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# Pigskin Prophets: Week 12
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/pigskin-prophets-week-12-6/
- Published: 2023-11-17T18:00:32.000Z
- Updated: 2023-11-17T18:00:32.000Z
- Description: We started the season with 56 football teams and now just six remain.
- Author: Joe Marchilena
- Tags: Fall Sports, Division I, Division II, football, Pigskin Prophets, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44

*Enter the arena and hit the lights* 
*Step up now you're in for a ride* 
*This is war, ain't no fun and games* 
*We get it up, you go down in flames* 
*Party time, going down* 
*You better not mess us around* 
*The stakes are rich, take a hit or stay* 
*The price is high, someone's gonna pay*

- [*Crush 'Em by Megadeath*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN0w5QgHdEY&ref=nh-highschoolsports.com)

We started the season with 56 football teams and now just six remain. Four of them will play to decide who gets to compete next weekend for a championship. The other two will be playing for a championships. The stakes couldn't be higher.

We're basically flipping coins at this point, here are the picks (home teams in CAPS).

### Joe Marchilena

- PINKERTON over Londonderry
- Bedford over PORTSMOUTH-OYSTER RIVER
- Plymouth over PELHAM

**Last week:** 7-1\. **Season:** 81-27.

*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

- PINKERTON over Londonderry
- Bedford over PORTSMOUTH-OYSTER RIVER
- PELHAM over Plymouth

**Last week:** 6-2\. **Season:** 83-25.

*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.*