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There are only two NECC teams left, and they face off against one another this weekend! Any thoughts or predictions? Friday, Nov. 8 Fairfield at Eastside, 7 pm

Here is who is still playing in the NECC for Sectional round 2! What are your thoughts and predictions? (Chart from the John Harrell page). Friday, Nov. 1 Marian at West Noble, 7 pm Prairie Heights at Fairfield, 7 pm Bishop Luers at Eastside, 7 pm

My picks minus the Fairfield game: Angola 14 Leo 21....I feel that it is always hard to beat a team twice in the same season. For that reason, this one will be closer, but Leo will win. Garrett 7 Jimtown 28....Unfortunately for Garrett, Jimtown's strength of schedule will have them playing well in their 3A sectional. Lakeland 0 Marian 35....Marian has played very well this year, and they are not 8-1 by accident. Too tough for the Lakers. West Noble 28 John Glenn 0....John Glenn will have a hard time scoring on this stellar defense. Whitko 14 Prairie Heights 27....I just have a feeling that the Panthers are a lot better than the Wildcats. Central Noble 14 FW Luers 28....it would be awesome if it were close, but even a struggling Luers team is tough in only 2A football. Eastside 35 Woodlan 6....Eastside finally gets the Woodlan monkey off of their backs. Southwood 27 Churubusco 28 Double OT...on paper it looks like Southwood is the better team....but I like Busco at home, with the truck smoke, porkburgers, and Porkrinder leading the way. The undefeated season ends for the Knights. Fremont 20 North Miami 14...again, I am trying to give the NECC some love here...on paper it looks like North Miami might have a better shot at this one...but I am pulling for the NECC.

Here is the sectional NECC match-ups for round one. What are your thoughts and predictions? What's cool is that no NECC team is playing each other in round one. I like it when it happens that way. Chart provided by the John Harrell website. Friday, Oct. 25 Angola at Leo, 7 pm Garrett at Jimtown, 7:30 pm Lakeland at Marian, 7 pm West Noble at Glenn, 7 pm Whitko at Prairie Heights, 7 pm Fairfield at Bluffton, 7 pm Central Noble at Bishop Luers, 7 pm Eastside at Woodlan, 7 pm Southwood at Churubusco, 7 pm Fremont at North Miami, 7 pm

Here is the sectional NECC match-ups for round one. What are your thoughts and predictions? What's cool is that no NECC team is playing each other in round one. I like it when it happens that way. Chart provided by the John Harrell website. Friday, Oct. 25 Angola at Leo, 7 pm Garrett at Jimtown, 7:30 pm Lakeland at Marian, 7 pm West Noble at Glenn, 7 pm Whitko at Prairie Heights, 7 pm Fairfield at Bluffton, 7 pm Central Noble at Bishop Luers, 7 pm Eastside at Woodlan, 7 pm Southwood at Churubusco, 7 pm Fremont at North Miami, 7 pm

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Non-expert picks this week: Northridge 14 Memorial 21...I really like Memorial in this one, although I have been picking them all year and they keep losing. Against common opponents and on paper, Memorial actually seems to be the better team. Hard to go game to game though....I still think Memorial gets it done. Plymouth 38 Northwood 14....It's close at first, but once the Rockies settle in, it will be smooth sailing....Northwood has the home field advantage, but they have not done well this year against ranked teams. Warsaw 14 Concord 15 OT....I don't know...i just feel like the Minutemen will get this one. Wawasee 21 Goshen 7.....and Wawasee wins the battle of the bottom.

These are my picks minus the Fairfield game: Angola 21 Eastside 14...I know Eastside has some speed at qb, but the Hornets have some speed on defense that will keep the Blazers in check. Bluffton 14 Lakeland 21...Bluffton has a much better record, but Lakeland has a stronger strength in Schedule....everything points to Bluffton winning, which is why I like the Lakers...go NECC. Garrett 21 Central Noble 20....the early extra point that CN misses will come back to get them. Garrett wins a close one. Prairie Heights 7 West Noble 42..a little lopsided in this one...this game doesn't help the Charger's strength of schedule right before playoff time. Frontier 21 Fremont 28...again, I like the NECC in this one, and Fremont has really improved this year.

Also on Saturday: Saturday, Oct. 19 Frontier at Fremont, 1 pm

This week's NLC games. (Chart from the John Harrell site) Friday, Oct. 18 Northridge at Memorial ©, 7 pm Plymouth at NorthWood ©, 7 pm Warsaw at Concord ©, 7 pm Wawasee at Goshen ©, 7 pm

Here are this week's match ups...what are your thoughts and predictions? (Chart from the John Harrell site). Friday, Oct. 18 Angola at Eastside, 7 pm Bluffton at Lakeland, 7 pm Churubusco at Fairfield, 7 pm Garrett at Central Noble, 7 pm Prairie Heights at West Noble, 7 pm

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My picks minus the Fairfield game: Central Noble 14 Eastside 28....If CN contains the Eastside qb, it is a whole different ball game. Fremont 35 Prairie Heights 14...it's nice to see the Eagles improving this year. Garrett 7 Angola 45...Angola's strength of schedule prepared them for this one. West Noble 31 Churubusco 14....last year, WN was the ONLY NECC team to beat Busco...it isn't going to be as close this year. Busco has a good thing going, but the Charger defense will be ALL over Busco. Too much speed for the Eagles to block. ***Side note....WN is only allowing 12 points per game defensively. That ranks them 5th defensively in that category for 3A.

My non expert picks this week: Memorial 35 Wawasee 14 Memorial finally plays an opponent that they are superior than...EM is the best one win team in the state...I will keep saying it. Goshen 0 Plymouth 42...tough sledding for the Redhawks...the windy weather keeps the Plymouth passing game in check. Northridge 14 Concord 21....the Minutemen do just enough to win this won. Warsaw 21 Northwood 14...Warsaw causes some Northwood turnovers that end up being the difference in this won. I actually wouldn't be surprised though if Northwood pulls this one out.

This weeks NECC match-ups. What are your thoughts and predictions? (Chart from the John Harrell site) Friday, Oct. 11 Central Noble at Eastside ©, 7 pm Fairfield at Lakeland ©, 7 pm Fremont at Prairie Heights ©, 7 pm Garrett at Angola ©, 7 pm West Noble at Churubusco, 7 pm

This week's NLC matchups: (Links from the John Harrell site). Friday, Oct. 11 Memorial at Wawasee ©, 7 pm Goshen at Plymouth ©, 7 pm Northridge at Concord ©, 7 pm NorthWood at Warsaw ©, 7 pm

This week's non expert predictions: Concord 21 Plymouth 22 Double OT...my gut actually tells me that the Minutemen are going to win, but my head says,"Don't pick against Plymouth again!" Northridge 42 Goshen 0....Goshen has been down three years in a row now....i don't see them winning another NLC game in 2019...maybe 1 more. Northwood 35 Elkhart Memorial 42...disagree if you want, but Memorial has played a BRUTAL schedule so far...and both of these teams have beat Goshen by a ton and lost to Concord by a little....much more even match up than the records show...Northwood hasn't beat ANYONE with a winning record yet. (Northwood's opponents that they have beaten have a combined 7-17 record...Northridge being the best at 3-3) All of the teams Memorial has lost to have a combined 24-6 record. (With a 6-0 Concord being the best, and Warsaw, Plymouth, and Elkhart Central all sitting at 5-1) Wawasee 0 Warsaw 56...even though it's a rivalry, it'll be over at halftime.

My picks minus the Fairfield game: Churubusco 28 CN 7...I would like to see it closer, but it will all depend on how well CN moves the ball. Eastside 21 Fremont 14....much closer than expected....Fremont plays well. Lakeland 0 West Noble 49...I don't think the Lakers will have the speed to match up with the Chargers. Angola A lot...PH...not a lot....sorry Panthers.

This week in the NLC.. Chart from the John Harrell site: Friday, Oct. 4 Concord at Plymouth ©, 7 pm Goshen at Northridge ©, 7 pm NorthWood at Memorial ©, 7 pm Wawasee at Warsaw ©, 7 pm

Here are this week's games. (Chart from the John Harrell site). What are your thoughts and predictions? Friday, Oct. 4 Churubusco at Central Noble ©, 7 pm Eastside at Fremont ©, 7 pm Fairfield at Garrett ©, 7 pm Lakeland at West Noble ©, 7 pm Prairie Heights at Angola, 7 pm

My predictions for the NLC this week: CMA 35 Memorial 42....CMA looks to be improved, but so is Memorial. Memorial wins this one and avenges their loss from last year. Memorial may be the best 1-4 team in the state. Jimtown 7 Concord 14...this could be a low scoring affair...it's a rivalry game, so win-loss records can go out the window....Concord is the better team, but the Jimmies ALWAYS make this one close, or upset Concord...overall the Jimmies are the underdog this year. Northwood 7 Northridge 8...Double OT: Northwood's only quality win is vs. Jimtown, who I think is a little down. My gut tells me the Panthers will have a hard time moving the ball. Plymouth 63 Wawasee 0...Sorry Warriors. Warsaw 49 Goshen 7....this one might be a bit of a mis-match as well.

My picks for this week minus the Fairfield game: Central Noble 15 Lakeland 14....two teams that like to pound it....CN's size gets the best of Lakeland. Eastside 41 Prairie Heights 14...Eastside's QB is creating fits for opposing defenses. Fremont 21 Churubusco 35....I can see a lot of points being scored in this one. Fremont is VERY improved. West Noble 42 Garrett 7...the WN speed will be hard for the Railroaders to match.

Here are this week's match-ups in the NECC. What are your thoughts and predictions? Friday, Sep. 27 Angola at Fairfield ©, 7 pm Central Noble at Lakeland, 7 pm Eastside at Prairie Heights ©, 7 pm Fremont at Churubusco ©, 7 pm West Noble at Garrett ©, 7 pm Chart from the John Harrell site.

this week in the NLC per the John Harrell site: Friday, Sep. 27 Culver Academy at Memorial, 7 pm Jimtown at Concord, 7 pm NorthWood at Northridge ©, 7 pm Plymouth at Wawasee ©, 7 pm Warsaw at Goshen ©, 7 pm

Concord 49 Goshen 7 (Concord is playing some good football this year...and Goshen just got beat pretty badly by Northwood, a team Concord was able to beat). Wawasee 0 Northwood 45...a lopsided match-up. Plymouth 21 Memorial 17....I actually think this one could be close. However, based on the previous weeks, Plymouth should not be picked against at this point...even though I am going to say there COULD be an upset.... Northridge 21 Warsaw 28...I feel like the Raiders might have a hard time stopping the option tonight.