ER Sports: Football Season 2015

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FINALLY!

It seemed high school football season was never going to arrive, but it has, and the Erie Reader is ready to help you get through the upcoming season. We are all set for the long-awaited, much-anticipated ER Grid Picks.

_{WEEK 1}

HIGH SCHOOLS

Lakeview 35 YOUNGSVILLE 12

MERCER 22 Eisenhower 6

REYNOLDS 24 Cochranton 12

General McLane 22 FORT LeBOEUF 20

WEST MIDDLESEX 26 Cambridge Springs 22

WILMINGTON 28 Grove City 18

Farrell 42 EAST 12

Girard 20 MAPLEWOOD 14

Mercyhurst Prep 34 SAEGERTOWN 14

Seneca 24 UNION CITY 8

Oil City 26 CORRY 22

GREENVILLE 22 North East 20

HICKORY 28 Strong Vincent 22

SLIPPERY ROCK 20 Perry 14

TITUSVILLE 30 Franklin 20

Central Tech 26 WARREN 18

CONNEAUT 28 Northwestern 22

WAKULLA (FL) 34 Cathedral Prep 20

TOP 3 GAMES

No. 3: MEADVILLE 28 Fairview 24 – This should be entertaining with two high-powered offenses.

No. 2: McDowell 24 LAKE CATHOLIC 21 – For fans that enjoy physical football, this is the game.

No. 1: Harbor Creek 30 IROQUOIS 26 –Huskies won a thriller and this year could be a replay.

COLLEGES

Gannon 38 SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT 27

MERCYHURST 24 Bentley 21

St. Joseph (Ind.) 30 EDINBORO 20

North Carolina 27 SOUTH CAROLINA 24

TCU 34 MINNESOTA 31

UTAH 24 Michigan 21

Duke 38 TULANE 21

BOISE STATE 28 Washington 27

AUBURN 27 Louisville 24

UCLA 21 Virginia 20

ALABAMA 20 Wisconsin 17

PITTSBURGH 35 Youngstown 20

Penn State 28 TEMPLE 17

VIRGINIA TECH 30 Ohio State 28

_{WEEK 2}

HIGH SCHOOLS

Lakeview 24 WEST MIDDLESEX 22

WILMINGTON 28 Mercer 20

FARRELL 35 Reynolds 18

CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS 27 Saegertown 12

COCHRANTON 36 Union City 14

Eisenhower 34 YOUNGSVILLE 16

Iroquois 27 MAPLEWOOD 20

GROVE CITY 22 Corry 20

Greenville 24 SLIPPERY ROCK 21

Hickory 35 SHARON 20

Warren 38 TITUSVILLE 20

FAIRVIEW 28 Mercyhurst Prep 14

Harbor Creek 22 SENECA 20

FORT LeBOEUF 20 North East 18

Conneaut 38 FRANKLIN 14

OIL CITY 41 Bradford 20

Cathedral Prep 26 STRONG VINCENT 18

SHARPSVILLE 42 East 14

McDOWELL 31 Canton McKinley 14

TOP 3 GAMES 

No. 3: GIRARD 24 Northwestern 21

No. 2: DuBOIS 42 Meadville 40

No. 1: Central Tech 34 GENERAL McLANE 31

COLLEGES

GANNON 48 Cheyney 14

MERCYHURST 21 West Chester 20

Shippensburg 31 EDINBORO 24

Notre Dame 27 VIRGINIA 24

Oklahoma 38 TENNESSEE 28

MICHIGAN STATE 21 Oregon 20

BYU 31 Boise State 28

PENN STATE 42 Buffalo 21

Pitt 35 AKRON 20

James R. LeCorchick can be contacted at JRLSportsReport@gmail.com, and you can follow him on Twitter @JRLSports.