Last week was rough, going 15-9 (62.5%) and pretty much ending any shot of going 75 percent on the season. I have to go 64-12 the last regular season weeks (or 21.3 wins per week) to get there - it's obviously not happening. Now the goal is just to get back to 70 percent on the year. My overall record is 130-58 (.692) through eight weeks.

Below are the 22 other games of note that I'll try my best at predicting a winner for in addition to the deeper-dive games in 7-6A: DeSoto downing Mansfield Summit; Cedar Hill defeating South Grand Prairie.

(Rankings for each team can be found in our Week 9 Top 10 Area Rankings)

The first three games are Thursday night matchups; the final 19 are Friday night games.

Lakeview Centennial (5-2, 3-1) vs. Sachse (5-2, 3-1)

Everyone is beating each other up in 10-6A. It's a four-way tie (all at 3-1) for first with Centennial at the top holding the tie-breaker over Wylie, which holds the tie-breaker over Sachse and Rowlett, and Naaman Forest is in 5th at 2-2. Sachse was the pick to win district, so we'll roll with the 'Stangs here.