The staff at ThisWeekSPORTS.com offers predictions for Columbus-area high school football games.
Two marks stand out from Week 5, and both confirm how this season has been so unpredictable.
In Week 4, 10 of the 13 members of the ThisWeekSPORTS.com Predictions Panel posted double-digit victories, including a 15-0 mark by Steve Blackledge. A week later, only one panelist − Scott Gerfen at 10-5 − reached double figures in wins and eight panelists, including Blackledge, went 7-8.The second figure of note is the staff went 4-2 on Lone Wolf picks. Frank DiRenna went 2-2, correctly picking Grove City over Marysville and Westerville South to beat Big Walnut.
In the standings, Eric Frantz went 9-6 last week to move into a first-place tie with Blackledge at 54-20 overall, two games ahead of Michael Rich and Stevenson.