Week 1 wasn't an epic disaster, but it still gets things off in the hole, as you'd like to pick between 75 and 80 percent of the games right for the season.

I feel like we learned some things last week, but there are still a few tough games in Week 2, especially the local games, which I easily could have picked all our GazetteLand teams to win in.

Here are this week's picks (home team in CAPS):

Friday
AGAWAM over Northampton
Belchertown over MOHAWK
WESTFIELD over Amherst
South Hadley over WEST SPRINGFIELD
Commerce over TURNERS FALLS
EVERETT over Central
MAHAR over Lee
MINNECHAUG over Chicopee Comp
NARRAGANSETT over Athol
PUTNAM over Holyoke
Sci-Tech over GREENFIELD
St. John's over LONGMEADOW
Ware over LUDLOW

Saturday
EASTHAMPTON over Palmer
Chicopee over CATHEDRAL
FRANKLIN TECH over Nashoba
McCANN TECH over Pathfinder
Naugatuck over EAST LONGMEADOW
PIONEER REGIONAL over Dean Tech

Week 1 results: 12-6 (.667)