The Crestview Knights are on the road again on Thursday and plays the Fort Loramie Redskins at 1:00 p.m. on March 14th. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Crestview had already proven themselves in the regular season, and didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They blew past Columbus Grove 53-29. Given Crestview's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 24th, while Columbus Grove is ranked 86th), the result on Saturday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Cali Gregory was her usual excellent self, scoring 20 points along with five rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Crestview's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Myia Etzler, who scored six points along with eight rebounds and five blocks.
Meanwhile, Fort Loramie waltzed into their matchup on Saturday with 12 straight wins but they left with 13. Everything went their way against Marion Local as Fort Loramie made off with a 44-22 win.
Crestview is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 18 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 26-2 record this season. As for Fort Loramie, their win bumped their record up to an identical 26-2.
Crestview took a serious blow against Fort Loramie when the teams last played back in March of 2021, falling 64-24. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Crestview was down 40-18.
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