{"id":92696,"date":"2017-09-07T06:27:42","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T11:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=92696"},"modified":"2017-09-07T06:27:42","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T11:27:42","slug":"pigskin-pick-em-week-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/09\/07\/pigskin-pick-em-week-three\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigskin Pick &#8216;Em: Week Three"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s hard to believe this is Week No. 3 of the high school football season. Last week, I was 18-9 picking games, which is good for 67 percent. I correctly picked the Van Wert Cougars to beat Wapakoneta, but I was off several notable games, including Versailles and Delphos Jefferson.\u00a0Through two weeks my record is 40-16, or 71 percent. That\u2019s not exactly great, but it&#8217;s not horrible either. Hopefully, I&#8217;ll do better this week.<\/p>\n<p>Here are my Week No. 3 predictions (projected winner in <strong>bold<\/strong>):<\/p>\n<p><strong>Van Wert<\/strong> at St. Marys Memorial: This game scares me. The Cougars will have their hands full with the old-school rushing attack of the Roughriders. Plus, it\u2019s not easy for visiting teams to win at Skip Baughman Stadium. I suppose St. Marys is the favorite here, but I\u2019ll stick with the Cougars.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crestview<\/strong> at Wayne Trace: This one has the potential to be a shootout. The Raiders have scored 72 points in their first two games, and the Knights have given up 66. Crestview can put points on the board as well (79 points in two games). The Knights are a bit more experienced, which is why I\u2019m picking them to win this game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Delphos Jefferson<\/strong> vs. Paint Valley: After losing to Shawnee in Week No. 1, the Wildcats bounced back with a 14-7 victory over Versailles. I like the Wildcats in this game, which will be played at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Springfield Northwestern High School.<\/p>\n<p>Delphos St. John\u2019s at <strong>Minster<\/strong>: Despite a solid 2-0 start, this is a tough MAC opener for the Blue Jays. The Wildcats haven\u2019t allowed a single point this season. I believe this will be a close game, but I\u2019m picking Minster.<\/p>\n<p>Other games: <strong>Bath<\/strong> at Ottawa-Glandorf, <strong>Elida<\/strong> at Celina, Defiance at <strong>Kenton<\/strong>, Wapakoneta at <strong>Shawnee<\/strong>,<strong> Anna<\/strong> at Versailles, <strong>Marion Local<\/strong> at Coldwater, <strong>Fort Recovery<\/strong> at Parkway, <strong>St. Henry<\/strong> at New Breman, Lima Central Catholic at <strong>Ada<\/strong>, <strong>Wynford<\/strong> at Allen East, Bluffton at <strong>Ayersville<\/strong>, <strong>Spencerville<\/strong> at Perry, Paulding at <strong>Antwerp<\/strong>, Columbus Grove at<strong> Patrick Henry<\/strong>, <strong>Edgerton<\/strong> at Montpelier, <strong>Bryan<\/strong> at Fairview, Edon at <strong>Hicksville<\/strong>, <strong>Hilltop<\/strong> at Holgate, Tinora at <strong>Delta<\/strong>, <strong>Lima Sr.<\/strong> at Springfield.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor It\u2019s hard to believe this is Week No. 3 of the high school football season. Last week, I was 18-9 picking games, which is good for 67 percent. I correctly picked the Van Wert Cougars to beat Wapakoneta, but I was off several notable games, including Versailles and Delphos Jefferson.\u00a0Through two [&hellip;]<\/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-92696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 23:58:57","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\/92696","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=92696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}