PERK’S PICKS for Week 8 of the 2019
High School Football Season
Last week I picked 24 winners out of 34 games for a 71% accuracy rating. Nineteen of the 24 correct picks covered the spread, five games were within 7 points and one was spot on. That brings my totals for this season to 230 winners out of 300 games for a 77% accuracy rate.
Here’s a list of this week’s gridiron
contests from the following conferences.
1A: Southern Piedmont, Smoky Mountain
1A/2A: Mountain Valley, Western
Highlands
2A: Mountain 6, Northwestern Foothills,
South Fork, Southwestern
3A: Big South, Western MAC
3A/4A: Northwestern
We are now into the meat of the
conference season and every game takes on extra significance. All of this week’s games are conference
contest with the exception of Saint
Stephens at North Iredell (denoted with an asterisk (*) and I have
separated the games by the individual conferences to make it easier to find
your team and their conference opponents.
SMOKY MOUNTAIN 1A
Cherokee (2-5, 1-1) at Andrews (2-4,
0-2): Andrews by 15
Hayesville (4-2, 0-1) at Murphy (5-1,
1-0): Murphy by 32
Swain County (6-0, 2-0) at Rosman
(2-5, 0-2): Swain County by 40
Robbinsville (7-0,2-0)-OPEN
SOUTHERN PIEDMONT 1A
Community School of Davidson (4-2,
3-1) at Thomas Jefferson (5-0, 3-0): Thomas Jefferson by 28
Mountain Island Charter (4-2, 2-1) at
Cherryville (3-4, 2-2): Mountain Island Charter by 32
Pine Lake Prep (3-3, 1-1) at Highland
Tech (1-5, 0-3): Pine Lake Prep by 35
Union Academy (3-2, 1-1) at Bessemer
City (3-3, 3-0): Bessemer City by 12
Christ the King (0-7, 0-6) - OPEN
MOUNTAIN VALLEY 1A/2A
Alleghany (2-4, 1-1) at West Wilkes
(1-5, 0-2): Alleghany by 7
East Wilkes (2-4, 1-1) at Starmount (3-3,
0-2): Starmount by 21
Elkin (4-2, 1-1) at Wilkes Central
(5-1, 2-0): Elkin by 3
North Wilkes (4-2, 1-1) at Ashe County (3-3, 2-0): Ashe County by 9
WESTERN HIGHLANDS 1A/2A
Madison (0-5, 0-0) at Polk County: (6-0, 0-0): Polk County by 38
Mitchell (6-0, 0-0) at Owen (3-2, 0-0): Mitchell by 19
Mountain Heritage (4-1, 0-0) at Avery
County (5-1, 0-0): Avery County by 12
MOUNTAIN 6 2A
East Henderson (1-5, 0-0) at Brevard
(5-1, 0-0): Brevard by 40
Franklin (0-6, 0-0) at Hendersonville
(3-3, 0-0): Hendersonville by 28
Smoky Mountain (4-2, 0-0) at Pisgah
(4-1, 0-0): Pisgah by 14
NORTHWESTERN FOOTHILLS 2A
Draughn (5-2, 3-0) at Bunker Hill
(2-4, 1-1): Bunker Hill by 1
Foard (1-6, 1-2) at Hibriten (5-1,
2-0): Hibriten by 32
East Burke (2-4, 1-1) at Patton (1-5,
0-2): Patton by 7
West Caldwell (0-6, 0-2) at West
Iredell (3-3, 1-1): West Iredell by 40
SOUTHFORK 2A
Bandys (3-3, 0-2) at Lincolnton (2-4,
0-2): Bandys by 14
East Lincoln (6-0, 2-0) at North
Lincoln (5-1, 2-0): North Lincoln by 14
Lake Norman Charter (1-5, 0-2) at
Maiden (4-2, 1-1): Maiden by 40
West Lincoln (5-1, 1-1) at
Newton-Conover (4-2, 2-0): West Lincoln by 7
SOUTHWESTERN 2A
Burns (5-1, 2-0) at East Rutherford
(0-6, 0-1): Burn by 35
East Gaston (0-6, 0-2) at RS Central
(4-2, 1-1): RS Central by 27
Shelby (5-1, 2-0) at Chase (5-1, 0-1):
Shelby by 40
South Point (3-4, 1-1) - OPEN
BIG SOUTH 3A
Crest (5-2, 2-0) at Ashbrook (0-6,
0-1): Crest by 35
Forestview (3-3, 1-1) at North Gaston
(1-6, 0-2): Forestview by 32
Kings Mountain (7-0, 2-0) at Hunter
Huss (4-1, 1-0): Kings Mountain by 13
Stuart Cramer (2-5, 0-2) - OPEN
WESTERN MOUNTAIN 3A
Enka (1-6, 0-4) at West Henderson
(6-0, 3-0): West Henderson by 40
Erwin (2-5, 2-2) at TC Roberson (1-5,
1-3): Erwin by 1
North Henderson (0-6, 0-3) at North
Buncombe (5-2, 2-2): North Buncombe by 32
Tuscola (2-4, 1-1) at Asheville (3-4,
2-2): Asheville by 3
AC Reynolds (5-2, 4-0) - OPEN
NORTHWESTERN 3A/4A
Alexander Central (4-2, 0-1) at
Freedom (4-3, 1-1): Alexander Central by 10
Hickory (2-5, 2-0) at Watauga (6-1,
2-0): Watauga by 34
*Saint Stephens (3-3, 1-1) at North
Iredell (0-6, 0-1): St Stephens by 20
South Caldwell (3-3, 0-1) at McDowell
(1-5, 0-2): South Caldwell by 20
