{"id":91970,"date":"2017-08-26T07:54:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T12:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=91970"},"modified":"2017-08-26T09:58:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T14:58:05","slug":"knights-hold-off-the-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/08\/26\/knights-hold-off-the-panthers\/","title":{"rendered":"Knights hold off the Panthers for win"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

ROCKFORD — Drew Kline\u2019s 60-yard interception return for a touchdown helped the Crestview Knights seal a 38-26 win over the feisty Parkway Panthers in the season opener for both teams.<\/p>\n

Kline\u2019s pick and score came with 2:42 left in the game.<\/p>\n

Before that, the two teams spent most of the night trading blows. The surprising Panthers scored on their first possession, when sophomore running back Nick Hawk sprinted 70 yards for a touchdown to give Parkway a 6-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Crestview put together a nearly six minute drive, but turned the ball over on downs inside the Parkway five yard line.<\/p>\n

After forcing a punt, the Knights marched 38 yards in seven plays and scored when Derick Dealey went in from two yards out with 10:42 left in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

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Trevor Gibson carries the ball for the Crestview Knights.<\/strong> Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Panthers responded one play later when Hawk ran 59 yards for a score, giving Parkway a 13-6 lead.<\/p>\n

Aided by a pass interference penalty on third down and 10, the Knights were able to put together another drive that ended with a three-yard touchdown run by Kline. After the extra point failed, the Knights trailed 13-12.<\/p>\n

Parkway (0-1) struck again three plays later, when quarterback Andrew Baker found Caden May for a 68-yard touchdown to give the Panthers a 20-12 lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey do a good job of getting their playmakers as many touches as they can,\u201d Crestview head coach Jared Owens said. \u201cI thought their offensive line was solid.\u201d<\/p>\n

Undeterred, the Knights (1-0) put together another lengthy drive that was capped off with a 16-yard touchdown pass from Kline to Wade Sheets. A two-point conversion run by Trevor Gibson tied the game at 20.<\/p>\n

Kline ran 76 yards on 15 carries and was 11-19 passing for 164 yards, with five of those completions going to Sheets for 62 yards.<\/p>\n

Gibson, who finished with 18 carries for 107 yards, found the end zone twice in the third quarter, scoring on runs of one and 16 yards, then Kline\u2019s interception return for a touchdown with 2:42 remaining in the game secured the win for the Knights.<\/p>\n

Parkway\u2019s final score came with four seconds left, when Baker found May for a 23 yard touchdown pass.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought our kids fought hard all night and played better as the night wore on,\u201d Owens said.<\/p>\n

The Knights will host Hicksville Friday night. The Aces (0-1) fell in their season opener, 37-0 to Archbold.<\/p>\n

Scoring summary:<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:52 1st qtr: Nick Hawk 70 yard run (conversion failed) 6-0 P
\n10:41 2nd qtr: Derick Dealey 2 yard run (conversion failed) 6-6 T
\n10:20 2nd qtr: Nick Hawk 59 yard run (kick good) 13-6 P
\n7:03 2nd qtr: Drew Kline 3 yard run (conversion failed) 13-12 P
\n5:34 2 qtr: Andrew Baker 68 yard pass to Caden May (kick good) 20-12 P
\n1:23 2nd qtr: Drew Kline 16 yard pass to Wade Sheets (Kline to Gibson) 20-20 T
\n9:24 3rd qtr: Trevor Gibson 1 yard run (conversion failed) 26-20 C
\n9:03 3rd qtr: Trevor Gibson 16 yard run (conversion failed) 32-20 C
\n2:42 4th qtr: Drew Kline 60 yard interception return (conversion failed) 38-20 C
\n0:03 4th qtr: Andrew Baker 23 yard pass to Caden May (conversion failed) 38-26 C<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor ROCKFORD — Drew Kline\u2019s 60-yard interception return for a touchdown helped the Crestview Knights seal a 38-26 win over the feisty Parkway Panthers in the season opener for both teams. Kline\u2019s pick and score came with 2:42 left in the game. Before that, the two teams spent most of the night […]<\/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-91970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-21 14:58:10","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\/91970","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=91970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}