{"id":124972,"date":"2019-11-19T05:09:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T10:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=124972"},"modified":"2019-11-19T05:09:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T10:09:56","slug":"random-thoughts-playoffs-and-more-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/11\/19\/random-thoughts-playoffs-and-more-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts: playoffs and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

This week\u2019s Random Thoughts center around Ottawa-Glandorf, the most intriguing game this week, girls basketball and Ohio State vs. Penn State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottawa-Glandorf<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best of luck to Ottawa-Glandorf, representing the Western Buckeye League in the Division IV, Region 14 regional championship game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 9-3 Titans will face 8-4 Clyde Saturday at Donnell Stadium in Findlay. This is Clyde\u2019s first year in Division IV and the Fliers aren\u2019t to be taken lightly. This is a program that enjoyed a great deal of success at the Division III level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having said that, I think Ottawa-Glandorf has a good shot to win this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Game of the Week<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most intriguing playoff game might be Friday night\u2019s Division II, Region 5 championship matchup between Massillon Washington and Akron Hoban. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two teams met in last year\u2019s Division II state championship game, with Hoban posting a 42-28 win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Knights have won four consecutive state titles \u2013 the past two in Division II and before that, two in Division III. With all of its storied history, Massillon Washington has never won an on the field championship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Tigers have four runner-up finishes (2018, 2005, 1982, 1980). The program has claimed 25 poll championships, including this season, and nine mythical national championships between 1935 and 1961.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps this is the year the program takes home a gold OHSAA trophy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The 2019-2020 girls\u2019 high school basketball season tips off this weekend. Check back this week for Crestview, Lincolnview and Van Wert previews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ll do the same for boys\u2019 hoops next week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

OSU vs. Penn St.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I noticed the spread for Saturday\u2019s Ohio State\/Penn St. game is 17. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is it just me or does that seem on the high side? For some reason, I can\u2019t picture that kind of margin, but time will tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\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 Random Thoughts center around Ottawa-Glandorf, the most intriguing game this week, girls basketball and Ohio State vs. Penn State. Ottawa-Glandorf Best of luck to Ottawa-Glandorf, representing the Western Buckeye League in the Division IV, Region 14 regional championship game. The 9-3 Titans will face 8-4 Clyde Saturday at Donnell […]<\/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-124972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 23:12:57","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\/124972","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=124972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124972\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}