{"id":88181,"date":"2017-05-23T07:43:15","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T12:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=88181"},"modified":"2017-05-23T07:43:42","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T12:43:42","slug":"lady-knights-win-district-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/05\/23\/lady-knights-win-district-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Knights win district title"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

ELIDA — The Crestview Lady Knights are regional bound again, after Monday\u2019s five inning, 10-0 win in the Division IV district softball championship game at Elida\u2019s Dorothy Edwards Field.<\/p>\n

\"Crestview
Crestview captains Kristen Etzler, Cora Millay and Sydney Bowen hoist the district championship trophy.<\/strong> Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The game was scheduled to be played Friday, but inclement weather pushed it to yesterday.<\/p>\n

The defending state champions opened the scoring in the first inning with a solo home run by Sydney Bowen.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Syd kind of set the tone by driving the ball over the fence,\u201d Crestview head coach Carl Etzler said. \u201cHitting is contagious, and I think we had base hits tonight from everybody in the lineup.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Lady Knights (14-11) put up four more runs in the third inning. Cora Millay reached first base on an error, stole second, advanced to third on a wild pitch, then scored on an RBI single by Bowen.<\/p>\n

A single by Codi Miller drove in Millay, then Bowen and Miller crossed home plate on a two-RBI single by Hannah Binnion. Bowen and Millay went on to increase Crestview\u2019s lead to 5-0 on a two-RBI single by Binnion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had some key base hits playing some small ball in the bottom of the lineup, and we had some key base hits with two outs,\u201d Etzler added.<\/p>\n

After a scoreless fourth inning, Crestview had just one hit in the fifth, but took advantage of four Antwerp errors to score five runs and trigger the 10-run rule.<\/p>\n

Caitlin O\u2019Hagan opened the inning with a single, advanced to second on a grounder by Lexi Gregory, then reached third on a throwing error. Another Antwerp error allowed Alyssa Gent to reach first and scored O\u2019Hagan. The third error of the inning put Millay on first and plate Gregory. \u00a0Antwerp (13-7) committed seven errors in the game.<\/p>\n

\"Cora
Cora Millay crosses home plate.<\/strong> Scott Truxell\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Avery McCoy\u2019s triple to deep center field scored Miller and ended the game early.<\/p>\n

While Crestview’s bats were busy, Victoria Lichtensteiger enjoyed a dominant performance in the circle, by pitching a complete game shutout. She held the Lady Archers to just two hits, while striking out four.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer level of improvement from the beginning of the season to now has just continued to go up, and as a coach, that\u2019s what you want,\u201d Etzler said. \u201cWe\u2019re very pleased with her.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crestview\u2019s regional semifinal opponent will be No. 1 Gibsonburg (24-0), tomorrow at Findlay\u2019s Marathon Diamonds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have a tremendous winning tradition, a tremendous program,\u201d Etzler said. of the state’s top ranked Division IV team. \u201cWe\u2019re just going to go and try to compete as hard as we can, maybe carry what we did here and see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Box score:<\/p>\n

Antwerp \u00a0 000 00 \u2013 0
\nCrestview 104 05 \u2013 10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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