{"id":96868,"date":"2017-12-27T08:18:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T13:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=96868"},"modified":"2017-12-27T08:19:06","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T13:19:06","slug":"cview-lview-van-wert-hoops-previews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/12\/27\/cview-lview-van-wert-hoops-previews\/","title":{"rendered":"C’view, L’view, Van Wert hoops previews"},"content":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent sports<\/em><\/p>\n

Boys\u2019 basketball teams from Crestview, Lincolnview and Van Wert will be in action during the New Year\u2019s holiday weekend. Here is a brief preview of the games.<\/p>\n

Crestview Knights<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Knights (4-2, 2-0 NWC) have two tough games on tap this week. Crestview will play a somewhat rare Wednesday game on the road against the Ottoville Big Green, before hosting Delphos St. John\u2019s on Friday (5:30 p.m. junior varsity start).<\/p>\n

Crestview has been dominate in four wins– 86-54 over Parkway, 43-25 over Bluffton, 62-39 over Edgerton and 75-27 over Allen East. The two losses have come to Van Wert (48-44) and Fort Jennings 46-38.<\/p>\n

The Knights are averaging 58 points per game while allowing just 38.5 points per game.<\/p>\n

After opening the season with seven straight wins, Ottoville two games last weekend — 66-61 to Elida and 77-73 in overtime to Delphos St. John\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Ottoville (7-2, 1-0 PCL) is averaging 68 points per game and has scored 73 or more in four games. Defensively, the Big Green allow 53 points per game.<\/p>\n

Delphos St. John\u2019s (5-2, 1-1 MAC) built a 26 point lead over Van Wert last Friday, then held on for a 57-52 victory over the Cougars. The Blue Jays then used overtime to defeat Ottoville on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Delphos St. John\u2019s averages 52 points per game and gives up 48.<\/p>\n

Crestview at Ottoville will air live on WKSD 99.7, and Delphos St. John\u2019s at Crestview will be broadcast live on WERT 1220AM and 104.3FM.<\/p>\n

Lincolnview Lancers<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The red-hot Lancers have a challenging weekend ahead, at Kalida on Friday (5 p.m. junior varsity start) and home against Ottoville on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Lancers (6-1, 2-0 NWC) extended their winning streak to six with two thrilling victories last weekend — 69-66 in overtime against Columbus Grove and 52-50 against Fort Jennings, a team that previously knocked off Crestview and Ayersville.<\/p>\n

As a team, Lincolnview averages 55 points per game, and gives up 47 points per game.<\/p>\n

Kalida (5-2, 0-1 PCL) averages 52 points per contest and allows 41 points per game. If you take out 69 points given up in a loss to highly regarded Archbold, the Wildcats allow just 35 points per game.<\/p>\n

Ottoville (7-2, 1-0 PCL) is currently averaging 68 points per game is giving up 53 points per game.<\/p>\n

Van Wert Cougars<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Cougars are off on Friday, and will close out 2017 with a home game against Columbus Grove on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Cougars (2-3, 0-1 WBL) have been inconsistent so far this season. After opening with victories over Lincolnview and Crestview, Van Wert has lost three straight, including losses to Delphos St. John\u2019s (57-52) and Wayne Trace (53-44) last weekend.<\/p>\n

Van Wert is averaging 48.6 points per game, and is giving up 50.4 points per contest.<\/p>\n

Columbus Grove will enter Saturday\u2019s game averaging 58 points per game while allowing 55 points per game.<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s Columbus Grove at Van Wert game will air live on WERT 1220AM\/104.3FM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Van Wert independent sports Boys\u2019 basketball teams from Crestview, Lincolnview and Van Wert will be in action during the New Year\u2019s holiday weekend. Here is a brief preview of the games. Crestview Knights The Knights (4-2, 2-0 NWC) have two tough games on tap this week. Crestview will play a somewhat rare Wednesday game on […]<\/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-96868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-31 23:19:03","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\/96868","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=96868"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96868\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}