Bay Area News Group high school football predictions: Week 6, 2023

We’re on to Week 6 in our all-in-fun Bay Area News Group high school football picks competition.

Are we having fun?

Not to pat myself on the back (wink-wink), but my advantage over fellow prognosticators Mike Lefkow and Joseph Dycus widened again after I correctly picked 13 of the 16 games on last week’s list.

Lefkow now trails by six games in the season standings. Dycus is 11 games back.

But, hey, there are always more games at this stage in a season, and they have given themselves a chance to climb back into contention in Week 6.

If all goes his way, Dycus could make up six games this weekend. Lefkow could slice four games off his deficit.

Among Dycus’ big swings, he took Mountain View over Wilcox, Gunn over South San Francisco and Oakland over Atascadero.

He and Lefkow picked Milpitas over Sequoia and Clayton Valley over Jesuit-Carmichael.

The toughest calls this week were Pittsburg at Los Gatos and Valley Christian at Archbishop Riordan.

Lefkow and I took Pittsburg. Dycus and I picked Valley Christain.

As always, we had a lively discussion in our pre-picks roundtable. Among the topics: Is it too early to hype De La Salle at San Ramon Valley on Oct. 13? Our thoughts on DLS’s victories over Folsom, St. Mary’s-Stockton and St. Francis and what they mean moving forward.

Plus, we analyze this week’s big games in the West Catholic Athletic League and Granada at California.

If you want just the predictions, keep scrolling.

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WEEK 6 PICKS

Friday

Antioch (4-1) at Heritage (2-3), 7 p.m.

Sabedra: Antioch

Dycus: Antioch

Lefkow: Antioch

Miramonte (4-0) at College Park (2-2), 7 p.m.

Sabedra: Miramonte

Dycus: Miramonte

Lefkow: Miramonte

Granada (4-1) at California (3-2), 7 p.m.

Sabedra: California

Dycus: California

Lefkow: California

Mountain View (3-1) at Wilcox (2-2), 7 p.m.

Sabedra: Wilcox

Dycus: Mountain View

Lefkow: Wilcox

Aragon (3-1) at San Mateo (2-2), 7 p.m.

Sabedra: Aragon

Dycus: Aragon

Lefkow: Aragon

Milpitas (3-1) at Sequoia (1-3), 7 p.m.

Sabedra: Sequoia

Dycus: Milpitas

Lefkow: Milpitas

Woodside (3-1) at Santa Clara (1-3), 7 p.m.

Sabedra: Woodside

Dycus: Woodside

Lefkow: Woodside

Gunn (2-2) at South San Francisco (3-1), 7 p.m.

Sabedra: SSF

Dycus: Gunn

Lefkow: SSF

Bellarmine (1-3) at St. Ignatius (2-2), 7 p.m.

Sabedra: St. Ignatius

Dycus: St. Ignatius

Lefkow: St. Ignatius

Branham (3-1) at Leigh (2-2), 7:15 p.m.

Sabedra: Leigh

Dycus: Leigh

Lefkow: Branham

Jesuit-Carmichael (4-1) at Clayton Valley (2-2), 7 p.m.

Sabedra: Jesuit

Dycus: Clayton Valley

Lefkow: Clayton Valley

McClymonds (2-1) at De La Salle (3-2), 7 p.m.

Sabedra: De La Salle

Dycus: De La Salle

Lefkow: De La Salle

Pittsburg (4-0) at Los Gatos (3-1), 7:30 p.m.

Sabedra: Pittsburg

Dycus: Los Gatos

Lefkow: Pittsburg

Oakland (4-0) at Atascadero (5-0), 6 p.m.

Sabedra: Atascadero

Dycus: Oakland

Lefkow: Atascadero

Saturday

St. Francis (2-2) at Serra (4-0), 1:30 p.m.

Sabedra: Serra

Dycus: Serra

Lefkow: Serra

Valley Christian (4-0) at Riordan (3-1), 2 p.m.

Sabedra: Valley Christian

Dycus: Valley Christian

Lefkow: Riordan

WEEK 5 RESULTS

Acalanes 56, College Park 0

Sabedra: Acalanes (W)

Dycus: Acalanes (W)

Lefkow: Acalanes (W)

Campolindo 38, Monte Vista 14

Sabedra: Monte Vista (L)

Dycus: Monte Vista (L)

Lefkow: Monte Vista (L)

San Ramon Valley 66, Liberty 12

Sabedra: San Ramon Valley (W)

Dycus: San Ramon Valley (W)

Lefkow: San Ramon Valley (W)

Logan 27, Heritage 21

Sabedra: Heritage (L)

Dycus: Logan (W)

Lefkow: Heritage (L)

California 48, Milpitas 6

Sabedra: California (W)

Dycus: Milpitas (L)

Lefkow: California (W)