Lorain County High School Football Week 9 Picks

Just two weeks remaining in the regular season of high school football and still a lot to be decided.

Patriot Athletic Conference Stars Division Keystone (7-1, 5-0, 8 points) Buckeye (6-2, 5-0, 8 points) Black River (4-4, 3-2, 4 points) Firelands (5-3, 2-3, 3 points) Wellington (2-6, 1-4, 2 points) Brookside (3-5, 1-4, 1 point) Patriot Athletic Conference Stripes Division Columbia (7-1, 5-0, 8 points) Clearview (5-3, 3-2, 6 points) Lutheran West (3-5, 2-3, 4 points) Fairview (2-6, 2-3, 3 points) Brooklyn (1-7, 0-5, 0 points) Oberlin (1-7, 0-5, 0 points) Southwestern Conference Berea-Midpark (7-1, 5-0) Brecksville (7-1, 4-0) North Olmsted (5-3, 2-2) Olmsted Falls (4-4, 3-2) Westlake (3-5, 1-3) Amherst (1-7, 0-4) Avon Lake (1-7, 0-4) West Shore Conference Midview (8-0, 5-0) Avon (7-1, 4-1) Bay (5-3, 2-2) Elyria Catholic (5-3, 2-2) Rocky River (5-3, 1-3) North Ridgeville (4-4, 1-3) Lakewood​ (2-6, 0-4) Independent Open Door Christian (2-6) Vermilion (2-6)

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 Nordonia (Region 4: #7 vs. #2)
• North Ridgeville at #13 in Region 4  
• Keystone at Wooster Triway (Region 12: #7 vs. #2)  
• Firelands at #12 in Region 12  

Saturday November 8:

• Elyria at Austintown-Fitch (Region 1: #12 vs. #5)
• Lorain at #17 in Region 1
• Columbia at Marion Pleasant (Region 16: #8 vs. #1)
• Elyria Catholic at #9 in Region 16

Next the county races:

• The PAC Stars Division has Keystone and Buckeye at the top with eight points. The Bucks have won 6 straight while Keystone has won 5 in a row. The two teams play tonight for all of the marbles.
  
• In the PAC Stripes, Columbia is in the driver's seat with 8 points while Clearview has 6 points. The Clippers need to beat Lutheran West tonight and then defeat Columbia next to have any hope of winning their first Stripes division title since 2009. 
• Note: In the Patriot Athletic Conference, teams earn two points for a division win.
  
• Midview leads the West Shore Conference at 5-0 and can wrap the conference championship by defeating last-place Lakewood tonight. This would the first WSC crown for the Middies.
• In the Southwestern Conference, Berea-Midpark can clinch it tonight with a win at Brecksville. The Bees will need to win tonight and next week at Westlake to win the SWC in their final season in the conference.

Week 10 could be very interesting with Berea-Midpark scheduled to host Midview in a non-conference game. This could be a match-up of the SWC champion Titans and the WSC champion Middies.

For the first time in a while, both Jeremy and I had identical records at 17-4. Both of us are holding steady at 79% and 76% respectively and both have a chance at our best year ever picking games.

This weekend's winners are listed below in bold.

Clearview at Lutheran West - I will covering this game for WDLW radio - tune in to 1380 AM or listen online

Avon Lake at North Olmsted
Berea-Midpark at Brecksville
Black River at Brookside
Brooklyn at Columbia
Brunswick at Strongsville
Elyria Catholic at North Ridgeville
Firelands at Wellington
Horizon Science Academy at Open Door Christian
Keystone at Buckeye
Lorain at Cleveland Hts.
Midview at Lakewood
Oberlin at Fairview
Olmsted Falls at Avon
Parma at Normandy
Rocky River at Bay
Spencerville at Vermilion
Stow-Munroe Falls at Elyria
Valley Forge at Garfield Hts.
Westlake at Amherst


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: 17-4
Week 9 results: 0-0
Week 10 results: 0-0

Season Total: 135-35 (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: 17-4
Week 9 results: 0-0
Week 10 results: 0-0

Season Total: 126-39 (76%)

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