{"id":99676,"date":"2018-03-10T08:17:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T13:17:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=99676"},"modified":"2018-03-10T08:17:35","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T13:17:35","slug":"etzlers-shot-sends-crestview-to-regionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/03\/10\/etzlers-shot-sends-crestview-to-regionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Etzler’s shot sends Crestview to regionals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

ELIDA — Just call them \u201cThe Kardiac Knights.\u201d<\/p>\n

Javin Etzler hit three triples in the final 2:37, including the game winner from the top of the key as time expired, and the Crestview Knights stunned the Hicksville Aces 43-42 to win the Division IV district championship at Elida on Friday night.<\/p>\n

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Javin Etzler scored 14 points, including the game winner against Hicksville.<\/strong> Bob Barnes\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI just kept my feet set because I knew I was going to have to be the last one to take that shot,\u201d Etzler said. \u201cIt felt good and it just so happened that it went in.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a scramble situation,\u201d head coach Jeremy Best said of the game\u2019s waning seconds. \u201cWe didn\u2019t have any timeouts and we actually practice that, where we call it a second possession, a scramble situation where you have to see what you can get. You really can\u2019t run a set play.\u201d<\/p>\n

Crestview trailed 38-26 to start the fourth quarter, but slowly chipped away. Hicksville tried to work on the clock and didn\u2019t score until the 2:55 mark of the period. Drew Kline started the rally with a layup and two free throws, then Derek Stout scored on an assist from Etzler to trim the deficit to 38-32 with 4:20 left.<\/p>\n

A left corner trey by Michael Myers extended Hicksville\u2019s lead to 41-32, but Etzler knocked down back to back triples in less than a minute to pull the Knights to within three, 41-38. Parker Thiel hit one of two foul shots with 1:30 left to make it a two possession game, but Derick Dealey countered with layup with 44 seconds left made it 42-40. After that, the Aces missed two crucial free throws, and Wade Sheets pulled down an offensive rebound off a missed Crestview shot, setting up Etzler\u2019s heroics.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so proud of our team, but Javin has come a long way since he\u2019s been a freshman,\u201d Best said. \u201cHe\u2019s our guy and he showed it tonight and I was just tickled for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two teams played to a 21-21 stalemate by halftime, but Hicksville dominated the third quarter and outscored the Knights 17-5. Freshman Landon Turnbull knocked down three treys in the period, while Payton Tunis connected for five points.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought we had energy, but I thought we just couldn\u2019t get into a flow, and a lot of that was a credit to Hicksville,\u201d Best said. \u201cThey\u2019ve got five guys who can handle the basketball, and they \u201cThey shot it incredibly well in the third quarter.\u201d<\/p>\n

Etzler finished with a game high 14 points, while Myers led Hicksville with 13 points.<\/p>\n

Crestview (22-3) will play Maumee Valley Country Day in the Division IV regional semifinals at Bowling Green State University on Tuesday night. It\u2019ll be the second game (approximately 8 p.m.), after Pandora Gilboa and Mohawk.<\/p>\n

Scoring summary:<\/p>\n

Crestview 13 8 5 17 \u2013 43
\nHicksville 12 9 17 4 \u2013 42<\/p>\n

Crestview: Wade Sheets 3-1-7; Javin Etzler 5-1-14; Drew Kline 2-2-6; Derek Stout 4-0-8; Derick Dealey 1-2-4; Trevor Gibson 1-0-2; Kalen Etzler 1-0-2<\/p>\n

Hicksville: Payton Tunis 5-0-12; Michael Myers 5-1-13; Jake Greer 1-2-5; Parker Thiel 1-0-3; Landon Turnbull 3-3-9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor ELIDA — Just call them \u201cThe Kardiac Knights.\u201d Javin Etzler hit three triples in the final 2:37, including the game winner from the top of the key as time expired, and the Crestview Knights stunned the Hicksville Aces 43-42 to win the Division IV district championship at Elida on Friday 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-99676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 18:45:22","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\/99676","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=99676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}