Week one of the high school football season will feature an interesting slate of games. The defending class D state champions from Maine Central Institute (MCI) will get their first taste of class C when they travel to Oceanside.
MDI travels to Winslow on Saturday afternoon in a battle of class C powers. Class D North favorite Foxcroft will host class D south contender Madison. Eastern Maine Sports will have live audio of the Ponies and Bulldogs clash starting at 6:45 PM on Friday evening.
This is the seventh annual Eastern Maine Sports football contest. Chris Lessner is the defending champion. Robert Beatham is a three time winner (2012, 2014, 2015). Frank Johnson was the 2011 Eastern Maine football expert, while Nick Coit earned the honor in 2013. The experts expect the Mattanawcook at John Bapst and Bucksport at Lisbon games to be the closest this week. Here is a look at the games and our picks for week one.
Friday, September 1st
* MCI (0-0) at Oceanside (0-0)- 7 PM
* Madison (0-0) at Foxcroft (0-0) – 7 PM
* Lawrence (0-0) at Brewer (0-0) – 7 PM
* Nokomis (0-0) at Hampden (0-0) – 7 PM
* Mattanawcook (0-0) at John Bapst (0-0)- 7 PM
* Hermon (0-0) at Old Town (0-0)- 7 PM
* Messalonskee (0-0) at Brunswick (0-0) – 7 PM
Saturday, September 2nd
* Ellsworth (0-0) at Dexter (0-0) – 1 PM
* MDI (0-0) at Winslow (0-0)- 1 PM
* Bucksport (0-0) at Lisbon (0-0) – 1:30 PM
Consensus (0-0/0-0)- MCI, Foxcroft, Brewer, Hampden, Mattanawcook, Old Town, Brunswick, Dexter, Winslow, Lisbon
- Darren P (0-0/0-0)-MCI, Foxcroft, Brewer, Hampden, John Bapst, Old Town, Brunswick, Ellsworth, Winslow, Bucksport
- Aaron H (0-0/0-0)- MCI, Foxcroft, Brewer, Nokomis, Mattanawcook, Hermon, Brunswick, Dexter, Winslow, Lisbon
- David M (0-0/0-0)- Oceanside, Foxcroft, Brewer, Hampden, Mattanawcook, Old Town, Brunswick, Ellsworth, Winslow, Lisbon
- Jeff H (0-0/0-0)- MCI, Foxcroft, Brewer, Nokomis, Mattanawcook, Old Town, Brunswick, Ellsworth, Winslow, Bucksport
- Marc C- (0-0/0-0)- MCI, Foxcroft,Lawrence, Hampden,John Bapst, Old Town, Brunswick, Dexter, Winslow, Lisbon
- Bob B- (0-0/0-0)- MCI, Foxcroft, Brewer, Nokomis,John Bapst, Hermon, Brunswick, Dexter, Winslow, Bucksport
- Blake L- (0-0/0-0)- MCI, Madison, Lawrence, Nokomis, Mattanawcook, Old Town, Brunswick, Dexter, MDI, Lisbon
- Traci C- (0-0/0-0)- MCI, Madison, Lawrence, Hampden, Mattanawcook, Hermon, Messalonskee, Dexter, MDI, Bucksport
- Toby N- (0-0/0-0)- Oceanside,Foxcroft, Brewer, Hampden, John Bapst, Old Town, Brunswick, Dexter, Winslow, Lisbon
- Jon A- (0-0/0-0)- MCI, Foxcroft, Lawrence, Hampden, Mattanawcook,Old Town, Messalonskee, Dexter, Winslow, Bucksport
- Andrew H- (0-0/0-0)- MCI,Foxcroft, Brewer, Hampden, Mattanawcook, Old Town, Brunswick, Dexter, Winslow, Bucksport
- Skip H (0-0/0-0)- MCI, Foxcroft, Lawrence, Hampden, Mattanawcook, Old Town, Brunswick, Dexter, Winslow, Bucksport
- Sean S (0-0/0-0)- MCI, Foxcroft, Brewer, Hampden, Mattanawcook, Hermon, Brunswick, Dexter, Winslow, Lisbon
- Chris P- (0-0/0-0)- MCI, Foxcroft, Brewer, Nokomis, John Bapst, Old Town, Brunswick, Ellsworth, MDI, Bucksport
- Frank J-(0-0/0-0)-MCI, Madison, Brewer, Hampden, John Bapst, Hermon, Brunswick,Dexter, Winslow, Lisbon
- Matt B- (0-0/0-0)-MCI, Foxcroft, Lawrence, Hampden, John Bapst, Old Town, Brunswick, Dexter, MDI, Lisbon
- Chris L- (0-0/0-0)- MCI, Foxcroft, Lawrence, Hampden. John Bapst, Old Town, Brunswick, Dexter, Winslow, Lisbon
- Anthony D- (0-0/0-0)- MCI, Foxcroft, Brewer, Nokomis, Mattanawcook, Hermon, Brunswick, Ellsworth, Winslow, Lisbon
- Andrew B -(0-0/0-0)- MCI,Foxcroft,Brewer, Hampden,John Bapst, Old Town, Brunswick, Ellsworth, MDI