{"id":169617,"date":"2023-08-31T03:49:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T08:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=169617"},"modified":"2023-08-31T06:51:04","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T11:51:04","slug":"pigskin-pickem-week-no-6-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/08\/31\/pigskin-pickem-week-no-6-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigskin Pick’Em: Week No. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Labor Day weekend brings with it Week No. 3 of the high school football season. It seems like it wasn\u2019t that long ago when the holiday weekend meant the start of the season, but the ever expanding playoff system has changed all of that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Midwest Conference will begin conference games on Friday. The Western Buckeye League did that last week and the Northwest Conference and Green Meadows conference will start next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week I went 22-7 (76 percent), which isn\u2019t where I wanted to be. For the season my record is 45-13, or 77.5 percent. As you know, my weekly goal is to correctly pick at least 80 percent of the listed games. A total of 20 area games are on this week\u2019s slate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Columbus Grove (1-1) at Patrick Henry (2-0)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So far this season I\u2019m 0-2 with Columbus Grove. Maybe the third time will be a charm. I have to say this is one of the better matchups on this week\u2019s schedule. As much I respect Patrick Henry and the consistency in their program, I believe Columbus Grove is the more battle tested team. It should be a fairly close game and I\u2019m going with the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Kenton (1-1) at Elida (2-0)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Something has to give in this one. Kenton has scored 64 points in two games, including 32 in the fourth quarter of last week\u2019s 52-39 win over Ottawa-Glandorf. Meanwhile, Elida has given up just 15 points in two games. While I do believe Kenton is on the right track I\u2019m siding with the defense here and picking the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Paulding (1-1) at Delphos Jefferson (0-2) (Saturday)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m very intrigued by this one and it feels like a game that could go either way. It\u2019s also a matchup of former NWC foes. I\u2019ll admit I\u2019ve gone back and forth with this one and I\u2019ve probably way over-thought it, but I\u2019m going with the home team in this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pick: Delphos Jefferson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview (1-1) at Wayne Trace (1-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll just come out and say it \u2013 it\u2019s too close to call. This should be an excellent game between these two non-conference rivals. I really think this is a toss-up game but since I have to make a pick, I\u2019m going to go with recent history. The Knights have won eight straight against the Raiders and I\u2019m picking them to make it nine straight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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

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

The Cougars had better be ready for a Celina ground attack that churned out over 300 yards against St. Marys Memorial. Van Wert has struggled against the run the first couple of weeks, although it\u2019s more than fair to point out they\u2019ve gotten stops when they needed them. Van Wert has won 20 straight at home and while I think the Cougars will make it 21 straight, this game scares me.<\/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

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

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

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

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

Ada at Buckeye Central: Buckeye Central
Allen East at Indian Lake: Allen East
Bluffton at Ayersville: Bluffton
Lima Central Catholic at Carey: Lima Central Catholic
Lima Sr. at Withrow: Withrow
Pandora-Gilboa at Leipsic: Pandora-Gilboa
Riverside at Spencerville: Spencerville<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor Labor Day weekend brings with it Week No. 3 of the high school football season. It seems like it wasn\u2019t that long ago when the holiday weekend meant the start of the season, but the ever expanding playoff system has changed all of that. The Midwest Conference will begin conference games on […]<\/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-169617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 00:58:47","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\/169617","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=169617"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169670,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169617\/revisions\/169670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}