Our Weekly Patch Predictions Are In

Every week, I pick high school football games that are played in Patch coverage areas from Peachtree Cornerrs to Cumming and Stone Mountain.

Check out this week's predictions, then let us know how you think your team will fare in the comment box below ... if you dare.

Last week’s best picks: Chattahoochee 37, Sequoyah 10 (actual score, Chattahoochee 31, Sequoyah 12); North Gwinnett 35, Mountain View 17 (actual score, North Gwinnett 35, Mountain View 7).

Last week’s worst picks: Norcross 28, Peachtree Ridge 24 (actual score, Peachtree Ridge 41, Norcross 14); Mt. Pisgah 24, Lovett 17 (actual score, Lovett 32, Mt. Pisgah 14).

Last week's record: 19-4. Overall record: 143-40-1.

Are you ready for another round of picks?

Pinecrest Academy at : Wesleyan’s chances of winning the Region 5-A North title is more dependent on what other teams do than what the Wolves do. Wesleyan (5-2 overall, 3-1 in the region) is a game behind Holy Innocents’ with two subregion games remaining, and only an unexpected faltering by Holy Innocents’ can lift the Wolves to the top. That’s OK, however. The Wolves, with starting quarterback Will Anderson back from injury, have won three in a row and has the ability to advance once the playoffs begin. Pinecrest (2-6, 0-5) has lost five in a row, but the Paladins are learning valuable football lessons in a tough Class A region. And they’ve playing in close games, such as last week’s 21-18 loss to King’s Ridge. Wesleyan 32, Pinecrest 14.

at : The previous two weeks for the Norcross Blue Devils are best to be forgotten. Two big Region 7-AAAAA matchups resulted in two losses and dropped the talented Blue Devils (5-2, 2-2) from first place down to a three-way tie for third. Look ahead and not back, Blue Devil fans, because you still have a team that can create some havoc in the playoffs. The third seed is the most likely scenario for Norcross, which would have to finish with a better region record than North Gwinnett and Peachtree Ridge to finish above those teams in the standings. Meadowcreek looks destined to finish 0-10 again. Norcross 48, Meadowcreek 6.

Scott Bernarde is the Associate Regional Editor for 12 Patch sites in Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett and DeKalb counties.

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