{"id":202571,"date":"2026-02-11T10:31:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=202571"},"modified":"2026-02-11T10:31:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T15:31:34","slug":"tale-of-the-tape-fridays-big-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/02\/11\/tale-of-the-tape-fridays-big-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Tale of the Tape: Friday’s big games"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Not one, but two big boys basketball games will be played in Van Wert County Friday night. Van Wert will host Shawnee, with the winner claiming no worse than a piece of the WBL championship. Meanwhile, Lincolnview will host Crestview. A win by the Lancers given them an outright NWC title but a win by the Knights would keep them in conference title contention going into next week\u2019s finale against Lima Central Catholic. Here\u2019s how the teams stack up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert vs. Shawnee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert (Jeremy Best)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Record:<\/strong> (15-4, 7-0 WBL)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wins: <\/strong>Crestview, Wayne Trace, Elida, Bath, Springfield, Columbus Grove, Ottoville, Lincolnview, Celina, Defiance, Bryan, Wapakoneta, Coldwater, St. Marys Memorial, Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Losses: <\/strong>Kalida, Delphos St. John\u2019s, Marion Local, St. Henry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Longest winning streak this season: <\/strong>6 (two times)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Points per game: <\/strong>55.4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opponents points per game:<\/strong> 46.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leading scorers: <\/strong>Xavier Kelly 11.7 ppg; Zach Crummey 11.3 ppg; Keaten Welch 10.3 ppg; Cohen Bragg 8.9 ppg; Griffin McCracken 8.5 ppg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leading rebounders:<\/strong> Zach Crummey 8.1 rpg; Cohen Bragg 5.3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shawnee (Mark Triplett)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Record: <\/strong>15-5 (7-0 WBL)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wins:<\/strong> Elida (twice), Crestview, Kenton, Anthony Wayne, Lima Central Catholic, Coldwater, Bath, Kalida, Celina, Defiance, Wapakoneta, St. Marys Memorial, Indian Lake, Columbus Grove<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Losses:<\/strong> Lima Central Catholic, Hilliard Bradley, Delphos St. John\u2019s, St. Henry, Lima Sr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Longest winning streak this season: <\/strong>4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Points per game:<\/strong> 66.3<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opponents points per game:<\/strong> 53.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leading scorers:<\/strong> Beckett Bertke 21.0 ppg; Trevor Bertke 18.5 ppg; Luke Marshall 8.1 ppg; Sullivan Hasting 6.0 ppg; Ashton Wright 3.0 ppg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leading rebounders: <\/strong>Beckett Bertke 10.1 rpg; Trevick Bertke 8.1 rpg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview vs. Crestview<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lincolnview (Brett Hammons)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Record:<\/strong> 16-4 (5-1 NWC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wins:<\/strong> Wayne Trace, Upper Scioto Valley, Continental, Lima Central Catholic, Ottoville, Fort Jennings, Kalida, Fort Recovery, Spencerville, Miller City, Columbus Grove, Antwerp, Bluffton, Parkway, Delphos Jefferson, Paulding<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Losses: <\/strong>Ada, Van Wert, Allen East, Delphos St. John\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Longest winning streak this season:<\/strong> 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Points per game:<\/strong> 64.1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opponents points per game: <\/strong>54.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leading scorers: <\/strong>Max Hammons 18.9 ppg; Marshall Hammons 11.7 ppg; Gavin Evans 11.3 ppg; Chayse Overholt 9.8 ppg; Zander Coil 6.5 ppg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leading rebounders:<\/strong> Gavin Evans 5.2; Marshall Hammons 4.7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview (Doug Etzler)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Record:<\/strong> 13-6 (3-2 NWC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wins:<\/strong> Parkway, Fort Jennings, Kalida, Ottoville, Paulding, Antwerp, Bluffton, Allen East, Fort Recovery, Delphos Jefferson, Celina, Hicksville, Coldwater<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Losses:<\/strong> Van Wert, Shawnee, Spencerville, Wayne Trace, Columbus Grove, Arlington<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Longest winning streak this season:<\/strong> 6 (current)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Points per game:<\/strong> 56.4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opponents points per game:<\/strong> 50.7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leading scorers: <\/strong>Hayden Perrott 16.0 ppg; Will Sheets 12.6 ppg; Owen Heckler 8.6 ppg; Cash Hammons 7.3 ppg; Liam Putman 5.5 ppg<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leading rebounders:<\/strong> Will Sheets 7.1 rpg; Owen Heckler 6.0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent sports Not one, but two big boys basketball games will be played in Van Wert County Friday night. Van Wert will host Shawnee, with the winner claiming no worse than a piece of the WBL championship. Meanwhile, Lincolnview will host Crestview. A win by the Lancers given them an outright NWC title but […]<\/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-202571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 22:15:41","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\/202571","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=202571"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202581,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202571\/revisions\/202581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}