By Tom Nader

Publisher and Editor

The eighth week of the high school football season brings the Pigskin Picks Challenge down its homestretch toward the finish line.

This week’s challenge is sponsored by the Meyers Fence Company in Brimfield.

Making this week’s picks for the Sponsorship Team is Johnny Meyers, whose selections will combine with the previous record compiled by the sponsors of previous weeks (Tom Siciliano in Week 1, Mike Beder in Week 2, Deian Longgood in Week 3, Gary Miller in Week 4, Joe Gonzalez in Week 5, Paul McEwuen in Week 6 and Christy Duvall in Week 7).

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 RECORDS

• Sponsorship Team (Johnny Meyers is selecting games for Week 8): 53-22
• Portage Sports Owner Tom Nader: 62-13

Nathan Skaggs: 67-8

Keith Arnold: 65-10

Mike Leigh: 65-10

Tom Rauber: 64-11

Dan Karp: 64-11

John Lehner: 63-12

Mike Richeson: 63-12

Jim Manion 63-12

Corey Lehner: 61-14

Jim Pfleger: 62-13

Brett Dubinsky: 62-13

Jeremy Allen: 62-13

Mike Bellar: 61-14

Lee Horning: 60-15

Gary Humberson: 58-17

Deian Longgood: 58-17

Josh Perry: 56-19

Tom Byich: 56-19

George Belden: 56-19

Casey Timmons: 55-20

Mike Keegan: 54-21

David McElwain: 53-22

Matthew Monsman: 52-23

Alex Blake: 50-25

Robert Melzer: 49-26

THIS WEEK’S GAMES

Kent Roosvelt at Aurora

Berkshire at Crestwood

Coventry at Field

Garfield at Newton Falls

Southeast at Mogadore

Ravenna at Springfield

Streetsboro at Woodridge

Waterloo at Western Reserve

Windham at McDonald

SPONSORSHIP TEAM

MEYERS FENCE COMPANY

JOHNNY MEYERS

Aurora

Crestwood

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

McDonald

PORTAGE SPORTS OWNER

TOM NADER

Aurora

Berkshire

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

McDonald

GARY HUMBERSON

Aurora

Streetsboro

Ravenna

Garfield

Crestwood

Southeast

Western Reserve

McDonald

Coventry

MATT MONSMAN

Aurora

Crestwood

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Waterloo

McDonald

GEORGE BELDEN

Aurora

Berkshire

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

Windham

MIKE BELLAR

Aurora

Crestwood

Garfield

Field

Mogadore 

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

Windham

JIM PFLEGER

Aurora

Berkshire

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

McDonald

JOSH PERRY

Aurora

Crestwood

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

Windham

MIKE RICHESON

Aurora

Berkshire

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

McDonald

TOM BYICH

Aurora

Crestwood

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

McDonald

TOM RAUBER

Aurora

Berkshire

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

McDonald

JEREMY ALLEN

Aurora

Berkshire

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

McDonald

JIM MANION

Aurora

Berkshire

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

McDonald

COREY LEHNER

Aurora

Berkshire

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

McDonald

CASEY TIMMONS

Aurora

Berkshire

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

Windham

LEE HORNING

Aurora

Berkshire

Copley

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

McDonald

NATHAN SKAGGS

Aurora

Berkshire

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

McDonald

MIKE KEEGAN

Aurora

Crestwood

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

McDonald

DAN KARP

Aurora

Berkshire

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Woodridge

Western Reserve

McDonald

JOHN LEHNER

Aurora

Berkshire

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

McDonald

DEIAN LONGGOOD

Aurora

Berkshire

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

McDonald

KEITH ARNOLD

Aurora

Berkshire

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

McDonald

DAVID MCELWAIN

Aurora

Berkshire

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

McDonald

BRETT DUBINSKY

Aurora

Berkshire

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

McDonald

ALEX BLAKE

Aurora

Crestwood

Field

Garfield

Southeast

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

McDonald

ROBERT MELZER

Aurora

Berkshire

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Waterloo

McDonald

MIKE LEIGH

Aurora

Berkshire

Field

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Streetsboro

Western Reserve

McDonald