By Tom Nader

Publisher and Editor

Let the fun begin!

For the second season, Portage Sports introduces its Pigskin Picks Challenge.

A 10-week competition that includes participation from readers who will attempt to pick as many correct game winners as possible throughout the regular season — for a little bit of local glory for the crowned champion.

Each week, the contestants will select who they think will win from that week’s collection of Portage County football games.

Also each week, a local business owner from Portage County will join the competition and make their selections, as well.

So, by the end of the competition, it will be the contestants measuring their season-long record against the local business owners, whose picks are made and passed on to the next business owner from one week to the next.

The Week 1 sponsor is Siciliano’s Pizzaria in Ravenna.

Here is this week’s schedule of games — followed by all of the competitor selections.

SICILIANO’S PIZZARIA PIGSKIN PICKS CONTEST

WEEK 1

Aurora at Twinsburg

Ravenna at Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore at Field

Crestwood at Rootstown

CVCA at Streetsboro

Akron Springfield at Waterloo

Edgewood at Garfield

Windham at Lisbon

Southeast at Akron Garfield (2 p.m. Saturday)

WEEK 1 SPONSOR

SICILIANO’S PIZZARIA

TOM SICILIANO

Aurora

Ravenna

Mogadore

Rootstown

CVCA

Akron Springfield

Garfield

Windham

Southeast

THE FIELD

JON HANNAN

Aurora

Kent Roosevelt

Field

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Waterloo

Garfield

Lisbon

Akron Garfield

CASEY TIMMONS

Aurora

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Waterloo

Garfield

Windham

Southeast

JOSH PERRY

Aurora

Ravenna

Mogadore

Rootstown

CVCA

Waterloo

Garfield

Windham

Southeast

BRAD HAGER

Aurora

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Rootstown

CVCA

Waterloo

Edgewood

Lisbon

Southeast

KAYNE SMITH

Aurora

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Springfield

Garfield

Lisbon

Akron Garfield

RYAN SMITH

Aurora

Kent Roosvelt

Mogadore

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Waterloo

Garfield

Lisbon

Southeast

ROGER STEFAN

Aurora

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Waterloo

Garfield

Lisbon

Southeast

RICH SCOTT

Aurora

Ravenna

Mogadore

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Waterloo

Garfield

Lisbon

Garfield

RANDY PORTER

Aurora

Kent Roosevelt

Field

Rootstown

CVCA

Waterloo

Garfield

Lisbon

Garfield

GARY HUMBERSON

Twinsburg

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Waterloo

Garfield

Lisbon

Akron Garfield

TOM BYICH

Twinsburg

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Springfield

Garfield

Windham

Southeast

AARON EADS

Aurora

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Rootstown

CVCA

Springfield

Garfield

Windham

Southeast

RICK BOWER

Aurora

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Waterloo

Garfield

Lisbon

Southeast

ALEX BLAKE

Aurora

Kent Roosevelt

Field

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Waterloo

Garfield

Windham

Akron Garfield

MIKE KEEGAN

Aurora

Ravenna

Mogadore

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Springfield

Garfield

Lisbon

Southeast

TOM RAUBER

Aurora

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Waterloo

Garfield

Lisbon

Southeast

RON EVANS

Aurora

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Waterloo

Garfield

Lisbon

Southeast

MIKE LEIGH

Aurora

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Waterloo

Garfield

Lisbon

Southeast

MASON JAKACKI

Aurora

Kent Roosevelt

Field

Crestwood

CVCA

Waterloo

Garfield

Windham

Southeast

JOHN LEHNER

Aurora

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Rootstown

CVCA

Waterloo

Garfield

Lisbon

Southeast

CHRIS MYERS

Aurora

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Waterloo

Garfield

Lisbon

Southeast

JEREMY ALLEN

Aurora

Ravenna

Mogadore

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Waterloo

Garfield

Windham

Southeast

NATHAN SKAGGS

Aurora

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Waterloo

Garfield

Lisbon

Garfield

MATT MONSMAN

Kent Roosevelt

Rootstown

Mogadore

Aurora

Garfield

CVCA

Lisbon

Waterloo

Southeast

GAVIN ENGLISH

Aurora

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Waterloo

Garfield

Windham

Southeast

BRETT DUBINSKY

Twinsburg

Ravenna

Field

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Springfield

Gville

Lisbon

Southeast

JIM MANION

Aurora

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Rootstown

Streetsboro

Garfield

Springifeld

Lisbon

Akron Garfield

DEIAN LONGGOOD

Aurora

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Rootstown

CVCA

Waterloo

Garfield

Windham

Southeast

BRIAN JARVIS

Twinsburg

Kent Roosevelt

Field

Rootstown

CVCA

Waterloo

Garfield

Lisbon

Akron Garfield

LEE LOVEJOY

Aurora

Ravenna

Mogadore

Crestwood

CVCA

Akron Springfield

Garfield

Windham

Southeast

DREW FLARIDA

Aurora

Kent Roosevelt