We roll into Week 10 of the Eastern Maine Sports high school football predictions. In Week 9- Bob Beathem, Aaron Howard, Fred Yeo, and Zach White all went 8-2 as the entire group went 5-5 in the consensus. Beathem has a comfortable five game lead for the season over Howard who is in second place. Bill Libby is six back, while Charles Farley and Sean Stackhouse sit one game behind Libby.
This week we’re picking 10 playoff games ranging from Classes A, B, C, and D and three contests from the 8-man ranks. Below is the games we’re picking, the consensus, and then our projections beside our Week 9 results/season standings.
Class “A” North Semifinal: Bangor (4-5) at Lewiston (5-3)
Class “A” South Semifinal: Noble (7-2) at Bonny Eagle (7-2)
Class “B” North Semifinal: Lawrence (6-3) at Cony (5-3)
Class “B” South Semifinal: Massabesic (7-2) at Deering (7-1)
Class “C” North Semifinal: Oceanside (5-4) at Hermon (6-2)
Class ‘C’ North Semifinal: Nokomis (5-4) at Medomak (6-2)
Class ‘D’ South Semifinal: John Bapst (5-4) at Winslow (5-4)
8 Man Small School North Final: Houlton (7-2) at Stearns (8-1)
8 Man Large School Semifinal: Lake Region (7-2) at Greely (7-1)
8 Man Large School Semifinal: Mt. Ararat (7-2) at Camden Hills (7-1)
Consensus: 5-5/52-38- Lewiston(10-9), Bonny Eagle (15-4), Lawrence (12-7), Deering (17-2), Hermon (18-1), Medomak Valley (15-4), Winslow (11-8), Stearns (18-1), Greely (15-4), Camden Hills (14-5)
Bob B: 8-2/63-27- Bangor, Bonny Eagle, Cony, Deering, Hermon, Medomak, Winslow, Stearns, Greely, Mt. Ararat
Aaron H: 8-2/58-32- Lewiston, Bonny Eagle, Lawrence, Deering, Hermon, Medomak Valley, Winslow, Stearns, Greely, Camden Hills
Bill L: 6-4/57-33- Lewiston, Bonny Eagle, Cony, Deering, Hermon, Medomak Valley, Winslow, Stearns, Greely, Camden Hills
Charles F: 5-5/56-34- Lewiston, Bonny Eagle , Lawrence, Deering, Hermon, Medomak Valley, Winslow, Stearns, Greely, Mt. Ararat
Sean S: 7-3/56-34- Lewiston, Bonny Eagle, Cony, Deering, Hermon, Medomak Valley, John Bapst, Stearns, Greely, Camden Hills
Rich R: 4-6/55-35- Bangor, Bonny Eagle, Cony, Deering, Hermon, Medomak, John Bapst, Stearns, Greely, Camden Hills
Andrew H: 5-5/53-37- Lewiston, Bonny Eagle, Lawrence, Deering, Hermon, Medomak Valley, Winslow, Stearns, Greely, Camden Hills
Ethan S. 5-5/53-37- Bangor, Noble, Cony, Deering, Hermon, Medomak Valley, John Bapst, Stearns, Greely, Camden Hills
Fred Y: 8-2/51-39- Lewiston, Bonny Eagle Lawrence, Deering, Hermon, Medomak Valley, Winslow, Stearns, Greely, Camden Hills
Tyler K: 5-5/51-39- Bangor, Noble, Lawrence, Deering, Hermon, Medomak Valley, John Bapst, Stearns, Greely,
Camden Hills
Doug M: 6-4/50-40- Lewiston, Bonny Eagle, Cony, Deering, Hermon, Medomak Valley, John Bapst, Stearns, Greely, Camden Hills
Traci C: 7-3/50-40- Bangor, Bonny Eagle, Cony, Deering, Hermon, Medomak Valley, Winslow, Stearns, Greely, Camden Hills
Marc C: 6-4/49-41- Bangor, Bonny Eagle, Lawrence, Deering, Hermon, Nokomis, Winslow, Stearns, Greely, Mt. Ararat
Zach W: 8-2/49-41- Lewiston, Bonny Eagle, Lawrence, Massabesic, Hermon, Medomak Valley, John Bapst, Stearns, Greely, Camden Hills
Chris P: 6-4/47-43- Lewiston, Bonny Eagle, Lawrence, Deering, Hermon, Nokomis, Winslow, Stearns, Greely, Camden Hills
Anthony D: 7-3/46-44- Bangor, Bonny Eagle, Lawrence, Deering, Hermon, Medomak, John Bapst, Stearns, Lake Region, Camden Hills
Chris L: 5-5/46-44- Bangor, Bonny Eagle, Lawrence, Massebesic, Oceanside, Nokomis, Winslow, Houlton, Lake Region, Mt. Ararat
David M: 5-5/42-48-Bangor, Noble, Lawrence, Deering, Hermon, Medomak, John Bapst, Stearns, Lake Region, Mt Ararat
Gabe N: 3-7/37-53- Lewiston, Noble, Lawrence, Deering, Hermon, Nokomis, Winslow, Stearns, Lake Region, Camden Hills
Hermon and Medomak Valley faced off for a Week 1 Class C high school football game in Waldoboro back on September 7 in a contest won by the Hawks 14-8. Hermon and Medomak both host semifinal playoffs this week, as the Hawks take on Oceanside and the Panthers battle Nokomis. Photo by Chris Lessner