{"id":90159,"date":"2017-07-12T07:39:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T12:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=90159"},"modified":"2017-07-12T07:41:36","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T12:41:36","slug":"cview-off-to-acme-state-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/07\/12\/cview-off-to-acme-state-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"C’view off to ACME state tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

ELIDA — Crestview\u2019s impressive postseason ACME baseball tournament run continues, after Tuesday night\u2019s 8-5 District 5 championship win over the host Bulldogs.<\/p>\n

The victory was the fifth straight for Crestview (9-9), and it means the Knights will play District 1 champion Defiance in the ACME state tournament at Shawnee at 2:30 p.m. this Saturday. Defiance earned a state berth with a 9-5 win over Bryan.<\/p>\n

“Good pitching, offense and defense led us to another victory,” Crestview head coach Jeff Helm said. “This tournament run has been surprising, but it’s a credit to the kids and their never quit attitudes.”<\/p>\n

“It was another team effort,” Helm added.<\/p>\n

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Crestview’s Charles Stefanek swings at a pitch.<\/strong> (File photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Knights gave up two runs in the top of the first, but came back with five runs of their own in the bottom half of the inning.<\/p>\n

A two out single by Derek Stout scored Riley Saylor and Caden Hurless, then Charles Stefanak\u2019s RBI single plated Stout for a 3-2 lead. Brett Schumm scored on a bases loaded walk, then Stefanak scored on a botched fielder\u2019s choice. Stout and Hurless paced Crestview offensively, with two hits apiece.<\/p>\n

“I’m proud of how we responded in the bottom of the first inning,” Jeff Helm said.<\/p>\n

Crestview\u2019s lead grew to 6-2 in the second inning, when Dylan Hicks touched home plate on a wild pitch.<\/p>\n

After Elida scored a run in the top half of the fourth, the Knights scored their final two runs in the fourth inning. Hicks singled and Stout doubled, then the pair raced home on a double by Schumm for an 8-3 lead.<\/p>\n

The Bulldogs left the bases loaded in the sixth and scored twice on an error in the top half of the seventh, but could draw no closer.<\/p>\n

Crestview\u2019s Kole Small earned the win by going 6 1\/3 innings, and Saylor was given credit for the save after pitching the remainder of the game.<\/p>\n

The winner of Saturday\u2019s Crestview\/Defiance game will advance to the Sunday\u2019s 2:30 p.m. ACME state semifinal.\u00a0Unlike the double elimination format in the sectionals and districts, the state tournament is single elimination. The state championship game is slated for 7 p.m. Monday.<\/p>\n

Box score<\/p>\n

Elida \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 200 100 2 — 5
\nCrestview 510 200 x — 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor ELIDA — Crestview\u2019s impressive postseason ACME baseball tournament run continues, after Tuesday night\u2019s 8-5 District 5 championship win over the host Bulldogs. The victory was the fifth straight for Crestview (9-9), and it means the Knights will play District 1 champion Defiance in the ACME state tournament at Shawnee at 2:30 […]<\/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-90159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 21:21:56","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\/90159","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=90159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}