High school football predictions for first round of Akron-area playoffs
Just when you thought it was safe to declare a winner. Not so fast!
Brad Bournival, the top challenger to defending champion Michael Beaven, picked himself off the deck and delivered a 17-1 Week 10 performance to pull within one game of the lead heading to the playoffs.
Beaven stumbled to a 15-3 record and is 158-36 to 157-37 for Bournival
Michael Leonard matched Bournival with a 17-1 record and is now just four games off Beaven's pace.
Sports Editor Scot Fagerstrom? Well, let's just say he tried hard.
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Fagerstrom solidified his standing in the basement with a 14-4 record that leaves him at 148-46, further behind Leonard.
We have some lovely participation gifts for him.
Here is the Week 11 playoff schedule and how are panel of experts expect to win:
Week 11 Greater Akron high school football playoff schedule
16 Stow (1-9) at 1 Lakewood St. Edward (9-1)
15 Strongsville (3-7) at 2 Medina (9-1)
10 Elyria (5-5) at 7 Wadsworth (6-4)
16 Willoughby South (4-6) at 1 Archbishop Hoban (9-1)
14 Solon (6-4) at 3 Hudson (10-0)
12 Cleveland John Hay (7-3) at5 St. Vincent-St. Mary (6-3)
11 Maple Heights (6-4) at 6 Walsh Jesuit (8-2)
10 Garfield Heights (7-3) at 7 Nordonia (8-2)
9 Cleveland James F. Rhodes (4-4) at 8 Barberton (6-4)
15 Oregon Clay (5-5) at 2 Highland (10-0)
12 Green (4-6) at 5 Sunbury Big Walnut (8-2)
16 East (6-4) at 1 Chardon (8-1)
11 Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph (8-2) at 6 Tallmadge (8-2)
10 Aurora (7-3) at 7 CVCA (7-3)
16 Copley (3-7) at 1 Parma Heights Holy Name (7-2)
11 Bay Village Bay (5-5) at 6 Norton (8-2)
15 Coventry (5-5) at 2 East Liverpool Beaver Local (8-2)
13 Buchtel (5-4) at 4 Woodridge (7-3)
15 Southeast (4-5) at 2 Mogadore (8-0)
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Michael Beaven
(15-3, 158-36)
Lakewood St. Edward
Medina
Wadsworth
Archbishop Hoban
Hudson
St. Vincent-St. Mary
Walsh Jesuit
Nordonia
Barberton
Highland
Big Walnut
Chardon
Tallmadge
Aurora
Parma Heights Holy Name
Norton
East Liverpool Beaver Local
Buchtel
Mogadore
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Brad Bournival
(17-1, 157-37)
St. Edward
Medina
Wadsworth
Archbishop Hoban
Hudson
St. Vincent-St. Mary
Walsh Jesuit
Nordonia
Barberton
Highland
Big Walnut
Chardon
Tallmadge
Aurora
Holy Name
Norton
Beaver Local
Woodridge
Mogadore
Numbers guys:Top Performers in Greater Akron from Week 10 of the 2022 high school football season
Scot Fagerstrom
(14-4, 148-46)
Lakewood St. Edward
Medina
Wadsworth
Archbishop Hoban
Hudson
St. Vincent-St. Mary
Walsh Jesuit
Nordonia
Barberton
Highland
Sunbury Big Walnut
Chardon
Cleveland Villa Angela-St. Joseph
CVCA
Parma Heights Holy Name
Norton
East Liverpool Beaver Local
Buchtel
Mogadore
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Michael Leonard
(17-1, 154-40)
Lakewood St. Edward
Medina
Wadsworth
Archbishop Hoban
Hudson
St. Vincent-St. Mary
Walsh Jesuit
Nordonia
Barberton
Highland
Sunbury Big Walnut
Chardon
Tallmadge
Aurora
Parma Heights Holy Name
Norton
East Liverpool Beaver Local
Woodridge
Mogadore
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Akron-area high school football predictions for Week 1 of playoffs
