{"id":170122,"date":"2023-09-12T03:42:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T08:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=170122"},"modified":"2023-09-12T03:42:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T08:42:15","slug":"random-thoughts-polls-streaks-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/09\/12\/random-thoughts-polls-streaks-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts: polls, streaks, more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

This week\u2019s installment of Random Thoughts centers around polls, a record setting performance, a fantastic finish, winning and losing streaks, halfway home, Disney vs. Spectrum, and the Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polls<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview is ranked No. 5 in the first Division IV Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association poll of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Loramie, New Bremen, Tiffin Calvert and Leipsic are the teams ranked ahead of the Lady Knights. It should be noted that Crestview defeated New Bremen in match No. 2 of the season. The Lady Knights will host Lincolnview tonight, then will travel to Leipsic on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, Van Wert is ranked No. 10 in Division IV in the first Associated Press<\/em> high school football poll of the season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Record setter<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congratulations to Crestview senior soccer player Addie Williman, who set a new school record by scoring five goals in a game. She achieved the feat during the first half of Saturday\u2019s 13-0 win over Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fantastic finish<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What a finish for Kenton on Friday night. The Wildcats scored on a 55-yard touchdown pass with no time left, giving Kenton a 38-34 win over Bath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It doesn\u2019t get much crazier than that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winning and losing streaks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the website fantastic50.net \u2013 Marion Local has Ohio\u2019s longest overall winning streak, 36 games, which includes regular season and playoff games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s other streak \u2013 Cincinnati Wyoming has won 71 straight regular season games, which appears to be an OHSAA record. The Cowboys, who lost the 2020 Division IV state semifinals to Van Wert, haven\u2019t lost a regular season game since October 23, 2015 (28-20 to Reading). That\u2019s right, 2015. No matter how you look at it, that\u2019s an incredibly impressive streak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

On the flip side, Columbus Mifflin currently holds the state\u2019s longest losing streak, 29 games. Another note \u2013 Mifflin used to be called the Cow Punchers, but now it\u2019s just the Punchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another winning streak<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After an 0-2-1 start, Lincolnview has forged a streak of five unbeaten games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head coach Anson Moody and his seniors will be guests on 99.7 WKSD\u2019s High School Huddle live from Fricker\u2019s in Van Wert at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Halfway home<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once Friday\u2019s games are over, the 2023 high school football regular season will be halfway done. How is that even possible?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disney vs. Spectrum<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stalemate between Disney and Spectrum came to an end on Monday.. That meant sports fans with Spectrum cable were able to watch Monday Night Football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wonder if the NFL got involved and leaned on one or both sides to persuade them to come up with a compromise. Monday Night Football is on ESPN and I don\u2019t think the NFL would have taken too kindly to millions of Americans not being able to see it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cleveland Browns<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who knows what the rest of the season will hold, but it certainly was fun to be a Cleveland Browns fan on Sunday. The Browns won their first home opener since 2004 in convincing fashion, 24-3 over Cincinnati.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being a Cleveland fan, I was fairly certain the wheels would come off the wagon at some point in the game but it didn\u2019t happen for a change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the record \u2013 I don\u2019t have anything against the Bengals, except when they play Cleveland. I always root for them when the play Pittsburgh and the team that Art Modell ripped out of Cleveland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, if you have thoughts or comments 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 This week\u2019s installment of Random Thoughts centers around polls, a record setting performance, a fantastic finish, winning and losing streaks, halfway home, Disney vs. Spectrum, and the Cleveland Browns. Polls Crestview is ranked No. 5 in the first Division IV Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association poll of the season. Fort Loramie, […]<\/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-170122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-04 13:34:30","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\/170122","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=170122"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170126,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170122\/revisions\/170126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}