Lincoln Times-News Pigskin Picks

The Lincoln Times-News panel of Lincoln County football observers selects game winners and scores for each Southern Piedmont 1A/2A Conference football game each week.

Week 8 games:

• North Lincoln at West Lincoln
• East Lincoln at Lake Norman Charter
• Bessemer City at Lincolnton
• Cherryville at Highland Tech
• Maiden at East Burke
• Wild card: UNC at Miami
• Wild card: Duke at Virginia Tech
• Wild card: S. Carolina at LSU

Michael Gebelein: Sports Editor (34-13)

• West Lincoln 21-7
• East Lincoln 35-21
• Lincolnton 36-6
• Cherryville 42-10
• East Burke 14-10
• Miami 21-14
• VT 30-10
• LSU 21-17

Ray Gora: Chief Photographer (23-24)

• West Lincoln 42-7
• East Lincoln 27-21
• Lincolnton 35-10
• Cherryville 17-7
• East Burke 45-9
• Miami 28-24
• VT 48-21
• S. Carolina 30-27

Frank Taylor: Managing Editor (31-16)

• West Lincoln 24-14
• East Lincoln 35-32
• Lincolnton 30-10
• Cherryville 14-0
• East Burke 24-20
• UNC 18-10
• Duke 28-19
• LSU 14-13

Amanda Sebastiano: Staff Writer (32-15)

• West Lincoln 24-7
• East Lincoln 17-10
• Lincolnton 30-13
• Cherryville 21-0
• Maiden 18-12
• UNC 27-21
• VT 24-6
• S. Carolina 17-13

Ken Bradley: Sporting News (33-14)

• West Lincoln 30-24
• East Lincoln 34-24
• Lincolnton 42-8
• Cherryville 42-0
• Maiden 22-21
• UNC 38-20
• VT 42-21
• S. Carolina 24-17

Special Guest: Major Kay, 2012 North Lincoln Graduate, NC A&T Lineman

• North Lincoln
• East Lincoln
• Lincolnton
• Cherryville
• Maiden
• UNC
• VT
• LSU