{"id":163877,"date":"2023-03-08T04:47:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T09:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=163877"},"modified":"2023-03-08T04:47:22","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T09:47:22","slug":"knights-win-big-now-in-the-elite-eight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/03\/08\/knights-win-big-now-in-the-elite-eight\/","title":{"rendered":"Knights win big, now in the Elite Eight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

BOWLING GREEN \u2013 Just one point separated Crestview and Mohawk early in the second quarter of Tuesday\u2019s Division IV regional semifinal game, but things changed in a hurry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The No. 5 Knights led 8-7 at the end of the first quarter and after the Warriors took a 9-8 lead early in the second period, Crestview went on an 18-3 run to close the quarter and from there, the Knights rolled to a convincing 61-40 win over Mohawk at Bowling Green State University. The win puts the Knights in the “Elite Eight” on Friday night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wren Sheets goes up for two of his 10 points against Mohawk during Tuesday’s Divison IV regional semifinal game. Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Included in the scoring run \u2013 back-to-back baskets by Nate Lichtle and consecutive treys by Gavin Etzler that boosted the Knights to a 26-12 halftime lead. The Knights were 3-of-4 from three point range in the second quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnce again I think our guys did a good job of preparing and being locked in, and believing in the scouting report that we had put together,\u201d Crestview head coach Doug Etzler said. \u201cThere were some nerves in the first quarter and we didn\u2019t shoot it as well as we normally do but I thought in the second quarter we kind of opened things up and did a great job. Defense and rebounding were keys in the first half.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mohawk could get no closer than 11 in the third quarter. Wren Sheets scored a pair of quick baskets early in the third and Lichtle added five of his 14 points in the period. It was the usual balanced scoring effort by Crestview \u2013 Etzler had 13 points and Sheets and Mitch Temple each finished with 10. Eight of Etzler\u2019s points came in the second quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another notable accomplishment was Crestview (23-3) holding Mohawk\u2019s 6-6 senior A.J. Hess scoreless. He had averaged 20 points per game entering the contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t expect to do that tonight,\u201d the elder Etzler said. \u201cWe thought he would get his points but the whole focal point was to make his touches really tough and I thought for the most part the shots he had to take were very contested. He didn\u2019t have a great night shooting but fortunately for us he didn\u2019t make some of the shots he typically makes but I did think we made it pretty tough for him to get to his spots.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Kahne Hayman led Mohawk (23-4) with 11 points, including seven in the fourth quarter but as a team, the Warriors shot just 17-of-48 from the floor, including 4-of-21 from three point range. Mohawk converted 2-of-4 foul shots and had 13 turnovers. By comparison, Crestview was 22-of-42 from the floor and 12-of-17 from the foul line with 10 turnovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview finished with a 29-17 rebounding advantage and overall, Etzler was pleased with his entire team\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have a deep team and everybody that we put out there contributed well and we trust all of them to do that,\u201d Etzler stated. \u201cThey were all prepared scouting report-wise and we expect them to go in and do good things for us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Knights will face Marion Local for the regional championship at 7 p.m. Friday at the Stroh Center. The Flyers defeated Patrick Henry 56-42 in the first game of the night at Bowling Green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey\u2019re obviously a tremendous basketball team with a lot of tradition and athleticism,\u201d Etzler said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday\u2019s Crestview vs. Marion Local game will air live on 99.7 WKSD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Box score<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knights 8 18 18 17 \u2013 61
Warriors 7 5 14 14 \u2013 40<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview: Tommy Heffner 1-0-2; Gavin Etzler 5-0-13; Kellin Putman 1-0-2; Mitch Temple 1-7-10; Carson Hunter 2-0-4; Jaret Harting 1-0-2; Nate Lichtle 6-0-14; Wren Sheets 4-2-10; Connor Sheets 2-0-4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mohawk: Zaiden Fry 1-0-2; Kahne Hayman 5-0-11; Boomer Cleveland 2-1-6; Hunter Haynes 1-0-3; Bryce Hannam 4-1-9; Brayden Chester 2-0-5; Hayden Parker 1-0-2; Garret Rinehart 1-0-2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor BOWLING GREEN \u2013 Just one point separated Crestview and Mohawk early in the second quarter of Tuesday\u2019s Division IV regional semifinal game, but things changed in a hurry. The No. 5 Knights led 8-7 at the end of the first quarter and after the Warriors took a 9-8 lead early in the […]<\/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-163877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 23:04:51","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\/163877","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=163877"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163884,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163877\/revisions\/163884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}