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
