{"id":147429,"date":"2021-10-21T04:05:11","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T09:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=147429"},"modified":"2021-10-22T05:38:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T10:38:35","slug":"pigskin-pickem-week-no-10-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/10\/21\/pigskin-pickem-week-no-10-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigskin Pick\u2019Em: Week No. 10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

High school football\u2019s regular season comes to an end tomorrow night and it\u2019s been an interesting season to say the least, complete with some surprises and some things that weren’t so surprising. This weekend, league and conference champions will be crowned and then teams and fans will wait until Sunday afternoon to get official playoff matchups. Northwest Ohio will be very well represented during the postseason. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week I was 17-3, which put my overall season record at 167-35, or 82.6 percent. Unless I completely tank this week, I should be able to hit by regular season goal of at least 80 percent correct picks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On to Week No. 10 selections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Bath (5-4) at Van Wert (8-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert has a lot to play for in this one, namely at least a share of the Western Buckeye League championship and the highest possible seed in Region 14. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, Bath would like to spoil the party and while the Wildcats may be able to pose some challenges, I believe Van Wert simply has too much for Bath to handle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Van Wert <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delphos Jefferson (3-6) at Spencerville (4-5)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aside from the fact that this game has the potential to be a fun shootout, it has playoff implications. Both teams need a win and probably a little help to get in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three of Delphos Jefferson\u2019s losses have come by a combined 13 points and I can\u2019t shake the feeling this game will be a close one as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, it\u2019s tough to pick against the Bearcats at home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Leipsic (6-3) at Crestview (6-3)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun fact: Leipsic\u2019s three losses have come to teams with a combined 24-2 record and two of those losses came by a combined seven points. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t like to pick against the Knights at home and I\u2019m hesitant to do it here. While I won\u2019t be at all shocked if Crestview wins, I\u2019m giving a slight edge to the Vikings in the regular season finale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Leipsic <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wapakoneta (7-2) at Defiance (3-6)<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You know who\u2019s going to be rooting for the Bulldogs, besides Defiance fans? Van Wert fans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the Cougars win and Defiance pulls a big upset, Van Wert would be outright WBL champions.  However, I\u2019m not sure the Bulldogs will be able top Wapakoneta. Yes, Defiance has played reasonable well against a couple of decent teams, but this is a tall order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Wayne Trace (3-6) at Edgerton (4-5)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A toss up game. Wayne Trace needs a win and maybe a tiny bit of help to get in the playoffs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be honest, my first instinct is to go with Edgerton at home but after some thought I\u2019m reversing course and going with the Raiders in a close one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

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

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

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

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

NWC <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bluffton at Columbus Grove: Columbus Grove<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Allen East at Ada: Allen East<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

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

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

MAC <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Recovery at New Bremen: New Bremen<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marion Local at Anna: Marion Local<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Parkway at Coldwater: Coldwater<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. Henry at Delphos St. John\u2019s: St. Henry<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Loramie at Lima Central Catholic: Lima Central Catholic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lima Sr. at Findlay: Findlay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor High school football\u2019s regular season comes to an end tomorrow night and it\u2019s been an interesting season to say the least, complete with some surprises and some things that weren’t so surprising. This weekend, league and conference champions will be crowned and then teams and fans will wait until Sunday afternoon to […]<\/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-147429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-23 14:15:04","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\/147429","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=147429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}