Bay Area News Group high school football predictions: Week 1, 2024

Serra or Folsom? Riordan or McClymonds? Amador Valley or El Cerrito?

The Bay Area News Group’s high school crew – which includes newcomers Nathan Canilao and Christian Babcock – is back for another season of weekly football predictions.

Canilao and Babcock join The Kid – aka Joseph Dycus, now in his third season – and long-timers Mike Lefkow and Darren Sabedra to see who can pick the most games correctly each week.

All in good fun, of course.

The guys picked 15 games for opening weekend, highlighted by Serra’s visit to Folsom, De La Salle playing host to Grant-Sacramento and Riordan traveling across the Bay to face McClymonds.

As always, the pick ‘em show includes more than predictions.

In our video roundtable, the crew discussed which team is the Bay Area’s best now and which one will be the best when the season ends in 16 weeks.

The guys also highlighted the top non-league games they can’t wait to see.

Be sure to check out the video.

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On to the picks …

WEEK 1 (15 games)

Thursday

Lincoln-San Jose at Willow Glen, 7:15 p.m. 

Sabedra: Lincoln-San Jose

Dycus: Willow Glen

Canilao: Willow Glen

Babcock: Lincoln-San Jose

Lefkow: Lincoln-San Jose

Fremont-Sunnyvale at Santa Teresa, 7:15 p.m.

Sabedra: Santa Teresa 

Dycus: Santa Teresa

Canilao: Santa Teresa

Babcock: Santa Teresa

Lefkow: Santa Teresa 

Friday

Amador Valley at El Cerrito, 7 p.m.

Sabedra: El Cerrito 

Dycus: Amador Valley 

Canilao: El Cerrito

Babcock: El Cerrito

Lefkow: Amador Valley 

St. Mary’s-Berkeley at Moreau Catholic, 7 p.m.

Sabedra: Moreau Catholic

Dycus: Moreau Catholic

Canilao: Moreau Catholic

Babcock: Moreau Catholic

Lefkow: Moreau Catholic

Leland at Leigh, 7:15 p.m.

Sabedra: Leigh 

Dycus: Leigh

Canilao: Leigh

Babcock: Leigh

Lefkow: Leigh 

Los Gatos at Soquel, 7:30 p.m.

Sabedra: Los Gatos

Dycus: Los Gatos 

Canilao: Los Gatos

Babcock: Los Gatos

Lefkow: Los Gatos 

Palo Alto at Mountain View, 7 p.m. 

Sabedra: Palo Alto

Dycus: Palo Alto

Canilao: Palo Alto

Babcock: Palo Alto

Lefkow: Palo Alto

Valley Christian at Wilcox, 7 p.m. 

Sabedra: Valley Christian

Dycus: Valley Christian 

Canilao: Valley Christian

Babcock: Wilcox

Lefkow: Valley Christian

Grant-Sacramento (1-0) at De La Salle, 7:30 p.m.

Sabedra: De La Salle

Dycus: De La Salle 

Canilao: De La Salle

Babcock: De La Salle

Lefkow: De La Salle

Pittsburg at Monterey Trail-Elk Grove (0-1), 7:15 p.m.

Sabedra: Pittsburg

Dycus: Pittsburg 

Canilao: Pittsburg

Babcock: Pittsburg

Lefkow: Pittsburg

Riordan at McClymonds, 7 p.m.

Sabedra: Riordan

Dycus: McClymonds

Canilao: Riordan

Babcock: Riordan

Lefkow: McClymonds 

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St. Ignatius at San Ramon Valley, 7 p.m.

Sabedra: San Ramon Valley

Dycus: St. Ignatius 

Canilao: San Ramon Valley

Babcock: San Ramon Valley

Lefkow: San Ramon Valley

Vanden-Fairfield (1-0) at Campolindo, 7 p.m.

Sabedra: Campolindo

Dycus: Campolindo

Canilao: Vanden-Fairfield

Babcock: Campolindo

Lefkow: Vanden-Fairfield

Serra at Folsom (1-0), 7:30 p.m.

Sabedra: Folsom

Dycus: Folsom

Canilao: Folsom

Babcock: Folsom

Lefkow: Folsom

Saturday

Bellarmine at Menlo-Atherton, 1 p.m.

Sabedra: Menlo-Atherton

Dycus: Bellarmine 

Canilao: Menlo-Atherton

Babcock: Menlo-Atherton

Lefkow: Menlo-Atherton

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