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Playoff/Consolation Picks
Playoff/Consolation Picks
Playoff/Consolation Picks
This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for – playoff time. There are 24 Shore Conference teams believing in the dream of making it to that first weekend in December and a state sectional final. It always reminds me of one of my favorite stories from ancient Greece about when Alexander the Great arrived with his army on the shores of Persia...
Week Nine Picks
Week Nine Picks
Week Nine Picks
I can’t seem to shake these four-loss weeks, as this is the part of the year where it becomes harder to decipher which teams that are out of the playoff running are still going hard and which ones have mailed in their seasons. This week has a great slate of games, many with big state playoff seeding implications...
Week Eight Picks
Week Eight Picks
Week Eight Picks
I am in a gradual decline to finish the season and had another subpar week last week, so we’ll see if I can pull out of a tailspin in the exercise of futility known as my picks. We could see the first division titles (or at least ties for them) get clinched this week, and there are some crucial games as far as playoff seedings go...
Week 7 Picks
Week 7 Picks
Week 7 Picks
Two big match-ups featuring four teams ranked in the Shore Sports Network Top 10 highlight another big weekend of Shore Conference football coming up. Class A South took my picks behind the woodshed last week, as all three first-place teams lost...
Week Six Football Picks
Week Six Football Picks
Week Six Football Picks
Last week was one of my most mediocre prognostication weeks of the season, so it’s time to start rounding into playoff form as we head into the second half of the season. As far as division title races go, the Central at Barnegat game is a big one in Class B South this week, while Lacey, Jackson Memorial and Brick look to remain unbeaten in Class A South in a free-for-all for that championship...
Week Five Football Picks
Week Five Football Picks
Week Five Football Picks
It’s going to be a soggy Week Five, so we’ll see if the rain and field conditions have any type of significant effect on the outcomes, although the forecast for Saturday is much better now. Twelve teams have byes this week, so it’s a fairly light schedule highlighted by No...