{"id":157696,"date":"2022-09-08T03:56:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T08:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=157696"},"modified":"2022-09-08T03:57:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T08:57:16","slug":"pigskin-pickem-week-no-4-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/09\/08\/pigskin-pickem-week-no-4-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigskin Pick’Em: Week No. 4 predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Week No. 4 of the high school football season brings with it conference and league play for all teams around the area except for Lima Central Catholic, an independent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Northwest Conference and Green Meadows Conference are joining the Western Buckeye League and Midwest Athletic Conference in playing in-conference games through Week No. 10. While some games appear to be mismatches, there are some intriguing games on this week\u2019s slate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week was a very down week for me, as I went just 18-7. Three WBL games were surprising (at least to me) along with some of the non-conference games. In fact, the only WBL games I picked correctly were Van Wert-Defiance and Ottawa-Glandorf-Elida. My overall record now stands at 64-17, 79 percent, just below my goal of 80 percent. Here\u2019s hoping things go a bit better this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Allen East (2-1) at Crestview (3-0)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a challenging opener for the No. 8 Knights. I\u2019m going to say this will be a fairly close game, maybe a touchdown difference between the two teams, but I like the way Crestview\u2019s defense is playing now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My feeling is a fourth quarter touchdown wins it for the Knights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Celina (1-2) at Kenton (1-2)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenton snapped a 12-game losing streak with last Friday\u2019s win over Bath, while Celina ended an eight game losing streak with a victory over Shawnee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a toss-up but I\u2019m giving a slight edge to the Bulldogs. However, it won\u2019t be a shock to see the Wildcats walk away with a \u2018W.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Celina<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edgerton (3-0) at Wayne Trace (1-2)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On paper, this doesn\u2019t appear like it will be much of a game, but let\u2019s look closer. Edgerton\u2019s first three opponents are a combined 1-8, while Wayne Trace\u2019s first three opponents have combined to go 6-3, with two of those loses by Fort Recovery. On top of that, the Raiders have been in each of the two losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It should be a close one but I\u2019m thinking the home team gets a win in this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Lima Sr. (3-0) at Toledo St. John\u2019s (0-3)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I said about the previous game applies here. Lima Sr.\u2019s first three opponents are a combined 0-9, while Toledo St. John\u2019s has faced opponents that have gone a combined 7-2, and all three of those losses have been by a touchdown or less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Call me crazy, but I\u2019m thinking the winless team gets the victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Van Wert (3-0) at Wapakoneta (2-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both teams play good defense and the two have distinctly different styles of offense, although Wapakoneta is throwing the ball more than in previous seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Redskins have struggled a bit on offense so far but some of that can be attributed to a challenging opening slate. I don\u2019t see this becoming a track meet like last year\u2019s 55-45 game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all due respect, I don\u2019t think the Redskins have seen a passing attack like No. 2 Van Wert\u2019s. It\u2019s tough to replicate in practice and it\u2019s tough facing it when you haven\u2019t seen something like it in an actual game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, Wapak pulled off a notable upset by beating St. Marys Memorial in overtime last week but I don\u2019t see back-to-back upsets happening, so I\u2019m going with the Cougars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

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

Ada at Leipsic: Leipsic
Delphos Jefferson at Columbus Grove: Columbus Grove
Spencerville at Bluffton: Spencerville<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Bath at Elida: Elida
Defiance at Shawnee: Defiance
Ottawa-Glandorf at St. Marys Memorial: St. Marys Memorial<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Fairview at Tinora: Tinora
Hicksville at Antwerp: Antwerp
Paulding at Ayersville: Ayersville<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Anna at Coldwater: Coldwater
Fort Recovery at Minster: Minster
Marion Local at Delphos St. John\u2019s: Marion Local
Parkway at St. Henry: St. Henry
Versailles at New Bremen: Versailles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Non-conference<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lima Central Catholic at Huron: Huron<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor Week No. 4 of the high school football season brings with it conference and league play for all teams around the area except for Lima Central Catholic, an independent. The Northwest Conference and Green Meadows Conference are joining the Western Buckeye League and Midwest Athletic Conference in playing in-conference games through Week […]<\/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-157696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 14:14:28","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\/157696","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=157696"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157731,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157696\/revisions\/157731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}