{"id":134667,"date":"2020-09-03T03:43:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T08:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=134667"},"modified":"2020-09-03T03:43:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T08:43:42","slug":"pigskin-pickem-week-no-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/09\/03\/pigskin-pickem-week-no-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigskin Pick’Em: Week No. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

So far, so good when it comes to the 2020 high school football season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

19 area games went off without a hitch last weekend and hopefully the same will be said about this weekend. Last week, a couple of upsets occurred, and both were considered on the mild side \u2013 Celina over Wapakoneta and Parkway over Delphos St. John\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I went 15-4 (79 percent) with my picks, and three of those misses involved Midwest Athletic Conference games. The other was Celina\u2019s win over Wapakoneta. The goal this season is to correctly pick at least 80 percent of games, so I already have some ground to make up. Having said that, there are some tough ones to pick this week, including nine games that could be considered tossups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are this week\u2019s picks involving teams from the Northwest Conference, Western Buckeye League, Green Meadows Conference and the Midwest Athletic Conference, plus Lima Sr. and Lima Central Catholic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Five<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayersville (1-0) at Wayne Trace (0-1)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Confession time: I figured Fairview was the favorite over Wayne Trace, but I never imagined a 47-0 outcome. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This game should be much closer and I think the home team, Wayne Trace, has a slight advantage in this one. It has a chance to be a good bounce-back game for the Raiders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Wayne Trace<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parkway (0-1) at Fort Recovery (0-1)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This game is a tough one to pick, but as the week has gone along, I\u2019ve learned more toward Fort Recovery. However, it won\u2019t be a shock to see the Panthers shake off Saturday\u2019s loss to Delphos St. John\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Fort Recovery<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wapakoneta (0-1) at St. Marys Memorial (1-0)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

To be clear, these two teams don\u2019t like each other. It\u2019s a big WBL rivalry game and I only wish it could be played at the end of the regular season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s hard to imagine Wapakoneta dropping to 0-2 but I can\u2019t shake the feeling the Roughriders will win this one and improve to 2-0 on the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: St. Marys Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview (0-1) at Paulding (1-0)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have to admit, I\u2019m a bit stumped by this one. I just can\u2019t seem to make a pick and stick with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paulding can move the ball, there\u2019s no doubt about that. Crestview played well in the first half against Spencerville. Having said that, this could be a 42-35 or 21-14 game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve finally settled on Crestview in this one, although it most likely won\u2019t be an easy game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Defiance (0-1) at Van Wert (1-0)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cougars need to shore up the offensive line a bit but outside of that, Van Wert looked impressive in a season opening win over Elida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all due respect to Defiance, I think the Cougars have the opportunity to roll in this one, before things become more difficult next week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Van Wert <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

NWC<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allen East (1-0) at Bluffton (0-1): Allen East<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ada (1-0) at Columbus Grove (1-0): Columbus Grove<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spencerville (1-0) at Delphos Jefferson (1-0): Spencerville<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WBL<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bath (0-1) at Kenton (1-0): Kenton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shawnee (0-1) at Celina (1-0): Celina<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elida (0-1) at Ottawa-Glandorf (1-0): Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GMC<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Antwerp (0-1) at Fremont (IN) (1-1): Fremont<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tinora (0-0) at Edgerton (0-1): Tinora<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fairview (1-0) at Hicksville (1-0): Fairview<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAC<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna (0-1) at St. Henry (0-1): St. Henry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coldwater (1-0) at Minster (0-1): Coldwater<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marion Local (1-0) at New Bremen (1-0): Marion Local<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delphos St. John\u2019s (1-0) at Versailles (1-0): Versailles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clay (0-1) at Lima Sr. (0-1): Clay<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lima Central Catholic (1-0) at Licking Valley (1-0): Licking Valley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor So far, so good when it comes to the 2020 high school football season. 19 area games went off without a hitch last weekend and hopefully the same will be said about this weekend. Last week, a couple of upsets occurred, and both were considered on the mild side \u2013 Celina […]<\/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-134667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 05:52:41","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\/134667","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=134667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}