Week 17 video: CIF state football championship game predictions
We’ve reached the finish line.
The 2019 football season, which began way back in August, will end this weekend with state championships at Cerritos College in Norwalk and mostly high school sites in Northern California.
Mike Lefkow, as I noted Monday, has clinched our all-in-fun pick ’em competition. He leads yours truly by 11 games in the season standings.
We’re only picking 10 this week, as we usually do.
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Maybe I’ll finish strong and end this long campaign just single digits behind the man who clearly had the right touch this fall — 101 wins in 138 picks.
Or maybe Lefkow will keep piling on.
The final results will post next week.
On to the matchups:
Open Division: De La Salle (12-1) vs. St. John Bosco (12-1) at Cerritos College in Norwalk, Saturday, 8 p.m.
Division 1-AA: Central-Fresno (14-0) vs. Sierra Canyon (14-1) at Cerritos College in Norwalk, Friday, 8 p.m.
Division 1-A: Serra (13-1) vs. Corona del Mar (15-0) at Cerritos College in Norwalk, Saturday, 4 p.m.
Division 2-AA: Clayton Valley Charter (9-5) vs. Aquinas-San Bernardino (13-2) at Cerritos College in Norwalk, Friday, 4 p.m.
Division 2-A: McClymonds (11-0) vs. Pacifica-Oxnard (14-1) at Cerritos College in Norwalk, Saturday, noon
Division 3-AA: El Camino-Oceanside (9-6) at Cardinal Newman (13-1), Saturday, 6 p.m.
Division 3-A: Bakersfield Christian (11-3) at Rancho Cotate (11-3), Saturday, 6 p.m.
Division 4-AA: Highland-Palmdale (12-3) at Ripon (13-1), Saturday, 6 p.m.
Division 5-AA: El Monte (15-0) at Del Norte-Crescent City (13-2), Saturday, 6 p.m.
Division 5-A: Reseda (11-3) at Milpitas (8-6), Saturday, 6 p.m.
Division 6-AA: South-Torrance (11-4) vs. St. Bernard’s (11-3) at Humboldt State, Saturday, 6 p.m.
Division 6-A: Bishop Union (12-2) at Salesian (12-2), Saturday, noon
Division 7-AA: Gardena (11-4) vs. Lincoln-San Francisco (11-1) at City College of San Francisco, Saturday, noon
Season standings
Lefkow: 101-37 (.732 winning percentage)
Sabedra: 90-48 (.652 winning percentage)