2024 Friday Forecast: Predicting 10 Toledo-area games for Week 6

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, Seibel and Rowland went 8-2, while Burwell and Junga went 7-3, and Monroe 6-4. For the season, Junga is 39-11, Monroe and Rowland 38-12, Burwell 36-14, and Seibel 33-17.

Here are the predictions for this week.

Winning Drive Game of the Week presented by Renewal by Andersen: OTTAWA HILLS (4-1) AT NORTHWOOD (3-2)
■ Junga: Ottawa Hills, 32-20
■ Rowland: Ottawa Hills, 31-10
■ Burwell: Ottawa Hills, 45-14
■ Monroe: Ottawa Hills, 42-24
■ Seibel: Ottawa Hills, 44-14

Your take:

WHITMER (4-1) AT ANTHONY WAYNE (5-0)
■ Junga: Whitmer, 28-21
■ Rowland: Whitmer, 21-20
■ Burwell: Whitmer, 38-28
■ Monroe: Whitmer, 35-28
■ Seibel: Whitmer, 41-24

OTSEGO (4-1) AT GENOA (4-1)
■ Junga: Genoa, 21-14
■ Rowland: Genoa, 27-10
■ Burwell: Genoa, 31-17
■ Monroe: Genoa, 31-27
■ Seibel: Genoa, 37-21

ROGERS (2-3) AT START (2-3)
■ Junga: Start, 34-16
■ Rowland: Start, 20-6
■ Burwell: Start, 28-21
■ Monroe: Start, 21-7
■ Seibel: Start, 31-21

MAUMEE (3-2) AT LAKE (2-3)
■ Junga: Maumee, 35-24
■ Rowland: Maumee 28-14
■ Burwell: Maumee, 35-14
■ Monroe: Maumee, 34-20
■ Seibel: Maumee, 27-24

CENTRAL CATHOLIC (4-1) AT CLEVELAND ST. IGNATIUS (1-4)
■ Junga: Central Catholic, 27-14
■ Rowland: Central Catholic, 31-21
■ Burwell: Central Catholic, 30-14
■ Monroe: Central Catholic, 45-28
■ Seibel: Central Catholic, 51-14

ST. JOHN’S (0-5) AT BIRMINGHAM BROTHER RICE (1-3)
■ Junga: Brother Rice, 26-21
■ Rowland: Brother Rice, 23-20
■ Burwell: St. John’s, 21-10
■ Monroe: St. John's, 10-7
■ Seibel: Brother Rice, 13-10

LIBERTY-BENTON (4-1) AT ARLINGTON (3-2)
■ Junga: Liberty-Benton, 38-21
■ Rowland: Liberty-Benton, 34-13
■ Burwell: Liberty-Benton, 42-28
■ Monroe: Liberty-Benton, 35-28
■ Seibel: Liberty-Benton, 44-32

VAN BUREN (3-2) AT McCOMB (3-2)
■ Junga: McComb, 27-26
■ Rowland: McComb, 30-10
■ Burwell: McComb, 27-24
■ Monroe: McComb, 31-17
■ Seibel: McComb, 28-27

GIBSONBURG (3-2) AT WOODMORE (3-1)
■ Junga: Gibsonburg, 28-14
■ Rowland: Gibsonburg, 41-7
■ Burwell: Gibsonburg, 35-10
■ Monroe: Gibsonburg, 21-14
■ Seibel: Gibsonburg, 27-10