Staff picks for Round 3

Our team has made its picks for every third-round playoff game around the area and the state this week.

Chris Brooks leads by 13 games over Scott Burton with three weeks to go. Brooks and Drake Williams each went 24-5 last week and both added to their “told ‘ya so” totals as well. Brooks solo called East Nashville’s win over Waverly, while Williams had both Trousdale County and Watertown to win.

Overall standings after Round 2 (total “told ‘ya so” picks for the season in parentheses next to each name):

Chris Brooks (8) 477-122, .796 (24-5 last week)
Scott Burton (10) 464-135, .775 (23-6 last week)
Tom Duggin (10) 459-140, .766 (22-7 last week)
Drake Williams (23) 422-177, .705 (24-5 last week)

First, our top 10 games involving local teams, as voted on by our panel on the Midstate :48 YouTube show:

Also, a reminder that you can vote until 7 p.m. Thursday on those top 10 games as well: CLICK HERE TO VOTE

Round 3	Chris Brooks	Scott Burton	Tom Duggin	Drake Williams
Coalfield at Cloudland	Coalfield	Coalfield	Cloudland	Coalfield
McKenzie at Fayetteville	Fayetteville	Fayetteville	McKenzie	Fayetteville
Lake County at Peabody	Peabody	Peabody	Peabody	Peabody
Hampton at Oneida	Hampton	Hampton	Hampton	Oneida
Riverside at Forrest	Forrest	Forrest	Riverside	Forrest
MAHS at Westview	Westview	Westview	Westview	Westview
Pigeon Forge at Alcoa	Alcoa	Alcoa	Alcoa	Alcoa
Giles County at Loudon	Giles County	Giles County	Giles County	Giles County
Covington at Dyersburg	Dyersburg	Covington	Dyersburg	Dyersburg
Elizabethton at Greeneville	Greeneville	Elizabethton	Greeneville	Greeneville
Upperman at Red Bank	Upperman	Red Bank	Red Bank	Upperman
South Gibson at Haywood	Haywood	Haywood	Haywood	Haywood
Knoxville Central at Knoxville West	Knoxville West	Knoxville Central	Knoxville West	Knoxville West
Rhea County at Powell	Powell	Rhea County	Powell	Powell
Farragut at Maryville	Maryville	Maryville	Maryville	Maryville
DCA at USJ	DCA	DCA	DCA	DCA
CPA at Lausanne	CPA	CPA	CPA	CPA
Davidson Academy at Lipscomb Academy	Lipscomb Academy	Lipscomb Academy	Lipscomb Academy	Lipscomb Academy
Pope Prep at McCallie	McCallie	McCallie	McCallie	McCallie
Christian Brothers at MBA	MBA	MBA	MBA	MBA