Pigskin Prophets: Week 9
A lot of big games dot the schedule in the final week of the regular season, including what amounts to a pair of playoff games in Division I. It's simple for Londonderry and Salem, and Nashua South and Bishop Guertin: win and you're in the postseason, lose and you go home for the year. It wasn't so simple for the experts to pick who would be doing what.
Continue on for the picks.
John Doyle
SALEM over Londonderry
BISHOP GUERTIN over Nashua South
ALVIRNE over Timberlane
Concord over EXETER
Bedford over MANCHESTER CENTRAL
Souhegan over PELHAM
Spaulding over WINNACUNNET
BOW over Somersworth
ST. THOMAS over Trinity
Manchester Memorial over GOFFSTOWN
Last week: 8-2. Season: 54-26.
John Doyle is a staff sports writer and editor at Foster’s Daily Democrat.
Jim Fennell
SALEM over Londonderry
BISHOP GUERTIN over Nashua South
ALVIRNE over Timberlane
EXETER over Concord
Bedford over MANCHESTER CENTRAL
Souhegan over PELHAM
WINNACUNNET over Spaulding
BOW over Somersworth
ST. THOMAS over Trinity
GOFFSTOWN over Manchester Memorial
Last week: 9-1. Season: 58-22.
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
SALEM over Londonderry
Nashua South over BISHOP GUERTIN
ALVIRNE over Timberlane
EXETER over Concord
Bedford over MANCHESTER CENTRAL
Souhegan over PELHAM
Spaulding over WINNACUNNET
BOW over Somersworth
ST. THOMAS over Trinity
Manchester Memorial over GOFFSTOWN
Last week: 9-1. Season: 62-18.
Roger Brown is the founder and editor of New Hampshire Football Report and the high school football writer for the Union Leader.
Justin McIsaac
SALEM over Londonderry
Nashua South over BISHOP GUERTIN
ALVIRNE over Timberlane
EXETER over Concord
Bedford over MANCHESTER CENTRAL
Souhegan over PELHAM
Spaulding over WINNACUNNET
Somersworth over BOW
ST. THOMAS over Trinity
Manchester Memorial over GOFFSTOWN
Last week: 5-5. Season: 45-35.
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
Londonderry over SALEM
BISHOP GUERTIN over Nashua South
ALVIRNE over Timberlane
EXETER over Concord
Bedford over MANCHESTER CENTRAL
Souhegan over PELHAM
Spaulding over WINNACUNNET
BOW over Somersworth
ST. THOMAS over Trinity
GOFFSTOWN over Manchester Memorial
Last week: 6-4. Season: 55-25.
George Scione is a sports reporter for the Nashua Telegraph.
Dave Haley
SALEM over Londonderry
Nashua South over BISHOP GUERTIN
ALVIRNE over Timberlane
EXETER over Concord
Bedford over MANCHESTER CENTRAL
PELHAM over Souhegan
Spaulding over WINNACUNNET
BOW over Somersworth
ST. THOMAS over Trinity
GOFFSTOWN over Manchester Memorial
Last week: 8-2. Season: 60-20.
Dave Haley writes for and is the owner of the New Hampshire Sportspage.
Pete Tarrier
Londonderry over SALEM
Nashua South over BISHOP GUERTIN
ALVIRNE over Timberlane
Concord over EXETER
Bedford over MANCHESTER CENTRAL
Souhegan over PELHAM
WINNACUNNET over Spaulding
BOW over Somersworth
ST. THOMAS over Trinity
GOFFSTOWN over Manchester Memorial
Last week: 8-2. Season: 52-21.
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
Londonderry over SALEM
Nashua South over BISHOP GUERTIN
ALVIRNE over Timberlane
EXETER over Concord
Bedford over MANCHESTER CENTRAL
Souhegan over PELHAM
WINNACUNNET over Spaulding
BOW over Somersworth
ST. THOMAS over Trinity
GOFFSTOWN over Manchester Memorial
Last week: 8-2. Season: 59-21.
Joe Marchilena is the editor of nh-highschoolsports.com. Reach him at nhhighschoolsports@gmail.com.
