High School Football Expert Predictions – Week 8

This season, a group of experts will predict the outcomes of the high school football games for Cookeville, Livingston Academy, Monterey, Upperman and White County.

The experts have decades of combined experience covering high school sports in the Upper Cumberland with a variety of outlets.

Note: These predictions are purely opinions. The Upper Cumberland Reporter wishes each of the teams in the Upper Cumberland good luck in their contests.

Our experts:

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Noah McKay: COO and play-by-play announcer at the Upper Cumberland Reporter (23-4)

Buddy Pearson: News and Communications Director at Tennessee Tech University and longtime high school sports commentator (21-6)

Chase Hoke: Color commentator at the Upper Cumberland Reporter (23-4)

Scott Wilson: Longtime sports journalist and editor in the Upper Cumberland (22-7)

Adam Parks: Sports editor at Mitchell Media in Livingston (22-5)

Game 1: Bledsoe County (6-0, 2-0) vs Monterey (5-0, 3-0)

Last Game:

Bledsoe County: 17-0 win at Marion County

Monterey: 31-0 win at Jo Byrns

Pearson:

Pick: Bledsoe County

Hoke:

Pick: Bledsoe County.

Comments: I think Monterey is a good football team, but Bledsoe is just on another level in my opinion. No shame for Monterey here as I expect this to be a good one.

Wilson:

Pick: Monterey

Parks:

Pick: Monterey

McKay:

Pick: Bledsoe County

Comments: This pick is more about Bledsoe County than Monterey. Bledsoe County is a legitimate state championship contender in 2A. Monterey has been great and has a good football team, but I’ll take the Warriors in this contest.

Game 2: Livingston Academy (5-2, 2-1) vs White County (3-3)

Last Game:

Livingston Academy: 38-14 loss at Dekalb County

White County: 41-21 win at Cannon County

Pearson:

Pick: Livingston Academy

Hoke:

Pick: White County

Comments: Sparta is still adjusting to not having Malaki Dowell, but I just think that they are the better football team. Livingston Academy did not have a great showing last week and I expect them to look much better Friday night, but I am giving the edge to Sparta.

Wilson:

Pick: White County

Parks:

Pick: Livingston Academy

McKay:

Pick: Livingston Academy

Comments: I’m going to throw out last week’s performance against Dekalb County as an outlier. We are going to learn a lot about these teams in this contest. I’ll take LA in a close one.