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Agree to disagree: Experts differ on Week 1 Delaware high school football predictions

Brad Myers, Delaware News Journal
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We are back for another year of predicting the winners and scores for high school football games throughout Delaware each week.

Over the years, our three experts have consistently picked more than 80 percent of the games correctly.

Brad Myers and Kevin Tresolini cover high school sports for The News Journal and Delaware Online. Defending champion Matt Kalin, who generates the Kalin Ratings for Delaware high school football, is a Mount Pleasant and recent University of Maryland graduate.

Here we go with this week’s selections:

Thursday’s games

Caravel at Hodgson (at Caravel), 7

MYERS: Caravel 24-21. TRESOLINI: Caravel 22-14. KALIN: Caravel 27-17.

Hodgson's Jace Hawkins runs against Howard's DreShawn Anderson (1) and Miesh Echevarria on Aug. 31. All three of our experts believe Caravel will defeat Hodgson on Thursday night.
Hodgson's Jace Hawkins runs against Howard's DreShawn Anderson (1) and Miesh Echevarria on Aug. 31. All three of our experts believe Caravel will defeat Hodgson on Thursday night.

Colonel Richardson (Md.) at Woodbridge, 7

MYERS: Woodbridge 26-21. TRESOLINI: Woodbridge 26-20. KALIN: Woodbridge 34-14.

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Friday’s games

Salesianum at Bonner and Prendergast (Pa.), 5

MYERS: Salesianum 31-21. TRESOLINI: Bonner and Prendergast 28-21. KALIN: Salesianum 28-17.

Salesianum's Lukas Ryan returns a punt in last week's 44-21 win over DMA. Brad Myers and Matt Kalin believe the Sals will move to 2-0 this week, while Kevin Tresolini is picking Bonner and Prendergast to defeat Sallies.
Salesianum's Lukas Ryan returns a punt in last week's 44-21 win over DMA. Brad Myers and Matt Kalin believe the Sals will move to 2-0 this week, while Kevin Tresolini is picking Bonner and Prendergast to defeat Sallies.

Laurel at Brandywine, 6

MYERS: Laurel 35-10. TRESOLINI: Laurel 26-13. KALIN: Laurel 38-10.

Curtis (N.Y.) at Dover, 6

MYERS: Dover 31-14. TRESOLINI: Dover 30-12. KALIN: Dover 41-7.

Conrad at McKean, 6

MYERS: Conrad 21-20. TRESOLINI: McKean 26-20. KALIN: McKean 28-20.

Delaware Military Academy at Delmar, 7

MYERS: DMA 28-27. TRESOLINI: Delmar 27-21. KALIN: Delmar 24-20.

DMA's Saalem Frink makes a juggling catch against Salesianum on Aug. 31. Brad Myers is picking the Seahawks to earn a win at Delmar on Friday, while Kevin Tresolini and Matt Kalin are going with the home team.
DMA's Saalem Frink makes a juggling catch against Salesianum on Aug. 31. Brad Myers is picking the Seahawks to earn a win at Delmar on Friday, while Kevin Tresolini and Matt Kalin are going with the home team.

Sussex Central at Middletown, 7

MYERS: Middletown 28-20. TRESOLINI: Middletown 34-20. KALIN: Middletown 27-20.

William Penn at Penn Wood (Pa.), 7

MYERS: William Penn 28-14. TRESOLINI: William Penn 20-16. KALIN: William Penn 24-21.

Smyrna at Perkiomen Valley (Pa.), 7

MYERS: Smyrna 36-34. TRESOLINI: Smyrna 34-28. KALIN: Smyrna 36-13.

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Glasgow at Red Lion Christian, 7

MYERS: Red Lion Christian 31-7. TRESOLINI: Red Lion Christian 28-6. KALIN: Red Lion Christian 38-12.

St. Georges at Saint Mark’s, 7

MYERS: St. Georges 14-10. TRESOLINI: St. Georges 28-21. KALIN: Saint Mark’s 31-10.

Delcastle at Sussex Tech, 7

MYERS: Sussex Tech 34-27. TRESOLINI: Sussex Tech 22-12. KALIN: Sussex Tech 38-14.

Wilmington Friends at Tatnall, 7

MYERS: Friends 24-8. TRESOLINI: Friends 28-14. KALIN: Friends 47-7.

St. Andrew’s at Tower Hill, 7

MYERS: Tower Hill 30-14. TRESOLINI: Tower Hill 20-6. KALIN: Tower Hill 31-13.

Appoquinimink at Odessa, 7:30

MYERS: Appoquinimink 42-20. TRESOLINI: Appoquinimink 21-14. KALIN: Appoquinimink 30-12.

Saturday’s games

Mount Pleasant at Concord, 10:30 a.m.

MYERS: Mount Pleasant 10-7. TRESOLINI: Concord 16-8. KALIN: Concord 21-20.

St. Elizabeth at Archmere, 11 a.m.

MYERS: Archmere 27-17. TRESOLINI: Archmere 28-14. KALIN: Archmere 31-13.

Lake Forest at Caesar Rodney, 11 a.m.

MYERS: Lake Forest 30-27. TRESOLINI: Lake Forest 28-19. KALIN: Lake Forest 34-14.

First State Military Academy at Charter of Wilmington, 11 a.m.

MYERS: Charter 21-19. TRESOLINI: FSMA 27-7. KALIN: Charter 27-14.

First State Military Academy's Levi Martineau drops back in pass protection in the Bulldogs' 55-0 win at A.I. du Pont last Friday. Kevin Tresolini is picking the Bulldogs to win again on Saturday at Charter of Wilmington, while Brad Myers and Matt Kalin are going with the home team.
First State Military Academy's Levi Martineau drops back in pass protection in the Bulldogs' 55-0 win at A.I. du Pont last Friday. Kevin Tresolini is picking the Bulldogs to win again on Saturday at Charter of Wilmington, while Brad Myers and Matt Kalin are going with the home team.

Newark at Christiana, 11 a.m.

MYERS: Newark 42-6. TRESOLINI: Newark 30-12. KALIN: Newark 44-6.

Indian River at A.I. du Pont, 6

MYERS: Indian River 42-6. TRESOLINI: Indian River 28-6. KALIN: Indian River 30-7.

LAST WEEK’S RECORDS: Myers 12-3 (.800), Tresolini 12-3 (.800), Kalin 11-4 (.733).

Contact Brad Myers at bmyers@delawareonline.com. Follow on X (a.k.a. Twitter): @BradMyersTNJ

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This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: Delaware high school football: Week 1 predictions