{"id":163539,"date":"2023-02-28T04:40:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T09:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=163539"},"modified":"2023-02-28T04:40:16","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T09:40:16","slug":"random-thoughts-hoops-and-more-hoops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/02\/28\/random-thoughts-hoops-and-more-hoops\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts; hoops and more hoops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

The latest installment of Random Thoughts centers around a loaded district, a rematch between two red-hot teams, the highest scoring team, the best intro, and spring training baseball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loaded<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As usual, the Division IV Elida district is loaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottoville, Kalida, Crestview and Delphos St. John\u2019s enter tonight\u2019s doubleheader with a combined record of 74-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottoville and Kalida will tip things off at 6 tonight and it should be a dandy. The two teams met January 27 with Kalida winning 47-45 in overtime. The second game has the potential to be just as good. The Knights and Blue Jays met February 4 and Delphos St. John\u2019s posted a 48-43 win, just one of three losses by Crestview this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It should be very loud at the Elida Fieldhouse tonight and even louder when the winners meet for the district championship on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another rematch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another rematch will occur Thursday night, when Van Wert faces St. Marys Memorial in the Division II district semifinals at Liberty-Benton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two teams met January 13 and the Roughriders held on for a 62-60 win. St. Marys Memorial has won 14 straight entering Thursday\u2019s game, while Van Wert has won six straight and 9-of-10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throw in Tuesday\u2019s games at Elida, Wednesday\u2019s Division IV girls regional semifinal game between Crestview and Toledo Christian and it\u2019s a great week for local basketball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

High flying<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The highest scoring boys basketball team team in all of Ohio this season is Richmond Heights. The Division IV poll champions are averaging 80.5 points per game while playing the toughest schedule in the state, according to the Martin RPI. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intro<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Things didn\u2019t go Lincolnview\u2019s way in terms of wins and losses this boys\u2019 basketball season, but in my opinion the Lancers have the best pregame introductions around. \u201cEnter the Sandman\u201d by Metallica, lights out with spotlights and Ernie Welch at the PA gets the crowd primed for the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t change a thing Lincolnview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A welcome sight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spring training baseball is underway, which is always a welcome sight. It\u2019s hard to believe the 2023 Major League Baseball season is about a month away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 The latest installment of Random Thoughts centers around a loaded district, a rematch between two red-hot teams, the highest scoring team, the best intro, and spring training baseball. Loaded As usual, the Division IV Elida district is loaded. Ottoville, Kalida, Crestview and Delphos St. John\u2019s enter tonight\u2019s doubleheader with a combined record […]<\/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-163539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 00:58:30","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\/163539","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=163539"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163541,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163539\/revisions\/163541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}