{"id":146549,"date":"2021-09-30T03:58:08","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T08:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=146549"},"modified":"2021-09-30T03:58:10","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T08:58:10","slug":"pigskin-pickem-week-no-7-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/09\/30\/pigskin-pickem-week-no-7-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigskin Pick’Em: Week No. 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

It feels (and is) too early to be Week No. 7 of the high school football season, yet here we are.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While league and conference titles remain up in the air, we\u2019re getting an idea of what potential playoff matchups could look like with the expanded 16-team per region format that\u2019s being used this fall by the Ohio High School Athletic Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First things first though. A handful of Friday\u2019s games will go a long way toward determining league and conference championships and it feels like it\u2019s the weekend for a couple of notable upsets to occur. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before I get to this week\u2019s picks, my record last week was 15-5, which puts my overall season record at 113-29 or 79.5 percent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

20 area games are on this week\u2019s Pigskin Pick\u2019Em slate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Games of the Week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coldwater (6-0) at St. Henry (4-2)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t ask me why but this one feels like it has upset written all over it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coldwater is ranked No. 1 in Division VI and has had a couple of close calls (14-6 over Oak Hills and 21-14 over Delphos St. John\u2019s) while St. Henry\u2019s two losses have come against Division VI No. 2 Fort Frye (16-12) and Division VII No. 1 Marion Local (20-7).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I can see an upset happening, it\u2019s kind of tough to pick against the No. 1 team in the state, so I\u2019m sticking with the Cavaliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Coldwater <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delphos St. John\u2019s (1-5) at Parkway (1-5)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Blue Jays gave Coldwater all they could handle two weeks ago and the Panthers picked up their first win of the season last week against Minster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a classic toss-up game between these two but it should be an entertaining game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After some thought, I\u2019m going with the Blue Jays in a close one, but I won\u2019t be at all shocked if Parkway wins it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Delphos St. John\u2019s <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fairview (2-4) at Wayne Trace (1-5)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another game that can be considered a toss-up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The Apaches have won two of their last three games while Wayne Trace has played a challenging schedule against teams that are a combined 22-14, including three 5-1 teams and a 4-2 team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It probably makes a bit more sense to pick Fairview since they\u2019ve picked up a couple of wins in mid to late September, but something tells me the Raiders will pull this one out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Wayne Trace <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview (5-1) at Columbus Grove (6-0)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Count me as one of the people who didn\u2019t think the Bulldogs would be 6-0 and ranked No. 8 in Division VI. It\u2019s also fair to say I wasn\u2019t sure if the Knights would be 5-1 at this point of the season but here we are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll just come out and say it – it\u2019s pretty tough to pick against Columbus Grove at home. The Bulldogs certainly aren\u2019t a high-flying flashy team but they get things done, especially on the defensive side of the ball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will be a hard fought game and it should be close one but I\u2019m giving a slight edge to the Bulldogs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Van Wert (5-1) at Shawnee (4-2)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no need to beat around the bush here. With all due respect to Shawnee, I think Van Wert wins this game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Indians play outstanding defense and it\u2019ll be interesting to see how that unit fares against Van Wert\u2019s powerful offense, which has become more balanced in recent games. To be blunt though, I have a tough time seeing Shawnee\u2019s offense keep up with Van Wert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again, I\u2019m going with the Cougars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Van Wert <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

Bath at Defiance: Bath<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elida at Wapakoneta: Wapakoneta<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ottawa-Glandorf at Celina: Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Marys Memorial at Kenton: St. Marys Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Ada at Spencerville: Spencerville<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allen East at Delphos Jefferson: Allen East<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leipsic at Bluffton: Leipsic <\/p>\n\n\n\n

GMC<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayersville at Antwerp: Antwerp <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edgerton at Hicksville: Edgerton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paulding at Tinora: Tinora<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAC <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna at Versailles: Versailles <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Recovery at Marion Local: Marion Local<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Bremen at Minster: New Bremen <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Toledo Whitmer at Lima Sr: Whitmer <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lima Central Catholic vs. Beverly Fort Frye (at London HS): Fort Frye<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor It feels (and is) too early to be Week No. 7 of the high school football season, yet here we are.\u00a0 While league and conference titles remain up in the air, we\u2019re getting an idea of what potential playoff matchups could look like with the expanded 16-team per region format that\u2019s […]<\/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-146549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-10 10:35:28","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\/146549","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=146549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}