Week 12 winners

• Tony Harrington of Rockport
• Joe Mette of Danville
• Dave Heidler of East Hampstead, N.H.
• Rich Bradley of Lawrence
• Bob Parker of North Andover
• Colin Mainella of Plaistow, N.H.
• Guy Pichette of East Hampstead, N.H.
• Robert Little of Salem, N.H.
• Kenneth Dryden of North Andover
• Skip Oxford of Plaistow, N.H.

Week 11 winners

You have to feel for Bob Parker (North Andover), Bob Reed (Bradford), Pete and Patricia Archibald (East Hampstead, N.H.), Sal Mele (Salem, N.H.), Paul Despres (Hampstead, N.H.), Stephen McKeon (Haverhill), Jimmy Warden (North Andover), Dan Fleming (Methuen), Carl Clarke (Salem, N.H.) and John W. Gennell (Methuen).

On a normal week, all 11 of them would be winning "I Beat Burt" T-shirts. They were all a perfect 13-0 in picking pro football games this past weekend. But it wasn't a normal week. That's because Bill Burt, the executive sports editor of The Eagle-Tribune, also picked every game correctly in Week 11. And we don't give away "I Tied Burt" T-shirts.

In fact, there were 45 entries that were 12-1 for the week, with most of them picking against the N.Y. Jets, for obvious reasons (they don't like them and they've been horrible).But even 12-1 doesn't cut it this week.

Week 10 winners

For Week 10, well, it was a tough T-shirt to win.

You had to not only pick eight or more winners of the 13 games (remember, there was one tie, too!), but you had to pick the Patriots point total (37) exactly.

That's what all 10 winners of the "I Beat Burt" Contest did this week, as Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt finished last weekend 7-5-1. There 301 entries overall.

Here are the Week 10 winners:

• John Mainella of Plaistow
• Steve Carroll of Topsfield
• Brian Karolow of Bradford
• Theresa Uzdavinis of Salem, N.H.
• Bill Gurczak of Newburyport
• Bob Touzet of Salem, N.H.
• Jim Ellingwood of Derry, N.H.
• Justin Walworth of Lawrence
• David Silva of Kingston, N.H. and
• Dan Janco of Methuen

Week 9 winners

Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt went out on the limb this past weekend, for Week 9, of the "I Beat Burt" contest. He picked six underdogs to win ... outright.

Well, only three of them panned out and it cost him dearly in a week in which he had eight winners in the 13 games. With 112 entries picking more winners than Burt, that meant the first tiebreaker (points scored by the New Orleans Saints -- 28) was very important. And 13 entries had more winners than Burt and were exactly right in the Saints point total. Each week a maximum of 10 T-shirts are awarded. But if an entry picks more winners than Burt and gets the point total exactly right, they are guaranteed a T-shirt. In fact, in Week 3, 22 entries pulled that off.

Anyway, here are the Week 9 winners:

• Al DeMille of Haverhill
• Paul Tessier of Lawrence
• Bill Camasso of Haverhill
• Ray Metthe of Haverhill
• William Scism of Andover
• Don Wilkes of North Andover
• Richard Bradley of Lawrence
• Steve Lemerise of Haverhill
• Mike Towne of Derry, N.H.
• John Foye of Methuen
• Armand Boucher of Methuen
• Mary Paquette of Salem, N.H.
• Ed Brooks of Salem, N.H.
• John Armano of North Andover

Week 9 winners

Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt went out on the limb for Week 9, of the "I Beat Burt" contest. He picked six underdogs to win ... outright.

Well, only three of them panned out and it cost him dearly in a week in which he had eight winners in the 13 games. With 112 entries picking more winners than Burt, that meant the first tiebreaker (points scored by the New Orleans Saints -- 28) was very important. And 13 entries had more winners than Burt and were exactly right in the Saints point total.

Each week a maximum of 10 T-shirts are awarded. But if an entry picks more winners than Burt and gets the point total exactly right, they are guaranteed a T-shirt. In fact, in Week 3, 22 entries pulled that off.

Anyway, here are the Week 9 winners:

• Al DeMille of Haverhill
• Paul Tessier of Lawrence
• Bill Camasso of Haverhill
• Ray Metthe of Haverhill
• William Scism of Andover
• Don Wilkes of North Andover
• Richard Bradley of Lawrence
• Steve Lemerise of Haverhill
• Mike Towne of Derry, N.H.
• John Foye of Methuen
• Armand Boucher of Methuen
• Mary Paquette of Salem, N.H.
• Ed Brooks of Salem, N.H., and
• John Armano of North Andover.

Week 8 winners announced

Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt had a very good weekend, picking 10 winners of the 13 pro football games played last weekend.

It was so good, only 16 of the 323 entries picked more winners. In fact, two winners, Louie Framarini of Litchfield, N.H. and Joshua Rodriguez were almost perfect, picking 12 winners.

Each week a maximum of 10 T-shirts are awarded. The first tiebreaker is the Patriots point total (45). The second tiebreaker is amount of correct selections. And the last tiebreaker, which was needed this week, is random draw.

All of the winners predicted the Patriots would score 28 points or more..

Here are the T-shirt winners for Week 8:

• Luis Dominguez of Lawrence
• Fred Halloran of Windham, N.H.
• Scott Lebowitz of Lawrence
• Tom Mackie of Amesbury
• Dan Fleming of Methuen
• Louie Framarini of Litchfield, N.H.
• Joshua Rodriguez of Methuen
• James Freeman of Salem, N.H.
• Richard Ricker of Haverhill
• Jeff Stearn of Hampstead, N.H.
• Robert Burns of Salem, N.H.

Week 7 winners announced

There's one way to be guaranteed of winning an "I Beat Burt" contest T-shirt. And Chris DiPietro of North Reading and Steve Aiello of Methuen pulled it off in Week 7 of the weekly contest during the pro football season.

They not only picked more winners than Eagle-Tribune executive editor Bill Burt did (he was a respectable eight wins and four losse), but they picked every game right.

That's right, DiPietro and Aiello, were 12-for-12.

Each week a maximum of 10 T-shirts are awarded. The first tiebreaker is amount of points the Patriots scored (29 last week). This week, all winners were within one point of the tiebreaker.

Here are the T-shirt winners for Week 7:

• Chip DiPietro of North Reading
• Steve Aiello of Methuen
• Ray Metthe of Haverhill
• Patrick McAtamney of Methuen
• Joe Gallagher of Lowell
• Ben Roberge of Andover
• T.J. D'Urso of Andover
• Mitchell Heidler of East Hampstead, N.H.
• David Goudreault of Newton, N.H.
• Shaun Yelle of Salem, N.H.
• Tracy Amirault of Andover

Week 6 Results

The Week 6 winners were:

• Anthony Washington of Lawrence
• Scott Crocker of Methuen
• Steve Carroll of Topsfield
• Cyndy Roberge of Andover
• Paul Ireson of Methuen
• Ellen Parker of North Andover
• Kevin O'Malley of Gloucester
• Robbie Cupka of North Andover
• Tim McGuire of Methuen
• R.F. O'Brien of North Reading

Week 5 winners

It was a decent week for Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt as he correctly picked nine of the 13 pro football games this weekend.

There was one problem. There were 79 entries (out of 314) that picked 10 or more winners.

Burt's "upset of the week" pick, Tennessee over Minnesota, cost him dearly as less than 30 entries would have beaten him.

There was an added bonus this week as 22 entries that picked more winners than Burt had the first tiebreaker (amount of points the Patriots scored) exactly right at 31.

Normally, a maximum of 10 T-shirts are awarded. But if an entry picks more winners than Burt and picks the exact amount of Patriots points that week, they are guaranteed a T-shirt.

Here the 22 Week 5 winners:

• John Uzdavinis of Salem, N.H.
• Paul A. Roger of Newton, N.H.
• Ron Rogers of Ledyard, Conn.
• Butch Tesoro of Sandown, N.H.
• Ray Grenier of Lynn
• Armand Boucher of Methuen
• Bryan Perry of North Andover
• Donald Arsenault of Plaistow, N.H.
• Bob Leger of Methuen
• Steve Aiello of Methuen
• Dennis Piliponis of Methuen
• Lisa Alibrandi of Haverhill
• Robbie Cupka of North Andover
• T.D. Larsen of Manchester, N.H.
• Robert Bryan of North Andover
• David Trombley of Lawrence
• Lynda Sholz of Lawrence
• Richard Voisine of Lawrence
• Dr. Richard Trainor of Salisbury
• Katelyn Bioren of Haverhill
• John Warden III of North Andover
• Jimmy Warden of North Andover

Week 4 winners

• Al Ferruolo of North Andover
• Michelle Boucher of Methuen
• Bill Gurczak of Newburyport
• Paul Falasca of Lynn
• Brian Karolow of Bradford
• Dennis Piliponis of Methuen
• Tony Dilorio of Methuen
• Bob Casey of Fremont, N.H.
• Lundy Carre of Tewksbury
• Joe McManus of North Andover

Week 3 Results

In Week 2, only one person actually "Beat Burt." In Week 3, it was closer to 100.

In a tough week for most of the 325 entries, Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt correctly picked only six winners out of the 15 games (not including Thursday night games).

That came after he hit on 12 of 15 games.

Each week a maximum of 10 T-shirts are awarded. The first tiebreaker is points scored by the Patriots. The second tiebreaker, which was needed this week, was amount of correct selections.

All of the winners were within two points of the Patriots point totals and those that were tied had eight or more wins.

Here are the Week 3 T-shirt winners:

• Tom Milius of Groveland
• Marge Lane of Salem, N.H.
• Tim Jaroche of Andover
• Scott Lebowitz of Andover
• Skip Oxford of Newburyport
• David Orndorff of Tewksbury
• Nate Jones of Lawrence
• Julia Cammasso of Haverhill
• Brian Ferraro of Salem, Ma.
• Frank Battistone of Atkinson, N.H.

Only one entry beats Burt in Week 2

Paul Ireson beat Eagle-Tribune executive sports editor Bill Burt in Week 2 of the "I Beat Burt" contest.

The fact that he "beat" Burt isn't a big deal. He's done that several times over the last decade and a half, including twice last year. But last week, he picked 13 winners out of 15 games, and was the only entry to beat Burt in the second week.

Burt had 12 winners out of 15. There were six entries that tied Burt. Only, Ireson, of Methuen, beat him.

In all, there were 324 entries. In each of the last three years, Burt had at least one week in which nobody beat him. He almost pulled it off again ... almost.

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CONTEST RULES

1. No purchase necessary. Entry forms available at The Eagle-Tribune offices.

2. Entries must be dropped off or postmarked by Friday. Online contest closes on Saturday. Only one entry allowed per week. Complete form and drop off at one of our offices or mail to:

The Eagle-Tribune

"I Beat Burt" Contest

100 Turnpike St.

North Andover, MA 01845

3. Up to 10 T-shirts will be awarded per week. First tie-breaker is closest to Patriots' point total. Second is most winners selected. Third is random draw. Prizes will be mailed.

4. Employees of The Eagle-Tribune and members of their immediate families are not eligible to enter.

5. Entry into this contest constitutes acceptance of these rules.

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