{"id":164250,"date":"2023-03-19T21:49:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T02:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=164250"},"modified":"2023-03-21T03:42:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T08:42:19","slug":"knights-fall-to-a-loaded-richmond-hts-team-in-title-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/03\/19\/knights-fall-to-a-loaded-richmond-hts-team-in-title-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Knights fall to loaded team in title game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DAYTON &#8212; One game does not define the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2022-2023 season didn\u2019t end as hoped for Crestview, but it was a memorable and very special season nonetheless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Knights, ranked No. 5 in the final Associated Press poll, fell to No. 1 Richmond Heights in the Division IV state championship game 70-26 at the University of Dayton Arena Sunday afternoon. Crestview trailed by nine at halftime but fell to a team  It was the 49th consecutive win by the Spartans (29-0), while Crestview finished 25-4. A full game story can be found on the Sports page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/runners-up-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-164251\"\/><figcaption>The Knights hold up the runner-up trophy at the University of Dayton. <em>Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Spartans are considered by many to be the best high school basketball team in Ohio, regardless of division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Crestview fans, no doubt there are at least several moments that will live on for years &#8211; rallying from a 14-point deficit late in the third quarter and defeating Ottoville 63-61 in two overtimes in the district finals at Elida; rallying from a 13-0 first quarter hole and a Mitch Temple free throw with a half second left that gave the Knights a 41-40 regional championship win over Marion Local at Bowling Green State University. Head coach Doug Etzler noted that was one of his favorite memories this season. Then were was a 26 point third quarter outburst that sparked Crestview to a 69-63 win over Hiland in the state semifinals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seven seniors were the heart and soul of this team \u2013 Gavin Etzler, Dru Nielsen, Mitch Temple, Carson Hunter, Nate Lichtle, Nasir Easterling and Wesyn Ludwig. Their leadership was a big factor in the team\u2019s run to the state finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor DAYTON &#8212; One game does not define the season. The 2022-2023 season didn\u2019t end as hoped for Crestview, but it was a memorable and very special season nonetheless. The Knights, ranked No. 5 in the final Associated Press poll, fell to No. 1 Richmond Heights in the Division IV state championship game [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 09:32:39","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\/164250","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=164250"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":164294,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164250\/revisions\/164294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}