{"id":192760,"date":"2025-05-12T22:24:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T03:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=192760"},"modified":"2025-05-12T22:24:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T03:24:19","slug":"roundup-cougars-top-no-9-lancers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/05\/12\/roundup-cougars-top-no-9-lancers\/","title":{"rendered":"Roundup: Cougars top No. 9 Lancers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baseball<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert 9 Lincolnview 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert\u2019s Briston Wise and Hayden Dowler combined to hold No. 9 Lincolnview (Division VI) to just one hit and the Cougars upended the Lancers 9-2 on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wise pitched the first 5 2<\/sup>\/<\/em>3<\/sub> innings and allowed a hit and two runs (one earned) with five strikeouts and a pair of walks. Dowler covered the remaining 1 1<\/sup>\/<\/em>3<\/sub> innings and didn\u2019t allow a hit and struck out two.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a scoreless first inning, Finley Dickinson doubled and drove in Wise and Cam Werts to give Van Wert a 2-0 lead. In the fifth inning, Case Stegaman score on a bases loaded walk, then the Cougars added three runs on a Lancer error, giving Van Wert a 6-0 lead. Seth Brant scored on a Van Wert error in the bottom of the fifth, then in the bottom of the sixth, Holden Price scored on a balk. The Cougars secured the win when Dowler scored on an error in the seventh, an RBI single by Wise and another Lancer error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview is scheduled to host Hicksville today and Van Wert will entertain Kalida on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Softball<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coldwater 11 Van Wert 4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Jubilee Park, Coldwater led 7-1 after six innings and went on to beat Van Wert 11-4 on Monday. The Cavaliers piled up 18 hits in the win. Van Wert had five hits in the game, including two by Aubrey Wollet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview 10 Paulding 9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAULDING — No. 3 Lincolnview and Paulding combined for 19 hits and 19 runs and the Lancers held on for a 10-9 win on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview led 4-2 after one inning but trailed 6-5 after three innings and 7-5 after four innings. The Lancers regained the lead with a four run sixth inning, all on a grand slam home run by Lainey Spear, then added a run in the seventh. The Panthers scored a pair of runs in the bottom of the seventh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sylvia Longstreth had three hits, including a home run, and three RBIs. Emma Bowersock got the complete game win and recorded nine strikeouts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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