Week 5: Fearless Friday Football Forecast (updated with results)

Well, it took a while but our Fearless Forecasters are starting to get the hang of this thing. Four Forecasters went an impressive 13-1 in Week 4 and one — Joe Mays — had a clean sweep, recording the first perfect week in Fearless Forecast history.

Joe moved from deep in the pack to within one point of the overall lead. Meanwhile, Chris Deantonio, the leader after three weeks, tumbled into the middle of the pack with Week 4’s worst card, at 9-5.

Will we see another 14-0 clean sweep this week? Maybe. According to the consensus of our Forecasters, there aren’t a lot of tough calls out there this week. Six teams — Wilson, Exeter, Gov. Mifflin, Wyomissing, Hamburg and Schuylkill Valley — are slam-dunk winners on Friday night.

MikeDragoSports.com staff writers and photographers, along with Jeff Reinhart of football partner LNP/Lancasteronline, will pick the games each week. 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 the Forecaster “doubles down” and is correct, he gets two points.

The Forecasters spread their Double Downs around this week: Exeter, Berks Catholic, Conrad Weiser, Schuylkill Valley and Hamburg each received a double dose of confidence.

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 as David Letterman always said: No wagering, please.

Week 4	Crest Wilson	RHS PManor	Exeter Lebanon	Mifflin Muhl	Ephrata Boone	Fleet Spot	Etown TV	Donegal BC
Mike Drago	Wilson	PManor	Exeter (D)	Mifflin	Ephrata	Spot	TV	BC
Joe Mays	Wilson	PManor	Exeter	Mifflin	Ephrata	Spot	Etown	BC (D)
Mike Mitchell Jr.	Wilson	PManor	Exeter	Mifflin	Ephrata	Spot	Etown	BC
Sam Cavalieri	Wilson	PManor	Exeter	Mifflin	Boone	Spot	Etown	BC
Chris Deantonio	Wilson	PManor	Exeter	Mifflin	Boone	Spot	Etown	BC (D)
Andrew Clauser	Wilson	PManor	Exeter	Mifflin (D)	Ephrata	Spot	TV	BC
Matt Gaffney	Wilson	RHS	Exeter	Mifflin	Ephrata	Spot	Etown	BC
Hunter Phillips	Wilson	PManor	Exeter (D)	Mifflin	Ephrata	Spot	Etown	BC
Matt Hagy	Wilson	PManor	Exeter	Mifflin	Ephrata	Spot	Etown	BC
Phil Marabella	Wilson	PManor	Exeter	Mifflin	Ephrata	Fleet	Etown	BC
John McCafferty	Wilson	RHS	Exeter	Mifflin	Ephrata (D)	Spot	Etown	BC
Sean McBryan	Wilson	PManor	Exeter	Mifflin (D)	Ephrata	Spot	TV	BC
Jeff Reinhart	Wilson	PManor	Exeter	Mifflin	Boone	Spot	Etown	BC
Staff consensus	Wilson 13-0	PManor 11-2	Exeter 13-0	Mifflin 13-0	Ephrata 10-3	Spot 12-1	Etown 10-3

Week 4	Weiser Octorara	Wyo Elco	Kutz Hamb	SV Pequea	Township Hempfield	Week 5	Season total
Mike Drago	Weiser	Wyo	Hamb	SV	Township	12-2	50-20
Joey Mays	Weiser	Wyo	Hamb	SV	Township	13-1	50-20
Mike Mitchell Jr.	Weiser	Wyo	Hamb (D)	SV	Township	13-1	49-21
Sam Cavalieri	Weiser	Wyo	Hamb	SV (D)	Township	12-2	48-22
Chris Deantonio	Weiser	Wyo	Hamb	SV	Township	12-2	47-23
Andrew Clauser	Octorara	Wyo	Hamb	SV	Township	11-3	46-24
Matt Gaffney	Weiser	Wyo	Hamb	SV (D)	Hempfield	13-1	48-22
Hunter Phillips	Weiser	Wyo	Hamb	SV	Township	13-1	48-22
Matt Hagy	Weiser (D)	Wyo	Hamb	SV	Township	13-1	47-23
Phil Marabella	Weiser	Wyo	Hamb (D)	SV	Township	12-2	45-25
John McCafferty	Weiser	Wyo	Hamb	SV	Township	12-2	44-26
Sean McBryan	Weiser	Wyo	Hamb	SV	Township	12-2	42-28
Jeff Reinhart	Weiser (D)	Wyo	Hamb	SV	Township	12-2	41-29
Staff consensus	Weiser 12-1	Wyo 13-0	Hamb 13-0	SV 13-0	Township 12-1