The Eastern Maine Sports high school football experts went 5-5 overall as a group in Week 8. Bill Libby, Charles Farley, Rich Rotella, Aaron Howard, Doug Macglashing, Traci Calnan, and Marc Calnan each went 7-3. Bob Beatham leads the overall standings by four games over Libby, Farley, and Rotella.
This week we believe a Class A regular season finale between Oxford Hills and Bangor, and a pair of quarterfinal playoff games between Hampden and Oceanside in Class C and Houlton and Orono in 8-man small school will be the most competitive. Below is the list of games we are picking, and below that our projections for Week 9-
Friday, November 1
Oxford Hills (4-4) at Bangor (3-5)
Portland (6-2) at South Portland (5-3)
Class ‘B’ North Quarterfinal #5 Messalonskee (3-5) at #4 Gardiner (4-4)
Class ‘C’ North Quarterfinal #5 Hampden (3-5) at #4 Oceanside (4-4)
Class ‘D’ North Quarterfinal #5 Old Town (3-5) at #4 MCI (5-3)
Class ‘D’ South Quarterfinal #5 Oak Hill (5-3) at #4 Freeport (5-3)
8 Man Large School Quarterfinal #6 MDI (4-4) at #3 Lake Region (6-2)
8 Man Large School Quarterfinal #5 Gray-NG (5-3) at #4 Mt. Ararat (6-2)
8 Man Small School North Semifinal #3 Orono (5-3) at #2 Houlton (6-2)
Saturday, November 2
Class ‘D’ North Quarterfinal- #6 Mattanawcook (2-6) at #3 John Bapst (4-4)
Consensus: 5-5/47-33- Oxford Hills (11-8), Portland (18-1), Gardiner (13-6), Oceanside (11-8), MCI (16-3), John Bapst (19-0), Freeport (12-7), Lake Region (15-4), Mt. Ararat (19-0), Orono (11-8)
Bob B: 6-4/55-25- Bangor, Portland, Messalonskee, Oceanside, MCI, John Bapst, Oak Hill, Lake Region, Mt. Ararat, Orono
Bill L: 7-3/51-29- Oxford Hills, Portland, Messalonskee, Hampden, MCI, John Bapst, Freeport, Lake Region, Mt Ararat, Houlton
Charles F: 7-3/51-29- Oxford Hills, Portland, Gardiner, Oceanside, MCI, John Bapst, Freeport, Lake Region, Mt. Ararat, Orono
Rich R: 7-3/51-29- Oxford Hills, Portland, Gardiner, Hampden Academy, MCI, John Bapst, Freeport, Lake Region, Mt. Ararat, Orono
Aaron H: 7-3/50-30- Bangor, Portland, Messalonskee, Oceanside, MCI, John Bapst, Freeport, Lake Region, Mt. Ararat, Houlton
Sean S: 5-5/49-31- Oxford Hills, Portland, Messalonskee, Oceanside, MCI, John Bapst, Freeport, Lake Region, Mt. Ararat, Houlton
Andrew H: 5-5/48-32- Oxford Hills, Portland, Gardiner, Hampden, MCI, John Bapst, Oak Hill, Lake Region, Mt. Ararat, Orono
Ethan S: 5-5/48-32- Oxford Hills, Portland, Gardiner, Hampden, MCI, John Bapst, Freeport, Lake Region, Mt.Ararat, Houlton
Tyler K: 4-6/46-34- Bangor, Portland, Gardiner, Hampden, Old Town, John Bapst, Freeport, MDI, Mt Ararat, Orono
Doug M: 7-3/44-36- Oxford Hills, Portland, Messalonskee, Hampden, MCI, John Bapst, Oak Hill, Lake Region, Mt. Ararat, Orono
Fred Y: 5-5/43-37- Oxford hills, Portland, Gardiner, Oceanside, Old Town, John Bapst, Oak Hill, Lake Region, Mt Ararat, Houlton
Marc C: 7-3/43-37- Oxford Hills, Portland, Gardiner, Oceanside, Old Town, John Bapst, Oak Hill, MDI, Mt. Ararat, Orono
Traci C: 7-3/43-37- Bangor, Portland, Messalonskee, Oceanside, MCI, John Bapst, Freeport, Lake Region, Mt. Ararat, Orono
Chris L: 3-7/41-39- Oxford Hills, Portland, Gardiner, Oceanside, MCI, John Bapst, Freeport, Lake Region, Mt. Ararat, Orono
Chris P: 4-6/41-39- Bangor, Portland, Gardiner, Hampden, MCI. John Bapst, Oak Hill, MDI, Mount Ararat, Houlton
Zach W: 4-6/41-39- Bangor, Portland, Gardiner, Oceanside, MCI, John Bapst, Oak Hill, Lake Region, Mt. Ararat, Houlton
Anthony D: 3-7/39-41- Bangor, Portland, Gardiner, Oceanside, MCI, John Bapst, Freeport, Lake Region, Mt Ararat, Houlton
David M: 3-7/37-43- Oxford Hills, Portland, Gardiner, Oceanside, MCI, John Bapst, Freeport, Lake Region, Mt Ararat, Orono
Gabe N: 4-6/34-46- Bangor, South Portland, Gardiner, Hampden, MCI, John Bapst, Freeport, MDI, Mt Ararat, Orono
