{"id":157949,"date":"2022-09-15T03:45:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T08:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=157949"},"modified":"2022-09-15T03:49:21","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T08:49:21","slug":"pickskin-pickem-week-no-5-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/09\/15\/pickskin-pickem-week-no-5-predictions\/","title":{"rendered":"Pickskin Pick’Em: Week No. 5 predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

It\u2019s hard to believe that after Friday night, exactly one half of the 2022 high school football regular season will be done and in the books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Week No. 5 of the high school football season brings with it a few key league or conference matchups and several other games that could prove to be highly competitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week I went 15-5 or 75 percent, which means it\u2019s time to get back on track if I want to hit my season goal of at least 80 percent. Entering Week No. 5, my overall record is 79-22, or 78.2 percent. Onto this week\u2019s games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Antwerp (4-0) at Tinora (3-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A showdown between No. 11 Antwerp and defending GMC champion Tinora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all due respect to the Archers, this appears to be a tough road matchup and I can\u2019t help but think Tinora\u2019s schedule has the Rams a little more battle tested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus, it\u2019s tough to pick against a defending champion on their home field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Tinora<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Columbus Grove (3-1) at Allen East (3-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Columbus Grove knows a thing or two about winning conference championships having won or shared the previous four NWC titles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has the potential to be a very interesting but until someone knocks off the Bulldogs, they\u2019re the champs. Will it be Allen East on Friday? It could happen but I don\u2019t think it will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Crestview (3-1) at Delphos Jefferson (1-3)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simply put, I like the Knights in this one. That doesn\u2019t mean the Wildcats will roll over or anything of the sort, but Crestview has the numbers and talent to wear down Delphos Jefferson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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

New Bremen (4-0) at Marion Local (4-0)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This game features the No. 1 team in Division VII (New Bremen) and the No. 1 team in Division VI (Marion Local). It\u2019s just another day in the MAC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Bremen knocked off Marion Local on their home turf in the 2020 Division VII regional finals, but I don\u2019t see a repeat performance this time. The Flyers will be 5-0 at the halfway point of the regular season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Marion Local<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shawnee (1-3) at Wapakoneta (3-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe I\u2019m overthinking it but this one feels like it has letdown and upset written all over it. Wapak is coming off two huge WBL wins and is facing a Shawnee team that is probably a little better than its record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I can see Shawnee pulling off an upset, it\u2019s probably best to stick with the favorite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

St. Marys Memorial (3-1) at Van Wert (3-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn\u2019t think either of these teams would have a loss at this point, but Wapakoneta had other thoughts. Now, it\u2019s a must win game in the WBL title race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a tough one to pick and honestly, this isn\u2019t the most confident pick I\u2019ve made. I can see St. Marys Memorial controlling the line of scrimmage and the clock, just like in last year\u2019s game. It\u2019s what they do and they do it well. Yet I can also see the Cougars bouncing back from last week\u2019s loss at Wapakoneta. I\u2019m going with the latter, but we shall see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

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

Celina at Elida: Elida
Kenton at Defiance: Defiance
Ottawa-Glandorf at Bath: Ottawa-Glandorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Ada at Bluffon: Bluffton
Spencerville at Leipsic: Leipsic<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Ayersville at Edgerton: Edgerton
Paulding at Fairview: Fairview
Wayne Trace at Hicksville: Wayne Trace<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

TRAC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clay at Lima Sr.: Clay<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor It\u2019s hard to believe that after Friday night, exactly one half of the 2022 high school football regular season will be done and in the books. Week No. 5 of the high school football season brings with it a few key league or conference matchups and several other games that could prove […]<\/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-157949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 08:24:44","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\/157949","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=157949"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157972,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157949\/revisions\/157972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}