{"id":134895,"date":"2020-09-10T03:48:38","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T08:48:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=134895"},"modified":"2020-09-10T03:48:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T08:48:42","slug":"pigskin-pickem-week-no-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/09\/10\/pigskin-pickem-week-no-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigskin Pick’Em: Week No. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

A couple of big Western Buckeye League upsets highlighted Week No. 2 of the high school football season, including Elida over Ottawa-Glandorf and Bath over Kenton. While great wins for those programs, they contributed to my 15-5 record, but those types of games are what make high school football so much fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entering Week No. 3, my record is 30-9 (76.9 percent), short of my goal of 80 percent and this week\u2019s slate of games isn\u2019t exactly easy to pick. As many as seven of the 20 area games can be considered toss-ups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Without further ado, here are this week\u2019s picks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Delphos Jefferson (0-2) at Crestview (1-1)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I think Delphos Jefferson is showing signs of improvement, I believe Crestview will be too much for the Wildcats on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Knights will have to find a way to contain dual-threat quarterback Colin Bailey, which is easier said than done, but Crestview should be able to grind out a win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Columbus Grove (2-0) at Allen East (2-0)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has the potential to be an outstanding game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve gone back and forth a little bit with this pick but I keep coming back to the fact that Columbus Grove is perhaps the favorite to win the NWC title this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mustangs picked up where they left off last year and they are obviously one of the better teams in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, I\u2019m thinking Bulldogs in this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Columbus Grove<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parkway (0-2) at Anna (0-2)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s not often that an 0-2 team is picked to beat a defending state champion and I don\u2019t like picking road teams in the Midwest Athletic Conference, but I\u2019m doing just that this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I believe Parkway will notch a win by defeating the defending Division VI state champions on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Wayne Trace (1-1) at Troy Christian (1-1)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Admittedly, I know very little about Troy Christian, other than the fact that the Eagles have beaten a Dayton Christian team that lost to a club team in Week No. 2, and lost to McComb last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This could be a close one and as much as I\u2019d like to go with the Raiders, I\u2019m picking Troy Christian, but I won\u2019t be upset if I\u2019m wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Troy Christian<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert (2-0) at Wapakoneta (0-2)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cards on the table \u2013 my first instinct is to pick the Redskins, given Wapakoneta\u2019s previous success against Van Wert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forget the fact that Wapak is 0-2. This is a team that should be getting close to full strength and it\u2019s a team that plays very well at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert has enjoyed two blowout wins, but are the Cougars ready for the physical style of Wapakoneta? How much does Wapak have left in the tank after a 14-7 overtime loss to St. Marys Memorial?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are quite a few questions and I\u2019ve wrestled with this one all week, but I\u2019ve cautiously decided to go with the Cougars in this one.<\/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

Spencerville (2-0) at Paulding (0-2): Spencerville
Bluffton (0-2) at Ada (0-2): Bluffton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Bath (2-0) at Elida (1-1): Bath
Celina (1-1) at Kenton (1-1): Kenton
Defiance (0-2) at Shawnee (1-1): Shawnee
Ottawa-Glandorf (1-1) at St. Marys Memorial (2-0): St. Marys<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Antwerp (0-2) at Edgerton (0-2): Edgerton
Ayersville (1-1) at Fairview (2-0): Fairview
Tinora (1-0) at Hicksville (1-1): Hicksville<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Fort Recovery (1-1) at Coldwater (2-0): Coldwater
Marion Local (2-0) at Versailles (2-0): Marion Local
Minster (0-2) at St. Henry (1-1): Minster
New Bremen (1-1) at Delphos St. John\u2019s (1-1): New Bremen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Fremont Ross (1-1) at Lima Sr. (1-1): Lima Sr.
Saturday \u2013 Liberty-Benton (2-0) at Lima Central Catholic (2-0): Lima CC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor A couple of big Western Buckeye League upsets highlighted Week No. 2 of the high school football season, including Elida over Ottawa-Glandorf and Bath over Kenton. While great wins for those programs, they contributed to my 15-5 record, but those types of games are what make high school football so much […]<\/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-134895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-01 22:18:46","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\/134895","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=134895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}