Tough choices: Experts predict some close games in Week 7 of Delaware high school football

Brad Myers, Delaware News Journal

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. But this year is proving to be more difficult, as the current leader is at 78.1 percent.

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 picks:

Thursday’s games

Mount Pleasant at Red Lion Christian, 6:30

MYERS: Red Lion Christian 34-14. TRESOLINI: Red Lion Christian 31-6. KALIN: Red Lion Christian 35-10.

Concord at Delaware Military Academy, 7

MYERS: DMA 34-14. TRESOLINI: DMA 34-7. KALIN: DMA 40-7.

Delaware Military Academy's Malcolm Roy tires to make a tough catch against Salesianum on Aug. 31. All three of our experts are picking the Seahawks to defeat Concord on Thursday night.
Delaware Military Academy's Malcolm Roy tires to make a tough catch against Salesianum on Aug. 31. All three of our experts are picking the Seahawks to defeat Concord on Thursday night.

Friday’s games

Seaford at Brandywine, 6

MYERS: Brandywine 27-22. TRESOLINI: Brandywine 30-20. KALIN: Brandywine 24-22.

Charter of Wilmington at Delcastle, 6

MYERS: Charter 19-14. TRESOLINI: Charter 13-6. KALIN: Charter 24-20.

YOUR CHOICE Vote for top football helmet: Archmere, Howard, Mt. Pleasant, Odessa, Tower Hill or Friends

Early College HS@DSU at Indian River, 6

MYERS: Indian River 42-6. TRESOLINI: Indian River 34-6. KALIN: Indian River 40-8.

McKean at Dickinson, 6

MYERS: McKean 27-14. TRESOLINI: McKean 20-14. KALIN: McKean 32-20.

Salesianum at Appoquinimink, 7

MYERS: Salesianum 31-27. TRESOLINI: Salesianum 31-14. KALIN: Salesianum 24-21.

The Salesianum offensive line gets ready to fire off against William Penn last week. All three of our experts believe the Sals will get another win at Appoquinimink on Friday night.
The Salesianum offensive line gets ready to fire off against William Penn last week. All three of our experts believe the Sals will get another win at Appoquinimink on Friday night.

Caesar Rodney at Cape Henlopen, 7

MYERS: Cape Henlopen 31-21. TRESOLINI: Cape Henlopen 30-14. KALIN: Cape Henlopen 37-10.

Odessa at Howard (Abessinio Stadium), 7

MYERS: Howard 36-22. TRESOLINI: Howard 36-20. KALIN: Howard 36-8.

William Penn at Middletown, 7

MYERS: Middletown 35-14. TRESOLINI: Middletown 31-13. KALIN: Middletown 35-10.

Laurel at Milford, 7

MYERS: Laurel 27-22. TRESOLINI: Laurel 34-20. KALIN: Laurel 25-24.

Hodgson at Saint Mark’s, 7

MYERS: Hodgson 27-24. TRESOLINI: Hodgson 28-17. KALIN: Saint Mark’s 22-21.

Hodgson quarterback Xavier Brown fires a pass against Middletown last week. Brad Myers and Kevin Tresolini are picking the Silver Eagles to win at Saint Mark's on Friday night, while Matt Kalin is going with the Spartans.
Hodgson quarterback Xavier Brown fires a pass against Middletown last week. Brad Myers and Kevin Tresolini are picking the Silver Eagles to win at Saint Mark's on Friday night, while Matt Kalin is going with the Spartans.

Dover at Smyrna, 7

MYERS: Dover 20-14. TRESOLINI: Smyrna 30-28. KALIN: Dover 27-24.

St. Georges at Sussex Central, 7

MYERS: Sussex Central 24-20. TRESOLINI: Sussex Central 24-21. KALIN: Sussex Central 30-14.

Archmere at Tower Hill, 7

MYERS: Archmere 31-20. TRESOLINI: Archmere 28-14. KALIN: Archmere 28-10.

Saturday’s games

St. Elizabeth at Christiana, 11 a.m.

MYERS: St. Elizabeth 34-6. TRESOLINI: St. Elizabeth 34-14. KALIN: St. Elizabeth 42-6.

Polytech at Conrad, 11 a.m.

MYERS: Polytech 34-27. TRESOLINI: Polytech 33-16. KALIN: Polytech 34-14.

Newark quarterback Makeevis Rogers runs against Howard last week. All three of our experts are picking Caravel to top Newark on Saturday.
Newark quarterback Makeevis Rogers runs against Howard last week. All three of our experts are picking Caravel to top Newark on Saturday.

Caravel at Newark, 11 a.m.

MYERS: Caravel 35-20. TRESOLINI: Caravel 28-14. KALIN: Caravel 40-7.

Academy of New Church (Pa.) at St. Andrew’s, noon

MYERS: New Church 42-14. TRESOLINI: New Church 31-20. KALIN: New Church 34-14.

Sussex Tech at Delmar, 1:30

MYERS: Delmar 27-22. TRESOLINI: Delmar 30-19. KALIN: Delmar 27-20.

A.I. du Pont at Tatnall, 2

MYERS: Tatnall 42-6. TRESOLINI: Tatnall 42-6. KALIN: Tatnall 49-7.

Woodbridge at Wilmington Friends, 2:30

MYERS: Friends 31-26. TRESOLINI: Friends 28-22. KALIN: Friends 31-17.

LAST WEEK’S RECORDS: Myers 17-6, Tresolini 18-5, Kalin 17-6.

SEASON RECORDS: Myers 114-32 (.781), Tresolini 108-38 (.740), Kalin 108-38 (.740).

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 7 score, winner predictions

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