Week 2: Fearless Friday Football Forecast (updated, with results)

After a rugged debut week the “Fearless Friday Football Forecast” is back and better than ever. Well, hopefully.

MikeDragoSports.com staff writers and photographers, along with Jeff Reinhart of football partner LNP/Lancasteronline, are picking all the Berks games each week this season, plus other Lancaster-Lebanon League games.

We’ll keep standings and the Forecaster with the most points at the end of the season will get a big prize! Each correct pick earns one point; if the Forecaster “doubles down” and is correct, he earns two points.

Week 1 was a tough one for the Fearless Forecasters; fewer than half were above .500. We went down together, though: Everyone picked Berks Catholic and Gov. Mifflin to win, and no one had faith in Muhlenberg. We went 0-for-13 as a staff on each of those picks.

Then again, everyone had Wyomissing, Exeter, and Fleetwood winning, and each did.

The big favorite this week is Hamburg: Every Forecaster has selected the Hawks and six have “doubled down” on them. Berks Catholic and Wyomissing are also unanimous picks. Exeter is picked to win by 12 of 13 Forecasters.

The toughest pick of the week looks like Daniel Boone at Conestoga Valley. The Blazers are expected to be without starting quarterback Dean Rotter, who was knocked out of last week’s game with an injury. The staff goes with the Blazers by a slim 7-6 margin. The staff is also split on the chances for Gov. Mifflin and Twin Valley.

Remember: Each Fearless Forecaster can only “down double” on a team once during the regular season (and once during the postseason).

Have fun with the picks and remember: No wagering, please.

Week 2	Wilson CD	RHS Muhl.	Boyer. Exeter	Mifflin Carlisle	Boone CV	Fleet. Weiser	LD TV
Mike Drago	Wilson (D)	Muhl	Exeter	Carlisle	CV	Fleet	TV
Sam Cavalieri	Wilson	Muhl	Exeter	Carlisle	Boone	Fleet	LD
Andrew Clauser	Wilson	Muhl	Exeter (D)	Mifflin	CV	Weiser	LD
Chris Deantonio	Wilson	Muhl	Exeter	Carlisle	Boone	Fleet	TV
Matt Gaffney	Wilson	Muhl	Exeter	Mifflin	CV	Fleet	LD
Matt Hagy	CD	Muhl	Exeter	Mifflin	CV	Fleet	LD
Joe Mays	Wilson	Muhl	Exeter	Mifflin	Boone	Fleet (D)	TV
Phil Marabella	CD	Muhl	Exeter (D)	Carlisle	Boone	Weiser	TV
Sean McBryan	CD	Muhl	Exeter	Mifflin	CV	Fleet	LD
John McCafferty	Wilson	RHS	Boyertown	Mifflin	CV	Fleet	TV
Mike Mitchell Jr.	Wilson	Muhl	Exeter	Mifflin	Boone	Weiser	TV
Hunter Phillips	Wilson	Muhl	Exeter	Mifflin	Boone	Weiser	TV
Jeff Reinhart	CD	RHS	Exeter	Carlisle	Boone	Fleet	TV
Staff consensus	Wilson 9-4	Muhl 11-2	Exeter 12-1	Mifflin 8-5	Boone 7-6	Fleet 9-4	TV 8-5

Week 2	BC Ex Ed	Wyo Potts	WR Hamb	SV UPerk	Kutz YVT	Cocalico Solanco	Week 2	Season total
Mike Drago	BC	Wyo	Hamb (D)	SV	Kutz	Cocalico	8-6	17-11
Sam Cavalieri	BC	Wyo	Hamb (D)	SV	Kutz	Cocalico	7-7	15-13
Andrew Clauser	BC	Wyo	Hamb	UPerk	YVT	Cocalico	10-4	18-10
Chris Deantonio	BC	Wyo	Hamb (D)	UPerk	YVT	Cocalico	8-6	15-13
Matt Gaffney	BC	Wyo	Hamb (D)	SV	YVT	Cocalico	8-6	16-12
Matt Hagy	BC	Wyo	Hamb (D)	SV	YVT	Cocalico	7-7	14-14
Joe Mays	BC	Wyo	Hamb	SV	YVT	Cocalico	5-9	12-16
Phil Marabella	BC	Wyo	Hamb	SV	YVT	Cocalico	7-7	15-13
Sean McBryan	BC (D)	Wyo	Hamb	SV	Kutz	Cocalico	5-9	13-15
John McCafferty	BC	Wyo	Hamb	SV	Kutz	Solanco	7-7	14-14
Mike Mitchell Jr.	BC	Wyo	Hamb	SV (D)	YVT	Solanco	7-7	14-14
Hunter Phillips	BC	Wyo	Hamb (D)	SV	YVT	Solanco	8-6	15-13
Jeff Reinhart	BC	Wyo	Hamb	SV (D)	YVT	Cocalico	6-8	11-17
Staff consensus	BC 13-0	Wyo 13-0	Hamb 13-0	SV 12-2	YVT 9-4	Cocalico 10-3