By Jason Goorman
Local Sports Journal

Maybe we can blame the weather.

After all, last weekend the temperatures were in the high 80s and everyone was in a summer mood. Who was thinking about football?

Apparently not Local Sports Journal writers Ron Rop, Dave Tomczak and myself, Jason Goorman, who combined to have a miserable week picking high school gridiron winners.

Rop and I turned in mediocre 9-9 records while Tomczak took the cellar with an 8-10 mark. Dave apparently did not read our high school football preview tab, which remains on sale in local Plumbs stores, by the way.

Perhaps the three of us deserved to have the records we had, considering our blatant lack of faith in Muskegon area football. Dave, Ron and I all picked Grand Rapids West Catholic over Oakridge. We hang our heads in traitorous shame.

Last week’s winner was Steve Gunn, who went 14-4 and outsmarted everyone by picking Kent City over Ravenna. Who would have guessed that outcome?

In any case, it’s cooler out now, which is more conducive to football thought. Plus we’ve all had a week to get a peek at who might be good and not-so-good this season. That should be enough to guarantee more accurate predictions from our team of supposed experts.

There are quite a few good matchups this weekend, starting with Oakridge at Montague in an early West Michigan Conference showdown. Who are you picking?

By the way, we’re offering a new feature to make this space more interesting. At the end you’ll find video footage of some of last week’s Mona Shores-Muskegon Catholic matchup.
Click and enjoy.

Week 1 Standings
Steve Gunn 14-4
Mark Lewis 13-5
Shawn Liverance 12-6
Jim Moyes 10-8
Ron Rop 9-9
Jason Goorman 9-9
Dave Tomczak 8-10

Steve Gunn Week 2 picks

w Grand Haven over East Lansing
w Mona Shores over Spring Lake
w Muskegon over GR Christian
l Reeths-Puffer over Hudsonville
w Fruitport over Fremont
w Ludington over Grant
w Orchard View over Howard City Tri-County
l Mason County Central over Ravenna
w North Muskegon over Hart
w Oakridge over Montague
w Shelby over Whitehall
l Big Rapids over Hesperia
w Lakeview over Holton
w Newaygo over Remus Chippewa Hills
l Muskegon Catholic over GR Catholic Central
l Wyoming Lee over Muskegon Heights Academy
l Kent City over Boyne City
w Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart over Baldwin

 

Mark Lewis Week 2 picks

w East Lansing over Grand Haven
w Mona Shores over Spring Lake
w Muskegon over Grand Rapids Christian
l Reeths-Puffer over Hudsonville
w Fruitport over Fremont
l Grant over Ludington
w Orchard View over Howard City Tri-County
w North Muskegon over Hart
w Ravenna over Mason County Central
w Oakridge over Montague
w Shelby over Whitehall
l Big Rapids over Hesperia
w Lakeview over Holton
l Remus Chippewa Hills over Newaygo
l Muskegon Catholic Central over Grand Rapids Catholic Central
w Muskegon Heights Academy over Wyoming Lee
l Kent City over Boyne City
l Baldwin over Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart

 

 

Shawn Liverance Week 2 picks

l East Lansing over Grand Haven
w Mona Shores over Spring Lake
w Grand Rapids Christian over Muskegon
w Hudsonville over Reeths-Puffer
w Fruitport over Fremont
w Ludington over Grant
w Orchard View over Howard City Tri-County
w North Muskegon over Hart
w Ravenna over Mason County Central
w Oakridge over Montague
w Shelby over Whitehall
l Big Rapids over Hesperia
w Lakeview over Holton
l Remus Chippewa Hills over Newaygo
w Grand Rapids Catholic Central over Muskegon Catholic Central
l Wyoming Lee over Muskegon Heights Academy
w Boyne City over Kent City
w Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart over Baldwin

Ron Rop Week 2 picks

l East Lansing over Grand Haven
w Mona Shores over Spring Lake
w Muskegon over Grand Rapids Christian
w Hudsonville over Reeths-Puffer
w Fruitport over Fremont
w Ludington over Grant
w Orchard View over Howard City Tri-County
w North Muskegon over Hart
w Ravenna over Mason County Central
w Oakridge over Montague
w Shelby over Whitehall
l Big Rapids over Hesperia
w Lakeview over Holton
w Newaygo over Remus Chippewa Hills
w Grand Rapids Catholic Central over Muskegon Catholic Central
l Wyoming Lee over Muskegon Heights Academy
l Kent City over Boyne City
w Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart over Baldwin

Jason Goorman Week 2 picks:

w Grand Haven over East Lansing
w Mona Shores over Spring Lake
w Muskegon over GR Christian
w Hudsonville over Reeths-Puffer
w Fruitport over Fremont
w Ludington over Grant
w Orchard View over Howard City Tri-County
l Mason County Central over Ravenna
w North Muskegon over Hart
w Oakridge over Montague
w Shelby over Whitehall
l Big Rapids over Hesperia
w Lakeview over Holton
w Newaygo over Remus Chippewa Hills
l Muskegon Catholic over GR Catholic Central
l Wyoming Lee over Muskegon Heights Academy
l Kent City over Boyne City
l Baldwin over Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart

Dave Tomczak Week 2 picks

l East Lansing over Grand Haven
w Mona Shores over Spring Lake
w Muskegon over Grand Rapids Christian
w Hudsonville over Reeths-Puffer
w Fruitport over Fremont
w Ludington over Grant
w Orchard View over Howard City Tri-County
w Ravenna over Mason County Central
w North Muskegon over Hart
w Oakridge over Montague
w Shelby over Whitehall
l Big Rapids over Hesperia
w Lakeview over Holton
w Newaygo over Remus Chippewa Hills
w Grand Rapids Catholic central over Muskegon Catholic Central
l Wyoming Lee over Muskegon Heights
l Kenty City over Boyne City
l Baldwin over Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart

John Jarvi Week 2 picks

w Grand Haven over East Lansing
w Mona Shores over Spring Lake
w Grand Rapids Christian over Muskegon
w Hudsonville over Reeths-Puffer
w Fruitport over Fremont
w Ludington over Grant
w Orchard View over Howard City Tri-County
w North Muskegon over Hart
w Ravenna over Mason County Central
w Oakridge over Montague
w Shelby over Whitehall
w Hesperia over Big Rapids
w Lakeview over Holton
w Newaygo over Remus Chippewa Hills
w Grand Rapids Catholic Central over Muskegon Catholic Central
l Wyoming Lee over Muskegon Heights
l Kenty City over Boyne City
l Baldwin over Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart

Click below to see a few Week-2 highlights of Mona Shores vs Muskegon Catholic Central