ALTON — Another big week of high school football is here, and RiverBender.com is once again making its picks for games throughout the area.
Dan Brannan, Colin Feeney, and Chris Rhodes are putting their predictions on the line for Week 9, choosing the teams they think will come out on top in matchups across the Riverbend and Metro East.
There is plenty to watch this week, with several area teams looking to keep momentum going as the regular season moves deeper into October. Some of the picks were unanimous, while a few games created a little more disagreement among the RiverBender.com staff.
Here is how Brannan, Feeney, and Rhodes see the Week 9 games playing out:
Edwardsville at Collinsville
Granite City at Jersey
Civic Memorial at Taylorville
Marquette Catholic at Carlyle
East St. Louis at Naperville North
O’Fallon at Alton
East Alton-Wood River at Dupo
Vienna at Roxana
Piasa Southwestern at Hillsboro
Belleville West at Triad
Metro-East Lutheran at Hutsonville
Hardin Calhoun at Mt. Sterling Brown County
Carrollton at Concord Triopia
Greenfield Northwestern at Unity/Seymour
 Dan Brannan |
 Colin Feeney |
 Chris Rhodes |
|---|---|---|
| Edwardsville | Edwardsville | Edwardsville |
| Jersey | Jersey | Jersey |
| Taylorville | CM | Taylorville |
| Marquette | Marquette | Carlyle |
| East St. Louis | East St. Louis | East St. Louis |
| O’Fallon | O’Fallon | O’Fallon |
| Dupo | Dupo | Dupo |
| Roxana | Roxana | Roxana |
| Southwestern | Southwestern | Hillsboro |
| Triad | Triad | Triad |
| Metro East Lutheran | Metro East Lutheran | Metro East Lutheran |
| Calhoun | Calhoun | Brown County |
| Carrollton | Carrollton | Carrollton |
| Greenfield | Greenfield | Greenfield |
