{"id":110440,"date":"2018-12-11T05:58:44","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T10:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=110440"},"modified":"2018-12-11T05:58:44","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T10:58:44","slug":"random-thoughts-lopsided-scores-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/12\/11\/random-thoughts-lopsided-scores-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts: lopsided scores & more"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

This week\u2019s edition of Random Thoughts center around lopsided scores, wrestling, NFL, college and high school football.<\/p>\n

Girls scores<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Some of last week\u2019s girls\u2019 high school basketball scores were lopsided to say the least. 73-7 and 105-19 are a couple that come to mind.<\/p>\n

I wasn\u2019t at either of those games, so I don\u2019t have firsthand knowledge of what went down. I\u2019d like to think that the coaches for the winning teams eased up at some point, but those scores seem to indicate otherwise.<\/p>\n

I understand it can be a tough call. You want your team to play hard but at some point, you probably should take your foot off the gas.<\/p>\n

Lancer Invitational<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Kudos to everyone involved with Saturday\u2019s Lancer Wrestling Invitational. It was a well run tournament, which is no easy feat.<\/p>\n

Even more impressive: once the tournament ended, the gymnasium was cleared out and made ready in time for junior varsity and varsity boys basketball the same night.<\/p>\n

NFL MVP<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

He most likely won\u2019t win it but you know who should be strongly considered for NFL MVP honors?<\/p>\n

Indianapolis quarterback Andrew Luck. Without him last year, the Colts were 4-12. This year, the Colts are 7-6 and in the AFC playoff race, and Luck has a great deal to do with the turnaround.<\/p>\n

Fun in Cleveland<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a Browns fan like me, football is fun again in Cleveland. Since Hue Jackson was sent packing, the Browns have gone 3-2 and are actually watchable.<\/p>\n

Technically, Cleveland is in the AFC playoff race, but a lot has to happen for the team to actually qualify for the postseason. Still, the future actually looks bright.<\/p>\n

Army-Navy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s one of my favorite football games of the year. There have been times where one or both teams weren\u2019t so great (Army is having a great run now though), but it didn\u2019t matter. It\u2019s fun just to take in all of the pageantry that goes with the game.<\/p>\n

I love watching\/am obsessed with option football, so the game itself is an added treat, but it still makes me wonder sometimes why more teams don\u2019t go back to an old school option offense.<\/p>\n

Pigskin Pick\u2019Em<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

It just occurred to me that I didn\u2019t share my final record from this year\u2019s Pigskin Pick\u2019Em.<\/p>\n

Out of seven championship games, I was correct on just three. That\u2019s well off the pace from 2017, when I was 7-0 with state championship picks.<\/p>\n

During the 2018 postseason, I was 19-10 (just 65.5 percent), and when you add the regular season record of 167-48 to the playoff total, I went 186-58, a winning percentage of 76 percent.<\/p>\n

Pigskin Pick\u2019Em will be back for the 2019 and once again, I\u2019ll go head to head with guest selectors throughout the regular season.<\/p>\n

Poll championships vs. on the field championships<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Just three out of the 2018 Associated Press poll champions won titles on the field \u2013 Akron Hoban in Division II, Cincinnati Wyoming in Division IV and Kirtland in Division VI. Two other poll champions finished as runners-up \u2013 Cincinnati Colerain in Division I and Kettering Alter in Division III.<\/p>\n

If you have thoughts on any of the above subjects, feel free to email me at sports@thevwindependent.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor This week\u2019s edition of Random Thoughts center around lopsided scores, wrestling, NFL, college and high school football. Girls scores Some of last week\u2019s girls\u2019 high school basketball scores were lopsided to say the least. 73-7 and 105-19 are a couple that come to mind. I wasn\u2019t at either of those games, […]<\/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-110440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-03 21:39:10","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\/110440","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=110440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}