By Tom Nader

Publisher and Editor

Hello, Week 7!

This week’s Pigskin Picks Challenge is sponsored by Universal Concrete and Excavating in Atwater.

Making this week’s picks for the Sponsorship Team is Christy Duvall, 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, Gary Miller in Week 4, Joe Gonzalez in Week 5 and Paul McEwuen in Week 6).

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 (Paul McEwuen selected games for Week 6): 45-19

Portage Sports Owner Tom Nader: 54-10

THE FIELD

Nathan Skaggs: 58-6

Keith Arnold: 56-8

Mike Leigh: 55-9

Tom Rauber: 55-9

Mike Bellar: 53-11

John Lehner: 54-10

Dan Karp: 54-10

Corey Lehner: 53-11

Jim Pfleger: 53-11

Mike Richeson: 53-11

Jim Manion 53-11

Brett Dubinsky: 53-11

Lee Horning: 52-12

Gary Humberson: 50-14

Deian Longgood: 49-15

Steve Berry: 49-15

Josh Perry: 49-15

Tom Byich: 48-16

George Belden: 48-16

Casey Timmons: 47-17

Mike Keegan: 46-18

David McElwain: 46-18

Matthew Monsman: 45-19

Alex Blake: 42-23

Robert Melzer: 41-23

THE GAMES

Aurora at Tallmadge

Crestwood at Cardinal

Field at Streetsboro

Garfield at Liberty

Highland at Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore at Canton Central Catholic

Coventry at Ravenna

Warren JFK at Rootstown

St. Thomas Aquinas at Southeast

Waterloo at Jackson-Milton

St. John School at Windham

SPONSORSHIP TEAM

CHRISTY DUVALL

Aurora

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham

PORTAGE SPORTS OWNER

TOM NADER

Aurora

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham

CASEY TIMMONS

Aurora

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham

TOM BYICH

Aurora

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham

JOSH PERRY

Aurora

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Mogadore

Ravenna

Warren JFK

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham

TOM RAUBER

Aurora

Middlefield Cardinal

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham

GARY HUMBERSON

Aurora

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Canton Central Catholic

Coventry

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham

JEREMY ALLEN

Aurora

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

St. John School

MATT MONSMAN

Aurora

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Waterloo

Windham

MIKE RICHESON

Aurora

Cardinal

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

St. John School

JIM PFLEGER

Aurora

Cardinal

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham

MIKE LEIGH

Aurora

Cardinal

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Canton Central Catholic

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham

ALEX BLAKE

Aurora

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham

JIM MANION

Aurora

Cardinal

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Canton Central Catholic

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham

LEE HORNING

Aurora

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Canton Central Catholic

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Waterloo

Windham

GEORGE BELDEN

Aurora

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham

NATHAN SKAGGS

Aurora

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Canton Central Catholic

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham

JOHN LEHNER

Aurora

Cardinal

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham

MIKE KEEGAN

Aurora

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham

DAVID McELWAIN

Aurora

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Garfield

Kent Roosevelt

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham

BOB MELZER

Aurora

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Waterloo

St. John School

BRETT DUBINSKY

Aurora

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Canton Central Catholic

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham

MIKE BELLAR

Aurora

Crestwood

Garfield

Highland

Canton Central Catholic

Ravenna

Rootstown

St. Thomas

Jackson-Milton

Windham

DAN KARP

Aurora

Cardinal

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Canton Central Catholic

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham

KEITH ARNOLD

Aurora

Cardinal

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham

DEIAN LONGGOOD

Aurora

Cardinal

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham

COREY LEHNER

Aurora

Crestwood

Streetsboro

Garfield

Highland

Mogadore

Ravenna

Rootstown

Southeast

Jackson-Milton

Windham