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Week 12 Pigskin Picks

Posted 11/21/19

Only once has there been DIAA football state championship games featuring four Henlopen Conference teams in the same year.

That was in 2008. With a Henlopen squad in each of this …

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Week 12 Pigskin Picks

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Only once has there been DIAA football state championship games featuring four Henlopen Conference teams in the same year.

That was in 2008. With a Henlopen squad in each of this weekend's four state semifinals, there's a chance it could happen again.

But it won't be easy. Here's our predictions for this weekend's big high school and local college games:

Andy Walter, Delaware State News: 88-34
Tim Mastro, Delaware State News: 87-35
Ben Heck, Delaware State News: 92-30
Glenn Frazer, Radio 105.9-FM: 92-30
Zach Parnes, WBOC-TV: 89-33

Tonight's games
Division II semifinals
6-Caravel (9-2) at 1-Woodbridge (10-1), 7 p.m.

The Blue Raiders are trying to reach the state finals for the third time in the last four years.
AW: Wood, 29-14; TM: Wood, 28-21; BH: Wood, 34-26; GF: Wood, 21-13; ZP: Wood, 24-20.

Division I semifinals
3-Smyrna (9-2) at 2-Middletown (8-2), 7:30 p.m.
Smyrna has struggled vs. the Cavs in the regular season but is 2-0 against them in tourney.
AW: Smyrna, 38-35; TM: Midd, 24-18; BH: Smyrna, 26-16; GF: Smyrna, 32-28; ZP: Midd, 28-27.

Division II semifinals
4-Howard (10-1) at 2-Delmar (9-2), 7:30 p.m.
Howard face a long trip from Wilmington but should pose a challenge for the Wildcats.
AW: How, 28-21; TM: Delmar, 28-21; BH: Delmar, 32-28; GF: Delmar, 24-20; ZP: Delmar, 33-21.

Saturday’s games
Division I semifinals
4-Sussex Central (9-2) at 1-Hodgson (10-1), noon
Defending champion Golden Knights return to the site of their only loss a season ago.
AW: Hod, 20-17; TM: Hod, 33-14; BH: Central, 25-20; GF: Hod, 21-20; ZP: Hod, 21-13.

College
Framingham State (8-2) at Wesley (9-1), noon
Now that it’s back in the DIII playoffs, Wesley wants to stay for more than just one game.
AW: Wes, 27-10; TM: Wes, 28-17; BH: Wes, 28-21; GF: Wes, 27-17; ZP: Fram, 30-27.

Delaware (3-4 CAA, 5-6) at Villanova (4-3 CAA, 8-3), 1 p.m.
Snapping their seven-game losing streak against Nova would make the Hens’ season.
AW: Vill, 31-18; TM: Vill, 34-21; BH: Vill, 35-28; GF: Vill, 24-13; ZP: Vill, 24-14.

St. Francis, Pa. (5-6) at Delaware State (2-9), 2 p.m.
The Hornets can match their win total for last season by picking up a third victory today.
AW: SF, 33-13; TM: SF, 42-17; BH: SF, 38-16; GF: SF, 28-20; ZP: SF, 44-19.

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