{"id":163908,"date":"2023-03-09T04:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=163908"},"modified":"2023-03-09T04:40:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T09:40:01","slug":"bonus-random-thoughts-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/03\/09\/bonus-random-thoughts-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonus Random Thoughts: tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

In this bonus installment of Random Thoughts, it\u2019s all about tournament hoops \u2013 Bowling Green, Rossford, radio broadcasts, Richmond Heights, undefeated teams and a pair of notable upsets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BGSU<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last time Van Wert played in the regional semifinals it was at Bowling Green, but not at the Stroh Center. It didn\u2019t exist yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, the 2010-2011 Cougars played at old Anderson Arena, a place I personally enjoyed. It was old and some people outright called it a dump, but I like the older arenas and their history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best of luck to the Cougars tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rossford<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert\u2019s opponent, Rossford, hails from the Northern Buckeye Conference and is 21-4. The four losses have come to Kalida (coach Brian Vorst\u2019s alma mater), Mansfield Sr., Wauseon and a four point loss to Ottawa-Glandorf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aside from a 14-point win over No. 6 Toledo Central Catholic in the district finals, the thing that stands out about Rossford is the fact that in the tournament, the Bulldogs are only giving up 25 points per game. They\u2019ve defeated Maumee 30-20, Wauseon 38-21 and Toledo Central Catholic 48-34. In fact, in 14 games this year, the Bulldogs have allowed 34 or fewer points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s true Rossford hasn\u2019t scored many points during the tournament but it\u2019s been all about defense for them. It\u2019ll be interesting to see how it shakes out tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A reminder<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In case you missed the announcement, tonight\u2019s Van Wert-Rossford game will air live on 99.7 WKSD. Cougar games normally air live on sister station WERT 1220AM\/104.3FM, but the decision was made to air all BGSU regional games on WKSD this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

WERT will carry all four girls state championship games on Saturday, via the OHSAA Radio Network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gulp<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division IV No. 1 Richmond Heights, widely considered the favorite to repeat as state champions, led Cornerstone Christian by just six at halftime during Tuesday\u2019s regional semifinal game. The Spartans put the game away in the third quarter with a 38-12 scoring advantage. 38 points in the third quarter alone. They won 93-52 and now you know why they\u2019re favored to win it all again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Undefeated<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of all regional qualifying teams in all divisions combined, just two are undefeated – Columbus Bishop Ready (26-0) in Division II and Richmond Heights (26-0) in Division IV. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Upsets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two huge upsets have occurred at the district and regional levels and while it may not mean much locally, it\u2019s still notable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you know, defending Division II state champion Akron St. Vincent St. Mary\u2019s, now playing in Division I, was upset in the district semifinals by No. 12 seed Brush. A second stunner occurred in the Division I regional semifinals on Tuesday, when No. 2 Lakewood St. Edward lost to Akron Hoban 44-40.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ASVSM and Lakewood St. Edward\u2019s were expected to square off for the regional championship but both are now done for the season.<\/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 In this bonus installment of Random Thoughts, it\u2019s all about tournament hoops \u2013 Bowling Green, Rossford, radio broadcasts, Richmond Heights, undefeated teams and a pair of notable upsets. BGSU The last time Van Wert played in the regional semifinals it was at Bowling Green, but not at the Stroh Center. It didn\u2019t […]<\/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-163908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 21:35:02","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\/163908","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=163908"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163910,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163908\/revisions\/163910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}