{"id":136311,"date":"2020-10-21T21:17:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T02:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=136311"},"modified":"2020-10-21T21:17:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T02:17:31","slug":"pigskin-pickem-week-no-9-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/10\/21\/pigskin-pickem-week-no-9-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigskin Pick’em: Week No. 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

A number of good games are on this week\u2019s high school football schedule, including playoff and regular season games. Many of the games feature unbeaten or once beaten teams, while others will pit evenly matched teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week my record was 22-3, which brings my season total to 118-32, or 78.7 percent. This week, 24 more area playoff and regular season games are on the schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Crestview (5-2) at Spencerville (4-3)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At least in my mind, this historic Division VII Region 26 quarterfinal game is a toss up. I can\u2019t help but think this game will be won by a touchdown or less and I find myself going back and forth with this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s tough to go against Spencerville at home, but I\u2019ll give a slight advantage to the Knights, even though the Bearcats are the No. 5 seed. Not to be redundant, but this game should be much closer than Crestview\u2019s first two games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Van Wert (6-1) at Keystone (7-0)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another toss up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both teams in this Division IV Region 14 quarterfinal game have great athletes and great speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do wonder a bit about the strength of Keystone\u2019s schedule but I have no doubt this is a formable team. This game really has the potential to come down to the final drive and the winner is probably going to need at least four touchdowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a tough one to pick, but I\u2019ll give the nod to the Cougars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Van Wert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenton (4-3) at Bellevue (7-0)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t think it\u2019s out of the question for Kenton to pull an upset here and I do think the Wildcats will give the Redmen all they can handle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bellevue runs a spread offense and is pretty balanced, while the defense gives up just nine points per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I won\u2019t be shocked if Kenton wins, but Bellevue is the favorite and deservedly so. The winner will play the winner of Keystone\/Van Wert next Friday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Tinora (6-0) at Columbus Grove (7-0)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A great matchup featuring two undefeated teams in Division VI Region 22, but I think Columbus Grove will have just a bit too much for the Rams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s too bad these two teams have to meet this early in the postseason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Paulding (2-6) at Wayne Trace (4-4)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a regular season game and it\u2019s the final time these two football teams will meet at non-conference opponents, as the Panthers will join the Green Meadows Conference next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I do think it\u2019ll be a competitive game, I can see the Raiders pulling away for a win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

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

St. Marys Memorial (6-2) at Bellbrook (7-0): Bellbrook<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division IV Region 18<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northwestern (6-1) at Ottawa-Glandorf (6-1): Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division VI Region 22<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northwood (7-0) at Fairview (7-0): Fairview<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division VI Region 24<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Recovery (3-4) at Coldwater (7-0): Coldwater<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minster (3-5) at Frankfort-Adena (7-0): Adena<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

New Miami (5-0) at Marion Local (7-0): Marion Local<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Henry (5-2) at New Bremen (5-2): New Bremen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regular season<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celina (3-5) at Oakwood (3-5): Celina<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delta (4-4) at Ayersville (3-5): Delta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elida (5-3) at Bishop Fenwick (1-6): Elida<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hicksville (4-4) at Edon (5-3): Hicksville<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hilltop (0-7) at Antwerp (1-7): Antwerp<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pandora-Gilboa (3-4) at Delphos St. John\u2019s (2-5): Delphos St. John\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shawnee (3-4) at Sylvania Southview (1-6): Shawnee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor A number of good games are on this week\u2019s high school football schedule, including playoff and regular season games. Many of the games feature unbeaten or once beaten teams, while others will pit evenly matched teams. Last week my record was 22-3, which brings my season total to 118-32, or 78.7 […]<\/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-136311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 22:04:02","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\/136311","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=136311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}