{"id":139780,"date":"2021-02-02T04:58:32","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T09:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=139780"},"modified":"2021-02-02T04:58:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T09:58:35","slug":"random-thoughts-sectionals-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/02\/02\/random-thoughts-sectionals-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Random thoughts: sectionals and more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

This week\u2019s edition of Random Thoughts includes predictions of Division II and IV sectional tournament pairings, Ohio State basketball, a big NFL trade and a Super Bowl prediction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division II Spencerville district<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boys sectional\/district pairings will be set this Sunday throughout Ohio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While Shawnee dropped from the top spot in this week\u2019s Associated Press poll, the Indians are the clear No. 1 seed at the 11-team Division II Spencerville district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One way or another, St. Marys Memorial and Wauseon will be the No. 2 and No. 3 seeds and in an order to be determined, Napoleon, Defiance and Wapakoneta should fill out the No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 seeds. I\u2019m guessing the order will be Defiance, Napoleon and Wapakoneta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My prediction for the remaining seeds in the district: No. 7 Van Wert, followed by Celina, Bryan, Elida and Kenton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Division IV Elida district<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m going to take a whack at this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The No. 1 seed will be Ottoville (currently 14-2) or Columbus Grove (12-1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottoville won the head-to-head matchup on December 4 and it remains as Columbus Grove\u2019s only loss. Ottoville\u2019s only losses are to Antwerp and Lincolnview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve wrestled with this one for a couple of weeks now, but I\u2019m guessing Columbus Grove will get the No. 1 seed. However, there\u2019s really not a big difference between the top two seeds in any district, because you still get to place yourself where you want on the bracket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday\u2019s Lincolnview at Crestview game will likely go a long way in determining the No. 3 seed. I\u2019m guessing the winner gets the third seed and the loser will wind up as the No. 4 seed. However, if Crestview wins, Kalida could sneak in and get the fourth seed, based on a head-to-head win against Lincolnview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Lincolnview wins, Kalida will probably be the No. 5 seed. Leipsic and Pandora-Gilboa will probably wind as the No. 6 and No. 7 seeds and in some order, Cory-Rawson, Patrick Henry, Continental and Miller City will fill the No. 8-11 spots, followed by Delphos St. John\u2019s and Fort Jennings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OSU hoops<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kudos to Chris Holtmann for the job he\u2019s done with the basketball Buckeyes this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were plenty of question marks entering the season but Holtmann has guided Ohio State to a No. 7 ranking this week which is impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Is it just me or did the Detroit Lions fleece the LA Rams in the Matt Stafford\/Jared Goff trade?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Detroit trades away a 32-year-old quarterback who\u2019s good, but who\u2019s best years are either behind him or will be soon for a young Jared Goff, a third round draft pick this year and first rounders in 2022 and 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Say what you will about Goff, but he was in the Super Bowl a couple of years ago. Even if he doesn\u2019t pan out in Detroit, those three draft picks should be huge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Super Bowl 55<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s my pick for Sunday, but I don\u2019t have a lot of confidence. Tampa Bay.<\/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 edition of Random Thoughts includes predictions of Division II and IV sectional tournament pairings, Ohio State basketball, a big NFL trade and a Super Bowl prediction. Division II Spencerville district Boys sectional\/district pairings will be set this Sunday throughout Ohio. While Shawnee dropped from the top spot in this […]<\/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-139780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-05 18:15:35","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\/139780","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=139780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}