{"id":161187,"date":"2022-12-16T23:58:16","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T04:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=161187"},"modified":"2022-12-16T23:58:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T04:58:16","slug":"knights-blow-by-col-grove-51-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/12\/16\/knights-blow-by-col-grove-51-33\/","title":{"rendered":"Knights blow by Col. Grove 51-33"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CONVOY &#8212; Crestview shook off some early struggles with a huge run and a sparkling defensive effort, and the Knights went on to defeat Columbus Grove 51-33 at Ray Etzler Gymnasium on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Nate-Lichtle-12-16-2022.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-161196\"\/><figcaption>Nate Lichtle pumped in 22 points against Columbus Grove. <em>Bob Barnes\/file photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bulldogs shot out to a 9-0 lead but Crestview recovered and led 18-14 after the first quarter, with Nate Lichtle draining four treys in the opening stanza. The Knights then held Columbus Grove (1-2, 1-1 NWC) scoreless in the second quarter and took a 31-14 lead into halftime. Lichtle and Jaret Harting combined for nine of Crestview\u2019s 13 second quarter points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was very disappointed with our start,\u201d head coach Doug Etzler said. \u201cAfter the poor start we got things going and finished the first half on a 31-5 run. Our defensive intensity really picked up and Nate Lichtle had 17 big first half points.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crestview (5-1, 1-1 NWC) used an 11-4 third quarter scoring advantage to lead 42-18 entering the final period. Lichtle added five more points and finished with a game high 22, while Mitch Temple added 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI thought we played a very solid second half,\u201d Etzler said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landon Best led Columbus Grove with nine points and Zach Reynolds and Evan Sautter each scored seven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Columbus Grove will travel to Patrick Henry tonight and Crestview will play at Delphos St. John\u2019s next Friday (5 p.m. JV start).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Box score<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crestview 18 13 11 9 \u2013 51<br>Col. Grove 14 0 4 15 \u2013 33<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crestview: Mitch Temple 4-2-10; Carson Hunter 0-1-1; Jaret Harting 2-2-6; Nate Lichtle 8-0-22; Wren Sheets 1-0-2; Connor Sheets 2-1-5; Nasir Easterling 1-1-3; Wesyn Ludwig 1-0-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Columbus Grove: Zach Reynolds 1-5-7; Trenton Barraza 1-0-2; Evan Sautter 3-0-7; Kylan Mayes 1-0-3; Landon Best 4-0-9; Kyle Hopkins 1-0-3; Tadd Koch 1-0-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JV: Crestview 51-29<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor CONVOY &#8212; Crestview shook off some early struggles with a huge run and a sparkling defensive effort, and the Knights went on to defeat Columbus Grove 51-33 at Ray Etzler Gymnasium on Friday. The Bulldogs shot out to a 9-0 lead but Crestview recovered and led 18-14 after the first quarter, with [&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-161187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-31 00:33:46","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\/161187","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=161187"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161197,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161187\/revisions\/161197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}