Posts
Comments

A little Saturday morning quarterbacking …

Oct 10th, 2009 by Hector Longo

Did i get tied up, no I was just depressed over last week’s debacle and falling behind five games to dave Dyer in the picks race.
Let’s face it. Five games to Duffy, the iceman when it comes to high school picks, is nearly insurmountable.
And that’s why I didn’t post picks on time this week. Too depressing.
Then,I thought about it. And so I’ll tell you who i would have picked and why Friday night.

Salem-Timberlane … The Devils win a thriller. As I figured, Timberlane was going to give Salem all it could handle. There’s no way i’d have gone against our Fantastic Four No. 1.
Manchester Central at Londonderry … OK, there’s no way I would have picked Londonderry. I admit it. You get the feeling that on any given day, Nos. 2-6 in Division 1 can beat each other. Nope, just no way I could have foreseen it.
Andover-Lawrence … Saw Andover for the first time this year, and I was very impressed. As good a team as i’ve seen. As one sage MVC follower said tonight, the MVC large could come down to Thanksgiving with Andover-Central. Sorry, I’m not a believer in Billerica. Oops oh yeah, I would have picked theWarriors and moved to 2-1.
Georgetown-Amesbury … This is the tossup game where I would have checked out Dave Dyer’s pick and gone the other way. He picked Amesbury, I would have gone the other way and lost, 2-2.

North Andover -Medford … I’ve been on the knights all fall, no reason not to stick with them. Winner, 3-2.
Pinkerton-Concord, Sanborn-Hollis-Brookline and Central Catholic at Haverhill … Some struggling teams involved. Three easy choices ow 6-2.
Methuen Chelmsford … Make that 6-3. Just wasn’t impressed by Chelmsford, and of course the Lions come back to throttle the Rangers.
North Reading-Triton … Triton is the hot new thing in the CAL, a case of bigger is better. I finish Friday 7-3.
Saturday’s picks

Whittier Regional at Archbishop Williams, 1 p.m. … Too much offense from the Cats. Whittier rolls, 31-16
Brooks at Middlesex … JJ all the way. brooks 19-16
Ipswich at Pentucket … Sachems grind out another, 24-21
Northshore tech at Greater Lawrence Tech … Have to go with the Reggies here, especially seeing the points allowed by the Bulldogs last week.
Choate at Phillips … Andover is a juggernaut,once again, 42-24.

Pelham at Kearsarge … Pythons pull one out on the road, 34-25

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments

  • John Stark
    Couple of intriguing matchups coming up. Unbeaten CM will become a Top 5 EMass D1 team this week and visits BG Friday night. Not sold on CM's relatively weak schedule thus far. Look for a BG beat down as the Granite State flexes it's muscles.

    And you get the sense that the North @ Salem game could be 63-56. Couldn't agree more that NH #2-6 is a complete pick-em, especially after Londonderry's win last night. Hec, do you get the feeling that there's no difference between the top of NH D1 and top of NH D2, except that BG is heads and shoulders above everybody?
  • Name
    Goodmorning, After blogging all week about how much of a bad team Andover was. I couldn't have been so wrong. Methuen loss last night was ugly. Chelmsford came out in the 2nd half and you would wouldn't believe that this was the team that loss to lawrence last week. They looked like world champs. H.L. I can see how hard it is to pick a Fan.4 week in and week out. I was wrong about you and your picks. Salem N.H. team is the best team in the Merrimack Valley and Southern NH area. They know how to win and keeping them as your # 1 is the right thing to do. I did like that a MVC team had the big write up in the sports page today. If they would had put your # 1 team the Salem Devils of N.H. that would have been great also. Because that team and players should be showcase and get 1st billing from the writers and the eagletribune.
  • CentralFan
    Hector
    I mentioned a year ago that CC had most of their talent on the bench. Some of your bloggers called it sour grapes, probably a disgruntled parent. Pre season Pundints were afraid to give this team their do, very few starters coming back. Pre season scrimmage against Xavarian was eye opening. Well here we are! How do you come from nowwhere and become a top twenty team.
    Maybe there were not ready. Ya sure!
    MVC second half should be very entertaining. Looks to me like Andover and Central in a prime Turkey Day matchup with possible playoff implications. Can't wait till Friday night
  • John Stark
    Central Fan, I was thinking the same thing about the Raiders and Thanksgiving. However, they have a meat grinder of a schedule the last three weeks prior to then. While the QB has been getting a lot of ink, this is a multi-pronged offensive attack that has scored more and more points each week. My sense is that Chelm. and Billerica rely very heavily on one kid. Good that Thanksgiving is at Lawrence Stadium. Meanwhile. they need to take care of biz, especially against a Lawrence team whose season would be made with a win vs. CCHS.
  • heycentralfan
    what talent were you referring to that was sitting on the bench? id love to know who you think shouldve been starting over the kids from last year.. your answers could get very entertaining
  • CentralFan
    Sorry, not the forum for names, just overall observations. Obvious though, a little help from the bench last year may have made the team better overall. Let's move on !
  • Name
    Very quiet around here. Waiting for the big game. BG vs CM. Good luck to BG. All of N.H. is counting on you.
  • DK
    BG and CM on Fri - North and Salem on Sat. Both North and Salem put up 56 and 49 points on South. Lowell put up 6. Didn't lowell beat lawrence who beat chelmsford, who did chemsford beat ? I won't say it. Don't forget Pinkerton vs. Brockton Sat as well.
  • Name
    How balance is the MVC. You have to be ready to play come friday night. Pinkerton vs. Brockton is this weeks Methuen vs Haverhill. BG vs CM now thats the game this week in N.H.. Any game in the MVC is the game of the week. I'm hoping BG is all what everyone say they are.
  • John Stark
    CM (Herald #5) has played the most obscure schedule in EMass, while beating no one of consequence. BG has been planning for this one since the steamroll of Pink BG 42-14

    Brockton is always brimming with talent, though you get the feeling that the team is not as strong as some past years. Pink. fighting for respect as they might not be Top 4 in D1. Brockton 21-17 (and if it's this close it speaks well of NH football)

    Salem will run it down North's throat, while North passes it over Salem's head. Salem 35-28

    Game of the week in the MVC Andover 21 Chelmsford 19

    Other thoughts???
  • Name
    CM (Herald #5), I agree with you. But herald writers must know what they are talking about. I don't agree with you about the Andover vs Chelmsford game. I do like Chelmsford to win that game. Pinkenton is having a down year and I like Brockton to beat them just like Salem and BG has.
  • MaTransplant
    Name, you start to make a little sense and than you have to make a stupid comment that Pinkerton vs Brockton is this week's Methuen vs Haverhill? Just explain a little.
    Brockton Pinkerton will be closer than BG over CM. Brockton will probably win unless some of the players on Pinkerton from last year are still pissed off enough about losing by a point from blowing a 20 - 7 half time lead. (28-27)
  • david1997sa
    You will see.
  • Name
    I don't need any help david97sa. But thank you.
  • John Stark
    Just scanning Herald's Top 7 in D1 and local implications:
    1. Xaverian: Central gave them all they could handle in preseason scrimmage. But scrimmages are scrimmages.
    2. Brockton: We'll see Saturday in Derry. I think this will be a fairly close game.
    3. Everett: Dracut, who has two MVC losses, beat them like a drum three weeks ago.
    4. Central Catholic: Lot of games to be played, but you have to like what you've seen so far.
    5. CM: Not sold. Welcome to New Hampshire Friday night, though weather could be a factor.
    6. Billerica: Too much reliance on one player, and we saw what happens when he's out vs. Tewks.
    7. Chelmsford: Third MVC team in the Top 7. These guys at #7 shows how explosive Lawrence can be on any given day.
  • Name
    Pinkenton is having a down year. Blow out in the making. Dracut, who has two MVC losses, will rebound. CM vs BG. Weather, they both have to play in it. No factor. CM by 10 or more.
  • Ma transplant
    Name, have you seen any of the teams play? Very possible with your predictions but just wondering.
  • Name
    Predictions. Yes, thats right. BG will not beat CM. I like them to win by 10 or more. I'm sure you like BG by 21. Weather should not be a factor. They both have to play in it. No excuses. Pinkenton ( CC of N.H. ) has been blown out by Salem and BG. That tell me Pinkenton ( CC of N.H. ) is having a down year. Salem and BG are the only real teams that Pinkenton ( CC of N.H. ) has played. I see a blow out. If I'm right, I'm sure blogging will come to a end. If I'm wrong, N.H. will feel like King Kong that they beat a top # 5 team from Ma.. Even if BG has Ma. kids on it's team.
  • John Stark
    Name, I'll go out on a limb here and predict that the point differential of the CM-BG game will be twice that of Brock-Pink. Keep in mind that the team that you believe is #1 in the area (Salem) needed OT to beat a tough Timberlane team. BG beat Timberlane 47-6 in a game that was not as close as the final score woud suggest. And trust me, nobody from NH will be immitating "King Kong" if BG wins, largely because wins over Mass. schools are not at all unusual in recent years.
  • Name
    Salem knows how to win. That is why they are # 1.. Until they lose they should be # 1. Also Salem plays by the rules. Not like BG and Pinkenton ( CC of N.H. ) when it comes to players on there team.
  • Football Fan
    Name, what rules are being broken?
blog comments powered by Disqus