Fearless Friday Football Forecast, presented by State Farm agent Sean Reali
So it turns out Warwick’s lofty status in the L-L strasophere was not justified. Last week 8-of-12 Forecasters picked the Warriors to win and were burned by Solanco, which beat Warwick in a rout.
Same goes for Forecaster Sam Cavalieri, who appeared to be invincible, missing just three games in the first three weeks. The Football Gods caught up with him last week, taking him down for a couple of safeties — four points in the loss column for Sammy!
Not we’re looking at a four-way tie for first place in the great Forecaster race of 2025. That’s bound to get scrambled what with some tough picks ahead this week.
Muhlenberg hasn’t beaten Governor Mifflin since George Dubya was in the White House but the Muhls are the pick this week — by a hanging chad-like margin, 7-5.
Kutztown rarely draws any Forecasters to its sideline but the Cougars are an overwhelming favorite this week, 9-3 over Hamburg. (One of us even doubled-down on the Cougs if you can believe that.)
Conrad Weiser is 4-0 yet still hasn’t convinced the Forecasters staff; Manheim Central is only 2-2 but is a strong favorite here, 10-2.
The toss-up game of the week is Garden Spot at Fleetwood. The Forecasters are split 6-6. The Tigers have taken Cavalieri down three times in four weeks; can they do the same to The Spot?
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
- Octorara at Twin Valley
- Wilson at Cedar Crest
- Penn Manor at Reading High
- Gov. Mifflin at Muhlenberg
- Lebanon at Exeter
- Garden Spot at Fleetwood
- Conrad Weiser at Manheim Central
- Lampeter-Strasburg at Daniel Boone
- Lancaster Catholic at Berks Catholic
- Hamburg at Kutztown
- Pequea Valley at Schuylkill Valley
- Elco at Wyomissing
| Week 5 | Octo TV | Wilson Crest | P Manor Reading | Mifflin Muhl | Lebanon Exeter | Spot Fleet | Weiser Manheim |
| Sam Cavalieri | TV | Wilson | P Manor | Muhl | Exeter | Spot | Manheim |
| Matt Hagy | TV | Wilson | P Manor | Muhl | Exeter (DD) | Fleet | Manheim |
| Joe Mays | TV (DD) | Wilson | P Manor | Muhl | Exeter | Fleet | Manheim |
| Sean McBryan | TV (DD) | Wilson | P Manor | Mifflin | Exeter | Spot | Manheim |
| Mike Drago | TV | Wilson | P Manor | Muhl | Exeter | Spot | Manheim |
| Clay Oberholtzer | TV | Wilson | P Manor | Muhl | Exeter | Fleet | Weiser |
| Rod Frisco | TV | Wilson | P Manor | Mifflin | Exeter (DD) | Fleet | Weiser |
| Jeff Reinhart | TV | Wilson | P Manor | Muhl | Exeter (DD) | Spot | Manheim |
| Phil Marabella | TV | Wilson | P Manor | Mifflin | Exeter | Fleet | Manheim |
| Logan Moyer | TV | Wilson | P Manor | Mifflin | Exeter (DD) | Fleet | Manheim |
| Christian Eby | TV | Wilson | P Manor | Mifflin | Exeter | Spot | Manheim |
| Brian Markley | TV | Wilson | P Manor | Muhl | Exeter | Spot | Manheim |
| Staff composite | TV 12-0 | Wilson 12-0 | P Manor 12-0 | Muhl 7-5 | Exeter 12-0 | Tie 6-6 | Manheim 10-2 |
| Lampeter Boone | Lanc Cath Berks Cath | Hamburg Kutztown | Pequea Sch Valley | Elco Wyo | Last week | Season total | |
| Sam Cavalieri | Lampeter | Berks Cath | Kutztown | Sch Valley (DD) | Wyo | 9-4 | 47-7 |
| Matt Hagy | Lampeter | Berks Cath | Kutztown | Sch Valley | Wyo | 12-1 | 47-7 |
| Joe Mays | Lampeter | Berks Cath | Hamburg | Sch Valley | Wyo | 12-1 | 47-7 |
| Sean McBryan | Lampeter | Berks Cath | Hamburg | Sch Valley | Wyo | 13-0 | 47-7 |
| Mike Drago | Lampeter | Berks Cath | Kutztown (DD) | Sch Valley | Wyo | 11-2 | 45-9 |
| Clay Oberholtzer | Lampeter | Berks Cath | Kutztown | Sch Valley | Wyo (DD) | 11-2 | 45-9 |
| Rod Frisco | Lampeter | Berks Cath | Kutztown | Sch Valley | Wyo | 12-1 | 45-9 |
| Jeff Reinhart | Lampeter | Berks Cath | Kutztown | Sch Valley | Wyo | 13-0 | 45-9 |
| Phil Marabella | Lampeter | Berks Cath | Kutztown | Sch Valley (DD) | Wyo | 12-1 | 44-10 |
| Logan Moyer | Lampeter | Berks Cath | Kutztown | Sch Valley | Wyo | 13-0 | 44-10 |
| Christian Eby | Lampeter | Berks Cath (DD) | Kutztown | Sch Valley | Wyo | 12-1 | 41-13 |
| Brian Markley | Lampeter | Berks Cath (DD) | Hamburg | Sch Valley | Wyo | 9-4 | 38-16 |
| Staff composite | Lampeer 12-0 | Berks Cath 12-0 | Kutztown 9-3 | Sch Valley 12-0 | Wyo 12-0 |
