Playoff Bracket Picks

It's time for the hotly debated new Central Massachusetts Football Playoffs. Sadly although I'll be 50 yards away from a great doubleheader basketball tryouts will prevent me from seeing the games. I'm going to pick the entire bracket division by division so taunt me if II miss any. If the games are all played tonight, they'll be played in the snow and it doesn't get any better than that!

Division 1
(1) Shrewsbury 21 (4)Leominster 20
(2) Wachusett 24    (3) St. Johns 21
Championship: (1)Shrewsbury 27 (2) Wachusett 17
The bracket worked out strange here with Leominster and Wachusett getting home field advantage. My ties to Wachusett and history in its hardwood battles with St. Johns legally bind me to pick Wachusett. I think  Shrewsbury got a horrible break having to play Leominster on the road but will squeak it out. I think Shrewsbury-St. Johns is the game people want to see but if the semifinals, play out as I picked them Shrewsbury wins the title.
Division 2
(1) Nashoba 24   (4) Holy Name 17
(3) Doherty 28     (2) Shepard Hill 27
Championship: (1) Nashoba 21 (3) Doherty 12
Holy Name just got into the bracket via power rating tiebreakers and their rushing attack will pose problems for Nashoba but Nashoba's been proving me wrong all year so I'm taking them to win the bracket. I do like Doherty to continue it's magical season by pulling off the home upset and seeing them putting up a good fight in the title game.
Division 3
(1) Auburn 31 (4) Hudson 13
(2)Groton-Dunstable 28 (3) Tantasqua 24
Championship: (1)Auburn 35  (2) GD 14
Auburn is in a class by itself in this division and should cruise through the bracket. Auburn not winning the title would be the biggest upset in the District.
Division 4
Northbridge 28 Milbury 24
Grafton 21 Lunenberg 20
Championship: Northbridge 27  Grafton 21
I think this is one of the most competitive brackets with Milbury, Northbridge and Grafton all strong enough to win the title. The bias from my High School days watching the dazzling Nothbridge offense against Burncoat makes me lean towards them in this great bracket.
Division 5
Tyngsboro 24 Leciester 21
West Boylston 28 Narragansett 14
Championship: West Boylston 28 Tyngsboro 18
Division 6
Littleton 17 Bay Path 10
Valley Tech 20 Assabet 17
Championship: Littleton 24 Valley Tech 21
Let's hope we get all the games in and have some great title games this weekend! 

Thanksgiving Picks

Jim holds a six game late and I didn't realize their were games last week so the pro beat me in the regular season. Excited to watch the highlight shows and look at the playoff bracket, but the best high school season starts Monday!

Thanksgiving Picks:
Lunenberg 21 St. Bernard's 20
Monty Tech 17 Nashoba Tech 14
South 31 North 14
Doherty 35 Burncoat 7
Leciester 24  David Prouty 21
Leominister 28 Fitchburg 27
Holy Name 27 Wachusett 17
Marlboro 17  Hudson 14
Littleton 31 Ayer-Shirley 21
Athol 20   Mahar 17
Milbury 27 Grafton 24
Narragansett 24   Murdock 13
Nashoba 31    North Middlesex 13
Gardner 21    Oakmont 20
West Boylston 24  Quabbin 21
Tyngsboro 28      GD 27
Clinton 20   Maynard 10
Shepard Hill 28 Tantasqua 20
Shrewsbury 21 Milford 14
Southbridge 24 Bartlett 23
Northbridge 31 Uxbridge 17
SJ 35  SPM 14

Week 10 picks

Leaving on an early train for DC tomorrow so doing picks Thursday late night. I went a personal best 26-5 last week, three games better than Jim. Midnight's approaching so onto the picks:
Friday's Games:                                                Saturday's Games:
Shrewsbury 31 Algonquin 17                           Auburn 28 Westboro 14 (Fri.)
Southbridge 17 Ayer-Shirley 14                       AV 20      Bay Path 17
SPM 27 Burncoat 0                                           Holy Name 34  Fitchburg 20
Clinton 21 Hudson 14                                       BVT 24     Worcester Tech 17
St. Bernards 24 David Prouty 21                     Nipmuc 20  Tantasqua 17
Athol 27 Frontier 14                                         Cushing 24  WA 14
Grafton 21 Littleton 20                                    Ware 24 Palmer 20
GD 28 Lunenberg 21                                        Barlett 28  South 24
Monty Tech 17 Keffe Tech 10
Leominster 35  Marlboro 21
Northbridge 35 Millbury 21 
North 28 Murdock 14
Nashoba 24 Oakmont 14
Quaboag 14 Nashoba Tech 13
Gardner 24 Quabbin 21
Doherty 28 Shepard Hill 27
Mahar 21 Sci-Tech 7
SJ 35  Milford 14
Naragansett 24 Tyngesboro 20
Wachusett 24 North Middlesex 10
West Boylston 27 Maynard 15

Week 9 HS picks

This weekend I'm going to go back and check all the records the past three weeks. I think Jim has a four game lead with a month to go. Since I'm returning to the bench I don't know what I'll be able to do for basketball but I would love for it to get a weekly show on Charter 3 like football. On to the picks:
Friday's Games                                                          Saturday's Games
Nashoba Tech 13 Worcester Tech 10 W                       Marlboro 24  Westboro 21 W
St. Bernards 24 Mohawk Trail 20  W                           Quaboag 21 Keffe Tech 7 W
Naragansett 27 Ayer-Shirley 17 W                               South 21  Burncoat 7 W
Bartlett 24  David Prouty 21  W                                  Holy Name 28 SPM 14 W
Ware 21  Dean Tech 6    W                                              BVT 21    Bay Path 13 L
Groton Dunstable 24 Gardner 23  W                            Leciester 35 Uxbridge 21 W
Nashoba 21 Hudson 13  W                                              Tyngsboro 27 Quabbin 20 W 
Shrewsbury 31 Leominster 21 W                                   WA 21      PA 17 NA
West Boylston 28 Littleton 14 L                                    Assabet 20 Mony Tech 17 W
Maynard 27 Murdock 10 W
Nipmuc 24 Clinton 21 L
North Middlesex 20 Algonquin 13 L
Auburn 35  Northbridge 21 W
Oakmont 20 Lunenberg 15 L
Shepard Hill 24 Oxford 21 W
Milbury 21 Southbridge 20 W
St. Johns 35 Fitchburg 21 W
Grafton 27 Tantasqua 17 W
Turner Falls 35 Mahar 14 W
Wachusett 21  Milford 17 W
Doherty 35 North 7 W
23-5 weekly record