High School Football Predictions

Every week, I pick high school football games that are played in Patch coverage areas from Cumming to Stone Mountain.

Check out this week's predictions, then let us know how you think your team will fare in the comment box below ... if you dare.

Last week’s best picks: King’s Ridge 21, Mount Pisgah 20 (actual score, King’s Ridge 20, Mount Pisgah 14, OT); Tucker 50, Redan 10 (actual score, Tucker 54, Redan 7).

Last week’s worst picks: Forsyth Central 28, Creekview 27 (actual score, Creekview 27, Forsyth Central 17); Parkview 21, Brookwood 20 (actual score, Brookwood 23, Parkview 19).

Last week's record: 20-2. Overall record: 163-42-1.

Are you ready for another round of picks?

Archer at : This is how important this game is for the Parkview  — win and make the playoffs; lose and the Panthers could be on the outside looking in. Parkview (4-4, 4-2) are in fourth place in Region 8-AAAAA, a game ahead of Archer (4-4, 3-3). This is the most significant game in Archer’s short football history. The Tigers have shown it can play with the region’s best teams (a 21-19 loss to Brookwood is one example), but so have the Panthers, who had Brookwood beat last week before a kickoff return in the final moments changed the outcome. Parkview, with its staunch defense and suddenly big-play ability on offense, moves on to the playoffs. Parkview 28, Archer 17.

Dacula at : With Dacula this week and Brookwood next, it appears very difficult for Berkmar (1-7, 0-6) to be able to claw out of the Region 8-AAAAA cellar. Dacula (5-3, 5-1) is firmly entrenched as a playoff team. The young Patriots still have a way to go. Dacula 32, Berkmar 13.

Scott Bernarde is the Associate Regional Editor for 12 Patch sites in Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and DeKalb counties.

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