Pigskin Prophets: Week 2
As we head into the second week of the high school football regular season, half the teams that played last week are looking to make things right and avoid something very scary: starting 0-2.
Oooh I know you’ll be comin’ ’round
With fire in your eyes
Yeah, we’re gonna make it right
We’re gonna win this fight
And I don’t know why it took me oh so long to get here
As we head into the second week of the high school football regular season, half the teams that played last week are looking to make things right and avoid something very scary: starting 0-2.
Losing the first two games of the season doesn’t mean it’s the end of the line for any team trying to make the playoffs, especially in Division I. But it certainly doesn’t help.
With as much confidence as one can have on Friday the 13th, here are the picks (home teams in CAPS).
Joe Marchilena
- Salem over ALVIRNE
- Bishop Guertin over GOFFSTOWN
- Exeter over NASHUA NORTH
- MANCHESTER MEMORIAL over Dover
- PELHAM over John Stark
- Bow over MERRIMACK VALLEY
- SOMERSWORTH over Epping-Newmarket
- NASHUA SOUTH over Keene
- CONCORD over Manchester Central
- NEWPORT over Stevens
Last week: 7-3. Season: 7-3.
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
- Salem over ALVIRNE
- Bishop Guertin over GOFFSTOWN
- Exeter over NASHUA NORTH
- Dover over MANCHESTER MEMORIAL
- PELHAM over John Stark
- Bow over MERRIMACK VALLEY
- SOMERSWORTH over Epping-Newmarket
- Keene over NASHUA SOUTH
- CONCORD over Manchester Central
- NEWPORT over Stevens
Last week: 7-3. Season: 7-3.
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
- Salem over ALVIRNE
- Bishop Guertin over GOFFSTOWN
- Exeter over NASHUA NORTH
- Dover over MANCHESTER MEMORIAL
- PELHAM over John Stark
- Bow over MERRIMACK VALLEY
- SOMERSWORTH over Epping-Newmarket
- NASHUA SOUTH over Keene
- CONCORD over Manchester Central
- Stevens over NEWPORT
Last week: 7-3. Season: 7-3.
George Scione writes for NH-HighSchoolSports.com and has covered high school sports in New Hampshire since 1995.
Dan Doyon
- Salem over ALVIRNE
- Bishop Guertin over GOFFSTOWN
- Exeter over NASHUA NORTH
- MANCHESTER MEMORIAL over Dover
- PELHAM over John Stark
- Bow over MERRIMACK VALLEY
- SOMERSWORTH over Epping-Newmarket
- NASHUA SOUTH over Keene
- CONCORD over Manchester Central
- NEWPORT over Stevens
Last week: 7-3. Season: 7-3.
Dan Doyon covers high school sports in New Hampshire for several media outlets.
