CIF State regional Bowl prediction

OK, I went 2-1 last week, correctly picking the Aquinas and San Gorgonio games, and missing the Silverado game.
So, for the season, I’m 191-75-1 picking winners, with 8 margins exactly right and 1 score exactly right.
As for the state bowl game, my prediction is: San Gorgonio 21, Valley View 17
I think the San G defense will again play well and no last-minute San G heroics will be necessary.

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CIF-SS championship game predictions

So, after going 6-6 picking winners for the CIF-SS quarterfinals, I had a much better semifinal round. I went 6-1. The only game I got wrong was Aquinas. Of course, it took an incredible rally by Aquinas to force overtime and then win.
For the season, I am 189-74-1. I have 8 margins exactly right and 1 score exactly right. I’m not rooting for teams to win or lose. But if I’m always picking local teams to win, I lose credibility as an unbiased observer.
One interesting note:
Silverado’s opponent, Cerritos Valley Christian and Aquinas’ opponent, Long Beach St. Anthony, played each other in a nonleague game Week 5. Valley Christian, playing at home, won 46-35.

Division 7 (Friday)
San Gorgonio 29, Norte Vista 28
(With chance to tie and go to OT, San G coach Ron Gueringer goes for 2 and gets the win)

Division 9 (Saturday)
Silverado 38, Cerritos Valley Christian 35
(Valley Christian comeback bid comes up short)

Division 10 (Saturday)
St. Anthony 42, Aquinas 35
(In a back-and-forth game, St. Anthony scores winning touchdown in final 3 minutes)

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CIF-SS semifinal football picks

I had a brutal quarterfinals picking winners. Worst of the season. I went just 6-6 picking winners. For the season, I’m 183-73-1, I have 8 margins exactly right and 1 score exactly right.

Feeling less confident than ever. Here are my semifinal picks:

Division 1
Mater Dei 42, Rancho Cucamonga 35
Division 7
San Gorgonio 21, Golden Valley 19
Division 8
Burbank 35, Don Lugo 33
Division 9
Silverado 42, Antelope Valley 40
Division 10
Leuzinger 24, Aquinas 21
Division 11
Quartz Hill 28, Twentynine Palms 20

8-man Division 2
Joshua Springs 42, Lancaster Baptist 16

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CIF-SS quarterfinal picks

I went 16-5 picking winners last week. I almost got 1 score exactly right. I said Summit would beat West Covina 42-40 and the actual score was 42-41. I did get one margin exactly right, when I said Don Lugo would beat Moreno Valley by 28. For the season, my record is 177-67-1 and I have 8 margins exactly right and 1 score exactly right.

Division 1
Rancho Cucamonga 31, Mission Viejo 28
Division 2
Redlands East Valley 35, La Habra 31
Division 4
Lompoc 42, Etiwanda 7
Corona Del Mar 31, Colony 20
Division 5
Roosevelt 28, Redlands 20
Division 6
Summit 42, Lawndale 28
Yucaipa 49, Paraclete 42
Division 7
San Gorgonio 28, Tustin 24
Division 9
La Salle 21, Silverado 17
Division 10
Aquinas 33, Pasadena Poly 24
Division 11
Katella 40, Twentynine Palms 14
Division 12
Pacific 35, St. Genevieve 33

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CIF-SS first round football playoff picks

After going 22-5 picking winners in Week 10, I finished the regular season with a 161-62-1 record. I got 1 more margin exactly right, when I said Colton would beat Bloomington by 28. For the season, I have 7 margins exactly right and 1 score exactly right.

Here are first round playoff picks:

Division 1
Rancho Cucamonga 31, Orange Lutheran 23
St. John Bosco 52, Upland 24
Division 2
San Clemente 31, Chino Hills 20
Redlands East Valley 28, Great Oak 18
Division 3
Serrano 21, La Serna 19
Rancho Verde 35, Oak Hills 26
Division 4
Cajon 30, Redondo 28
Colony 42, Palm Springs 21
Placentia Valencia 24, Etiwanda 21
Lompoc 35, Carter 7
Division 5
Redlands 21, La Quinta 17
Division 6
Summit 42, West Covina 40
Yucaipa 42, Palmdale 16
Division 7
San Gorgonio 21, South Hills 14
Golden Valley 28, Ayala 19
Division 8
Yorba Linda 28, Kaiser 7
Don Lugo 48, Moreno Valley 20
Northview 28, Chino 16
Division 9
Silverado 35, Perris 22
Division 10
Leuzinger 35, Apple Valley 14
Grand Terrace 33, J.W. North 17
Aquinas 38, South Pasadena 20
Division 11
Jurupa Hills 28, Twentynine Palms 24
Covina 23, Victor Valley 21
Division 12
Calvary Murrieta 42, Silver Valley 22
Pacific 49, Santa Paula 21
Hillcrest at Big Bear (I won’t predict, because as I write this the game is over, even though I don’t know the score)

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Week 5 high school football predictions ugly or not

You’d think I’d be getting better at this, but apparently I’m not. I only went 20-12 in Week 4, my worst week of the season, bringing my season record to 130-42-1, with 2 margins exactly right. This week, I’ll put the blindfold on again and throw the darts at the schedule and see how I do.

Friday’s Predictions:
CITRUS BELT LEAGUE
Cajon 52, Eisenhower 12
Redlands East Valley 41, Carter 6
Citrus Valley 42, Miller 20
Yucaipa 35, Redlands 31
NONLEAGUE
Apple Valley 27, Barstow 14
Aquinas 28, Los Angeles Hamilton 14
Arrowhead Christian 34, Excelsior 14
Ganesha 48, Western Christian 0
Grand Terrace 34, North 14
Hesperia 40, Granite Hills 22
Los Osos 21, Silverado 19
Moreno Valley 28, Colton 8
Norco 42, Chino Hills 28
Patriot 20, Montclair 12
Riverside Prep 41, Lancaster Desert Christian 36
Roosevelt 31, Ayala 14
Summit 36, Norte Vista 20
Victor Valley 49, Bassett 20

Saturday’s Game
NONLEAGUE
Rim of the World 28, Big Bear 24

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Week 4 San Bernardino County high school football predictions

I had an identical Week 3 to my Week 2: going 25-8 and with Thursday’s right pick I am now 110-30-1 picking winners and I have 2 margins exactly right.
Here we go with Week 4, the 1st week of CBL and the last nonleague game for many teams

CITRUS BELT LEAGUE
Redlands 28, Carter 14
Citrus Valley 34, Eisenhower 20
Redlands East Valley 35, Yucaipa 21
NONLEAGUE
Apple Valley 42, Adelanto 8
Aquinas 35, Rancho Christian 20
Chino 36, Don Lugo 16
Chino Hills 31, Downey 21
Claremont 24, Alta Loma 20
La Habra 41, Colony 37
Etiwanda 35, Chaffey 6
Fontana 42, Rialto 20
Hemet 27, Jurupa Hills 22
Indian Springs 28, San Bernardino 26
La Sierra 16, Colton 14
Oak Hills 33, San Gorgonio 28
Ontario 26, Jurupa Valley 24
Ontario Christian 31, Cerritos Valley Christian 28
Rancho Cucamonga 35, Citrus Hill 10
Ridgecrest Burroughs 35, Barstow 28
Rim of the World 20, Woodbridge 18
Riveride Prep 40, Calipatria 36
Serrano 35, Kaiser 7
Silver Valley 35, Bishop 12
Silverado 28, Hesperia 20
Sultana 21, Victor Valley 20
Summit 21, Elsinore 17
Twentynine Palms 30, Big Bear 13
Upland 42, Great Oak 14
Vasquez 44, Excelsior 28
Webb 30, Upland Christian 14
Yucca Valley 33, Palo Verde 27

Saturday’s game
Arrowhead Christian 42, St Bernard 19

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Week 3 San Bernardino County football predictions

I had a decent week in Week 2, going 25-8 and I am now 84-22-1 for the season. But for some reason I struggled at the end, missing five of the last six games on the list (I am claiming dementia). However, I did get one margin exactly right, when I said Los Osos would beat Alta Loma 20-16 and it was actually 19-15, giving me 2 exact margins for the season. I had one score right, but I had the wrong team winning when I said Sultana would win 21-14, and they lost 21-14, so that doesn’t count. Here are this week’s picks:

Apple Valley 26, Victor Valley 21
Barstow 28, Sultana 20
Cajon 35, Paso Robles 31
Chino 44, Los Osos 28
Colony 35, Norte Vista 17
Colton 16, Chaffey 14
Covina 37, Montclair 16
Don Lugo 27, Northview 22
Eisenhower 40, Rialto 22
Fontana 26, Miller 20
Grand Terrace 42, Vista del Lago 7
Great Oak 35, Ayala 27
Jurupa Valley 30, Arroyo Valley 20
Kaiser 21, Palm Springs 19
Lakeside 35, Bloomington 8
Mater Dei 49, Upland 21
Moreno Valley 42, Jurupa Hills 22
Oak Hills 28, Etiwanda 16
Ontario 28, Patriot 26
Pacific 36, West Valley 22
Perris 42, San Bernardino 12
Rancho Cucamonga 24, Murrieta Valley 14
Redlands 27, Chaparral 24
Redlands East Valley 26, Heritage 23
Rim of the World 35, Desert Hot Springs 7
Roosevelt 35, Alta Loma 31
San Gorgonio 42, Yucaipa 35
Serrano 28, Adelanto 7
Silverado 21, Eastside 19
Twentynine Palms 38, Indian Springs 14
Yucca Valley 49, Western Christian 0

SATURDAY’S GAMES
Big Bear 24, Malibu 21
Ontario Christian 28, Verbum Dei 10

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Week 2 Friday football predictions

After a 30-7-1 record in Week 1, and a 2-1 record on Thursday, I am now 59-14-1 on the season. Last week I got one margin right, when I said San Gorgonio would beat Fontana by 28 points. I didn’t get the score exactly right. I said 42-14 and it was 35-7.

Here are this week’s picks:
• Los Osos 20, Alta Loma 16
• Diamond Ranch 24, Ayala 17
• Cajon 35, Kaiser 14
• Citrus Valley 35, Jurupa Hills 28
• Colton 22, Arroyo Valley 20
• Aquinas 31, Crean Lutheran 27
• Barstow 28, Desert 18
• Rancho Cucamonga 35, Don Lugo 7
• Montclair 35, Duarte 30
• Colony 42, Gardena 14
• Grand Terrace 42, West Valley 17
• Knight 28, Granite Hills 14
• Victor Valley 35, Hesperia 27
• Chino 35, Hillcrest 21
• Yucca Valley 28, Indio 0
• Lancaster 30, Adelanto 21
• Ontario Christian 27, Santa Ana Calvary Chapel 22
• Pacific 42, Indian Springs 14
• Chaffey 14, Patriot 10
• Oak Hills 35, Palmdale 7
• Yucaipa 38, Palm Desert 14
• Ramona 49, Fontana 21
• Redlands East Valley 35, Upland 20
• Rialto 32, Bloomington 26
• Carter 21, Riverside North 19
• Etiwanda 20, Riverside Poly 14
• Rim of the World 35, San Bernardino 14
• Serrano 42, Quartz Hill 7
• sultana 21, Silverado 14
• Arrowhead Christian 21, Whittier Christian 20
• Vista del Lago 27, Miller 23
• Twentynine Palms 21, Xavier Prep 14
Saturday’s games
• Santa Fe Christian 42, Big Bear 17

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