{"id":87573,"date":"2017-05-10T07:05:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T12:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=87573"},"modified":"2017-05-10T07:05:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T12:05:13","slug":"crestview-beats-lincolnview-in-sectionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/05\/10\/crestview-beats-lincolnview-in-sectionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Crestview beats Lincolnview in sectionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CONVOY \u2013 In a tournament match-up of Van Wert County rivals, the Crestview Knights defeated the Lincolnview Lancers 5-1, during Tuesday\u2019s Division IV sectional semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>After a scoreless first two innings, Lincolnview took a 1-0 lead in the third inning, on Jaden Youtsey\u2019s RBI double that scored Brayden Evans.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87574\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87574\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/CLPic.jpg\" alt=\"Crestview's Spencer Rolsten waits for a pitch. Lincolnview's Reece Farmer is behind the plate. Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent\" width=\"350\" height=\"293\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Crestview&#8217;s Spencer Rolsten waits for a pitch. Lincolnview&#8217;s Reece Farmer is behind the plate.<\/strong> <em>Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe first three innings we played pretty well,\u201d Lincolnview head coach Eric Fishpaw said. \u201cWe were able to put some zeros up defensively.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the game went on and we got behind, our approaches at the plate weren\u2019t as good as the first three innings, leading to some strikeouts,\u201d Fishpaw added.<\/p>\n<p>Crestview (15-4) rallied with a pair runs in the bottom half of the third, and never relinquished the lead.<\/p>\n<p>A single by Simerman in the fourth inning scored Brett Schumm, then Payton Knittle scored on a balk in the fifth. Derek Biro popped out to center field in the sixth, allowing Brant Richardson to score from third.<\/p>\n<p>Biro finished with two doubles and an RBI, and Knittle finished with two singles. Knittle was pressed into duty early, after Dylan Hicks was hit in the face during a bunt attempt. He was taken to Van Wert County Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Rolsten had a double, a single and one RBI and earned the pitching win, allowing one run on two hits, while striking out eight and walking one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud of our kids fight and resiliency after going down one, to keep working through adversity,\u201d Crestview head coach Jim Wharton said. \u201cWe received great production throughout our lineup, which is key to advancing to the next round.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Crestview will host Parkway Friday, with the winner claiming the sectional championship and advancing to next week\u2019s Coldwater district.<\/p>\n<p>Lincolnview (8-15) will play at New Knoxville today.<\/p>\n<p>Box score:<\/p>\n<p>Lincolnview 001 000 0 \u2013 1<br \/>\nCrestview \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 002 111 x \u2013 5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor CONVOY \u2013 In a tournament match-up of Van Wert County rivals, the Crestview Knights defeated the Lincolnview Lancers 5-1, during Tuesday\u2019s Division IV sectional semifinals. After a scoreless first two innings, Lincolnview took a 1-0 lead in the third inning, on Jaden Youtsey\u2019s RBI double that scored Brayden Evans. \u201cThe first [&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-87573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 00:35:14","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\/87573","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=87573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}