It doesn’t figure to be home sweet home for area high school football teams this week as we’ve got the visitors winning eight of the 13 local contests today – Friday, Aug. 30. Most area high school football teams are playing their second games of the season. Try to make a point to get out there and support high school athletics this season. It figures to be 80 degrees at game time and 75 by the game’s end with no chance of rain. My record in picking games last week was 10-2. Below, the predicted winners for this week are in bold.

Cardinal Gibbons at Cary, 7 pm
E.E. Smith at Middle Creek, 7:30 pm
East Chapel Hill at Carrboro, 7:30 pm
Fuquay-Varina at Riverside, 7 pm
Heritage at Panther Creek, 7:30 pm
Hickory Grove Baptist School at Wake Christian, 7:30 pm
Hillside at Southern Durham, 7:30 pm
Hobgood Academy at Cary Christian, 7 pm
Jordan at Enloe, 7 pm
Knightdale at Millbrook, 7 pm
Sanderson at Green Hope, 7:30 pm
Wake Forest at East Wake, 7:30 pm
Wakefield at Holly Springs, 7:30 pm