{"id":206801,"date":"2026-06-09T20:38:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T01:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=206801"},"modified":"2026-06-09T20:38:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T01:38:07","slug":"players-named-for-lincoln-hwy-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/06\/09\/players-named-for-lincoln-hwy-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Players named for Lincoln Hwy. Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Mark your calendars for 8 p.m. Monday, June 22, for the first annual Lincoln Highway Classic baseball game, which will be played under the lights at Smiley Park in Van Wert. This first time event will feature 19 recent graduates from Delphos Jefferson, Lincolnview, Van Wert and Crestview high schools.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event is sponsored by Klosterman Pizza  and Lee Kinstle Chevrolet and has been organized by local businessmen Kevin Price and Eric McCracken.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Van Wert County has always done a great job of connecting our youth through sports,\u201d McCracken said. \u201cKevin and I are baseball guys and we want to honor outgoing senior baseball players with a game. The Lincoln Highway connects all four schools in Van Wert County, so that is where the name came from.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n

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\u201cWe invited every senior baseball player from those four schools to play in this one game,\u201d he continued. \u201cI am really excited to see these guys get one last chance to play with and maybe against their teammates from high school.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Having 19 guys commit to play is perfect,\u201d Price stated. \u201cEveryone will get maximum time on the field. We will see lots of talent showing out. I am excited for the blind draw of teams.\u201d   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEvery players name will go into a hat then Holden Price will draw for the Klosterman Team and Griff McCracken will draw for the Kinstle Team, he added. \u201cThat will make it interesting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is Year No. 1 for this event. McCracken and Price are hoping for a great turnout and would like to see it become a yearly tradition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brent’s Rolling Kitchen will be at the game serving food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no charge for admission to the game. Ray Geary (Delphos) and Tim Price (Lincolnview) and one person from Crestview will be honored before the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The game is tenatively scheduled to air live on WERT 1220AM\/104.3FM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Players<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Crestview \u2013 Braxtyn Couts<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Crestview \u2013 Huxley Grose<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Crestview \u2013 Owen Heckler<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Crestview \u2013 Jace Wehner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    • Delphos Jefferson \u2013 Leyton Parent<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Delphos Jefferson \u2013 Luke Rode<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Delphos Jefferson \u2013 Isaac Rostorfer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      • Lincolnview \u2013 Jackson Ingledue<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Lincolnview \u2013 Owen Long<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Lincolnview \u2013 Chayse Overholt<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Lincolnview \u2013 Holden Price (captain)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Lincolnview \u2013 Case Young<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Lincolnview \u2013 Grant Zielke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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        • Van Wert \u2013 Finley Dickinson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Van Wert \u2013 Trevor Halker<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Van Wert \u2013 Conner Harris<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Van Wert \u2013 Blade Lowe<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Van Wert \u2013 Griffin McCracken (captain)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Van Wert \u2013 Cam Werts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          VW independent sports\/submitted information Mark your calendars for 8 p.m. Monday, June 22, for the first annual Lincoln Highway Classic baseball game, which will be played under the lights at Smiley Park in Van Wert. This first time event will feature 19 recent graduates from Delphos Jefferson, Lincolnview, Van Wert and Crestview high schools.    The event […]<\/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-206801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-19 23:20:27","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\/206801","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=206801"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206803,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206801\/revisions\/206803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}