Pigskin Prophets, Week 1
High school football season returns Friday to New Hampshire, and that also means the return of our football experts.
High school football season returns Friday to New Hampshire, and that also means the return of our football experts. We've picked the winners of 10 games from the opening weekend of the Division I and II regular season. Send us your picks and see how you do against these so-called experts.
Continue to the jump for this week’s picks.
John Doyle
Bishop Guertin over LONDONDERRY
Nashua North over TIMBERLANE
Exeter over MANCHESTER CENTRAL
Portsmouth over SPAULDING
Keene over MERRIMACK
MERRIMACK VALLEY over Kennett
HOLLIS BROOKLINE over Windham
Nashua South over SALEM
Winnacunnet over DOVER
CONCORD over Goffstown
Last week: 0-0. Season: 0-0.
John Doyle is a staff sports writer and editor at Foster’s Daily Democrat.
Jim Fennell
Bishop Guertin over LONDONDERRY
Nashua North over TIMBERLANE
Exeter at MANCHESTER CENTRAL
SPAULDING over Portsmouth
Keene over MERRIMACK
MERRIMACK VALLEY over Kennett
HOLLIS BROOKLINE over Windham
SALEM over Nashua South
Winnacunnet over DOVER
CONCORD over Goffstown
Jim Fennell is the founder of SportsNewHampshire, a web-based news service that currently focuses on local sports in the southwest corner of New Hampshire. To receive the SNH newsletter, email him at jim@sportsnh.com.
Roger Brown
Bishop Guertin over LONDONDERRY
Nashua North over TIMBERLANE
Exeter over MANCHESTER CENTRAL
Portsmouth over SPAULDING
Keene over MERRIMACK
Kennett over MERRIMACK VALLEY
Windham over HOLLIS BROOKLINE
Nashua South over SALEM
Winnacunnet over DOVER
CONCORD over Goffstown
Last week: 0-0. Season: 0-0.
Roger Brown is the founder and editor of New Hampshire Football Report and the high school football writer for the Union Leader.
Justin McIsaac
Bishop Guertin over LONDONDERRY
Nashua North over TIMBERLANE
Exeter over MANCHESTER CENTRAL
SPAULDING over Portsmouth
MERRIMACK over Keene
MERRIMACK VALLEY over Kennett
Windham over HOLLIS BROOKLINE
SALEM over Nashua South
Winnacunnet over DOVER
CONCORD over Goffstown
Last week: 0-0. Season: 0-0.
Justin McIsaac is the Sports Director for WTSN AM 1270 in Dover, announcer for Seacoast Roller Derby and 2003 NEI Pro Wrestling Personality of The Year. Somehow none of those things are made up. Follow him on twitter @Justin_McIsaac.
George Scione
Bishop Guertin over LONDONDERRY
TIMBERLANE over Nashua North
Exeter over MANCHESTER CENTRAL
Portsmouth over SPAULDING
Keene over MERRIMACK
MERRIMACK VALLEY over Kennett
Windham over HOLLIS BROOKLINE
Nashua South over SALEM
Winnacunnet over DOVER
CONCORD over Goffstown
Last week: 0-0. Season: 0-0.
George Scione is a sports reporter for the Nashua Telegraph.
Dave Haley
Bishop Guertin over LONDONDERRY
Nashua North over TIMBERLANE
Exeter over MANCHESTER CENTRAL
Portsmouth over SPAULDING
Keene over MERRIMACK
Kennett over MERRIMACK VALLEY
Windham over HOLLIS BROOKLINE
Nashua South over SALEM
Winnacunnet over DOVER
CONCORD over Goffstown
Last week: 0-0. Season: 0-0.
Dave Haley writes for and is the owner of the New Hampshire Sportspage.
Pete Tarrier
Bishop Guertin over LONDONDERRY
TIMBERLANE over Nashua North
Exeter over MANCHESTER CENTRAL
Portsmouth over SPAULDING
Keene over MERRIMACK
MERRIMACK VALLEY over Kennett
Windham over HOLLIS BROOKLINE
Nashua South over SALEM
Winnacunnet over DOVER
CONCORD over Goffstown
Last week: 0-0. Season: 0-0.
Pete Tarrier talks sports for Clear Channel Radio in NH. He hosts “The NH High School Football Show,” Saturdays from 8-9am on WGIR-AM 610 in Manchester and WQSO 96.7 FM on the Seacoast.
Joe Marchilena
Bishop Guertin over LONDONDERRY
Nashua North over TIMBERLANE
Exeter over MANCHESTER CENTRAL
Portsmouth over SPAULDING
MERRIMACK over Keene
MERRIMACK VALLEY over Kennett
Windham over HOLLIS BROOKLINE
Nashua South over SALEM
Winnacunnet over DOVER
CONCORD over Goffstown
Last week: 0-0. Season: 0-0.
Joe Marchilena is the editor of nh-highschoolsports.com. Reach him at nhhighschoolsports@gmail.com.
