Pigskin Picks: Unbeaten or not, nobody is perfect

DOWNSTATE — Five weeks into the high school football season, 11 Delaware teams are still undefeated.

And since several of them still have to face each other, there’s only a small number of squads that will even have a chance of finishing with a perfect record.

A pair of 3-0 teams, Woodbridge and Sussex Central, square off on Friday night in Georgetown.

All the rest of the state’s squads — and even the unbeaten ones — know they still have a lot of work to do.

Half of those teams will figure out a way to get a win this week while the other half will go back to the drawing board.

Here’s our predictions for this weekend’s local football games:

Andy Walter, Daily State News: 41-7
Tim Mastro, free-lance writer: 36-12
Glenn Frazer, 302 Sports : 43-5

THURSDAY'S GAME

Lake Forest (2-2) vs. Howard (0-3) at Abessinio Stadium, 6 p.m.: Both teams lost tough games last week by a combined margin of just three points.
AW: Lake, 28-20; TM: Lake, 28-21 ; GF: Lake, 28-22.

FRIDAY’S GAMES

Early College (0-1, 0-3) at Seaford (0-1, 1-2), 6 p.m.: The Blue Jays get a chance to even their record in the Class 1A District II matchup.
AW: Seaford, 42-6; TM: Seaford, 35-12; GF: Seaford, 30-6.

Woodbridge (3-0) at Sussex Central (3-0): An interesting contest between unbeaten squads from different classes.
AW: Central, 35-14; TM: Central, 30-14; GF: Central, 35-20.

Smyrna (1-2) at Appoquinimink (3-0): After getting their first win, Eagles want to show they’re ready to compete in Class 3A.
AW: Appo, 42-32; TM: Appo, 21-20; GF: Appo, 31-28.

Saint Mark's (2-1) at Caesar Rodney (1-2): The Riders had an open date to try to solve their issues from a two-game losing streak.
AW: SM, 31-14; TM: SM, 24-21; GF: SM, 21-14.

Odessa (0-3) at Sussex Tech (3-0): The Ravens want to stay undefeated while keeping the Ducks winless .
AW: Tech, 37-20; TM: Tech, 30-20; GF: Odessa, 17-13.

First State Military (1-0, 4-0) at Polytech (0-1, 2-1): This is a key game for both teams as they try to keep pace in the Class 1A District II race.
AW: FSMA, 18-14; TM: Polytech 24-20; GF: Poly, 21-14.

Dover (0-2) at Salesianum (2-1), 7:30 p.m.: Sallies hasn’t forgotten that the Senators handed it it’s only loss last season.
AW: Sals, 42-7; TM: Sal, 35-21; GF: Sals, 28-13.

SATURDAY’S GAMES

Cape Henlopen (3-0) vs. Hodgson (1-2), at Caravel, 11 a.m.: Unbeaten Vikings found a way to pull out a two-point win over Lake Forest a week ago.
AW: Cape, 33-17; TM: Cape, 21-7; GF: Cape, 20-14.

Milford (2-1) at Concord (0-3), 11:30 a.m.: Milford gets the chance to put its rollercoaster season on the upswing with a second-straight win.
AW: Milford, 35-12; TM: Milford, 28-14; GF: Milford, 30-12.

Indian River (3-0) at Delmar (3-1), 1:30 p.m.: The two teams are in different classes right now but this one should be a good Sussex County battle.
AW: IR, 31-28; TM: Delmar, 28-21; GF: Delmar, 21-17.

COLLEGE

Delaware State (1-3) at Campbell (1-3), 2 p.m.: DSU heads to N.C. looking to show that it’s making progress despite two straight losses.
AW: Cam, 24-17; TM: Cam, 20-10; GF: Cam, 27-21.

Sacred Heart (2-2) at Delaware (3-0), 3:30 p.m.: Blue Hens get one last non-conference foe before diving into their CAA schedule the rest of the way.
AW: UD, 34-7; TM: UD, 31-17; GF: UD, 35-13.