The Eastern Maine Sports high school football experts experts went 4-6 overall in week five. Bob Beatham went 9-1 and has the overall lead at 35-15. Aaron Howard is two games behind Beatham, while Bill Libby and Rich Rotella sit three games behind at 32-18.
This week we believe two Saturday games- Old Town at Oak Hill and Ellsworth at Dexter will be the most competitive contests of the week. Eastern Maine Sports Media will have live coverage of Nokomis at Foxcroft on Friday night with pregame coverage starting at 6:45. Below are the games we are picking for week 5, and then the predictions from our crew.
Friday:
- Mt. Ararat (4-1) at MDI (3-2)
- Hermon (3-2) at Brewer (1-4)
- Camden Hills (5-0) at Lake Region (4-1)
- Houlton (4-1) at Orono (3-2)
- South Portland (4-1) at Thornton (4-1)
- Medomak (3-2) at Cony (3-2)
- Mattanawcook (2-3) at MCI (2-3)
- Nokomis (2-3) at Foxcroft (5-0)
Saturday
- Old Town (3-2) at Oak Hill (2-3)
- Ellsworth (4-1) at Dexter (2-3)
Consensus: 4-6 29-21- Mt. Ararat (17-2), Hermon (18-1), Camden Hills (19-0), Orono (16-3), Thornton (15-4), Cony (16-3), Mattanawcook (14-5), Foxcroft (19-0), Old Town (10-9), Ellsworth (11-8)
- Bob B: 9-1 35-15- Mt. Ararat, Hermon, Camden Hills, Orono, Thornton, Cony, MCI, Foxcroft, Oak Hill, Dexter
- Aaron H: 7-3 33-17- MDI, Hermon, Camden Hills, Orono, Thornton, Cony, Mattanawcook, Foxcroft, Old Town, Dexter
- Bill L: 6-4 32-18- Mt Ararat, Hermon, Camden, Orono, Thornton, Cony, Mattanawcook, Foxcroft, Oak Hill, Ellsworth
- Rich R: 5-5 32-18- Mt. Ararat, Hermon, Camden Hills, Orono, Thornton, Cony, MCI, Foxcroft, Oak Hill, Dexter
- Andrew H: 6-4 31-19-Mt. Ararat, Hermon, Camden Hills, Orono, Thornton, Cony, Mattanawcook, Foxcroft, Oak Hill, Ellsworth
- Charles F: 6-4 31-19- Mt. Ararat, Hermon, Camden Hills, Orono, Thornton, Cony, Mattanawcook, Foxcroft, Oak Hill, Ellsworth
- Ethan S: 6-4 31-19- Mt.Ararat, Hermon, Camden Hills, Orono, Thornton, Cony, Mattanawcook, Foxcroft, Oak Hill, Dexter
- Sean S: 5-5 29-21- Mt. Ararat, Hermon, Camden Hills, Houlton, Thornton, Cony, Mattanawcook, Foxcroft, Oak Hill, Ellsworth
- Tyler K: 5-5 29-21- Mt Ararat, Hermon, Camden Hills, Orono, Thornton, Cony, Mattanawcook, Foxcroft, Oak Hill, Ellsworth
- Traci C: 6-4 26-24- Mt. Ararat, Hermon, Camden Hills, Orono, Thornton, Cony, Mattanawcook, Foxcroft, Old Town, Dexter
- Chris L: 5-5 25-25- Mt. Ararat, Hermon, Camden Hills, Orono, Thornton, Cony, Mattanawcook, Foxcroft, Oak Hill, Dexter
- Chris P: 5-5 25-25- MDI, Hermon, Camden Hills, Orono, South Portland, Cony, Mattanawcook, Foxcroft, Old Town, Ellsworth
- Zach W: 5-5 25-25- Mt. Ararat, Brewer, Camden Hills, Orono, Thornton, Cony, Mattanawcook, Foxcroft , Old Town, Ellsworth
- Marc C: 6-4 24-26- Mt. Ararat, Hermon, Camden Hills, Orono, Thornton, Medomak Valley, MCI, Foxcroft, Old Town, Dexter
- Anthony D: 1-9 23-27- Mt Ararat, Hermon, Camden Hills, Houlton, South Portland, Cony, Mattanawcook, Foxcroft, Old Town, Ellsworth.
- Doug M: 4-6 23-27- Mt. Ararat, Hermon, Camden Hills, Orono, Thornton, Medomak, Mattanawcook, Foxcroft, Old Town, Dexter
- Fred Y: 5-5 23-27- Mt Ararat, Hermon, Camden Hills, Houlton, Thornton, Cony, MCI, Foxcroft, Old Town, Ellsworth
- David M: 4-6 21-29- Mt Ararat, Hermon, Camden Hills, Orono, South Portland, Medomak, Mattanacook, Foxcroft, Old Town, Ellsworth.
- Gabe N: 3-7 18-32- Mt Ararat, Hermon, Camden hills, Orono, South Portland, Cony, MCI, Foxcroft, Old town, Ellsworth
