Tribskin Pick’em: Bishop Amat over Charter Oak (usually money in the bank); Can West Covina hang with Chino Hills?

Aram Tolegian and I will go head-to-head picking football games throughout the season. He edged me out the past two seasons, but it’s not happening this year, not when we’re playing for a Slater’s 50-50 burger.

Aram Tolegian (12-11, last week); (38-27, season total)
Fred Robledo (11-12, last week); (40-25, season total)

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Last week: I came into the week with a three game edge and finished sub. 500, one of my worst weeks in Tribskin history, but Aram couldn’t do much better, picking up only a game while I finished 11-12. We disagreed on a record nine games with Aram holding a 5-4 edge in those games. But we both also missed by taking South Torrance over Rosemead, Bishop Amat over Rancho Cucamonga, Bonita over Glendora, Pomona over Bloomington, Claremont over Walnut, Diamond Ranch over Ayala, and Duarte over Montclair.

This week: There’s no bigger game than Charter Oak at Bishop Amat, two teams that have both played extremely tough opponents so far, and two teams that could easily be winless or undefeated. Charter Oak lost in overtime to Roosevelt and 27-24 to Los Alamitos. Bishop Amat rallied to beat Santa Margarita and held off surging Chino Hills before blowing a late lead against Rancho Cucamonga. Both teams score a lot and give up a lot but the bottom line is, Bishop Amat doesn’t lose to area teams. It might be another shootout, but you take Amat at Kiefer. Last week I thought about taking West Covina over Chino Hills, but now I’ve got the Huskies by two touchdowns, maybe three. In 50-50 games, I like Glendora over Ayala, Azusa over Arcadia, Arroyo over Rowland, and Walnut over Covina. In what I believe will be lopsided victories, take Damien over St. Paul, Northview over South El Monte and Monrovia over San Dimas.

This week’s games and predictions
Thursday’s game

Gladstone at El Monte, 7 p.m. — Robledo (El Monte); Aram (EM)
Friday’s games
Charter Oak at Bishop Amat — Robledo (BAmat); Aram (Amat)
Arroyo at Rowland — Robledo (Arroyo); Aram (Arroyo)
Ayala vs. Glendora at Citrus — Robledo (Glendora); Aram (G-High)
Azusa at Arcadia — Robledo (Azusa); Aram (Arcadia)
Baldwin Park at Ganesha — Robledo (BPark); Aram (BP)
Chino at Los Altos — Robledo (Los Altos); Aram (LA)
Claremont at Bonita — Robledo (Bonita); Aram (Bo-High)
Damien at St. Paul, 7:30 p.m. — Robledo (Damien); Aram (Damien)
Diamond Bar at Brea Olinda — Robledo (DBar); Aram (D-Bar)
Keppel at Sierra Vista — Robledo (SVista); Aram (SV)
Mountain View at Pioneer — Robledo (Pioneer); Aram (MV)
Northview at South El Monte — Robledo (Northview); Aram (Nview)
Pomona at Sultana — Robledo (Pomona); Aram (P-Town)
Rosemead at Warren — Robledo (Rosemead); Aram (Rosemead)
San Dimas at Monrovia — Robledo (Monrovia); Aram (M-Town)
San Marino at Nogales — Robledo (San Marino); Aram (SM)
Schurr at Diamond Ranch — Robledo (DRanch); Aram (DR)
Walnut vs. Covina at CDF — Robledo (Walnut); Aram (The Nut)
West Covina at Chino Hills — Robledo (CHills); Aram (CH)
Wilson at La Puente — Robledo (La Puente); Aram (LP)

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