2024 Friday Forecast: Predicting 10 Toledo-area games for Week 9

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, Rowland, Monroe, and Seibel each went 10-0, while Junga went 9-1 and Burwell 8-2. For the season, Junga, Rowland, and Monroe are each 63-17, followed by Burwell at 60-20 and Seibel at 59-21.

Here are the predictions for this week.

Winning Drive Game of the Week presented by Renewal by Andersen: EASTWOOD (8-0) AT OAK HARBOR (8-0)
■ Junga: Oak Harbor, 28-21
■ Rowland: Oak Harbor, 28-21
■ Burwell: Eastwood, 33-28
■ Monroe: Oak Harbor, 35-28
■ Seibel: Oak Harbor, 35-14

Your take:

CENTRAL CATHOLIC (7-1) VS. ST. FRANCIS (6-2) AT UT
■ Junga: Central Catholic, 35-14
■ Rowland: Central Catholic, 42-14
■ Burwell: Central Catholic, 42-21
■ Monroe: Central Catholic, 28-17
■ Seibel: St. Francis, 21-20

HOLGATE (6-0) AT TOLEDO CHRISTIAN (6-0)
■ Junga: Toledo Christian, 30-28
■ Rowland: Toledo Christian, 42-28
■ Burwell: Toledo Christian, 49-42
■ Monroe: Toledo Christian, 56-49
■ Seibel: Toledo Christian, 48-44

CLAY (6-2) AT SOUTHVIEW (3-5)
■ Junga: Clay, 27-20
■ Rowland: Clay, 34-21
■ Burwell: Clay, 35-20
■ Monroe: Clay, 31-27
■ Seibel: Clay, 34-20

BOWLING GREEN (5-3) AT NAPOLEON (4-4)
■ Junga: Napoleon, 21-14
■ Rowland: Napoleon, 21-16
■ Burwell: Bowling Green, 24-21
■ Monroe: Bowling Green, 21-20
■ Seibel: Bowling Green, 27-14

LIBERTY CENTER (8-0) AT DELTA (6-2)
■ Junga: Liberty Center, 35-7
■ Rowland: Liberty Center, 42-13
■ Burwell: Liberty Center, 38-7
■ Monroe: Liberty Center, 42-14
■ Seibel: Liberty Center, 42-14

ARCHBOLD (5-3) AT PATRICK HENRY (6-2)
■ Junga: Patrick Henry, 34-14
■ Rowland: Patrick Henry, 35-16
■ Burwell: Patrick Henry, 42-14
■ Monroe: Patrick Henry, 35-21
■ Seibel: Patrick Henry, 27-10

LAKE (3-5) AT OTSEGO (4-4)
■ Junga: Otsego, 30-20
■ Rowland: Otsego, 27-7
■ Burwell: Otsego, 28-20
■ Monroe: Otsego, 28-14
■ Seibel: Otsego, 28-10

WHITMER (6-2) AT FINDLAY (3-5)
■ Junga: Whitmer, 33-20
■ Rowland: Whitmer, 34-13
■ Burwell: Whitmer, 45-24
■ Monroe: Whitmer, 28-17
■ Seibel: Whitmer, 42-21

WAUSEON (2-6) AT BRYAN (1-7)
■ Junga: Wauseon, 20-14
■ Rowland: Wauseon, 28-20
■ Burwell: Wauseon, 28-27
■ Monroe: Wauseon, 24-13
■ Seibel: Wauseon, 24-18