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FEARLESS FORECAST: Our STATE CHAMPS! Network staff predicts the football finals
It’s one of the last things to tick off the annual list, before the Thanksgiving break: Making the picks and prognostications for the upcoming MHSAA football finals. We made our picks in the preseason, and now we’ll pick between the finalists.
Everyone here at STATE CHAMPS! Network — from our president, Lou Bitonti, to our Anvil Award ambassador, former Canton coach Tim Baechler, to our vice president of sales, John Watson, to our social media guru, David Bodine — jumped at the chance to predict the results of this weekend’s action at Ford Field. Tune in after the games on Friday for our special Finals Edition of Extra Point Live, from the press box at Ford Field, and then check out the highlights from all of the games, as we load them on to all our social media channels, and pack them into Sunday’s show on Fox Sports Detroit.
[For the Finals Primer, CLICK HERE.]
The games are listed in the order they’ll be played:
Friday, Nov. 29
DIVISION 8: Reading (12-1) vs. Beal City (12-1), 10 a.m.
Tim Baechler: Reading
Lou Bitonti: Beal City
David Bodine: Beal City
Scott M. Burnstein: Reading
Jon Kidd: Reading
Matthew B. Mowery: Reading
Chuck Pellerito: Beal City
Lorne Plant: Reading
Kevin Troczynski: Reading
John Watson: Reading
STAFF PROGNOSTICATION: Reading (70 percent)
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DIVISION 2: Detroit King (11-2) vs. Muskegon Mona Shores (11-2), 1 p.m.
Tim Baechler: Muskegon Mona Shores
Lou Bitonti: Muskegon Mona Shores
David Bodine: Detroit King
Scott M. Burnstein: Detroit King
Jon Kidd: Detroit King
Matthew B. Mowery: Detroit King
Chuck Pellerito: Muskegon Mona Shores
Lorne Plant: Detroit King
Kevin Troczynski: Detroit King
John Watson: Detroit King
STAFF PROGNOSTICATION: Detroit King (70 percent)
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DIVISION 6: Monroe St. Mary CC (11-1) vs. Maple City Glen Lake (12-1), 4:30 p.m.
Tim Baechler: Monroe St. Mary CC
Lou Bitonti: Monroe St. Mary CC
David Bodine: Maple City Glen Lake
Scott M. Burnstein: Maple City Glen Lake
Matthew B. Mowery: Maple City Glen Lake
Jon Kidd: Monroe St. Mary CC
Chuck Pellerito: Monroe St. Mary CC
Lorne Plant: Monroe St. Mary CC
Kevin Troczynski: Monroe St. Mary CC
John Watson: Maple City Glen Lake
STAFF PROGNOSTICATION: Monroe St. Mary CC (60 percent)
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DIVISION 4: Detroit Country Day (12-0) vs. Grand Rapids Catholic Central (12-1), 7:30 p.m.
Tim Baechler: Grand Rapids Catholic Central
Lou Bitonti: Grand Rapids Catholic Central
David Bodine: Detroit Country Day
Scott M. Burnstein: Detroit Country Day
Jon Kidd: Grand Rapids Catholic Central
Matthew B. Mowery: Grand Rapids Catholic Central
Chuck Pellerito: Detroit Country Day
Lorne Plant: Grand Rapids Catholic Central
Kevin Troczynski: Grand Rapids Catholic Central
John Watson: Grand Rapids Catholic Central
STAFF PROGNOSTICATION: Grand Rapids Catholic Central (70 percent)
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Saturday, Nov. 30
DIVISION 7: Jackson Lumen Christi (12-0) vs. Pewamo-Westphalia (13-0), 10 a.m.
Tim Baechler: Jackson Lumen Christi
Lou Bitonti: Jackson Lumen Christi
David Bodine: Jackson Lumen Christi
Scott M. Burnstein: Jackson Lumen Christi
Jon Kidd: Jackson Lumen Christi
Matthew B. Mowery: Pewamo-Westphalia
Chuck Pellerito: Jackson Lumen Christi
Lorne Plant: Jackson Lumen Christi
Kevin Troczynski: Jackson Lumen Christi
John Watson: Jackson Lumen Christi
STAFF PROGNOSTICATION: Jackson Lumen Christi (90 percent)
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DIVISION 1: Davison (11-2) vs. Brighton (11-2), 1 p.m.
Tim Baechler: Davison
Lou Bitonti: Brighton
David Bodine: Brighton
Scott M. Burnstein: Davison
Jon Kidd: Brighton
Matthew B. Mowery: Brighton
Chuck Pellerito: Brighton
Lorne Plant: Brighton
Kevin Troczynski: Brighton
John Watson: Brighton
STAFF PROGNOSTICATION: Brighton (80 percent)
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DIVISION 5: Almont (13-0) vs. Lansing Catholic (12-1), 4:30 p.m.
Tim Baechler: Lansing Catholic
Lou Bitonti: Almont
David Bodine: Lansing Catholic
Scott M. Burnstein: Almont
Jon Kidd: Lansing Catholic
Matthew B. Mowery: Almont
Chuck Pellerito: Almont
Lorne Plant: Lansing Catholic
Kevin Troczynski: Almont
John Watson: Lansing Catholic
STAFF PROGNOSTICATION: Toss-up
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DIVISION 3: River Rouge (12-1) vs. Muskegon (13-0), 7:30 p.m.
Tim Baechler: Muskegon
Lou Bitonti: Muskegon
David Bodine: Muskegon
Scott M. Burnstein: Muskegon
Jon Kidd: Muskegon
Matthew B. Mowery: Muskegon
Chuck Pellerito: Muskegon
Lorne Plant: Muskegon
Kevin Troczynski: River Rouge
John Watson: Muskegon
STAFF PROGNOSTICATION: Muskegon (90 percent)
