WAKE UP! featuring ETBLITZ POWER PICKS! | It’s week four: KHS-PG in Texarkana; Chapel Hill tries to conquer Carthage; here’s how we see things

EDITOR’S NOTE: Each week, Mitch Lucas and a panel of ETBlitz staffers, plus a few guests (and a special guest) will attempt to guess the outcomes of a weekend’s worth of high school, college and NFL games. This week, we’re a part of Wake Up!, presented by Cozy Coffee Station, located in Kilgore (110 Midtown Plaza) and Gilmer (755 Highway 271 North). Go see ‘em, and check out their menu right here: CozyCoffeeStation.com!

So, week four is here, and we have some big ones this weekend, headed to district play next week.

After the first three weeks, here’s how our standings look.

My daughter, a TJC Apache Belle and our social media intern, leads everybody with a 48-15 overall record. Joe Hale, a sportswriter for over 40 years, and Dennis Jacobs, a teacher at Kilgore Middle School and our longtime photographer, are tied in second (46-17 each). Joe is last year’s champion.

Billy Chrisman, our college bowl picks champ last year, is tied for third with my son, Jacob, our videographer and a senior at the University of Alabama. I’m in that tie, as well, and we’re all tied at 45-18 each.

Photographer Alex Nabor, also a student at Stephen F. Austin, is in fourth all by himself (44-19), and then KISD school board member Dereck Borders (42-21).

My wife Jenna, our executive editor, is in sixth (40-23), and associate editor Clayton Fletcher (39-24) and Sabine correspondent Jeremy Newlin (37-26) wrap it up.

Our panel:

Our special guest last week was ETBlitz contributing writer Shawn Christopher, who didn’t want anyone to see his face: apparently he has a secret identity or something. So in the first three weeks, our guests have been Will Estel, the Kilgore High School alumnus who is now Director of Stadium and Football Operations for the Goodyear Cotton Bowl; my sister, Jennifer (that was fun); and Shawn Christopher. Will did pretty well; he finished 15-6. Jen needs to stick to her day job: she finished 10-11. And Shawn went 17-4, really good.

Our special guest this week…

ANNETTE WILEY

Mrs. Annette Wiley is the administrator of the press box during football season at Kilgore High School. She also helps ETBlitz.com from time to time with different athletic events, including Kilgore College basketball. Good luck, Annette!

Here are this week’s games, their days and start times. Under the high school games, teams from the ETBlitz.com coverage area are in BOLD. After the list of games, it’s the panel’s picks for those games, and then Mrs. Wiley’s picks follow.

By the way, if you’re on your mobile device, turn it horizontally to better see the picks grid.

Thursday’s games

Henderson 56, Gainesville 7 (played in Kaufman)

Overton 49, Maud 49-22

+++++

Friday’s games

Harleton at Beckville, 7 p.m.

Sabine at Arp, 7 p.m.

Queen City at White Oak, 7 p.m.

Spring Hill at Gladewater, 7:30 p.m.

Tatum at West Rusk, 7:30 p.m.

Pine Tree at Hallsville, 7:30 p.m.

Lindale at Gilmer, 7:30 p.m.

Kilgore at Pleasant Grove, 7 p.m.

Chapel Hill at Carthage, 7:30 p.m.

+++++

Junior college football

Saturday’s game

Navarro at Kilgore College, 5 p.m.

College football

Texas Tech at Utah, 11 a.m., FOX

SMU at TCU, 11 a.m., ESPN2

Arizona State at Baylor, 6:30 p.m., FOX

+++++

NFL games

Thursday’s game

Buffalo 31, Miami 21

+++++

Sunday’s games

Houston at Jacksonville, noon, CBS

Denver at L.A. Chargers, 3:25 p.m.CBS

Dallas at Chicago, 3:25 p.m., FOX

Kansas City at New York Giants, 7:20 p.m., NBC

Monday’s game

Detroit at Baltimore, 7:20 p.m., ABC, ESPN

	Mitch	Joe	Dennis	Jenna	Ashtyn	Jacob	Alex	Clayton	Jeremy	Billy	Dereck
Henderson vs. Gainesville	Hendo	Hendo	Hendo	Hendo	Hendo	Hendo	Hendo	Hendo	Hendo	Hendo	Hendo
Overton at Maud	Overton	Overton	Overton	Overton	Overton	Overton	Overton	Overton	Overton	Overton	Overton
Harleton at Beckville	B’ville	B’ville	B’ville	B’ville	B’ville	B’ville	B’ville	B’ville	B’ville	B’ville	B’ville
Sabine at Arp	Arp	Arp	Arp	Arp	Arp	Arp	Sabine	Arp	Arp	Arp	Arp
Rusk at Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup	Troup
Queen City at White Oak	WO	WO	WO	WO	WO	WO	WO	WO	QC	WO	WO
Spring Hill at Gladewater	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water	G’water
Tatum at West Rusk	WR	WR	WR	Tatum	Tatum	WR		WR	WR	Tatum	WR
Pine Tree at Hallsville	PT	PT	PT	PT	H’ville	PT	PT	PT	PT	PT	PT
Lindale at Gilmer	Gilmer	Gilmer	Gilmer	Gilmer	Gilmer	Lindale	Gilmer	Lindale	Gilmer	Lindale	Lindale
Kilgore at Pleasant Grove	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS	KHS	PG
Chapel Hill at Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage	Carthage
Navarro at Kilgore College	KC	Navarro	KC	KC	KC	KC	KC	KC	KC	Navarro	KC
Texas Tech at Utah	Utah	Utah	Utah	Utah	Tech	Tech	Utah	Utah	Utah	Utah	Tech
SMU at TCU	TCU	TCU	TCU	TCU	SMU	TCU	TCU	SMU	TCU	TCU	TCU
Arizona State at Baylor	ASU	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor	ASU	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor	Baylor	ASU
Miami at Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo	Buffalo
Houston at Jacksonville	J’ville	Houston	Houston	J’ville	J’ville	J’ville	J’ville	J’ville	J’ville	Houston	J,ville
Denver at L.A. Chargers	L.A.	L.A.	L.A.	L.A.	L.A.	L.A.	L.A.	L.A.	L.A.	L.A.	L.A.
Dallas at Chicago	Dallas	Dallas	Chicago	Dallas	Dallas	Dallas	Dallas	Dallas	Dallas	Dallas	Chicago
Kansas City at New York Giants	KC	KC	KC	KC	NYG	NYG	KC	KC	NYG	KC	KC
Detroit at Baltimore	Baltimore	Baltimore	Baltimore	Baltimore	Baltimore	Baltimore	Baltimore	Baltimore	Baltimore	Baltimore	Baltimore

MRS. WILEY’S PICKS: Henderson, Overton, Beckville, Arp, Troup, White Oak, Gladewater, Tatum, Pine Tree, Lindale, Kilgore, Carthage, KC, Utah, TCU, Baylor, Buffalo, Jacksonville, L.A., Dallas, Kansas City, Baltimore.