{"id":170947,"date":"2023-10-03T03:42:09","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T08:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=170947"},"modified":"2023-10-03T03:42:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T08:42:10","slug":"random-thoughts-title-chases-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/10\/03\/random-thoughts-title-chases-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts: title chases, more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

The latest installment of Random Thoughts centers around a loaded division in volleyball, WBL and NWC football title chases, a meal suggestion, active streaks and a question about one particular NFL player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volleyball poll<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crestview dropped a spot to No. 4 in this week\u2019s Division IV poll put out by the Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association. Regardless, Division IV is absolutely stacked. New Bremen and Fort Loramie switched spots at 1-2, with Fort Loramie sitting at the top this week. Tiffin Calvert is third, followed by Crestview and Shenandoah. Hiland is sixth, and Mohawk, Leipsic, Marion Local and Jackson Center round out the top 10. When it rolls around, it should be a quite a tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

If Celina is going to win the WBL football championship, the Bulldogs will truly have to earn it. Celina is the only team unbeaten in league play and is in the driver\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While I don\u2019t think it will necessarily be an easy game, the Bulldogs will host winless Ottawa-Glandorf this Friday and they should be favored to win it. After that, it\u2019s Defiance, a team that probably won\u2019t win the title but could have a say-so in who does. The regular season finale for Celina is at Wapakoneta, which obviously won\u2019t be easy at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Redskins are playing as well as anyone right now and it\u2019s a team that could easily be 7-0 right now. If things play out as they should, there won\u2019t be an empty seat in Wapak on Friday, October 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

This one has a few more possibilities. Among them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9-0 Bluffton vs. 7-2 Columbus Grove, winner take all in the regular season finale.
8-1 Bluffton vs. 7-2 Columbus Grove, with Bluffton needing a win to claim a title share.
8-1 Leipsic vs. 7-2 Crestview, with the winner claiming a title share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

There are actually quite a few more scenarios, but you get the idea. It could be a true championship game in Week No. 10, or a nail biter involving 2-3 games in the finale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A tip<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you haven\u2019t tried one yet, consider buying a Shawnee dog at Shawnee\u2019s concession stand this Friday night. WERT\u2019s Scott Alan introduced me to them three years ago and I\u2019m most grateful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a real treat. You can thank us later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Streaks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re keeping track at home, the state\u2019s two longest football winning streaks are intact. Cincinnati Wyoming has won 74 straight regular season games, while Marion Local has the longest winning streak, regular season and playoffs combined, 39 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toledo Woodward has the longest losing streak, 29 games, while Minerva and Crestline are tied for second, 26 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why does Baltimore Ravens tight end Mark Andrews look like a future hall-of-famer every time he plays the Cleveland Browns?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, if you have thoughts or comments on any of the above topics, feel free to email me at sports@thevwindependent.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent editor The latest installment of Random Thoughts centers around a loaded division in volleyball, WBL and NWC football title chases, a meal suggestion, active streaks and a question about one particular NFL player. Volleyball poll Crestview dropped a spot to No. 4 in this week\u2019s Division IV poll put out by the Ohio […]<\/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-170947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-03 19:27:16","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\/170947","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=170947"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170948,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170947\/revisions\/170948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}