SHAMOKIN - In what could be a record for The News-Item Football Contest, 63 contestants correctly picked 12 out of 12 games correctly in week eight.
All 63 contestants will be entered into the drawing for the $200 grand prize at the end of the contest, but three entries correctly picked 50 points as the top score of the week, following USC's 50-0 drubbing of Colorado Saturday.
A random drawing was held to determine the three place-winners. Joe Consevage, of 33 S. Spruce St., Mount Carmel, took first, winning a $50 gift certificate for any of the participating sponsors in the contest. Second place and a $25 gift certificate went to Blair J. Faust, of 1424 W. Pine St., Coal Township. The third place winner was Jim Kozlowski, of 487 W. Saylor St., Atlas, who won a $15 gift certificate.
Scores from last week's games were: Mount Carmel Area 41, Hughesville 13; Florida State 33, Miami 20; Danville 24, Shikellamy 0; Clemson 38, Virginia Tech 17; Southern Columbia 45, Shamokin Area 6; Penn State 38, Iowa 14; Selinsgrove 36, Jersey Shore 0; Georgia 29, Kentucky 24; North Schuylkill 30, Mahanoy Area 0; Stanford 21, California 3; Bloomsburg 39, Mifflinburg 22; USC 50, Colorado 0.