Week 6: Fearless Friday Football Forecast
Either our Fearless Forecasters are getting smarter or the games have gotten much more predictable once league play began (probably the latter).
Five Forecasters went a sterling 13-1 last week and six others missed just two games.
Hempfield’s 17-14 upset over Manheim Township tripped up 12-of-13 Forecasters, otherwise we would’ve had a really impressive showing.
Each week, MikeDragoSports.com staff writers and photographers, along with Jeff Reinhart of football partner LNP/Lancasteronline, will pick the games. We’ll keep standings and the Forecaster with the most points at the end of the season will get a big prize! (Big being a relative term.)
Each correct pick earns one point; if a Forecaster “doubles down” and is correct he gets two points.
Remember: Each Fearless Forecaster can only “down double” on a team once during the regular season (and once again during the postseason).
This looks like another “predictable” week of outcomes, as seven of the 13 games on the Week 6 card ended up as a clean sweep by our Forecasters. Only one game has our panel split: Kennard-Dale at Fleetwood, with the Rams earning a slight 7-6 edge.
Have fun with the picks and please don’t take it personally if we picked against your team.
| RHS Crest | Warwick Exeter | Muhl Manheim | Boone ETown | Solanco TV | Weiser BC | Wyo Donegal | Hamb LCath | |
| Mike Drago | RHS | Exeter | Manheim (D) | ETown | Solanco | BC | Wyo | Hamb |
| Joe Mays | Crest | Exeter | Manheim | ETown | Solanco | BC | Wyo | LCath |
| Mike Mitchell Jr. | Crest | Exeter | Manheim (D) | ETown | Solanco | BC | Wyo | LCath |
| Matt Gaffney | Crest | Exeter | Manheim (D) | ETown | Solanco | BC | Wyo | LCath |
| Sam Cavalieri | Crest | Exeter | Manheim (D) | ETown | Solanco | BC | Wyo | LCath |
| Hunter Phillips | Crest | Exeter | Manheim | ETown | Solanco | Weiser | Wyo | Hamb |
| Matt Hagy | Crest | Exeter | Manheim | ETown | Solanco | BC | Wyo (D) | LCath |
| Chris Deantonio | Crest | Exeter (D) | Manheim | ETown | Twin Valley | BC | Wyo | LCath |
| Andrew Clauser | RHS | Exeter | Manheim | ETown | Solanco (D) | BC | Wyo | Hamb |
| Phil Marabella | Crest | Exeter | Manheim | ETown | Solanco | BC | Wyo | LCath |
| John McCafferty | Crest | Exeter | Manheim (D) | ETown | Solanco | Weiser | Wyo | LCath |
| Sean McBryan | Crest | Exeter | Manheim (D) | ETown | Solanco | BC | Wyo | LCath |
| Jeff Reinhart | Crest | Exeter | Manheim | ETown | Solanco | BC | Wyo | LCath |
| Staff consensus | Crest 11-2 | Exeter 13-0 | Manheim 13-0 | ETown 13-0 | Solanco 12-1 | BC 11-2 | Wyo 13-0 | LCath 10-3 |
| AC Kutz | SV NLeb | Wilson Mifflin | KDale Fleet | Spot Ephrata | Week 5 | Season total | |
| Mike Drago | AC | SV | Wilson | KD | Ephrata | 12-2 | 50-20 |
| Joey Mays | AC | SV | Wilson (D) | Fleet | Spot | 13-1 | 50-20 |
| Mike Mitchell Jr. | AC | SV | Wilson | KD | Spot | 13-1 | 49-21 |
| Matt Gaffney | AC | SV | Wilson | Fleet | Spot | 13-1 | 48-22 |
| Sam Cavalieri | AC | SV | Wilson | KD | Spot | 12-2 | 48-22 |
| Hunter Phillips | AC | SV | Wilson (D) | Fleet | Spot | 13-1 | 48-22 |
| Matt Hagy | AC | SV | Wilson | Fleet | Ephrata | 13-1 | 47-23 |
| Chris Deantonio | AC | SV | Wilson | KD | Spot | 12-2 | 47-23 |
| Andrew Clauser | AC | SV | Wilson | Fleet | Spot | 11-3 | 46-24 |
| Phil Marabella | AC (D) | SV | Wilson | KD | Spot | 12-2 | 45-25 |
| John McCafferty | AC | SV | Wilson | KD | Spot | 12-2 | 44-26 |
| Sean McBryan | AC | SV | Wilson | KD | Spot | 12-2 | 42-28 |
| Jeff Reinhart | AC (D) | SV | Wilson | Fleet | Spot | 12-2 | 41-29 |
| Staff consensus | AC 13-0 | SV 13-0 | Wilson 13-0 | KD 7-6 | Spot 11-2 | | |