Bay Area News Group high school football predictions: Week 15, 2023
Welcome back to our all-in-fun high school football picks competition.
With two weeks to go, red-hot Mike Lefkow has made up some ground but is still going to need a miracle finish to catch me in the season standings.
It’s not going to happen this week because he and I picked the same teams in seven of the eight games on our NorCal regional card. He trails by seven games.
But Lefkow did prevail in our pick-the-section-champions sidebar.
He had Serra, Los Gatos, De La Salle, Pittsburg, El Cerrito, Marin Catholic and Acalanes winning section titles, which they all did.
I probably should have reviewed my notes. I picked Acalanes to win the North Coast Section Division IV championship, too, but three weeks later had San Marin beating Acalanes in the final.
Oh well.
Joseph Dycus and I, by the way, picked the correct section champions in six of 14 divisions.
In this week’s video, we discuss what the fresh data says about the differences between the Central Coast Section and NCS playoff formats, give a few shout-outs and analyze this week’s matchups.
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WEEK 15 PICKS
NorCal regionals
DIVISION 6-A
North: Colusa (12-0) at South San Francisco (12-1), Saturday, 6 p.m.
Sabedra: SSF
Dycus: SSF
Lefkow: SSF
DIVISION 6-AA
North: Palo Alto (8-5) vs. St. Vincent de Paul (11-2) at Casa Grande, Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Sabedra: St. Vincent de Paul
Dycus: Palo Alto
Lefkow: St. Vincent de Paul
DIVISION 5-AA
North: Miramonte (9-3) at Pleasant Valley-Chico (9-3), Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Sabedra: Pleasant Valley
Dycus: Miramonte
Lefkow: Pleasant Valley
DIVISION 3-A
North: McClymonds (9-2) at Marin Catholic (12-1), Saturday, 1 p.m.
Sabedra: McClymonds
Dycus: McClymonds
Lefkow: Marin Catholic
DIVISION 3-AA
North: Escalon (12-1) at Acalanes (9-4), Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Sabedra: Acalanes
Dycus: Acalanes
Lefkow: Acalanes
DIVISION 2-A
North: El Cerrito (12-1) at Los Gatos (11-2), Saturday, 6 p.m.
Sabedra: Los Gatos
Dycus: Los Gatos
Lefkow: Los Gatos
DIVISION 1-A
North: Pittsburg (13-0) at Folsom (11-2), Saturday, 6 p.m.
Sabedra: Pittsburg
Dycus: Folsom
Lefkow: Pittsburg
DIVISION 1-AA
North: Clovis North (13-0) at De La Salle (10-2), Friday, 7:30 p.m.
Sabedra: De La Salle
Dycus: De La Salle
Lefkow: De La Salle
WEEK 14 RESULTS
Central Coast Section
Division I championship game
No. 4 Los Gatos 49, No. 7 Wilcox 14
Sabedra: Los Gatos (W)
Dycus: Los Gatos (W)
Lefkow: Wilcox (L)
Division II championship game
No. 2 Soquel 28, No. 8 Christopher 0
Sabedra: Christopher (L)
Dycus: Christopher (L)
Lefkow: Soquel (W)
Division IV championship game
No. 1 Palo Alto 34, No. 2 Mountain View 33
Sabedra: Palo Alto (W)
Dycus: Mountain View (L)
Lefkow: Palo Alto (W)
Division V championship game
No. 3 South San Francisco 13, No. 4 Santa Teresa 7
Sabedra: Santa Teresa (L)
Dycus: Santa Teresa (L)
Lefkow: Santa Teresa (L)
North Coast Section
Division I championship game
No. 3 Pittsburg 37, No. 2 San Ramon Valley 21
Sabedra: San Ramon Valley (L)
Dycus: Pittsburg (W)
Lefkow: Pittsburg (W)
Division II championship game
No. 1 El Cerrito 34, No. 2 Windsor 31
Sabedra: El Cerrito (W)
Dycus: El Cerrito (W)
Lefkow: El Cerrito (W)
Division IV championship game
No. 2 Acalanes 24, No. 1 San Marin 7
Sabedra: San Marin (L)
Dycus: Acalanes (W)
Lefkow: San Marin (L)
Division V championship game
No. 1 Miramonte 42, No. 2 St. Bernard’s 20
Sabedra: Miramonte (W)
Dycus: Miramonte (W)
Lefkow: Miramonte (W)
Division VI championship game
No. 1 St. Vincent de Paul 48, No. 3 Salesian 12
Sabedra: St. Vincent de Paul (W)
Dycus: Salesian (L)
Lefkow: St. Vincent de Paul (W)
Oakland Section
Silver Bowl
McClymonds 56, Oakland Tech 0
Sabedra: McClymonds (W)
Dycus: McClymonds (W)
Lefkow: McClymonds (W)
WEEK 14 STANDINGS
Lefkow: 7-3
Sabedra: 6-4
Dycus: 6-4
SEASON STANDINGS
Sabedra: 146-70
Lefkow: 139-77
Dycus: 127-89