{"id":94653,"date":"2017-10-26T00:03:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T05:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=94653"},"modified":"2017-10-25T14:30:33","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T19:30:33","slug":"pigskin-pickem-week-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/10\/26\/pigskin-pickem-week-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigskin Pick&#8217;Em: Week 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/<em>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The 2017 high school football regular season will come to a close this weekend. Over 800 Ohio high schools play football, and 224 of them will suit up at least one more time as the OHSAA playoffs begin next Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, I went 18-2 and for the season my record is 150-54 (73.5 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Here are my predictions for Week No. 10 (projected winner in <strong>bold<\/strong>):<\/p>\n<p><strong>Van Wert<\/strong> (4-5) at Defiance (1-8): The Bulldogs will put up a fight, but I\u2019m picking the Cougars to win this one, and finish the season 5-5.<\/p>\n<p>Paulding (1-8) at <strong>Crestview<\/strong> (8-1): Crestview simply has too many weapons for Paulding. Crestview fans will be rooting for the Knights, and pulling for Delphos Jefferson to upset Spencerville.<\/p>\n<p>Delphos Jefferson (6-3) at <strong>Spencerville<\/strong> (7-2): With a win, the Bearcats will clinch an outright NWC championship, while a loss would likely mean a shared title with Crestview. This game may be a bit closer than people think, but I like Spencerville to win the game.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coldwater<\/strong> (7-2) at Delphos St. John\u2019s (5-4): The Blue Jays have lost two of their last three, while the Cavaliers have won six straight. I\u2019m picking Coldwater in a close one.<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa-Glandorf (3-6) at <strong>Elida<\/strong> (7-2): An Elida win would mean the Bulldogs have an excellent shot to play in Week No. 11, but it won\u2019t be easy. The Titans have been up and down all season. I\u2019ll pick Elida in a tough one.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wayne Trace<\/strong> (6-3) at Tinora (5-4): This game has toss-up written all over it. A win by the Raiders would secure a playoff spot. A loss doesn\u2019t necessarily end Wayne Trace\u2019s playoff hopes, but the team would likely need a bit of help. In what could be the most entertaining game around the area, I\u2019ll pick the Raiders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lima Central Catholic<\/strong> (8-1) at Gilmour Academy (6-3): The Thunderbirds will finish the regular season Saturday by traveling east of Cleveland (three hours) to play the Lancers. The T-birds are on a roll, and I\u2019m picking them to win.<\/p>\n<p>Other games:<strong> St. Marys Memorial<\/strong> at Wapakoneta, Bath at <strong>Kenton<\/strong>, <strong>Celina<\/strong> at Shawnee, <strong>Bluffton<\/strong> at Columbus Grove, Allen East at <strong>Ada<\/strong>, Ayersville at <strong>Hicksville<\/strong>, Antwerp at <strong>Fairview<\/strong>, Holgate at <strong>Edgerton<\/strong>, Parkway at <strong>Marion Local<\/strong>, <strong>St. Henry<\/strong> at Fort Recovery, Minster at <strong>Anna<\/strong>, New Bremen at <strong>Versailles<\/strong>, <strong>Lima Sr.<\/strong> at Clay.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor The 2017 high school football regular season will come to a close this weekend. Over 800 Ohio high schools play football, and 224 of them will suit up at least one more time as the OHSAA playoffs begin next Friday. Last week, I went 18-2 and for the season my record [&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-94653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 13:44:04","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\/94653","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=94653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}