It's been a busy week, so I'm going to keep my high school football prediction column fairly short for the second round of the postseason.
I'll be covering the St. John's University football game against Gustavus on Saturday, Oct. 31, so I'll miss most out on covering these afternoon games.
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I went 9-2 with my first-round predictions from Tuesday night's first-round games. Silver Mules are awarded to Bemidji for upsetting Sauk Rapids-Rice in the Section 8-5A play-in game and for Little Falls knocking off Detroit Lakes in Section 8-4A.
For the season, I'm at 59-24 (a .710 winning percentage) with my picks. Let's take a look at each playoff game featuring our six remaining area teams.
Section 8-5A
Sartell (5-3) at Alexandria (5-3), 2 p.m.
The Sabres came up just short earlier in the season in a 27-21 loss to the Cardinals back on Sept. 18.
The second-seeded Cardinals are beatable for the first time in a while. If
Sartell
running back Jonah Ambrosier has a big day, so do the No. 3 Sabres. I'm going with the upset and picking the Sabres in this one. I don't think Alexandria has what it takes to slow down Sartell's running attack.
The winner advances to play the Brainerd/Be...