2024 Friday Forecast: Predicting 10 Toledo-area games for Week 8

Each week, The Blade sports department’s Steve Junga, Mark Monroe, Kyle Rowland, Michael Burwell, and Ron Seibel predict winners for 10 intriguing high school football games in the Toledo area.

Last week, Burwell went 8-2, while Monroe and Seibel went 7-3 and Junga and Rowland went 6-4.

For the season, Junga is 54-16, Monroe and Rowland are 53-17, Burwell is 52-18, and Seibel is 49-21.

Here are the predictions for this week.

Winning Drive Game of the Week presented by Renewal by Andersen: NAPOLEON (4-3) AT CLAY (5-2
■ Junga: Clay, 28-21
■ Rowland: Clay, 28-27
■ Burwell: Clay, 42-30
■ Monroe: Clay, 31-21
■ Seibel: Clay, 37-21

Your take:

SCOTT (2-5) AT ROGERS (2-5)
■ Junga: Rogers, 22-16
■ Rowland: Rogers, 27-13
■ Burwell: Scott, 27-20
■ Monroe: Rogers, 35-28
■ Seibel: Rogers, 31-20

ORCHARD LAKE ST. MARY’S (4-2) AT CENTRAL CATHOLIC (6-1)
■ Junga: Central Catholic, 35-14
■ Rowland: Central Catholic, 24-21
■ Burwell: Central Catholic, 35-28
■ Monroe: Central Catholic, 42-28
■ Seibel: Central Catholic, 41-14

ST. FRANCIS (5-2) AT DEARBORN DIVINE CHILD (4-2)
■ Junga: St. Francis, 27-20
■ Rowland: St. Francis, 30-24
■ Burwell: Dearborn Divine Child, 38-35
■ Monroe: St. Francis, 35-28
■ Seibel: St. Francis, 27-24

PERRYSBURG (6-1) AT FINDLAY (3-4)
■ Junga: Findlay, 34-28
■ Rowland: Perrysburg, 35-13
■ Burwell: Perrysburg, 28-14
■ Monroe: Perrysburg, 40-28
■ Seibel: Perrysburg, 27-7

OTSEGO (4-3) AT EASTWOOD (7-0)
■ Junga: Eastwood, 34-21
■ Rowland: Eastwood, 42-16
■ Burwell: Eastwood, 33-14
■ Monroe: Eastwood, 35-21
■ Seibel: Eastwood, 42-6

BRYAN (0-7) AT SWANTON (0-7)
■ Junga: Bryan, 27-13
■ Rowland: Bryan, 21-6
■ Burwell: Bryan, 20-17
■ Monroe: Bryan, 14-7
■ Seibel: Bryan, 13-6

PATRICK HENRY (5-2) AT DELTA (6-1)
■ Junga: Patrick Henry, 24-14
■ Rowland: Patrick Henry, 31-14
■ Burwell: Patrick Henry, 28-21
■ Monroe: Patrick Henry, 28-27
■ Seibel: Patrick Henry, 21-14

LIBERTY-BENTON (6-1) AT LEIPSIC (5-2)
■ Junga: Liberty-Benton, 21-14
■ Rowland: Liberty-Benton, 48-20
■ Burwell: Liberty-Benton, 30-17
■ Monroe: Liberty-Benton, 24-16
■ Seibel: Liberty-Benton, 32-28

BEDFORD (3-3) AT ANN ARBOR HURON (2-4)
■ Junga: Bedford, 27-24
■ Rowland: Bedford, 27-21
■ Burwell: Bedford, 27-24
■ Monroe: Bedford, 24-21
■ Seibel: Bedford, 24-20