{"id":92948,"date":"2017-09-14T06:21:41","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T11:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=92948"},"modified":"2017-09-14T06:21:41","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T11:21:41","slug":"pigskin-pickem-week-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/09\/14\/pigskin-pickem-week-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigskin Pick&#8217;Em: Week Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong><em>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If nothing else, I can say I&#8217;ve been consistent in predicting the outcome of area high school football games. My week three record was 17-7, or 71 percent. Entering the fourth week of the high school football season my overall record is 57-23, which is also good for 71 percent. That&#8217;s not horrible, but it&#8217;s not exactly great either.<\/p>\n<p>My personal goal is to correctly predict at least 85 percent of games, which means I have some work to do. With that in mind, here are my picks for Week No. 4 (projected winner in <strong>bold<\/strong>):<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa-Glandorf at <strong>Van Wert<\/strong>: This is another tough matchup for the Cougars. The Titans can be explosive offensively. Last week, RB Daniel Beemer rushed for over 230 yards and four touchdowns, and WR Richie Knowlton is one of the area\u2019s better receivers. Ottawa-Glandorf may be considered the favorite in this game, but I\u2019ll say the Cougars will find a way to win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crestview<\/strong> at Bluffton: If the Knights play defense like they did against Wayne Trace, they\u2019ll be very tough to beat the rest of the regular season. Bluffton may be a difficult place to play, but I\u2019m going with Crestview.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ada<\/strong> at Delphos Jefferson: At least in my mind, this game is a toss up. After a season-opening loss to Shawnee, the Wildcats have won two straight. The Bulldogs won their first two games, then lost to Lima Central Catholic last Friday. I\u2019ll pick Ada in a close one.<\/p>\n<p>Versailles at <strong>Delphos St. John\u2019s<\/strong> (Saturday): I like the Blue Jays to bounce back after last Friday\u2019s 41-14 loss to Minster.<\/p>\n<p>Other games: Shawnee at <strong>St. Marys Memorial<\/strong>, Kenton at <strong>Wapakoneta<\/strong>, Defiance at <strong>Elida<\/strong>, <strong>Celina<\/strong> at Bath, Columbus Grove at <strong>Paulding<\/strong>, <strong>Spencerville<\/strong> at Allen East, Minster at <strong>Marion Local<\/strong>, New Breman at <strong>Anna<\/strong>, Parkway at <strong>St. Henry<\/strong>, <strong>Coldwater<\/strong> at Fort Recovery, <strong>Wayne Trace<\/strong> at Antwerp, Fairview at<strong> Edgerton<\/strong>, <strong>Hicksville<\/strong> at Holgate, Tinora at <strong>Ayersville<\/strong>, Toledo Rogers at <strong>Lima Central Catholic<\/strong>, Lima Sr. at <strong>Toledo Central Catholic.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor If nothing else, I can say I&#8217;ve been consistent in predicting the outcome of area high school football games. My week three record was 17-7, or 71 percent. Entering the fourth week of the high school football season my overall record is 57-23, which is also good for 71 percent. That&#8217;s [&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-92948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 15:16:18","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\/92948","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=92948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}