What’s a highschool soccer season with out our weekly picks, the video podcast that often makes us look sensible and insightful and different instances makes us appear, nicely, not significantly knowledgeable?
However, as we wish to say right here on the Bay Space Information Group, it’s all in good enjoyable.
Mike Lefkow is again together with his a long time of knowledge and highschool soccer experience. He's as soon as once more becoming a member of yours really — highschool sports activities editor Darren Sabedra — and a newcomer to our staff, Joseph Dycus.
He replaces Evan Webeck, now our Giants beat author.
How’s this for dedication and eager to shortly rise up to hurry? Dycus listened to each one in every of final season’s prediction reveals on his 2,500-mile drive from Chattanooga, Tenn., to the Bay Space.
He’s now been with us for greater than a month.
“What I’ve discovered is that it doesn't matter what space of the Bay you go to, there’s going to be 5, six, seven proficient groups in that space,” Dycus stated in our debut video for the 2022 season. “Expertise is just not concentrated in only one area of the Bay.”
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In all of our movies, we talk about themes and hot-bottom points that have an effect on highschool sports activities. On this week’s episode, we contact on the NIL phenomenon, the referee scarcity, De La Salle, Jurrion Dickey, Jaden Rashada and extra.
We additionally choose 15 video games, together with Serra at Folsom, Bellarmine at Menlo-Atherton, Central Catholic-Modesto at St. Francis and Corona del Mar-Newport Seaside at Los Gatos.
Take a look at the video and watch our picks beneath. If you would like simply the predictions, preserve scrolling.
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WEEK 1 PREDICTIONS
Thursday
Mountain View at The King’s Academy, 7 p.m.
Sabedra: Mountain View
Dycus: Mountain View
Lefkow: The King’s Academy
Friday
Amador Valley at El Cerrito, 7 p.m.
Sabedra: El Cerrito
Dycus: Amador Valley
Lefkow: El Cerrito
Antioch at Monte Vista, 7 p.m.
Sabedra: Monte Vista
Dycus: Monte Vista
Lefkow: Antioch
Central Catholic-Modesto (1-0) at St. Francis, 7 p.m.
Sabedra: St. Francis
Dycus: St. Francis
Lefkow: St. Francis
Corona del Mar-Newport Seaside (1-0) at Los Gatos, 7 p.m.
Sabedra: Corona del Mar
Dycus: Los Gatos
Lefkow: Corona del Mar
James Logan at California, 7 p.m.
Sabedra: James Logan
Dycus: James Logan
Lefkow: James Logan
Miramonte at Berkeley, 7 p.m.
Sabedra: Miramonte
Dycus: Miramonte
Lefkow: Miramonte
Palo Alto at St. Ignatius, 7 p.m.
Sabedra: St. Ignatius
Dycus: St. Ignatius
Lefkow: St. Ignatius
Pioneer at Santa Teresa, 7 p.m.
Sabedra: Santa Teresa
Dycus: Santa Teresa
Lefkow: Santa Teresa
Rancho Cotate at Las Lomas, 7 p.m.
Sabedra: Las Lomas
Dycus: Las Lomas
Lefkow: Rancho Cotate
San Ramon Valley vs. Classic at Memorial Stadium in Napa, 7 p.m.
Sabedra: San Ramon Valley
Dycus: Classic
Lefkow: Classic
Wilcox at Valley Christian, 7 p.m.
Sabedra: Wilcox
Dycus: Wilcox
Lefkow: Wilcox
Salinas at Clayton Valley Constitution, 7 p.m.
Sabedra: Clayton Valley
Dycus: Clayton Valley
Lefkow: Clayton Valley
Serra at Folsom (1-0), 7 p.m.
Sabedra: Serra
Dycus: Serra
Lefkow: Serra
Saturday
Bellarmine at Menlo-Atherton, 2 p.m.
Sabedra: Bellarmine
Dycus: Bellarmine
Lefkow: Bellarmine
FINAL FALL 2021 STANDINGS
Sabedra: 143-75
Webeck: 141-77
Lefkow: 134-84