Puck's Weekend Forecast, 2004

Puck's Weekend Forecast, 2004
	Tom "Hockey Puck/Nutman" McKenna has worked as a statman with Ted since 1977. He swore in mid-2003 that he could pick games better than Huck, so the challenge was on! (He couldn't, but he's trying again.) Puck is a legend and known by sports figures throughout the city and elsewhere. Everyone considers him a friend. The pic at the right was taken several years ago. Here's a link to explain it. Return to TedSilary.com Home Page

WEEK 14
SJ Prep 28, O'Hara 24 ("Brooks and Algeo are great coaches. I'm expecting
the best game of whole season.")
Wood 21, West 18 ("Wood defense pretty good. That'll make difference.")

WEEK 13/THANKSGIVING
Puck's comment: "I'm pickin' for fun now. Five game too much to make up.
I need miracle to win. I might ask Chuck Hart (Prep's manager, believed to be
Hockey Puck's long-lost brother) to make my pick. Ha, ha. That'd be good,
right. You could make announcement. 'This week, Chuck pickin' for Huck.'
Ha, ha. It even rhyme."

Washington 32, Ryan 13
Malvern 27, Bonner 20 ("Gamp my boy. Malvern need a win. So do I. Help
me out, Gamp. We go 'way back.")
Frankford 19, North Catholic 17 ("This might not be right. North got pretty good
chance to pull upset.")
Lincoln 24, Judge 20 ("I love Judge. Been a Judge fan my whole life. But Lincoln
   scare me with Denson, Stallworth, DiGrazio and that QB. What his name? Oh,
   yeah, Kareem Dennis. If Lincoln offensive line push around Judge, it gonna be
   a long day for Tommy Coyle. Long night, too.")
Roman 42, Roxborough 6 ("Don't charge admission for this one. $10 too much.")
Neumann 29, Southern 6
King at Germantown ("No idea. I need Duck to make this pick." . . . Duck says
he's going with Gtn, by 20-14.)
Central 17, Northeast 15 ("Central second chance at NE. If you can't get up for
   this game, you need your heart check.")
Bartram 23, Univ. City 6
Dobbins 28, Franklin 16
Overbrook 19, West Phila. 12
Kennedy-Kenrick 34, Dougherty 6
SJ Prep 32, La Salle 14
Carroll 21, Shanahan 14 ("Hard to believe this game gonna end Carroll season.")
Conwell-Egan 28, Truman 13 ("Steve Slaton last game. My favorite player to watch
   since Marvin Harrison. I smile every time he run.")
West Catholic 38, Penn Wood 7
Easton 35, Washington 28 ("Easton don't have any Jerry Butlers. Got a lot of guys
close to Jerry Butler, though.")

WEEK 12
Puck's comment: "Not enough games for me to make good
move on Huck, but I try anyway. Judge cost me too many
games this season. I went there, buy why I pick 'em so much?
Not too bright."

St. Joseph's Prep 34, Bonner 7 ("Big win last week, Bonner. Very
   cool. Let's see if you have good week of practice or heads too
   far up in cloud.")
O'Hara 35, Ryan 13 ("O'Hara running game too strong. Ryan
   caught break not having to play Prep. Maybe can play with
   Lions, at least a little.")
Washington 27, Northeast 13 ("Butler on way to state playoffs.
   NE can make it a little difficult, though. They not bad.")
West Catholic 27, Carroll 14 ("Yo, Carroll, you might need that
   last TD you put up against North. Scoring 40 only help you in
   BCS crap. Why you do that? I'm still upset about it. North
   coaches good people.")
Conwell-Egan 17, Wood 16 ("I can't go against Steve Slaton. I
   love watching Egan. Playing on turf make Steve even more
   valuable.")

WEEK 11
Puck's comment: "I was gonna make Huck go first
this week. He always copy me. But I got too anxious,
so here they are."

PLAYOFF GAMES
La Salle 13, Ryan 10
Roman 24, Bonner 14 ("Evin Jones too much for Bonner. One
   win don't cut if for playoffs.")
Carroll 29, North 14 ("North can't score more than two TD.
   It not possible.")
Conwell-Egan 27, McDevitt 14 ("Slaton right, left and right
   up the middle.")
Washington 29, Frankford 13 ("Butler and his buddies goin'
   all the way to match against Easton.")
Northeast 24, Dobbins 20 ("Pitt, Banks and Northeast line
   are more than Dobbins can handle.")
Great Valley 31, Bok 7 ("Sorry, Tom and Trom. You my boys,
   but this PIAA playoffs against a good team.")
Gtn. Academy 17, Penn Charter 14 ("Not officially a playoff, but
   it gonna decide title. GA get edge with PC quarterback
   being doubtful.")
OTHER STUFF
Southern 35, Freire Charter 0
Roxborough 41, Imhotep Charter 0
Mastbaum 35, Univ. City 0
West Phila. 27, Olney 8
Gratz 19, Franklin 8
Central 28, Lincoln 18
King 21, Edison 8
Overbrook 32, Penn 6
Bartram 19, Germantown 13
Episcopal 28, Haverford School 9
Kennedy-Kenrick at Salisbury Twp., Pa. CANCELED ("Good.
   Nobody know nothing about Salisbury, anyway. Who care?
   I wasn't going to pick it.")
Bensalem 35, Neumann-Goretti 7
Judge 38, Council Rock-South 28
Salesianum, Del. 26, Malvern 20

WEEK 10
"If Ted copy down my picks the right way, maybe I have
a chance. And he say I'M stupid."

TOP FIVE GAMES
Central 24, Northeast 14 ("Bad break with this game bein' quarterfinal.
   Crazy. Like Ted always say, 'Only in the Pub.' ")
Bonner 21, Ryan 17 ("If Joe Zeglinski missing again, Ryan in trouble.
   Please don't wear headphone after loss.") Ted's note: What the heck
   is he talking about?
Carroll 27, West Catholic 20 ("Carroll is dangerous in five department
   -- three rusher, two receiver.)
Frankford 38, Overbrook 6 ("I happy for Overbrook this year, but now
   they find out what Division A all about.")
Dobbins 14, Bartram 13 ("Dobbins peakin'. Might be ready to go PIAA
   playoffs.")

OTHER GAMES
La Salle 16, N. Catholic 14
Wood 29, Neumann 6
Conwell-Egan 27, McDevitt 14
W.C. East 48, Dougherty 6
SJ Prep 30, Judge 14
O'Hara 28, Roman 22
Hill School 26, Penn Charter 14
Malvern 27, Haverford School 13
Episcopal 26, Gtn. Academy 14 ("Episcopal QB bring back memory of
Steve Kettelberger, from Wood.")
Olney 18, Edison 12
Bok 34, Roxborough 8
West Phila. 26, Penn 6
U. City 33, Imhotep 0
King 20, Franklin 16
Lincoln 36, Southern 12
Mastbaum 27, Gratz 21
Washington 38, Germantown 7

WEEK NINE
Puck's comment: "I went 10-0 with my Public League pick. Of my four losses, three was
in Catholic League. Two of my Pub pick was exact."

Washington 38, Lincoln 13
Frankford 24, Northeast 18
Southern 27, U. City 6
King 29, Olney 6
Central 38, Gratz 0
Roxborough 16, Penn 0
Bok 28, West Phila. 6
Bartram 16, Franklin 12
Dobbins 14, Germantown 12
Southern 29, Imhotep Charter 0
Penn Charter 28, Haverford School 7
Episcopal 23, Malvern 20
Hun, N.J. 17, Gtn. Academy 14 (as proven by pic on Special Photos)
Roman 21, Ryan 17
Bonner 21, La Salle 14
McDevitt 17, Kennedy-Kenrick 14
Carroll 31, Neumann-Goretti 7
W. Catholic 26, N. Catholic 13
Conwell-Egan 35, Dougherty 6
SJ Prep 35, Wood 7
O'Hara 35, Judge 7

WEEK EIGHT
Puck's comment: "Losing two week in a row to Huck . . . I hate losing on that close-score
crap. Know what that mean? Gotta stop all those 28-14 score. . . . Yo, my theme for week is: this
like Bowl Week. That good, right?"

ORANGE BOWL
SJ Prep 24, O'Hara 21 ("Until Prep lose a league game, they tough to go against. Gil Brooks and
   his staff work harder than anyone in league.")
SUGAR BOWL
Penn Charter 17, Malvern 14 ("Give it to PC because they the home team.")
COTTON BOWL
Washington 32, Frankford 16 ("I love Frankford team, but Jerry Butler best back in city.
   Washington on a mission.")
FIESTA BOWL
Conwell-Egan 20, Wood 17 ("Very difficult game to pick. Slaton vs. McCartney. Egan
line vs. Wood line. Gross vs. Biernat. Close everywhere. Give edge to C-E because
game at Truman.")
ROSE BOWL
Olney 6, Penn 0 ("Olney play better schedule. Have to be ready for first win. William Penn
   can do it, though.")
OTHER GOOD GAMES
Northeast 20, King 16
Bok 14, Bartram 8
Lincoln 26, Mastbaum 22
Franklin 12, Southern 6
Germantown 14, Gratz 12
Bonner 24, Roman 18
La Salle 17, Ryan 14 ("Phew, how many close game there gonna be this week?")
Carroll 21, Judge 20
Kennedy-Kenrick 23, Neumann-Goretti 15
Episcopal 22, McDonogh (Md.) 13
THESE AIN'T TOO APPEALING
Central 42, Edison 0
Dobbins 26, Roxborough 6
Overbrook 27, U. City 8
N. Catholic 28, Dougherty 6
W. Catholic 29, McDevitt 12
Gtn. Academy 26, Haverford School 13

WEEK SEVEN
Puck's comment: "Losing to Huck by one game. I don't know
what planet I was on. Jupiter or Pluto. Or maybe Planet Dumbness. . . .
That a funny comment, right? You like that one? People gonna laugh.
They think I ALWAYS on Planet Dumbness."

TOP FIVE GAMES
Neumann-Goretti 28, Dougherty 12 ("Good guy Steve Smith
will get his first win. Of many more to come.")
Penn Charter 21, Episcopal 17 ("PC still King of the Inter-Ac, next
to Malvern")
Judge 20, La Salle 17 ("Biggest game for both team.")
Washington 28, Northeast 14 ("Warming up for PIAA stuff.")
Dobbins 21, Bok 19 ("This my upset special. Dobbins pretty good
now that the fast dude back playin'.")
THESE OK, TOO
Central 30, Germantown 16
Lincoln 28, King 14
Roxborough 19, Edison 12
Franklin 6, West Phila. 0
Southern 13, Overbrook 6
Bartram 14, Univ. City 6
O'Hara 28, Ryan 14
Con.-Egan 28, Kenn.-Kenrick 14 ("I picking a lot of games by that score.
Think anybody gonna notice?")
Wood 28, McDevitt 14 ("Hey, here another one.")
SJ Prep 28, Roman 14 ("I'm on a roll of 28-14s. This unbelievable.")
Malvern 30, Gtn. Academy 13
Garnet Valley 17, Haverford School 14
Bonner 28, West Catholic 14 ("One more 28-14 job. Ha, ha. Huck gonna
be crying after Carl, ex-West guy, give his team a loss.")
Carroll 28, N. Catholic 14 ("There that score again.")
TED, YOU BETTER NOT SEND ME HERE
Mastbaum 38, Olney 0 ("Though I would like to see Mastbaum QB. He good,
right?")
Gratz 33, Penn 0

WEEK SIX
Puck's comment: "I'm so excited about passin' Huck this week, I
can't wait to make my pick. We tied in overall standing. He still
champ until I pass him."

TOP FIVE GAMES
Bonner 24, Judge 14 ("Bonner had to play O'Hara and Prep. Judge
   play Ryan and Roman. Not the same. That guy from West, Carl
   Graham, probably gonna kill Judge.")
Interboro 17, Penn Charter 16 ("I appreciate PC for givin' me the win
   over Huck last week. But Interboro must win or no PIAA playoffs.")
West Catholic 38, Neumann-Goretti 10 ("Oh, baby, this gonna be good
   to watch. It like Neumann's old A team against what now their B team.")
Valley Forge 14, Malvern 10 ("Malvern missing some good backs. VF
   very physical.")
Carroll 24, Conwell-Egan 21 ("The cream of the crop always rise to the
   top . . . Hey, that rhyme! Ha, ha.")
THESE OK, TOO
North Cath. 14, Wood 12
Washington 35, King 13
Bok 21, Franklin 6
Dobbins 29, Edison 6
Germantown 18, Roxborough 6
Bartram 13, Overbrook 6
Frankford 28, Mastbaum 18
Bartram 13, Overbrook 6
Lincoln 27, Gratz 12
Episcopal 20, Loyola, Md. 17
Roman 34, K-K 13
Gtn. Academy 28, Chichester 14
West Phila. 14, Univ. City 6
Caravel, Del. 29, Haverford School 17
O'Hara 28, La Salle 13
TED, YOU BETTER NOT SEND ME HERE
Northeast 48, Olney 0
Central 43, Penn 0
Southern 38, Imhotep 0 ("How you pronounce this school name again? In-HOE-depp?)
SJ Prep 38, Ryan 0
McDevitt 28, Dougherty 0

WEEK FIVE
Puck's comment: "I was lucky last two week. Huck is still the champion.
I need to beat him three more week. I'm still one game behind Huck in
overall standing."

TOP FIVE GAMES
Malvern 20, West Chester East 17 ("Malvern defense is coming around.
   Yo, offensive coordinator, where your offense?)
Roman 20, Judge 14 ("Judge averaging 7.0 ppg. Roman is good for two
   TD. Maybe 3 if someone fall down.")
O'Hara 31, Bonner 17 ("O'Hara No. 1 in city poll. They are definitely
   team to beat. Not even Prep have offense to beat them. People gonna
   like that comment, right? Ha ha ha.")
Franklin 6, U. City 0 ("Winning streak will start this week. Defense has
   always been good.")
Northeast 23, Mastbaum 16 ("I wish my man Chris Banks was still
   playing for Judge.")
THESE OK, TOO
Ryan 14, Conwell-Egan 13 ("I hear Zeglinski ain't playin'. I pickin' Ryan
   anyway. I know Steve Slaton could break my heart, though.")
West Catholic 28, K-K 13
Carroll 28, McDevitt 14
SJ Prep 35, La Salle 7
Episcopal 35, Hill 20
Washington 28, Gtn. Academy 10
Great Valley 19, Haverford School 16
Penn Charter 28, Hun 15
Bok 16, Overbrook 6
Gratz 23, Roxborough 13
Central 25, Bartram 13
Frankford 29, King 12
West Phila. 8, Southern 6
TED, YOU BETTER NOT SEND ME HERE
Neumann 45, Freire Charter 0
Lincoln 42, Olney 6
Dobbins 38, Penn 0
Wood 38, Dougherty 12
Germantown 30, Edison 6

WEEK FOUR
Puck's comment: "Huck thought I a pushover. Ha ha ha. Maybe his
ass respect me now. I as good as West Catholic. I know he respect
them. It like he a assistant coach, anyway."

TOP FIVE GAMES
Edison 8, Penn 6 ("If I was a betting man, I'd take Penn.")
Ryan 27, Judge 24 ("One man is difference. He can score any place,
any time, from anywhere. He scare me more on basketball floor,
though. Always have to be guarded.")
Overbrook 14, Franklin 12 ("Overbrook like SJ Prep now! Ha ha.
But Franklin can win if they play all 4 quarter. Don't quit on self.")
Carroll 21, Wood 20 ("Fran Murphy at best in big game. Play calling
is super.")
Dobbins 24, Gratz 22 ("Back to winning. No more PIAA suburban
opponent to play.")
THESE OK, TOO
Frankford 28, Lincoln 20
Downingtown East 45, Malvern 34
Roman 13, La Salle 10
King 20, Mastbaum 14
Bok 13, Southern 6
TED, YOU BETTER NOT SEND ME HERE
Washington 48, Olney 6
SJ Prep 49, Bonner 10
Central 35, Roxborough 6
West Catholic 42, Dougherty 13 ("Let see if Huck find Germantown
field.")
OTHER GAMES
Bartram 8, West Phila. 7
Conwell-Egan 28, Neumann-Goretti 13 ("Hey, both school have
hyphen.")
O'Hara 35, McDevitt 14 ("McDevitt need apostrophe, too.")
North Catholic 24, Kennedy-Kenrick 20
Valley Forge 13, Gtn. Academy 7
Episcopal 23, Mainland NJ 18
Penn Wood 21, Haverford School 15
Penn Charter 19, Peddie NJ 14
Academy Park 28, University City 6

WEEK THREE
Puck's comment: "I gotta start pickin' with my head. Not with my heart.
It tough enough to beat Huck. I know one thing: no more pickin' Olney.
Phew, how bad was those two picks?"

WEDNESDAY, Sept. 15
Public Mid-City
Gratz 13, Edison 6
THURSDAY, Sept. 16
Public North
Frankford 49, Olney 0
Public South
Bartram 24, Southern 11
FRIDAY, Sept. 17
Public Mid-City
Central 21, Dobbins 13
Non-League
King 23, Roxborough 12
Judge 14, Absegami, N.J., 13 ("Judge win when I'm in attendance. Crusader need
   a victory. Keep playing hard.")
Pennridge 28, Bonner 14
Bensalem 31, Franklin 7
SATURDAY, Sept. 18
Public North
Washington 31, Mastbaum 12
Lincoln 14, Northeast 13
Public Mid-City
Germantown 38, Penn 0
Public South
Bok 19, Univ. City 6
Overbrook 20, West Phila. 13
Catholic Blue
McDevitt 23, N. Catholic 14 ("North need to stop a good back. Last week Slaton.
   This week Jordan.")
Wood 17, Kennedy-Kenrick 16
Conwell-Egan 20, W. Catholic 17 ("Slaton should go to Virginia and run against
   Brinkley prep school team.")
Non-League
Episcopal 22, Neumann-Goretti 9 ("Why I was wondering about this? Episcopal had
   five defensive TD last week. I crazy.")
North Penn 21, O'Hara 14
La Salle 20, Gtn. Academy 10
McDonogh, Md. 14, Penn Charter 13 OT
WC Henderson 28, Malvern 26
Haverford School 12, Chestnut Hill 10
Roman 20, Valley Forge 16
SUNDAY
Catholic Blue
Carroll 33, Dougherty 6 ("I need more games like this. Make my life easier.")
Non-League
SJ Prep 14, Brooklyn Poly Prep 13 ("My boy Gil better come through.")

Picks different from Huck's: Linc, Cent, C-E, Ovb, La S, WC Hend, Bart, Judge, McDonogh,

WEEK TWO
Puck's Comment: "I thought for sure Huck was gonna cheat me out of victory on that
point stuff. Maybe he honest guy after all. This week we ain't gonna hafta worry about
points. I might even crush his ass."

THURSDAY, Sept. 9
Non-League
Bok 14, King 13
Overbrook 24, Edison 0
FRIDAY, Sept. 10
Non-League
Northeast 23, Roxborough 6
Central 26, Franklin 12
Olney 12, University City 6
Southern 38, Penn 0
Lincoln 19, Germantown 6 ("Watch out Frankford and Washington. Lincoln pretty good.")
Bartram 19, Mastbaum 12
Interboro 24, Bonner 12
Bristol 24, Dougherty 13
Sun Valley 24, Dobbins 6
Neshaminy 35, Ryan 14
SATURDAY, Sept. 11
Catholic Blue
McDevitt 20, Neumann-Goretti 12
Conwell-Egan 20, North Catholic 14
West Catholic 19, Wood 13 ("West is dangerous on defense. Scary on offense, too.")
Carroll 23, Kennedy-Kenrick 17
Non-League
Episcopal 14, Chestnut Hill 13
O'Hara 27, Penn Charter 12
Frankford 21, Pennsbury 13
La Salle 13, Washington 12
Gratz 23, West Phila. 6
Downingtown West 19, Malvern 17
Boys Latin (Md.) 16, Haverford School 10
St. Ignatius (Ohio) 27, SJ Prep 20 ("20,000 fans. SI will get refs' calls.")
Judge 19, Valley Forge 16 ("Yo, I went to Judge. They need to show me some heart.")
Roman 16, Gtn. Academy 13

WEEK ONE
Puck's Comment: "Let see if Huck got enough guts to make picks first week, when nobody too
sure what anybody got. I ain't chicken. Maybe HE a chicken."

FRIDAY, Sept. 3
Catholic Blue
Kennedy-Kenrick 29, Dougherty 12 ("Losing their QB will hurt Dougherty.")
Non-League
King 42, Penn 0 ("Leave it to man in charge to schedule Penn for his school. Not in girl track, either.")
Lincoln 20, Bartram 13 ("Best Lincoln team in 15 years.")
Germantown 14, Mastbaum 13 ("Wasn't sure what to do here.")
Olney 23, Overbrook 6 ("First team to show up with 11 players will win.")
Roxborough 27, Univ. City 0 ("U. City not ready first week. Never ready last week.")
Northeast 28, Franklin 6 ("Division A prevail.")
CB East 38, Dobbins 8 ("Dobbins find out hard way. Going into War Memorial Field, it don't matter
whether it West, East or South.")
Plymouth-Whitemarsh 26, La Salle 20 ("Two very good backs for P-W. Scott can kill you.")
Neshaminy 28, Judge 13 ("Redskins too strong for little FJ.")
Pennsbury 21, Ryan 17 ("Zeglinski not enough for Raiders.")
U. Darby 35, Bonner 28 ("Rerun of last year Bonner-Judge game. Team havin' ball at end could win.")
Pottstown 31, Conwell-Egan 13 ("Slaton will get his 200, but Pottstown have 3-4 Slatons.")
Carroll 24, Radnor 14 ("Carroll, please play someone. Please, please, please.")
McDevitt 21, Wissahickon 7 ("Some guy I know told me to to pick it this way.")
SATURDAY, Sept. 4
Catholic Blue
Neumann-Goretti 12, N. Catholic 9 ("North great coaching staff can't get by this one.")
Non-League
Roman 21, W. Catholic 12 ("West Catholic very improve. But Red Division prevail.")
O'Hara 34, Wood 13 ("Algeo's Lions are roaring to play SJ Prep.")
Pittsburgh CC 21, SJ Prep 14 ("I seen Pittsburgh ranked 8th in some publication. Prep up against it, probably.")