{"id":85047,"date":"2017-03-06T08:43:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T13:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=85047"},"modified":"2017-03-06T08:43:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T13:43:54","slug":"knights-beat-lancers-for-sectional-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/03\/06\/knights-beat-lancers-for-sectional-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Knights beat Lancers for sectional title"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

The Crestview Knights clamped down defensively in the second half, and claimed a 55-43 victory over the Lincolnview Lancers during Saturday\u2019s Division IV sectional championship game at Van Wert High School<\/p>\n

\"Crestview's
Crestview’s Javin Etzler (15) scores over Lancer Chayten Overholt (11) during Saturday’s Division IV sectional title game at Van Wert.<\/strong> Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The win means Crestview (16-6) advances to tomorrow\u2019s district semifinal game against Kalida, while Lincolnview\u2019s season is over at 11-13.<\/p>\n

After trailing 27-24 at halftime, the Knights allowed the Lancers to score just 16 points in the second half — eight in each quarter.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest thing was just our approach,\u201d Crestview head coach Jeremy Best said of the second half. \u201cI thought we played with a little more purpose in the second half, defensively. We made an adjustment at halftime, mainly with our mentality, and that seemed to be a big factor.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGive credit to their defense,\u201d Lincolnview head coach Brett Hammons said. \u201cThey made it extremely difficult for us to score down the stretch.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Knights led 13-10 at the end of the first quarter, with Wade Sheets accounting for six of those points, while Lincolnview\u2019s Chayten Overholt had seven points in the quarter.<\/p>\n

Overholt scored five more in the second quarter and Ethan Kemler had seven, as the Lancers outscored Crestview 17-11 in the period.<\/p>\n

\u201cEthan played well in the second quarter and got some buckets down low,\u201d Hammons said. \u201cWe were just able to make shots and execute and got to the free throw line a couple of times.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sheets and Javin Etzler each scored six in the third quarter, and the Knights outscored the Lancers 16-8 in the period to lead 38-35 going into the final period.<\/p>\n

Crestview went 11 of 14 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter to help secure the win. Etzler went 6-for-6 from the charity stripe, and 10-for-10 in the game and finished with 19 points, while Sheets led all scorers with 21.<\/p>\n

Overholt led the Lancers with 20 points, while Kemler had 9.<\/p>\n

The loss marked the final game for three Lincolnview seniors — Ryan Rager, Dylan Lee and Nick Motycka.<\/p>\n

\"Lancer
Lancer Ryan Rager (5) brings the ball up the court during Saturday’s Division IV sectional championship game against Crestview.<\/strong> Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been doing this for five years and it\u2019s never easy going into the locker room, because you know you have to say goodbye to kids,\u201d Hammons said. \u201cWe had three amazing seniors, great character guys that just made our team better.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the rest of the guys, we told them we know what we have to get better at and what we have to do to be more successful next year,\u201d Hammons added.<\/p>\n

The Knights and Kalida Wildcats will tip off at 6:15 tomorrow night at the Elida Fieldhouse, with the winner advancing to Friday\u2019s district championship game against Delphos St. John\u2019s or Continental.<\/p>\n

\u201cKalida is a big senior-dominant team,\u201d Best said. \u201cIt took them a while to get used to a new system, but they\u2019re playing very good basketball and they\u2019re going to present a major physical challenge for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tomorrow’s game will air live on WKSD 99.7 FM, and will stream live on The Van Wert Independent (www.thevwindependent.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Box score:<\/p>\n

Crestview \u00a0 \u00a0 13 \u00a010 \u00a016 \u00a015\u2013-55<\/p>\n

Lincolnview \u00a010 \u00a017 \u00a0 \u00a08 \u00a0 \u00a08\u2013-43<\/p>\n

Crestview (55) — Wade Sheets 21, Javin Etzler 19, Derek Stout 9, Grant Schlagbaum 2, Drew Kline 2, Brett Schumm 2.<\/p>\n

Lincolnview (43) — Chayten Overholt 20, Ethan Kemler 9, Caden Ringwald 6, Ryan Rager 4, Tristin Miller 3, Isiac Bowersock 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports The Crestview Knights clamped down defensively in the second half, and claimed a 55-43 victory over the Lincolnview Lancers during Saturday\u2019s Division IV sectional championship game at Van Wert High School The win means Crestview (16-6) advances to tomorrow\u2019s district semifinal game against Kalida, while Lincolnview\u2019s season is over at 11-13. After […]<\/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-85047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 23:41:14","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\/85047","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=85047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}