{"id":93670,"date":"2017-09-30T07:32:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T12:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=93670"},"modified":"2017-09-30T07:32:18","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T12:32:18","slug":"spencerville-runs-past-the-crestview-knights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/09\/30\/spencerville-runs-past-the-crestview-knights\/","title":{"rendered":"Spencerville runs past the Crestview Knights"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

CONVOY — Spencerville rolled up 436 yards rushing, and the Bearcats topped the Crestview Knights 49-34 on Friday night.<\/p>\n

It was the first loss of the season for the Crestview Knights (5-1, 2-1 Northwest Conference). After dropping their first two games, the Bearcats improved to 4-2 (3-0 NWC).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe played hard, we just couldn\u2019t get a stop,\u201d Crestview head coach Jared Owens said. \u201cWe\u2019ll learn from it and go back to work.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Drew Kline scrambles for yards against Spencerville.<\/strong> Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Knights scored first, when Drew Kline found the end zone from five yards out with 8:10 remaining in the opening quarter. The extra point by Dylan Hicks was good, and Crestview enjoyed a 7-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Spencerville responded with a two-yard touchdown run by Chris Picker, and an extra point by Conner Holmes tied the game at seven.<\/p>\n

Picker scored on a six-yard touchdown run with 2:36 left in the opening quarter. The PAT was no good, and the Bearcats led 13-7. Picker would finish the game with 40 carries for 223 yards and three touchdowns.<\/p>\n

A five-yard touchdown run by Stefanek tied the game early in the second quarter, but Spencerville\u2019s Cannan Johnson scored on a 29-yard run to give the Bearcats a 19-13 lead with 7:26 left in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

The Knights took the lead two plays later, when Kline found Wade Sheets for 40 and 15 yards. The ensuing PAT by Hicks gave Crestview a 20-13 lead.<\/p>\n

The Bearcats would score twice more before halftime. Johnson, who finished with seven carries for 117 yards and three touchdowns, went in from 32 yards out at the 2:53 mark, then scored on a two-yard run with three second left until halftime. Two point conversions were added by Picker and Johnson, and Spencerville led 35-20.<\/p>\n

Both teams were scoreless in the third quarter, before trading touchdowns in the fourth. Joel Lotz scored on a two yard run early in the final period, then Kline connected with Sheets for a 13-yard touchdown with 8:20 left. Picker scored on a 13-yard run with 3:17 left, then Kline tossed a 24-yard touchdown pass to Derick Dealey with 1:26 left in the game. The two point conversion from Kline to Sheets was good, but the Knights could draw no closer.<\/p>\n

Kline finished the game 22-of-35 for 259 yards, three touchdowns and one interception, and he ran 14 times for 52 yards and a score. Sheets had 12 receptions for 177 yards and two touchdowns, while Dealey had six catches for 94 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n

Crestview will host Ada Friday night.<\/p>\n

Scoring summary:<\/p>\n

CHS 8:10 1 qtr: Drew Kline 5 yard run (Dylan Hicks kick) 7-0
\nSHS 5:49 1 qtr: Chris Picker 2 yard run (Conner Holmes kick) 7-7
\nSHS 2:26 1 qtr: Chris Picker 6 yard run (conversion failed) 13-7
\nCHS 11:09 2 qtr: Charles Stefanek 5 yard run (conversion failed) 13-13
\nSHS 7:26 2 qtr: Cannan Johnson 29 yard run (conversion failed) 19-13
\nCHS 6:49 2 qtr: Drew Kline 15 yard pass to Wade Sheets (Dylan Hicks kick) 20-19
\nSHS 2:53 2 qtr: Cannan Johnson 32 yard run (Johnson run) 27-20
\nSHS 0:03 2 qtr: Cannan Johnson 2 yard run (Picker run) 35-20
\nSHS 10:11 4 qtr: Joel Lotz 2 yard run (conversion failed) 41-20
\nCHS 8:20 4 qtr: Drew Kline 13 yard pass to Wade Sheets (conversion failed) 41-26
\nSHS 3:17 4 qtr: Chris Picker 13 yard run (Lotz run) 49-26
\nCHS 1:26 4 qtr: Drew Kline 23 yard pass to Derick Dealey (Kline pass to Sheets) 49-34<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor CONVOY — Spencerville rolled up 436 yards rushing, and the Bearcats topped the Crestview Knights 49-34 on Friday night. It was the first loss of the season for the Crestview Knights (5-1, 2-1 Northwest Conference). After dropping their first two games, the Bearcats improved to 4-2 (3-0 NWC). \u201cWe played hard, […]<\/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-93670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 18:37:55","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\/93670","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=93670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}