Star Picks: Am I losing it or did I ever really have it?

… better yet, don’t answer that.

I went 9-3 last week with wrong picks coming from Monrovia, San Gabriel and La Salle. It’s not that I didn’t think Arcadia, San Dimas and San Marino couldn’t win, I just figured — based on what I have seen and/or read — that the teams I picked would come through. I think what blew me away is the fashion in which the teams I picked lost. Monrovia again fell behind 20-6 at the half and needed a comeback before taking a modest 22-20 lead before Arcadia’s Taylor Lagace dashed Monrovia’s hopes of remaining unbeaten. Then there’s San Gabriel, a team with good upside and definite talent gets blitzed past San Dimas, 59-6. I don’t think the Saints are 53 points better than the Matadors, but I did think San Gabriel would have a better showing and display the kind of effort that it’s a real contender in the Mid-Valley Division. At this point, probably not. La Salle’s had three tough games. Not sure what’s going on with the Lancers. They have able players, but the offense has gone M.I.A. In my column I had written that the Lancers would win no more than four games this season based on this season’s beefed up schedule. Pasadena’s on deck, and the Bulldogs are coming off a better showing against Cathedral. Pasadena came close to sending the game into overtime and possibly giving Cathedral its first blemish of the season. That the Bulldogs were that close is an improvement to the thrashing two weeks ago against Alemany. I’ll finally see for myself what’s going on at Monrovia when I cover them Friday. Temple City’s got its hands full with a resurgent Arcadia team, and the feeling here is Maranatha will face a tough and physical Salesian team before pulling away in the second half. Let’s see how this week goes.

WEEK 3 SCHEDULE WITH PREDICTIONS
Friday’s games

San Dimas at Monrovia, 7 p.m. — San Dimas
Temple City at Arcadia, 7 p.m. — Arcadia
La Salle at Pasadena, 7 p.m. — Pasadena
San Gabriel at Baldwin Park, 7 p.m. — San Gabriel
San Marino at Rosemead, 7 p.m. — Rosemead
Alhambra vs. L.A. Wilson at Moor Field, 7 p.m. — Alhambra
Salesian at Maranatha, 7 p.m. — Maranatha
Crescenta Valley at La Canada, 7 p.m. — Crescenta Valley
South Pasadena at Glendale, 7 p.m. — South Pasadena
Gabrielino at Contreras, 7 p.m. — Gabrielino
St. Francis at Venice, 7 p.m. — St. Francis
Keppel at Sierra Vista, 7 p.m. — Sierra Vista
Bosco Tech vs. Santiago at Bolsa Grande, 7 p.m. — Bosco Tech
Rio Hondo Prep at Boron, 7 p.m. — Rio Hondo Prep

Saturday’s games
Flintridge Prep vs. Campbell Hall at Occidental College, 1 p.m. — Campbell Hall
Marshall vs. Sun Valley Ply at St. Genevieve, 7 p.m. — Sun Valley Poly
Blair vs. Verbum Dei at L.A. Southwest College, 7 p.m. — Verbum Dei

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