four more in the sixth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lancers (8-3, 5-0 NWC) will play at Fort Recovery at 11 a.m. today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Lincolnview 13 Spencerville 0 (six innings)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SPENCERVILLE — Lincolnview improved to 10-2 (3-1 NWC) with a six inning, 13-0 win at Spencerville on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taylor Post led the way with four hits and three RBIs, while Makayla Jackson had a pair of doubles and drove in two runs. Kendall Bollenbacher, Addysen Stevens and Andi Webb also finished with two RBIs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post pitched all six innings and allowed just two hits while striking out four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview led 5-0 after the first and 9-0 after four innings. The remaining four runs came in the sixth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lady Lancers will play a doubleheader at Spencerville starting at 11 a.m. today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview 8 Bluffton 6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BLUFFTON \u2013 Lexi Parrish and Olivia Hecker each hit home runs, Katelyn Castle had a triple and Michaela Lugabihl and Rylee Miller each had doubles and Crestview outscored Bluffton 8-6 on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hecker earned the win on the mound, as the Lady Knights improved to 14-1 (4-0 NWC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview will play at Shawnee 11 a.m. today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Marys Memorial 4 Van Wert 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Jubilee Park, St. Marys Memorial defeated Van Wert 4-2 on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No game information was available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lady Cougars (3-9, 3-2 WBL) are scheduled to play at Ottawa-Glandorf on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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