Week 7: Fearless Friday Football Forecast, presented by State Farm agent Sean Reali
Well, Fearless Forecast leader and past champion Sam Cavalieri finally figured out the Fleetwood Tigers.
Sam was burned a couple times earlier this season by picking the Tigers to win. Last week he went way, way, way out on a limb and picked the Tigers to lose at Kennard-Dale. He was the only one among the dozen Forecasters to take that shot — and it came through.
And now Sam’s got first place all to himself once again. At least for now.
Week 7 brings yet more challenges for the Fearless Forecasters, none more so than deciding which team will get its first win of the year: Reading or McCaskey. Those age-old foes are down on their luck these days but we know one thing for certain: One of them will run off the field excited as all get-out Saturday after breaking their winless streak. Which one, though?
Our Forecasters are pretty much split down the middle, but there’s an interesting trend: The three writers from LNP each picked the Red Knights — two of them even doubled down! In fact, each of the five Forecasters who picked Reading to win . . . live in Lancaster County. Some strange psychology going on here.
Each week, MikeDragoSports.com staff writers, photographers, and contributors, along with writers from football partner LNP/Lancasteronline, will pick all the Berks games, along with other selected Lancaster-Lebanon League games.
We’ll keep standings and the Forecaster with the most points at the end of the season will get a (relatively) big prize!
Each correct pick earns one point; if a Forecaster “doubles down” on a Berks team and is correct he gets two points. Each Fearless Forecaster can “down double” on a team only once during the regular season (and once again during the postseason).
This week’s games
- Wyomissing at Daniel Boone
- Wilson at Hempfield
- Reading High at McCaskey
- Exeter at Muhlenberg
- Conestoga Valley at Gov. Mifflin
- Garden Spot at Conrad Weiser
- Pequea Valley at Hamburg
- Schuylkill Valley at Columbia
- Twin Valley at Donegal
- Solanco at Manheim Central
- Berks Catholic at Kutztown
- Warwick at Fleetwood
| Week 7 | Wyom Boone | Wilson Hempfield | Reading McCaskey | Exeter Muhl | CV Mifflin | Spot Weiser | Pequea Hamburg |
| Sam Cavalieri | Wyom (DD) | Wilson | McCaskey | Exeter | CV | Spot | Hamburg |
| Joe Mays | Wyom | Wilson | McCaskey | Exeter | CV | Spot | Hamburg |
| Sean McBryan | Wyom (DD) | Wilson | Reading | Exeter | CV | Spot | Hamburg |
| Matt Hagy | Wyom (DD) | Wilson | McCaskey | Exeter | CV | Spot | Pequea |
| Jeff Reinhart | Wyom (DD) | Wilson | Reading | Exeter | CV | Spot | Hamburg |
| Mike Drago | Wyom | Wilson (DD) | McCaskey | Exeter | CV | Spot | Hamburg |
| Phil Marabella | Wyom | Wilson | McCaskey | Exeter | CV | Weiser | Hamburg |
| Logan Moyer | Wyom | Wilson | McCaskey | Exeter | CV | Spot | Hamburg |
| Rod Frisco | Wyom | Wilson | McCaskey | Muhl | CV | Weiser | Hamburg (DD) |
| Clay Oberholtzr | Wyom | Wilson | Reading | Exeter | Mifflin | Weiser (DD) | Hamburg |
| Christian Eby | Wyom | Wilson | Reading (DD) | Exeter | CV | Spot | Hamburg |
| Brian Markley | Wyom | Wilson | Reading (DD) | Exeter | CV | Spot | Pequea |
| Staff composite | Wyom 12-0 | Wilson 12-0 | McCaskey 7-5 | Exeter 11-1 | Mifflin 11-1 | Spot 9-3 | Hamburg 10-2 |
| Sch Valley Columbia | TV Donegal | Solanco Manheim | BC Kutz | Warwick Fleet | Last week | Season total | |
| Sam Cavalieri | Sch Valley | TV | Solanco | BC | Warwick | 13-0 | 72-8 |
| Joe Mays | Sch Valley | TV | Solanco | BC (DD) | Warwick | 12-1 | 71-9 |
| Sean McBryan | Sch Valley | TV | Solanco | BC | Warwick | 12-1 | 71-9 |
| Matt Hagy | Sch Valley | TV | Solanco | BC | Warwick | 11-2 | 69-11 |
| Jeff Reinhart | Sch Valley | TV | Solanco | BC | Warwick | 12-1 | 69-11 |
| Mike Drago | Sch Valley | TV | Solanco | BC | Warwick | 12-1 | 68-12 |
| Phil Marabella | Sch Valley | TV | Solanco | BC (DD) | Warwick | 12-1 | 66-14 |
| Logan Moyer | Sch Valley (DD) | TV | Solanco | BC | Warwick | 12-1 | 66-14 |
| Rod Frisco | Sch Valley | TV | Solanco | BC | Warwick | 11-2 | 65-15 |
| Clay Oberholtzer | Sch Valley | TV | Solanco | BC | Warwick | 9-4 | 64-16 |
| Christian Eby | Sch Valley | TV | Solanco | BC | Warwick | 11-2 | 63-17 |
| Brian Markley | Columbia | TV | Solanco | BC | Warwick | 7-6 | 58-22 |
| Staff composite | Sch Valley 10-2 | TV 12-0 | Solanco 12-0 | BC 12-0 | Warwick 12-0 |
