{"id":205092,"date":"2026-04-20T19:52:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=205092"},"modified":"2026-04-20T19:52:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T00:52:52","slug":"205092","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/04\/20\/205092\/","title":{"rendered":"Prep roundup: softball, baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Softball<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Van Wert 23 Antwerp 5 (six innings)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ANTWERP \u2014 Haley Dunlap and Isabella Wise each drove in five runs and Van Wert topped Antwerp 23-5 in six innings on Monday. The game was tied 5-5 after three innings but the Cougars scored 18 unanswered runs, including 13 in the sixth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dunlap smacked a two-run homer in the fourth inning and Wise hit a three-run shot in the sixth. Dunlap and Wise each hit a double, Layla Sudduth hit two doubles and Addison Roehm and Lauren Gearhart each hit a double. Grace Kitson had a triple as the Cougars had what may be a school record 32 hits in the game. Emma West earned the win on the mound, allowing five runs on nine hits with 10 strikeouts and a walk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Wert (3-5) will play at Celina today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lincolnview 2 Leo 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric Schwab earned his 100th win as the Lancers edged Leo 2-1 on Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both of Lincolnview\u2019s runs came in the fifth inning &#8211; an RBI double by Lainey Spear, and a sacrifice fly by Bella Hire that scored Ila Hughes. On the mound, Hughes twirled a two hitter while striking out 12.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lincolnview (10-2) will travel to Ottoville on Wednesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crestview 9 Columbus Grove 7&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CONVOY \u2014 Dakota Thornell had four hits, including two doubles and drove in four runs to lead Crestview by Columbus Grove 9-7 on Monday. Kaci Gregory had two hits, including a triple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crestview (5-8) will host Archbold today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Baseball&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wayne Trace 8 Van Wert 5<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>HAVILAND \u2014 Wayne Trace scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth and defeated Van Wert 8-5 on Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cougars (5-6) will host Celina today.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent sports Softball Van Wert 23 Antwerp 5 (six innings) ANTWERP \u2014 Haley Dunlap and Isabella Wise each drove in five runs and Van Wert topped Antwerp 23-5 in six innings on Monday. The game was tied 5-5 after three innings but the Cougars scored 18 unanswered runs, including 13 in the sixth.&nbsp; Dunlap [&hellip;]<\/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-205092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-05 23:52:27","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\/205092","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=205092"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":205095,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205092\/revisions\/205095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}