Old-school sports journalism in a new format.

A new Fearless Friday Football Forecast champion is crowned


2024 Berks football coverage presented by

Utilities Employees Credit Union



Before Julius Erving and the Philadelphia 76ers were about to embark on their run at the 1983 NBA championship Moses Malone made a bold prediction:

“Fo, fo, fo,” he said in a Moses kind of way, claiming the Sixers would sweep each of their three playoff series.

Matt Hagy

The Sixers indeed swept to the NBA title but it wasn’t a clean sweep: They lost once to the Bucks, going 12-1 in the postseason.

Our 2024 Fearless Forecast champ didn’t have a perfect playoff run, either, but it was damned close: Matt Hagy went an astounding 40-1 during the postseason, coming from just off the lead to clip Jeff Reinhart at the wire, 153-152.

Hagy was perfect over the final three weeks, going 13-0, 8-0, and 8-0. No Forecaster has ever done anything like that before.

Hagy and Reinhart went into the final week tied for first and differed on just one pick: The WPIAL Class 6A final between Pine-Richland and Peters Township. Hagy went with P-R, which won 20-9.

It’s not like Reinhart, the lead high school writer at lancasteronline.com, dropped the ball down the stretch: He went 37-4 over the final four weeks. Bronze medalist Logan Moyer, a journalism major at Susquehanna University, also posted a 37-4 playoff mark. Not too shabby.

Hagy, a Douglassville native and graduate of Daniel Boone, has been covering football for MikeDragoSports.com since its inception, in 2021. He is currently Director of Athletic Communications at Ursinus College; prior to that he held the same position at Albright College.

Hagy’s championships brings an end to a mini-dynasty. Joe Mays won the inaugural Fearless Forecaster championship in 2022 and tied for the title last year with Sam Cavalieri.

Harrisburg
Wilson
Exeter
McDevitt
Wyomissing
Lampeter
Pitts. CC
State College
Pine-Rich.
Peters Twp.
Matt HagyHarrisburgMcDevittLampeterPitts. CCPine-Rich.
Jeff ReinhartHarrisburgMcDevittLampeterPitts. CCPeters Twp.
Logan MoyerHarrisburgMcDevittLampeterState CollegePine-Rich.
Mike DragoWilson (DD)ExeterWyomissingPitts. CCPeters Twp.
Sean McBryanWilson (DD)ExeterWyomissingPitts. CCPine-Rich.
Joe MaysWilsonMcDevittWyomissingPitts. CCPine-Rich.
Mike GrossHarrisburgMcDevittLampeterPitts. CCPine-Rich.
Sam CavalieriWilson (DD)McDevittWyomissingState CollegePine-Rich.
Phil MarabellaWilsonExeter (DD)LampeterPitts. CCPine-Rich.
Bruce BadgleyWilsonExeterWyomissingState CollegePine-Rich.
Chris DeantonioWilson (DD)ExeterWyomissingState CollegePine-Rich.
Clay OberholtzerWilsonExeterWyomissing (DD)State CollegePeters Twp.
Staff compositeWilson
8-4
Tie
6-6
Wyomissing
7-5
Pitts. CC
7-5
Pine-Rich
9-3
T. Jefferson
Clearfield
Bermudian
Danville
Delone
Muncy
Last
week
Final
total
Matt HagyT. JeffersonDanvilleMuncy8-0153-28
Jeff ReinhartT. JeffersonDanvilleMuncy7-1152-29
Logan MoyerT. JeffersonDanvilleMuncy7-1149-32
Mike DragoT. JeffersonDanvilleMuncy4-5147-35
Sean McBryanT. JeffersonDanvilleMuncy5-4147-35
Joe MaysT. JeffersonDanvilleDelone5-3145-35
Mike GrossT. JeffersonDanvilleMuncy8-0141-39
Sam CavalieriT. JeffersonDanvilleMuncy5-4140-42
Phil MarabellaT. JeffersonDanvilleMuncy6-3139-43
Bruce BadgleyT. JeffersonDanvilleMuncy4-4133-47
Chris DeantonioT. JeffersonDanvilleDelone3-6129-53
Clay OberholtzerClearfieldDanvilleMuncy2-7124-58
Staff compositeT. Jefferson
11-1
Danville
12-0
Muncy
10-2
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