{"id":122208,"date":"2019-09-05T03:42:30","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T08:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=122208"},"modified":"2019-09-05T03:42:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T08:42:37","slug":"2019-pigskin-pickem-week-no-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/09\/05\/2019-pigskin-pickem-week-no-2\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 Pigskin Pick’Em: Week No. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Week No. 1 of Pigskin Pick\u2019Em is in the books and it wasn\u2019t exactly the start I was looking for. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of 28 area games last week I picked 18 (64 percent) correctly while misfiring on 10 others. Meanwhile, guest selector Tracy Keber correctly predicted 19 of the 28 games (68 percent), giving her the win during the opening week of the high school football season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week No. 2 brings some interesting matchups, including a game between the defending WBL co-champions, a couple of MAC schools taking on established Division III teams and of course Crestview and Hicksville, which has been a barnburner the past two seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week\u2019s guest selector is Lori Mcvaigh, Sr. Branch Office Administrator at Edward Jones in Van Wert. I needn\u2019t be reminded that I\u2019m 0-1 against Sr. Branch Administrators. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of 27 games, we differ on four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Games of the Week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lori Mcvaigh<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert (1-0) at Defiance (0-1):<\/strong> The Cougars looked impressive in last week\u2019s 34-13 win at Bryan. The only real blemish was the loss of Nate Jackson to a collarbone injury, which further depleted the running back corp. However, head coach Keith Recker has confidence in replacements Levi Newell and Kaidan Bates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defiance has some weapons, including mobile quarterback Aaron Cruz and 6-4, 230 pound running back Tyrel Goings, but we agree that the Cougars are the favorite in this game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Van Wert; Mcvaigh: Van Wert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hicksville (0-1) at Crestview (0-1):<\/strong> Both teams struggled in their respective openers, but that doesn\u2019t mean this won\u2019t be a good game. In fact, it should be another close one between the two non-conference rivals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Knights have won three consecutive games against the Aces and we think they\u2019ll make it four straight on Friday night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Crestview; Mcvaigh: Crestview<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Marys Memorial (1-0) at Wapakoneta (1-0):<\/strong> My first instinct is to pick Wapakoneta at home in this one, but I also picked the Redskins to win the WBL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If nothing else, it should be a physical and fast game. Wapakoneta didn\u2019t throw a pass against Bellefontaine last week and the Roughriders tossed just two passes in a win over Sidney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This should be a close one and we\u2019re both going with the home team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Wapakoneta; Mcvaigh: Wapakoneta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottawa-Glandorf (0-1) at Elida (0-1):<\/strong> Both teams will try to recover after giving up first half leads last week. The Titans led Eastwood 14-0 before losing 21-14, while the Bulldogs led Delphos St. John\u2019s 27-7 at the half, but fell 28-27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There could be a lot of points in this game and at least in my mind, it could be considered a toss-up. However, both of us are giving O-G a slight edge in this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Ottawa-Glandorf; Mcvaigh: Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Marion Local (1-0) at Columbus Bishop Watterson (1-0):<\/strong> This game features a Division VI MAC and state power and an established Division III team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a game where we differ. I don\u2019t normally pick against MAC schools, but I\u2019m going to here. Mcvaigh is sticking with the MAC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Bishop Watterson; Mcvaigh: Marion Local<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coldwater (1-0) at Cincinnati Mount Healthy (1-0):<\/strong> Another intriguing matchup between Division VI and Division III teams. Unlike the Bishop Watterson-Marion Local games, both of us are going with the MAC team in this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Coldwater; Mcvaigh: Coldwater<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wayne Trace (1-0) at Patrick Henry (1-0):<\/strong> The Raiders escaped Paulding with a one point win, while the Patriots beat Milbury Lake 30-0. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I really want to pick Wayne Trace, but I\u2019m going with Patrick Henry. Mcvaigh doesn\u2019t agree and is siding with the Raiders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Patrick Henry; Mcvaigh: Wayne Trace<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best of the rest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celina at Shawnee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Celina; Mcvaigh: Shawnee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bath at Kenton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Kenton; Mcvaigh: Kenton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Versailles at Delphos Jefferson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Versailles; Mcvaigh: Versailles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fairview at Paulding<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Fairview; Mcvaigh: Fairview<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parkway at Spencerville<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Spencerville; Mcvaigh: Spencerville<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leipsic at Columbus Grove<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Columbus Grove; Mcvaigh: Columbus Grove<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ada at Arlington<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Arlington; Mcvaigh: Arlington<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pandora-Gilboa at Bluffton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Pandora-Gilboa; Mcvaigh: Pandora-Gilboa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antwerp at Hilltop<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Antwerp; Mcvaigh: Antwerp<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayersville at North Baltimore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Ayersville; Mcvaigh: Ayersville<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tinora at Wauseon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Wauseon; Mcvaigh: Wauseon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edon at Edgerton<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Edgerton; Mcvaigh: Edon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Henry at Fort Loramie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: St. Henry; Mcvaigh: St. Henry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minster at Covington<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Minster; Mcvaigh: Minster<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Recovery at Valley View<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Fort Recovery; Mcvaigh: Fort Recovery<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna at Brookville<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Anna; Mcvaigh: Anna<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ansonia at New Bremen <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: New Bremen; Mcvaigh: New Bremen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Piqua at Lima Sr.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Piqua; Mcvaigh: Piqua<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lima Central Catholic at Delphos St. John\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truxell: Lima Central Catholic; Mcvaigh: Lima Central Catholic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next week\u2019s guest selector will be Keith Milligan. If you would like to be considered as a future guest selector, simply email sports@thevwindependent.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor Week No. 1 of Pigskin Pick\u2019Em is in the books and it wasn\u2019t exactly the start I was looking for. Out of 28 area games last week I picked 18 (64 percent) correctly while misfiring on 10 others. Meanwhile, guest selector Tracy Keber correctly predicted 19 of the 28 games (68 […]<\/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-122208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 02:39:55","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\/122208","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=122208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}