The playoffs have made life difficult for all five of our High Desert football pickers, and the season-long race is suddenly as close as it can get.
Todd Hadler was the only picker to finish above .500 last week, going 6-4 to pull within one game of Jose Quintero atop the overall standings. Quintero went 4-6 and now leads 100-25 to Hadler’s 99-26.
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Hadler also earned some bragging rights as the only one to correctly pick Oak Park over Serrano.
Jason Reed went 4-6 but managed to hit two games nobody else did, correctly taking Edison over Oak Hills and Hamilton over Riverside Prep. Reed is now 83-42 overall.
James Quigg also went 4-6, while HD Football Report endured the roughest week of the group at 2-8. Quigg and HD Report are tied at 89-36 overall.
The playoff-only standings have Hadler out front at 12-7, followed by Quintero, Reed and Quigg at 10-9. HD Football Report sits at 7-12.
And with just one game separating Quintero and Hadler in the season-long race, two picks could prove especially important this week.
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Quintero is taking Granite Hills over Dos Pueblos, while Hadler has Dos Pueblos. Quintero also picked Laguna Blanca over Hesperia Christian, with Hadler siding with the Patriots.
Two different picks. One game separating them.
Here’s where everyone stands and who we’re taking in the next round of the CIF-Southern Section playoffs.
Each week we will keep a running tab of our leaderboard throughout the season, up until there are no local teams left vying for a CIF-Southern Section title in the playoffs.
Which picks did we get right, or wrong? Feel free to chime in on social media on Instagram @760Varsity, or on X @J0seQuintero.
This article originally appeared on Victorville Daily Press: High School Football: See our staff picks for the CIF-SS playoffs in the High Desert
