First week of Delaware high school football predictions

Delaware News Journal

Our fearless forecasters are back for another year of predicting the winners and scores for each week of Delaware high school football.

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

Friday’s games

St. Elizabeth at Archmere, 4. MYERS: Archmere 24-20. TRESOLINI: Archmere 27-14. KALIN: Archmere 30-17.

Archmere's Chris Albero (16) boots an extra point against Tatnall last season. All three of our experts believe the Auks will defeat St. Elizabeth in their 2020 season opener Friday.

Indian River at Seaford, 5. MYERS: Indian River 22-20. TRESOLINI: Indian River 30-12. KALIN: Indian River 31-22.

Delmar at Woodbridge, 5. MYERS: Woodbridge 27-22. TRESOLINI: Woodbridge 28-14. KALIN: Woodbridge 35-10.

McKean at A.I. du Pont, 6. MYERS: A.I. du Pont 33-30. TRESOLINI: A.I. du Pont 34-18. KALIN: A.I. du Pont 34-16.

St. Georges at Appoquinimink, 7. MYERS: St. Georges 20-17. TRESOLINI: St. Georges 14-12. KALIN: Appoquinimink 25-24.

Cape Henlopen at Sussex Central, 7. MYERS: Sussex Central 27-21. TRESOLINI: Sussex Central 28-16. KALIN: Sussex Central 38-6.

Dover at Smyrna, 7. MYERS: Smyrna 38-31. TRESOLINI: Smyrna 30-20. KALIN: Smyrna 36-24.

Smyrna's Yamir Knight (left) tries to avoid a Dover tackler last year. All three of our forecasters believe the Eagles will down the Senators on Friday.

Milford at Caravel, 7. MYERS: Caravel 26-21. TRESOLINI: Caravel 24-20. KALIN: Caravel 28-13.

Glasgow at Brandywine, 7. MYERS: Brandywine 20-18. TRESOLINI: Glasgow 28-26. KALIN: Brandywine 21-20.

First State Military Academy at Delaware Military Academy, 7. MYERS: DMA 38-14. TRESOLINI: DMA 34-14. KALIN: DMA 35-12.

Lake Forest at Laurel, 7. MYERS: Lake Forest 34-20. TRESOLINI: Lake Forest 34-26. KALIN: Lake Forest 30-17.

Caesar Rodney at Sussex Tech, 7. MYERS: Caesar Rodney 22-21. TRESOLINI: Caesar Rodney 21-20. KALIN: Sussex Tech 27-17.

Caesar Rodney's Tremere Woodlin looks downfield against Caravel last year. Two of our three experts believe the Riders will open this season with a win over Sussex Tech on Friday.

Saturday’s games

Middletown at Concord, 10:30 a.m. MYERS: Middletown 21-14. TRESOLINI: Middletown 33-6. KALIN: Middletown 37-10.

Delcastle at Hodgson, 10:30 a.m. MYERS: Hodgson 48-6. TRESOLINI: Hodgson 33-12. KALIN: Hodgson 49-6.

William Penn at Mount Pleasant, 10:30 a.m. MYERS: Mount Pleasant 15-14. TRESOLINI: William Penn 17-14. KALIN: William Penn 28-17.

St. Mark’s at Conrad, 11 a.m. MYERS: St. Mark’s 34-22. TRESOLINI: St. Mark’s 27-16. KALIN: St. Mark’s 24-20.

Red Lion Christian at Charter of Wilmington, 11 a.m. MYERS: Red Lion Christian 33-8. TRESOLINI: Red Lion Christian 36-12. KALIN: Red Lion Christian 34-14.

Salesianum at Malvern Prep (Pa.), 1. MYERS: Malvern Prep 24-21. TRESOLINI: Malvern Prep 21-20. KALIN: Salesianum 28-17.

Salesianum's Dylan Mooney fires a pass against Middletown last year. Only one of our three experts is forecasting the Sals to win at Malvern Prep (Pa.) on Saturday.

Dickinson at Christiana, 2. MYERS: Christiana 20-14. TRESOLINI: Christiana 30-14. KALIN: Christiana 26-16.

Polytech at Tower Hill, 3. MYERS: Tower Hill 22-20. TRESOLINI: Tower Hill 34-30. KALIN: Tower Hill 37-7.

Newark at Howard (at Brandywine), 6. MYERS: 34-20. TRESOLINI: Howard 34-14. KALIN: Howard 48-7.

Contact Brad Myers at bmyers@delawareonline.com. Follow on Twitter: @BradMyersTNJ.

Contact Kevin Tresolini at ktresolini@delawareonline.com. Follow on Twitter: @kevintresolini.