Week 10 Fearless Friday Football Forecast, presented by State Farm agent Sean Reali
By Walt O’Reilly — MikeDragoSports.com correspondent
It’s showdown week in the Lancaster-Lebanon League with titles on the line in all five sections.
Wilson vs. Manheim Township, for the Section 1 title, always looks like a toss-up, but not to the Fearless Forecasters: They’re bullish on the Bulldogs, by a 9-3 margin.
Section 5 combatants Berks Catholic and Annville-Cleona are each unscathed in league play but the Forecasters say that’s just a mirage: They’re (almost) all-in on the Saints, by an 11-1 spread.
The most interesting pick of that week? Gotta be Kutztown over Pequea Valley. The Cougars are on the road and have just one win this season but the Forecasters make them a slim favorite, by a 7-5 margin. Three Forecasters have even double-downs on the Coogs. Gotta believe in that Power-T run game.
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
- Manheim Township at Wilson
- Hempfield at Reading High
- Conestoga Valley at Muhlenberg
- Elizabethtown at Exeter
- Ephrata at Gov. Mifflin
- Fleetwood at Cocalico
- Conrad Weiser at Unionville
- Daniel Boone at Twin Valley
- Wyomissing at Lampeter-Strasburg
- Schuylkill Valley at Lancaster Catholic
- Annville-Cleona at Berks Catholic
- Hamburg at Columbia
- Kutztown at Pequea Valley
| Week 10 | Man. Twp. Wilson | Hempfield Reading | Con. Valley Muhl | Etown Exeter | Ephrata Mifflin |
| Sam Cavalieri | Wilson | Hempfield | Con. Valley | Exeter | Ephrata |
| Matt Hagy | Wilson | Hempfield | Con. Valley | Exeter | Ephrata |
| Joe Mays | Wilson | Hempfield | Con. Valley | Exeter | Ephrata |
| Jeff Reinhart | Wilson | Hempfield | Con. Valley | Exeter | Ephrata |
| Sean McBryan | Wilson | Hempfield | Con. Valley | Exeter (DD) | Ephrata |
| Phil Marabella | Wilson | Hempfield | Con. Valley | Exeter | Ephrata |
| Mike Drago | Wilson | Hempfield | Con. Valley | Exeter | Ephrata |
| Logan Moyer | Man. Twp. | Hempfield | Con. Valley | Exeter | Ephrata |
| Clay Oberholtzer | Man. Twp. | Hempfield | Muhl | Exeter | Ephrata |
| Rod Frisco | Wilson | Hempfield | Con. Valley | Exeter | Ephrata |
| Christian Eby | Wilson | Hempfield | Con. Valley | Exeter | Ephrata |
| Brian Markley | Man. Twp. | Hempfield | Con. Valley | Exeter (DD) | Ephrata |
| Staff composite | Wilson 9-3 | Hempfield 12-0 | Con. Valley 11-1 | Exeter 12-0 | Ephrata 12-0 |
| Fleetwood Cocalico | Weiser Unionville | Boone Twin Valley | Wyo Lampeter | Sch. Valley Lanc. Cath. | |
| Sam Cavalieri | Cocalico | Unionville | Twin Valley (DD) | Wyo | Sch. Valley |
| Matt Hagy | Cocalico | Unionville | Twin Valley (DD) | Wyo | Lanc. Cath. |
| Joe Mays | Cocalico | Unionville | Twin Valley | Wyo | Lanc. Cath. |
| Jeff Reinhart | Cocalico | Unionville | Twin Valley | Wyo | Lanc. Cath. |
| Sean McBryan | Cocalico | Unionville | Twin Valley | Wyo | Sch. Valley |
| Phil Marabella | Cocalico | Unionville | Twin Valley | Wyo | Sch. Valley |
| Mike Drago | Cocalico | Unionville | Twin Valley | Wyo | Lanc. Cath. |
| Logan Moyer | Cocalico | Unionville | Twin Valley | Wyo | Sch. Valley |
| Clay Oberholtzer | Cocalico | Weiser | Twin Valley (DD) | Wyo | Sch. Valley |
| Rod Frisco | Cocalico | Unionville | Twin Valley | Wyo (DD) | Sch. Valley |
| Christian Eby | Cocalico | Unionville | Twin Valley | Wyo | Lanc. Cath. |
| Brian Markley | Fleetwood | Weiser | Twin Valley | Wyo | Lanc. Cath. |
| Staff composite | Cocalico 11-1 | Unionville 10-2 | Twin Valley 12-0 | Wyo 12–0 | Tie 6-6 |
| A-C Berks Cath. | Hamburg Columbia | Kutztown Pequea | Last Week | Season Total | |
| Sam Cavalieri | Berks Cath. | Columbia | Kutztown | 13-1 | 106-14 |
| Matt Hagy | Berks Cath. | Columbia | Pequea | 12-2 | 104-16 |
| Joe Mays | Berks Cath. | Columbia | Pequea | 11-3 | 103-17 |
| Jeff Reinhart | Berks Cath. (DD) | Columbia | Kutztown | 11-3 | 103-17 |
| Sean McBryan | Berks Cath. | Columbia | Kutztown | 9-4 | 103-16 |
| Phil Marabella | Berks Cath. | Hamburg | Kutztown (DD) | 13-1 | 101-19 |
| Mike Drago | Berks Cath. | Columbia | Kutztown | 9-5 | 99-21 |
| Logan Moyer | Berks Cath. | Columbia | Kutztown (DD) | 11-3 | 99-21 |
| Christian Eby | Berks Cath. | Columbia | Kutztown (DD) | 12-2 | 97-22 |
| Rod Frisco | Berks Cath. | Columbia | Pequea | 11-3 | 95-25 |
| Clay Oberholtzer | Berks Cath. | Columbia | Pequea | 9-5 | 92-28 |
| Brian Markley | A-C | Columbia | Pequea | 11-3 | 86-33 |
| Staff composite | Berks Cath. 11-1 | Columbia 12-0 | Kutztown 7-5 |
