{"id":124875,"date":"2019-11-14T22:28:45","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T03:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=124875"},"modified":"2019-11-14T22:29:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T03:29:18","slug":"pigskin-pickem-regional-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/11\/14\/pigskin-pickem-regional-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigskin Pick’Em: regional semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

After last week\u2019s Ohio High School Athletic Association regional quarterfinals, just a handful of teams are left in the football postseason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Western Buckeye League went 2-2, with St. Marys Memorial and Ottawa-Glandorf posting wins, while Wapakoneta and Kenton lost. The lone Northwest Conference representative, Allen East, fell, while the Green Meadows Conference went 2-0, with Edgerton and Fairview winning their opening round games. The Midwest Athletic Conference went 3-2, although one of those losses was by Minster, to fellow MAC team Anna. New Bremen and Marion Local won, while Coldwater fell to Archbold in a stunning finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of 12 area playoff games, I was just 7-5. Here\u2019s hoping things are better this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just six games are on this week\u2019s list. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division III Region 12<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8-3 Trotwood-Madison vs. 9-2 St. Marys Memorial<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d like to see St. Marys win, but the Rams are considered the favorite here. I just don\u2019t see the Roughriders keeping pace with Trotwood-Madison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Trotwood-Madison<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division IV Region 14<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9-2 Wauseon vs. 8-3 Ottawa-Glandorf<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, I\u2019d like to see Ottawa-Glandorf win, but just like Trotwood-Madison\/St. Marys Memorial, I\u2019m afraid Wauseon has too much firepower for the Titans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Wauseon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division VI Region 23<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10-1 Fairview vs. 10-1 Anna<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. 8 seed Fairview pulled off a nice upset last week by beating top seeded Lima Central Catholic 29-27. However, Anna comes in loaded with talent, and the senior laden Rockets are on a mission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Anna<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Division VII Region 26<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

10-1 Leipsic vs. 9-2 Edgerton<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have to admit, I\u2019m a little surprised that Edgerton won last week. The Bulldogs seemed to struggle at times during the second half of the regular season and they were facing the defending Division VII state champions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is an intriguing matchup, but I\u2019m going with the No. 1 seed Vikings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Leipsic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division VII Region 28<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

8-3 New Bremen vs. 8-3 Lima Perry<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not going to beat around the bush \u2013 New Bremen, by a handy margin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: New Bremen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9-2 Marion Local vs. 10-1 Fort Loramie<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has the potential to be interesting but in my mind, it would be an upset if Fort Loramie won. While this may not be Marion Local\u2019s strongest team, the Flyers are the favorite here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Marion Local<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor After last week\u2019s Ohio High School Athletic Association regional quarterfinals, just a handful of teams are left in the football postseason. The Western Buckeye League went 2-2, with St. Marys Memorial and Ottawa-Glandorf posting wins, while Wapakoneta and Kenton lost. The lone Northwest Conference representative, Allen East, fell, while the Green […]<\/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-124875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 01:49:58","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\/124875","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=124875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}