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# Pigskin Prophets: Week 7
- URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/pigskin-prophets-week-7-9/
- Published: 2024-10-18T12:00:31.000Z
- Updated: 2024-10-18T12:00:31.000Z
- Description: It's crunch time, with just three weeks left in the high school football season.
- Author: Joe Marchilena
- Tags: Fall Sports, Division I, Division II, Division III, Division IV, football, Pigskin Prophets, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44

*I will face everything and rise* 
*Never gonna quit until I die* 
*Angels keep falling from the sky* 
*I'll take the broken wings and learn to fly* 
*I will face everything and rise*

- *Face Everything and Rise by Papa Roach*

It's crunch time, with just three weeks left in the high school football season. Some teams will take on the challenge and rise up, taking the next step toward claiming a spot in the postseason.

With all the confidence we can muster, here are the picks (home teams in CAPS).

### Joe Marchilena

- ALVIRNE over Concord
- EXETER over Manchester Memorial
- Nashua South over MERRIMACK
- PELHAM over Trinity
- SOUHEGAN over Plymouth
- SOMERSWORTH over Gilford
- Laconia over STEVENS
- Salem over WINDHAM
- BISHOP GUERTIN over Dover
- John Stark over BOW

**Last week:** 9-1\. **Season:** 47-13.

*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

- Concord over ALVIRNE
- EXETER over Manchester Memorial
- Nashua South over MERRIMACK
- PELHAM over Trinity
- Plymouth over SOUHEGAN
- SOMERSWORTH over Gilford
- STEVENS over Laconia
- Salem over WINDHAM
- BISHOP GUERTIN over Dover
- John Stark over BOW

**Last week:** 8-2\. **Season:** 45-15.

*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.* 

### George Scione

- ALVIRNE over Concord
- EXETER over Manchester Memorial
- Nashua South over MERRIMACK
- PELHAM over Trinity
- SOUHEGAN over Plymouth
- Gilford over SOMERSWORTH
- Laconia over STEVENS
- Salem over WINDHAM
- BISHOP GUERTIN over Dover
- John Stark over BOW

**Last week:** 9-1\. **Season:** 44-16.

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

### Dan Doyon

- Concord over ALVIRNE
- EXETER over Manchester Memorial
- Nashua South over MERRIMACK
- PELHAM over Trinity
- SOUHEGAN over Plymouth
- SOMERSWORTH over Gilford
- Laconia over STEVENS
- Salem over WINDHAM
- BISHOP GUERTIN over Dover
- John Stark over BOW

**Last week:** 10-0\. **Season:** 48-12.

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