SPENCERVILLE-It has been since 1987 the last time the Spencerville Bearcats were in the sweet sixteen of high school basketball. However 39 years later they will have a chance to rewrite history on Friday night at beautiful Defiance high school when they take on a familiar foe, the Crestview Knights.
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Spencerville is coming off a hard fought win on Tuesday night when they trailed by as many as 14 against St. Henry before storming back for a 51-44 victory.
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As for the Crestview Knights they had to shake off some rust as they haven’t played a game in 13 days till Wednesday night’s—— victory over Ayersville. Hayden Perrot led the Knights with —— while Will Sheets added in —-.
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The Bearcats and the Knights are very familiar with one another as fellow NWC members. The Bearcats took down the Knights in Convoy back on December 12th with a 65-39 victory. Will Sensabaugh led the ‘Cats with 32 points in the victory.
Both coaches talked about how both teams have changed since then.
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For Crestview it has been the presence of St. Francis commit Hayden Perrot. Perrot a 1st team all NWC selection has averaged—- per game while junior Will Sheets has added—- per game to go along with—— per game.
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Despite the long district championship drought for the Bearcats, this is Spencerville’s 4th district final in 5 years. Sensabaugh talked about what it would mean for this group to get the district crown.
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Both teams are expecting a big crowd on Friday and are excited for the atmosphere.
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Both coaches gave the keys to victory on Friday.
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If you can’t make it to the game tune in to Zsports 3 as Nate Stidham and Shane Falke have all the action with the pregame show at 5:45pm followed by tipoff scheduled for 6pm
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