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Pigskin Prophets: Week 1

The football season is here, and everyone, even the experts, are trying to figure out who is going to rule the roost in 2026.

Joe Marchilena

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Pigskin Prophets: Week 1
Football is back!

Saw you climbing out the window
Took a step out off the chimney
You were floating across the skyline
You were one of so many, so many
One, like a thousand, and millions of us
Red runs the river, thicker than blood
Tonight we must be warriors
Tonight we must be warriors
This is our time

It is the time, when Friday nights around the state transform into something more than just another evening. Something magical is in the air, and you can tell it's arrived when you hear the buzz of the crowd, when you smell the grill cooking, and when you see the ol' pigskin getting tossed around.

Football is back. This is our time.

With more confidence than we should have, here are the picks (home team in CAPS).

Joe Marchilena

  • PINKERTON over Salem
  • Bishop Guertin over NASHUA NORTH
  • BEDFORD over Nashua South
  • EXETER over Manchester Memorial
  • CONCORD over Windham
  • Souhegan over BOW
  • MANCHESTER WEST over Kennett
  • Plymouth over HANOVER
  • LACONIA over Somersworth
  • CAMPBELL over Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough

Last Year: 82-38.

Joe Marchilena is the owner and editor of NH-HighSchoolSports.com, and has been covering high school sports in New Hampshire since 2005.

Roger Brown

  • PINKERTON over Salem
  • Bishop Guertin over NASHUA NORTH
  • Nashua South over BEDFORD
  • EXETER over Manchester Memorial
  • CONCORD over Windham
  • Souhegan over BOW
  • MANCHESTER WEST over Kennett
  • Plymouth over HANOVER
  • LACONIA over Somersworth
  • Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough over CAMPBELL

Last Year: NA.

Roger Brown is the owner and editor of the New Hampshire Football Report. 

George Scione

  • PINKERTON over Salem
  • Bishop Guertin over NASHUA NORTH
  • BEDFORD over Nashua South
  • EXETER over Manchester Memorial
  • CONCORD over Windham
  • Souhegan over BOW
  • MANCHESTER WEST over Kennett
  • Plymouth over HANOVER
  • LACONIA over Somersworth
  • CAMPBELL over Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough

Last Year: 75-45.

George Scione writes for NH-HighSchoolSports.com and has covered high school sports in New Hampshire since 1995.

Dan Doyon

  • PINKERTON over Salem
  • Bishop Guertin over NASHUA NORTH
  • BEDFORD over Nashua South
  • Manchester Memorial over EXETER
  • Windham over CONCORD
  • Souhegan over BOW
  • MANCHESTER WEST over Kennett
  • Plymouth over HANOVER
  • LACONIA over Somersworth
  • CAMPBELL over Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough

Last Year: 82-38.

Dan Doyon covers high school sports in New Hampshire for several media outlets.

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