Lorain County High School Football Week 8 Picks

Patriot Athletic Conference Stars Division Keystone (6-1, 3-0, 6 points) Buckeye (5-2, 4-0, 6 points) Firelands (5-2, 2-2, 3 point) Black River (3-4, 2-2, 2 points) Wellington (2-5, 1-3, 2 points) Brookside (3-4, 1-3, 1 point) Patriot Athletic Conference Stripes Division Columbia (6-1, 4-0, 6 points) Clearview (4-3, 2-2, 4 points) Lutheran West (3-4, 2-2, 4 points) Fairview (1-6, 1-3, 1 point) Brooklyn (1-6, 0-4, 0 points) Oberlin (1-6, 0-4, 0 points) Southwestern Conference Berea-Midpark (6-1, 4-0) Brecksville (6-1, 4-0) North Olmsted (4-3, 1-2) Westlake (3-4, 1-2) Olmsted Falls (3-4, 2-2) Amherst (1-6, 0-3) Avon Lake (1-6, 0-3) West Shore Conference Midview (7-0, 4-0) Avon (6-1, 3-1) Elyria Catholic (5-2, 2-1) Rocky River (5-2, 1-2) Bay (4-3, 1-2) North Ridgeville (4-3, 1-2) Lakewood​ (2-5, 0-4) Independent Open Door Christian (1-6) Vermilion (2-5)

Just three weeks left in the regular season. There are still five teams in contention for the post-season and two conference races in Lorain County up in the air.

First the post-season, currently the Week 11 match-ups are ....
Friday November 7:

• Springfield at Midview (Region 4: #8 vs. #1)  
• Avon at Medina Highland (Region 4: #5 vs. #4)
• North Ridgeville at #12 in Region 4  
• Keystone at Port Clinton (Region 12: #7 vs. #2)  
• Firelands at #10 in Region 12  

Saturday November 8: EC, Columbia and Black River

• Elyria at Olentangy Liberty (Region 1: #14 vs. #3)
• Lorain at #20 in Region 1
• Elyria Catholic at Chippewa (Region 16: #6 vs. #3)
• Columbia at #9 in Region 16

Next the county races:

• The PAC Stars Division has Keystone and Buckeye at the top with six points. Buckeye scored a big win defeating Black River last week. The championship could down to week 9 when Keystone travels to Buckeye.
  
• In the PAC Stripes, Columbia is in the driver's seat with 6 points while Clearview and Lutheran West hanging in there with 4 points. The three teams still need to play each other:
• Week 8: Lutheran West at Columbia
• Week 9: Clearview at Lutheran West
• Week 10: Columbia at Clearview
  
  Note: In the Patriot Athletic Conference, teams earn two points for a division win.
  
• Midview leads the West Shore Conference at 4-0. With victories already against 2nd place Avon, 4th place Rocky River and they play 3rd place Elyria Catholic this week. 
• In the Southwestern Conference, Brecksville and Berea-Midpark are on a collision course in Week 9 when the Bees host the Titans. Plenty of computer points will be at stake in that game.

I was 17-4 last week while Jeremy was 16-5. We're both holding steady at 79% and 76% respectively.

This weekend's winners are listed below in bold.

Avon at Rocky River - I will covering this game for WDLW radio - tune in to 1380 AM or listen online

Bay at North Ridgeville
Berea-Midpark at Westlake
Brecksville at Lakewood
Brookside at Keystone
Clearview at Oberlin
Elyria at Shaker Hts.
Elyria Catholic at Midview
Euclid at Lorain
Fairview at Brooklyn
Firelands at Black River
Garfield Hts at Parma
Lutheran East at Open Door Christian
Lutheran West at Columbia
Normandy at Brush
North Olmsted at Amherst
Norwalk at Vermilion
Olmsted Falls at Avon Lake
Strongsville at Hudson
Valley Forge at Cuyahoga Falls
Wellington at Buckeye


Eric Girod

Week 1 results: 14-7
Week 2 results: 15-7
Week 3 results: 23-4
Week 4 results: 16-2
Week 5 results: 17-3
Week 6 results: 16-4
Week 7 results: 17-4
Week 8 results: 0-0
Week 9 results: 0-0
Week 10 results: 0-0

Season Total: 118-31 (79%)

2013: 140-44 (76%)
2012: 139-42 (77%)
2011: 90-37 (71%)
2010: 89-38 (70%)

Jeremy Hudgens

Week 1 results: 14-6
Week 2 results: 17-4
Week 3 results: 19-7
Week 4 results: 13-3
Week 5 results: 16-4
Week 6 results: 14-6
Week 7 results: 16-5
Week 8 results: 0-0
Week 9 results: 0-0
Week 10 results: 0-0

Season Total: 109-35 (76%)

2013: 124-49 (72%)
2012: 114-63 (64%)