I found it a bit baffling that my fellow gridiron prognosticator Joe D’Amodio was nowhere to be found this week.
The usually bombastic Eltingville native and former Moore Catholic shortstop proved as elusive as a losing candidate on election night after stumbling slightly in our season-long competition picking local high-school football games.
I checked in the lunchroom. I checked at the coffee machine. I checked at the water cooler.
The answer to all of the above: "We haven’t seen D’Amodio."
OK, maybe he’s feeling the heat after seeing his season lead shrink to three games. D’Amodio posted an 8-2 mark while I went 9-1.
Yes sir, I have only begun to fight.
GAME OF THE WEEK: St. Joseph by-the-Sea at Monsignor Farrell, (Friday, 7 p.m.)
Joe D'Amodio (8-2, 46-15): The Lions have won four straight and there is no reason to believe that streak will end this week. Prediction: Farrell 26, St. Joseph by-the-Sea 6
Jim Waggoner (9-1, 43-18): Farrell's rugged early schedule has toughened the Lions for the stretch run. Prediction: Farrell 35, St. Joseph by-the-Sea 14.
THE OTHER GAMES
Joe’ D’Amodio’s Picks
Curtis over JFK
Tottenville over Port Richmond
Susan Wagner over New Dorp
Mckee/S.I. Tech over John Adams
Petrides over Jamaica
St. Peter’s over St. Francis Prep
Jim Waggoner’s Picks
Curtis over JFK
Tottenville over Port Richmond
New Dorp over Susan Wagner
McKee/S.I. Tech over John Adams
Petrides over Jamaica
St. Peter’s over St. Francis Prep
THE SCHEDULE
Friday, Oct. 24
Curtis at JFK, 7
St. Joseph by-the-Sea at Monsignor Farrell, 7
Saturday, Oct. 25
Tottenville at Port Richmond, noon
New Dorp at Susan Wagner, 1
John Adams vs. McKee/S.I. Tech, at Tottenville, 2:30
Petrides at Jamaica, 11
St. Francis Prep at St. Peter’s, 1:30
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