VYPE Pick-Em Contest Update

With the first two round of the playoffs in the books, Fox 16's David Raath currently leads the VYPE Pick-Em contest with 96 points in both the Expert division and the Open division. Vype Central Arkansas Editor Nate Olson climbs to 2nd place with 93 points. Other notables: Benton COunty Daily Records Tom Glave in 4th with 86 points, 40/29 Sports Director Mark Lericos in a tie for 7th place with 83 points and Beck and Godbee's Jason Godbee in 14th place with 73 points. In the Open Division, Wendell Welbern caught first round leader Doug McDaniel at 92 points. Jack Taylor, 91 points, and Gary Stith, 90 points, are close behind. The OVERALL Top 8, between both the Expert and Open Divison are: OVERALL TOP 8: 1 David Raath 96 2 Nate Olson 93 3 Rhett Lashlee 92 4 Doug McDaniel 92 5 Wendell Welbern 92 6 Jack Taylor 91 7 Gary Stith 90 8 Matt Miller 87 Vype's Western Arkansas Editor, Mike Capshaw is in 9th place in the Expert Division with 81 total points. The Scoring is tabulated by giving 1 point for each correct pick in the first round, 2 points for each correct pick in the second round, 3 points for each correct pick in the third round and so on. All correct Championship Round picks are worth 5 points. Contestants will be asked to predict the final score of all 6 State Championship games to help break any potential ties. Expert Divison Standings: 1 David Raath 96 2 Nate Olson 93 3 Rhett Lashlee 92 4 Tom Glave 86 5 Russell Schaap 83 6 RJ Hawk 83 7 Mark Lericos 83 8 Jeff Mathews 83 9 Mike Capshaw 81 10 Jake Hatley 79 11 Monte Johnston 78 12 Shawn Arnell 77 13 Gary Cambell 75 14 Jason Godbee 73 15 Derek Burleson 72 16 Grant Merrill 70 17 Tre'Day 65 Open Division Standings: 1 Doug McDaniel 92 2 Wendell Welbern 92 3 Jack Taylor 91 4 Gary Stith 90 5 Matt Miller 87 6 RD Lindsey 79 7 Ryan Burkett 74 8 Ed Faust 73 9 Mark Marasco 72 10 Layton Pace 67 11 Ritchey Collyar 66 12 Phillip Smith 66 13 Jeff Seiter 64 14 Tyler Ross 61 15 Robert Tyler 61 16 Spencer Hayes 61 17 Cathy Heath 60 18 Ernie Smith 60 19 Nick Linscomb 59 20 Alex Benton 59 21 Adam Mcknight 58 22 Andrew Dean 58 23 Kristy Richardson 58 24 Jeremy Newberry 58 25 Ryan Snider 57 26 Clay McCaslin 57 27 Larry Montgomery57 28 Angela Gast 57 29 Sarah Parks 56 30 Larry Tucker 55 31 Bob Trickett 55 32 Kyle Bell 55 33 Gary Templeton 55 34 Peter Mack 54 35 John Floyd 54 36 Steven Garcia 54 37 Raymond Denny 54 38 Julie Hendrix 54 39 Nathan Miller 53 40 Todd Weller 51 41 Mark Taylor 50 42 Mike Voss 50 43 Mickey Sharp 45 44 Brock Huntsfeld 45 45 Gary Matteri 45 46 Chris Hunt 24 47 Tron Hodges 22 48 Joe Dorman 22 49 Greg Jones 21 50 Kimberly Moore 14 51 Randy Rose 9 52 Jane Shelby 9 53 Catherine Peters8 54 Steve Marston 7 55 Deifan74 7 56 Mike Marsh 6 57 Kevin Hern 3 Things look to keep getting closer as the 3rd Round begins in 2A-4A, and the Semi-Finals in 5A-7A.