Pigskin Prophets: Week 5
Hard to believe its Week 5 already, but it is and that means its time to start thinking of the playoffs. A few games around the state could go a long way to deciding the postseason field in Division I (Nashua North-Salem, Concord-Nashua South), Division II (Merrimack-Timberlane) and Division III (Mi
Hard to believe its Week 5 already, but it is and that means its time to start thinking of the playoffs. A few games around the state could go a long way to deciding the postseason field in Division I (Nashua North-Salem, Concord-Nashua South), Division II (Merrimack-Timberlane) and Division III (Milford-Portsmouth, Con-Val-Bedford). Our group of high school football "experts" will try to successfully predict the outcome of a handful of select games from around the state. Following are this week's picks.
Home teams in ALL CAPS.
Mark Ouellette
Nashua North over SALEMSalem 67, Nashua North 54
NASHUA SOUTH over ConcordNashua South 41, Concord 7
SOUHEGAN over Manchester CentralManchester Central 21, Souhegan 12
Bishop Guertin over CATHOLIC MEMORIALCatholic Memorial 26, Bishop Guertin 14
Milford over PORTSMOUTHPortsmouth 40, Milford 0
Merrimack over TIMBERLANETimberlane 31, Merrimack 21
DOVER over AlvirneDover 48, Alvirne 0
BEDFORD over Con-ValBedford 19, Con-Val 16 2OTs
Pinkerton over LONDONDERRYPinkerton 35, Londonderry 0
HOLLIS/BROOKLINE over PelhamHollis/Brookline 55, Pelham 8
Last week: 8-2; Overall: 29-11.
Mark Ouellette is the founder, co-owner, managing editor and web editor of NHReporter.com. His work has appeared in the New Hampshire Union Leader, Nashua Telegraph and The Cabinet Press' four weekly newspapers.
George Scione
Nashua North over SALEMSalem 67, Nashua North 54
NASHUA SOUTH over ConcordNashua South 41, Concord 7
Manchester Central over SOUHEGANManchester Central 21, Souhegan 12
Bishop Guertin over CATHOLIC MEMORIALCatholic Memorial 26, Bishop Guertin 14
PORTSMOUTH over MilfordPortsmouth 40, Milford 0
Merrimack over TIMBERLANETimberlane 31, Merrimack 21
Alvirne over DOVERDover 48, Alvirne 0
BEDFORD over Con-ValBedford 19, Con-Val 16 2OTs
Pinkerton over LONDONDERRYPinkerton 35, Londonderry 0
HOLLIS/BROOKLINE over PelhamHollis/Brookline 55, Pelham 8
Last week: 6-4; Overall: 24-16.
George Scione is the assistant sports editor for the Nashua Telegraph.
Mike Zhe
Nashua North over SALEMSalem 67, Nashua North 54
NASHUA SOUTH over ConcordNashua South 41, Concord 7
SOUHEGAN over Manchester CentralManchester Central 21, Souhegan 12
CATHOLIC MEMORIAL over Bishop GuertinCatholic Memorial 26, Bishop Guertin 14
Milford over PORTSMOUTHPortsmouth 40, Milford 0
TIMBERLANE over MerrimackTimberlane 31, Merrimack 21
DOVER over AlvirneDover 48, Alvirne 0
BEDFORD over Con-ValBedford 19, Con-Val 16 2OTs
Pinkerton over LondonderryPinkerton 35, Londonderry 0
HOLLIS/BROOKLINE over PelhamHollis/Brookline 55, Pelham 8
Last week: 7-3; Overall: 28-12.
Mike Zhe is a staff writer for the Portsmouth Herald and the editor of New England Hockey Journal.
Pete Tarrier
Nashua North over SALEMSalem 67, Nashua North 54
NASHUA SOUTH over ConcordNashua South 41, Concord 7
Manchester Central over SOUHEGANManchester Central 21, Souhegan 12
Bishop Guertin over CATHOLIC MEMORIALCatholic Memorial 26, Bishop Guertin 14
PORTSMOUTH over MilfordPortsmouth 40, Milford 0
TIMBERLANE over MerrimackTimberlane 31, Merrimack 21
DOVER over AlvirneDover 48, Alvirne 0
BEDFORD over Con-ValBedford 19, Con-Val 16 2OTs
Pinkerton over LONDONDERRYPinkerton 35, Londonderry 0
HOLLIS/BROOKLINE over PelhamHollis/Brookline 55, Pelham 8
Last week: 8-2; Overall: 29-11.
Pete Tarrier is the host of Friday Night Lights-NH High School Football and Basketball shows on Sports Radio WGAM The Game.
John Doyle
SALEM over Nashua NorthSalem 67, Nashua North 54
NASHUA SOUTH over Concord Nashua South 41, Concord 7Manchester Central over SOUHEGAN
Manchester Central 21, Souhegan 12
Bishop Guertin over CATHOLIC MEMORIALCatholic Memorial 26, Bishop Guertin 14
PORTSMOUTH over MilfordPortsmouth 40, Milford 0
Merrimack over TIMBERLANETimberlane 31, Merrimack 21
DOVER over AlvirneDover 48, Alvirne 0
BEDFORD over Con-ValBedford 19, Con-Val 16 2OTs
Pinkerton over LONDONDERRYPinkerton 35, Londonderry 0
HOLLIS/BROOKLINE over PelhamHollis/Brookline 55, Pelham 8
Last week: 6-4; Overall: 23-17.
John Doyle is the Sunday sports editor and staff writer at Foster's Daily Democrat and Laconia Citizen.
Joe Marchilena
SALEM over Nashua NorthSalem 67, Nashua North 54
NASHUA SOUTH over Concord Nashua South 41, Concord 7SOUHEGAN over Manchester Central
Manchester Central 21, Souhegan 12
CATHOLIC MEMORIAL over Bishop GuertinCatholic Memorial 26, Bishop Guertin 14
Milford over PORTSMOUTHPortsmouth 40, Milford 0
Merrimack over TIMBERLANETimberlane 31, Merrimack 21
DOVER over AlvirneDover 48, Alvirne 0
BEDFORD over Con-ValBedford 19, Con-Val 16 2OTs
Pinkerton over LONDONDERRYPinkerton 35, Londonderry 0
HOLLIS/BROOKLINE over PelhamHollis/Brookline 55, Pelham 8
Last week: 9-1; Overall: 28-12.
Joe Marchilena is the editor of nh-highschoolsports.com. Reach him at nhhighschoolsports@gmail.com.
