By Tom Nader

Publisher and Editor

 

Only a few more weeks remain for the Pigskin Picks Challenge and today brings Week 9 of the competition.

The challenge will run through the 10th week of the regular season, then the first week of the playoffs.

This week’s Pigskin Picks is sponsored by David McElwain’s Cast Out Design and Landscaping.

McElwain is making this week’s picks for the Sponsorship Team, with the selections combining with the previous record compiled by 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, Christy Duvall in Week 7 and Johnny Meyers in Week 8).

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

 

Sponsorship Team (David McElwain is selecting games for Week 9): 62-23

Portage Sports Owner Tom Nader: 71-13

 

 

THE FIELD

Nathan Skaggs: 76-8

Keith Arnold: 74-10

Mike Leigh: 74-10

Jim Manion 74-10

Tom Rauber: 73-11

Dan Karp: 72-12

John Lehner: 72-12

Mike Richeson: 72-12

Jim Pfleger: 71-13

Brett Dubinsky: 71-13

Jeremy Allen: 71-13

Corey Lehner: 70-14

Mike Bellar: 68-16

Lee Horning: 68-16

Deian Longgood: 67-17

Gary Humberson: 64-20

Tom Byich: 64-20

George Belden: 64-20

Josh Perry: 63-21

Casey Timmons: 63-21

Mike Keegan: 62-22

David McElwain: 62-22

Matthew Monsman: 59-25

Alex Blake: 57-27

Robert Melzer: 57-27

THIS WEEK’S GAMES

Aurora at Barberton

Crestwood at Kirtland

Field at Norton

Crestview at Garfield

Kent Roosevelt at Tallmadge

St. Thomas Aquinas at Mogadore

Woodridge at Ravenna

Rootstown at Southeast

Springfield at Streetsboro

Lowellville at Waterloo

Windham at Mathews

 

CAST OUT DESIGN AND LANDSCAPING

SPONSORSHIP TEAM

DAVID MCELWAIN

Aurora

Kirtland

Norton

Garfield

Tallmadge

Mogadore

Woodridge

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Mathews

 

 

PORTAGE SPORTS OWNER

TOM NADER

Aurora

Kirtland

Norton

Garfield

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Woodridge

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Mathews

 

 

JIM PFLEGER

Aurora

Kirtland

Norton

Garfield

Tallmadge

Mogadore

Woodridge

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Mathews

 

 

MIKE RICHESON

Aurora

Kirtland

Norton

Garfield

Tallmadge

Mogadore

Woodridge

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Mathews

 

 

TOM BYICH

Aurora

Kirkland

Norton

Garfield

Tallmadge

Mogadore

Woodridge

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Mathews

 

 

JIM MANION

Aurora

Kirtland

Norton

Garfield

Tallmadge

Mogadore

Woodridge

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Windham

 

 

ALEX BLAKE

Aurora

Kirtland

Norton

Garfield

Tallmadge

Mogadore

Woodridge

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Windham

 

 

CASEY TIMMONS

Aurora

Kirtland

Norton

Garfield

Tallmadge

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Windham

 

 

TOM RAUBER

Aurora

Kirtland

Norton

Garfield

Tallmadge

Mogadore

Woodridge

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Mathews

 

 

COREY LEHNER

Aurora

Kirtland

Norton

Garfield

Tallmadge

Mogadore

Woodridge

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Mathews

 

 

GARY HUMBERSON

Aurora

Kirkland

Norton

Garfield

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Woodridge

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Mathews

 

 

KEITH ARNOLD

Aurora

Kirtland

Norton

Garfield

Tallmadge

Mogadore

Woodridge

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Windham

 

 

DAN KARP

Aurora

Kirtland

Norton

Garfield

Tallmadge

Mogadore

Woodridge

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Mathews

 

 

MIKE LEIGH

Aurora

Kirtland

Norton

Garfield

Tallmadge

Mogadore

Woodridge

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Mathews

 

 

LEE HORNING

Barberton

Kirtland

Norton

Garfield

Tallmadge

Mogadore

Woodridge

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Mathews

 

 

GEORGE BELDEN

Aurora

Kirtland

Norton

Garfield

Tallmadge

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Windham

 

 

JOHN LEHNER

Aurora

Kirtland

Norton

Garfield

Tallmadge

Mogadore

Woodridge

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Windham

 

 

NATHAN SKAGGS

Aurora

Kirtland

Norton

Garfield

Tallmadge

Mogadore

Woodridge

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellvile

Mathews

 

 

MIKE BELLAR

Aurora

Kirtland

Field

Garfield

Tallmadge

Mogadore

Woodridge

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Loweville

Mathews

 

 

BRETT DUBINSKY

Aurora

Kirtland

Norton

Garfield

Tallmadge

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Mathews

 

 

BOB MELZER

Aurora

Crestwood

Norton

Garfield

Tallmadge

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Mathews

 

 

JEREMY ALLEN

Aurora

Kirtland

Norton

Tallmadge

Garfield

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Windham

 

 

MATTHEW MONSMAN

Aurora

Kirtland

Norton

Garfield

Tallmadge

Mogadore

Woodridge

Streetsboro

Rootstown

Waterloo

Mathews

 

 

MIKE KEEGAN

Barberton

Kirtland

Norton

Garfield

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Windham

 

 

DEIAN LONGGOOD

Aurora

Kirtland

Norton

Garfield

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Woodridge

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Lowellville

Mathews