{"id":190193,"date":"2025-02-28T23:55:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T04:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=190193"},"modified":"2025-03-01T07:59:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T12:59:49","slug":"lima-cc-ends-crestviews-season-48-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/02\/28\/lima-cc-ends-crestviews-season-48-44\/","title":{"rendered":"Lima CC ends Crestview’s season 48-44"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

ELIDA — It was an exciting finish, but not the exciting finish Crestview had hoped for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With 24 seconds left in Friday\u2019s Division VI district championship game at the Elida Fieldhouse, Lima Central Catholic freshman guard Jeff Williams hit 1-of-2 foul shots to give the second seeded Thunderbirds a 46-44 lead. No. 1 seed Crestview (20-5) called time out to set up perhaps the final play, but it didn\u2019t go as planned. Williams stepped in front of a Knight pass and sailed three quarters court for a game clinching layup in the waning seconds and a 48-44 victory.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Wren Sheets takes on four LCC defenders as he goes to the basket. Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cWe had a play coming out of the huddle that we run a lot, to get Wren (Sheets) isolated up top with a shooter in the corner,\u201d Crestview head coach Doug Etzler said. \u201cWe got it but we didn\u2019t get it to him quick enough and obviously it broke down \u2013 now we\u2019re scrambling and we had no time outs left and obviously we didn\u2019t make a play. They made more plays down the stretch than we did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The final 45 seconds of the game were eventful. A controversial offensive foul by the Knights led to a foul shot by Williams, then after a steal, the Knights missed a layup and a pair of foul shots. Earlier in the fourth quarter, the Knights took the lead twice, both on Liam Putman layups that made it 40-38, then 42-41, which was the final time Crestview led in the game. Lima Central Catholic connected on 3-of-6 foul shots after that and endured the late turnover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re a young team and we make young player mistakes on the floor but regardless they still keep fighting and finding a way to win the game,\u201d Lima Central Catholic head coach Sean Powell said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first quarter, the Thunderbirds (17-7) shot the lights out, connecting on six treys, including a deep three beyond the top of the key by Williams as time expired, a shot that gave Lima Central Catholic a 19-11 lead. However, Crestview scored the first 10 points of the second quarter and took a 21-19 lead. Lima Central Catholic\u2019s first two point basket of the game came halfway through the second period and tied the game 21-21. An offensive rebound and put back by Sheets gave Crestview a 23-21 lead, but back-to-back triples by Williams and Priddy put the Thunderbirds ahead 27-24. At halftime, Lima Central Catholic enjoyed a 29-27 lead. The Thunderbirds were 8-of-14 from three point range in the first half with Priddy connecting on four of his six long range attempts. He went on to finish with a game high 19 points, while Williams added 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cLCC shot the ball extremely well in the first half from three point range,\u201d Etzler said. \u201cThey did that the other night too (vs. Bluffton) so you hope they don\u2019t put two nights like that back-to-back but we came out in the second quarter and regrouped a bit, got right back in the game and made it a ball game at halftime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The third quarter was largely void of scoring, as the Thunderbirds scored just seven points and Crestview scored six. Lima Central Catholic lef 36-33 entering the final period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe went to some different defenses in the second half,\u201d Etzler explained. \u201cWe went a triangle-and-2 but they really slowed it down and they weren\u2019t as aggressive as they were against our zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheets led Crestview with 15 points and nine rebounds, while Heffner added 12 points. The Knights finished the game 19-of-39 shooting and 3-of-7 from the free throw line with 11 turnovers, including five in the first quarter. Crestview enjoyed a slight advantage on the boards, 22-20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While not the result the Knights wanted, Etzler said he\u2019s proud of his team\u2019s accomplishments this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe started the season 2-3 and if that point if you told us we\u2019d be 20-5 and we\u2019d have the ball to (possibly) win the district title, we\u2019d take it at that point,\u201d he stated. \u201cI\u2019m really proud of our seniors \u2013 Tommy and Wren have meant a lot to our program and for our younger guys, we\u2019re not lowering our expectations. This is what you have to dream for every year and it\u2019s going to take a little bit more than what we did tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Lima CC    19  10   7  12 \u2013 48<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview  11  16   6  11 \u2013 44<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lima Central Catholic:<\/strong> Jordan Priddy 6-2-19; Jeff Williams 5-2-15; Brady Parker 3-0-8; Matthew Quatman 1-0-2; Jaxon White 0-2-2; Dom McKee 1-0-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview:<\/strong> Hayden Perrott 2-0-6; Braxton Leeth 1-0-3; Liam Putman 2-0-4; Tommy Heffner 5-2-12; Owen Heckler 1-0-2; Will Sheets 1-0-2; Wren Sheets 7-1-15<\/p>\n\n\n

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Crestview’s Liam Putman (5), Hayden Perrott (0) and Owen Heckler (11) do their best to stop LCC’s Jeff Williams from getting to the basket. Bob Barnes photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports ELIDA — It was an exciting finish, but not the exciting finish Crestview had hoped for. With 24 seconds left in Friday\u2019s Division VI district championship game at the Elida Fieldhouse, Lima Central Catholic freshman guard Jeff Williams hit 1-of-2 foul shots to give the second seeded Thunderbirds a 46-44 lead. No. […]<\/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-190193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-31 08:19:41","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\/190193","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=190193"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190204,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190193\/revisions\/190204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}