By Tom Nader

Publisher and Editor

The Pigskin Picks Challenge moves into Week 5 of the high school football season.

This week’s competition is sponsored by LeeAngelo’s Pizzaria in Aurora.

Making this week’s picks for the Sponsorship Team is Joe Gonzalez, whose selections combine with the previous record compiled by the sponsors from previous weeks (Tom Siciliano in Week 1, Mike Beder in Week 2, Deian Longgood in Week 3 and Gary Miller in Week 4).

Before we look at this week’s list of games and each competitor’s picks, let’s first check out the records following last week’s results.

THE STAFF

Sponsorship Team: 32-11

Portage Sports Owner Tom Nader: 38-5

THE FIELD

Nathan Skaggs: 39-4

Tom Rauber: 38-5

Mike Bellar: 37-6

Mike Leigh: 37-6

Keith Arnold: 37-6

John Lehner: 37-6

Mike Richeson: 36-7

Lee Horning: 36-7

Dan Karp: 36-7

Corey Lehner: 36-7

Jeremy Allen: 36-7

Jim Pfleger: 36-7

Jim Manion 36-7

Brett Dubinsky: 34-9

Gary Humberson: 34-9

Deian Longgood: 33-10

Tom Byich: 32-11

Josh Perry: 32-11

Steve Berry: 32-11

Jon Raddish: 32-11

C.J. Pierce: 31-12

George Belden: 31-12

David McElwain: 30-13

Matthew Monsman: 30-13

Casey Timmons: 30-13

Mike Keegan: 29-14

Robert Melzer: 28-15

Alex Blake: 27-16

THE GAMES

Copley at Aurora (Thursday)

Beachwood at Crestwod (Thursday)

Field at Cloverleaf

Champion at Garfield

Kent Roosevelt at Barberton

Streetsboro at Ravenna

Shenandoah at Rootstown

Minerva at Southeast

Waterloo at Mineral Ridge

St. Thomas Aquinas at Windham

Columbus Crusaders at Mogadore (Saturday)

THIS WEEK’S PICKS

SPONSORSHIP TEAM

JOE GONZALEZ

Aurora

Crestwood

Field

Garfield

Kent Roosevelt

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

St. Thomas Aquinas

Mogadore

PORTAGE SPORTS OWNER

TOM NADER

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Garfield

Barberton

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Mogadore

C.J. PIERCE

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Garfield

Roosevelt

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

St. Thomas Aquinas

Mogadore

JIM PFLEGER

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Garfield

Barberton

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Mogadore

MIKE RICHESON

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Garfield

Barberton

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Columbus Crusaders

TOM RAUBER

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Garfield

Barberton

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Mogadore

COREY LEHNER

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Garfield

Barberton

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Mogadore

STEVE BERRY

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Garfield

Barberton

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Mogadore

JIM MANION

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Garfield

Barberton

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southjeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Mogadore

GARY HUMBERSON

Aurora

Crestwood

Field

Garfield

Kent Roosevelt

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Waterloo

Windham

Mogadore

ALEX BLAKE

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Garfield

Barberton

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

St. Thomas Aquinas

Mogadore

MIKE LEIGH

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Garfield

Barberton

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Columbus Crusaders

JOSH PERRY

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Garfield

Roosevelt

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Mogadore

GEORGE BELDEN

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Garfield

Barberton

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Mogadore

MATT MONSMAN

Aurora

Crestwood

Field

Garfield

Kent Roosevelt

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Waterloo

St. Thomas Aquinas

Mogadore

MIKE KEEGAN

Aurora

Crestwood

Field

Garfield

Barberton

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Mogadore

CASEY TIMMONS

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Garfield

Barberton

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Mogadore

MIKE BELLAR

Aurora

Crestwood

Field

Garfield

Kent Roosevelt

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Mogadore

NATHAN SKAGGS

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Garfield

Barberton

Streetsboro

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Mogadore

DAVID McELWAIN

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Kent Roosevelt

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Mogadore

DEIAN LONGGOOD

Aurora

Crestwood

Field

Garfield

Barberton

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

St. Thomas Aquinas

Mogadore

TOM BYICH

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Garfield

Barberton

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Mogadore

BRETT DUBINSKY

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Garfield

Barberton

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Mogadore

LEE HORNING

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Garfield

Barberton

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Waterloo

Windham

Mogadore

JOHN LEHNER

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Garfield

Barberton

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Mogadore

ROBERT MELZER

Aurora

Crestwood

Field

Garfield

Kent Roosevelt

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

St. Thomas Aquinas

Columbus Crusaders

KEITH ARNOLD

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Garfield

Barberton

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Mogadore

JEREMY ALLEN

Aurora

Crestwood

Cloverleaf

Barberton

Garfield

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Columbus Crusaders

DAN KARP

Aurora

Crestwood

Field

Garfield

Barberton

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Southeast

Mineral Ridge

Windham

Mogadore