By Tom Nader

Publisher and Editor

The Pigskin Picks Challenge enters Week 3 of the high school football season.

This week’s competition is sponsored by Deez and Razorlined Barbershop in Rootstown. Making the picks for the Sponsorship Team is Deian Longgood, whose selections will join those made by Tom Sicliliano in Week 1 and Mike Beder in Week 2.

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

STANDINGS

Sponsorship Team: 14-6
Portage Sports Owner Tom Nader: 18-2

THE FIELD

Tom Rauber: 19-1
Nathan Skaggs: 19-1
Jim Pfleger: 18-2
Mike Richeson: 18-2
Corey Lehner: 18-2
Lee Horning: 18-2
Keith Arnold: 18-2
Mike Bellar: 18-2
Mike Leigh: 18-2
John Lehner: 18-2
Jeremy Allen: 17-3
Jon Raddish: 17-3
Brett Dubinsky: 17-3
Lee Lovejoy: 17-3
Tom Byich: 16-4
Dan Karp: 16-4

Jim Manion: 16-4
Mike Keegan: 15-5
C.J. Pierce: 15-5
Matt Monsman: 15-5

Gary Humberson: 15-5
Deian Longgood: 15-5

Steve Berry: 15-5
Alex Blake: 14-6
Josh Perry: 14-6
George Belden: 14-6
Casey Timmons: 12-8
David McElwain: 12-8
Robert Melzer: 10-10

Here is this week’s schedule of games — followed by each contestant’s selections.

DEEZ AND RAZORLINED BARBERSHOP PIGSKIN PICKS CONTEST

WEEK 3

West Geauga at Aurora

Chippewa at Crestwood

Rootstown at Field

Normandy at Garfield

Lakewood at Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore at Dalton

Ravenna at Revere

Southeast at Champion

Alliance at Streetsboro

Lisbon David Anderson at Waterloo

Windham at Jackson-Milton

SPONSOR DEIAN LONGGOOD

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Lakewood

Dalton

Revere

Southeast

Streetsboro

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson-Milton

JIM PFLEGER

Aurora

Chippewa

Rootstown

Garfield

Lakewood

Dalton

Revere

Southeast

Alliance

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson Milton

TOM RAUBER

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Lakewood

Mogadore

Revere

Southeast

Alliance

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson- Milton

MIKE RICHESON

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Lakewood

Dalton

Revere

Southeast

Streetsboro

Waterloo

Jackson-Milton

TOM BYICH

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Lakewood

Mogadore

Ravenna

Southeast

Streetsboro

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson-Milton

MATTHEW MONSMAN

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Lakewood

Mogadore

Ravenna

Southeast

Alliance

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson Milton

GEORGE BELDEN

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Lakewood

Mogadore

Revere

Champion

Streetsboro

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson-Milton

JEREMY ALLEN

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Lakewood

Mogadore

Revere

Southeast

Streetsboro

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson Milton

MIKE BELLAR

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garretsville

Lakewood

Mogadore

Revere

Southeast

Streetsboro

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson Milton

COREY LEHNER

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Lakewood

Mogadore

Revere

Southeast

Alliance

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson-Milton

MIKE KEEGAN

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Lakewood

Mogadore

Ravenna

Southeast

Alliance

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson-Milton

C.J. PIERCE

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Lakewood

Mogadore

Ravenna

Southeast

Streetsboro

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson-Milton

GARY HUMBERSON

Southeast

Rootstown

Mogadore

Revere

Streetsboro

Aurora

Crestwood

Garfield

Kent Roosevelt

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson Milton

CASEY TIMMONS

West Geauga

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Lakewood

Mogadore

Revere

Southeast

Streetsboro

Waterloo

Jackson-Milton

MIKE LEIGH

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Lakewood

Dalton

Revere

Southeast

Alliance

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson Milton

LEE HORNING

Aurora

Crestwood

Garfield

Lakewood

Dalton

Revere

Southeast

Alliance

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson-Milton

KEITH ARNOLD

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Lakewood

Dalton

Revere

Southeast

Alliance

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson-Milton

JOSH PERRY

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Roosevelt

Dalton

Ravenna

Southeast

Alliance

Waterloo

Jackson-Milton

DAN KARP

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Lakewood

Dalton

Revere

Southeast

Streetsboro

Waterloo

Jackson-Milton

BRETT DUBINSKY

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Lakewood

Dalton

Ravenna

Southeast

Alliance

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson Milton

STEVE BERRY

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Lakewood

Mogadore

Revere

Southeast

Alliance

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson-Milton

JIM MANION

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Lakewood

Dalton

Revere

Southeast

Alliance

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson-Milton

DAVID MCELWAIN

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Kent Roosevelt

Dalton

Revere

Champion

Streetsboro

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson-Milton

NATHAN SKAGGS

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Lakewood

Dalton

Revere

Southeast

Alliance

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson-Milton

JOHN LEHNER

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Lakewood

Mogadore

Revere

Southeast

Streetsboro

Lisbon David Anderson

Jackson-Milton

ALEX BLAKE

West Geauga

Chippewa

Field

Garfield

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Revere

Southeast

Alliance

Lisbon David Anderson

Windham

ROBERT MELZER

Aurora

Crestwood

Rootstown

Garfield

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Ravenna

Southeast

Streetsboro

Waterloo

Jackson-Milton

LEE LOVEJOY

Aurora