Pigskin Prophets: Week 1
We don't ever want football to stop, so when a new season begins, we want to cling to it, savor every moment.
All my life I've been over the top
I don't know what I'm doing
All I know is I don't wanna stop
All fired up, I'm gonna go till I drop
You're either in or in the way
Don't make me, I don't wanna stop
We don't ever want football to stop, so when a new season begins, we want to cling to it, savor every moment.
While the Prophets haven't always been here to make picks (listen to our first podcast of the year for why we didn't in 2022), this will be the website's 14th football season, and for me, it will be my 20th (18th in New Hampshire). That's a lot of football, and while sometimes I don't know where it's going - and I'm sure people will say I don't know what I'm doing - believe me when I say, I don't ever want to stop.
That said, welcome to the 2023 football season.
With at least a tiny bit of confidence, here are the picks (home teams in CAPS).
Joe Marchilena
- BEDFORD over Bishop Guertin
- Nashua South over GOFFSTOWN
- LONDONDERRY over Concord
- NASHUA NORTH over Merrimack
- St. Thomas over MERRIMACK VALLEY
- Monadnock over FALL MOUNTAIN
- Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough over STEVENS
- Milford over JOHN STARK
- SANBORN over Bow
- Plymouth over PEMBROKE
Last week: NA. Season: NA.
Joe Marchilena is the owner and editor of NH-HighSchoolSports.com, and has been covering high school sports in New Hampshire since 2005.
Mike Lochman
- BEDFORD over Bishop Guertin
- Nashua South over GOFFSTOWN
- LONDONDERRY over Concord
- Merrimack over NASHUA NORTH
- St. Thomas over MERRIMACK VALLEY
- Monadnock over FALL MOUNTAIN
- STEVENS over Inter-Lakes/Moultonborough
- JOHN STARK over Milford
- Bow over SANBORN
- Plymouth over PEMBROKE
Last week: NA. Season: NA.
Mike Lochman coached high school football in New Hampshire for 20 years at Merrimack, Hollis Brookline and Souhegan, and is a co-host for the Ninth State Sports Show football podcast.
