FOOTBALL: Week 4 Downriver and Dearborn area games and predictions

Joining yours truly again this week for picks will be StateChamps! Sports Network vice president of productions, Gibraltar Carlson High School graduate, and "Mayor of Downriver" Jonathon Kidd as well as Josh 'The Bear' Abeare, product of Allen Park High School and founder of the Bear Sports Network.

Here is a preview of the entire Week 4 slate of games involving local Downriver and Dearborn area teams [NOTE: All games are tabbed to kick off at 7:00pm on Friday, September 20 unless noted otherwise]:

[Last week's picks (Season total): Alex — 16-6 (47-20) | Bear — 17-5 (48-19) | Jon — 18-4 (52-13)]

Lincoln Park (2-1, 2-1 DRL) vs Allen Park (3-0, 3-0 DRL)

Last Week: Lincoln Park (L vs Trenton, 21-7) | Allen Park (W at Brownstown Woodhaven, 21-0)

History: Allen Park leads, 20-11 (won 17 straight meetings)

Picks: Alex — Allen Park | Bear — Allen Park | Jon — Allen Park

Gibraltar Carlson (3-0, 2-0 DRL) vs Wyandotte Roosevelt (0-3, 0-3 DRL)

Last Week: Carlson (W vs Taylor High, 42-7) | Roosevelt (L at Edsel Ford, 28-27)

History: Roosevelt leads, 12-5 (Carlson: won three straight meetings)

Picks: Alex — Carlson | Bear — Carlson | Jon — Carlson

Trenton (1-2, 1-2 DRL) vs Dearborn Edsel Ford (1-2, 1-2 DRL)

Last Week: Trenton (W at Lincoln Park, 21-7) | Edsel Ford (W vs Wyandotte Roosevelt, 28-27)

History: Trenton leads, 17-6 (5-0 since Edsel Ford joined DRL in 2018)

Picks: Alex — Trenton | Bear — Trenton | Jon — Carlson

Southgate Anderson (2-1, 1-1 DRL) vs Taylor High (0-3, 0-2 DRL)

Last Week: Anderson (W vs Livonia Clarenceville, 42-22) | Taylor (L at Carlson, 42-7)

History: Anderson leads, 3-2 (won three of last four meetings; all since Taylor High's inception in 2018)

Picks: Alex — Anderson | Bear — Anderson | Jon — Anderson

Waterford Mott (1-2, 1-2 LVC) vs Brownstown Woodhaven (2-1, 2-1 DRL)

Last Week: Mott (W vs Walled Lake Central, 28-27) | Woodhaven (L vs Allen Park, 21-0)

History: Mott leads, 1-0 (won last year's meeting, 47-20)

Picks: Alex — Mott | Bear — Mott | Jon — Mott

New Boston Huron (1-2, 1-1 Huron League) vs Riverview (3-0, 2-0 Huron League)

Last Week: Huron (W vs Milan, 28-7) | Riverview (W vs Monroe Jefferson, 61-0)

History: Riverview leads, 44-6 (won six straight meetings)

Picks: Alex — Riverview | Bear — Riverview | Jon — Riverview

Flat Rock (3-0, 2-0 Huron League) vs Monroe Jefferson (0-3, 0-2 Huron League)

Last Week: Flat Rock (W at Carleton Airport, 35-14) | Jefferson (L at Riverview, 61-0)

History: Jefferson leads, 34-24-1 (Flat Rock: won six straight meetings)

Picks: Alex — Flat Rock | Bear — Flat Rock | Jon — Flat Rock

Grosse Ile (0-3, 0-2 Huron League) vs Milan (1-2, 1-1 Huron League)

Last Week: Grosse Ile (L vs Monroe St Mary Catholic Central, 49-0) | Milan (L at Huron, 28-7)

History: Milan leads, 23-11 (won eight of last 11 meetings overall)

Picks: Alex — Milan | Bear — Milan | Jon — Milan

Belleville (3-0, 2-0 KLAA East) vs Dearborn High (1-2, 1-1 KLAA East)

Last Week: Belleville (W vs Livonia Churchill, 65-0) | Dearborn (W at Livonia Franklin, 28-13)

History: Dearborn leads, 22-16 (Belleville: won seven straight meetings)

Picks: Alex — Belleville | Bear — Belleville | Jon — Belleville

Dearborn Fordson (1-2, 1-1 KLAA East) vs Livonia Stevenson (2-1, 1-1 KLAA East)

Last Week: Fordson (W vs Wayne Memorial, 51-0) | Stevenson (W at Westland John Glenn, 42-21)

History: Fordson leads, 4-1 (all since Fordson joined KLAA in 2018)

Picks: Alex — Stevenson | Bear — Stevenson | Jon — Stevenson

River Rouge (2-1, Independent) vs Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice (0-3, 0-1 CHSL-Central)

Last Week: Rouge (W at Toledo St John's Jesuit-OH, 12-6 in OT) | Rice (L at Toledo Central Catholic, 37-0)

History: Rouge leads, 1-0 (won last year's meeting, 28-16)

Picks: Alex — Rouge | Bear — Rouge | Jon — Rouge

Detroit Country Day (2-1, Independent) vs Dearborn Divine Child (2-1, 0-0 CHSL-AA)

Last Week: Country Day (W vs Detroit Loyola, 42-18) | Divine Child (W at Milford, 26-12)

History: Series tied, 1-1 (first meeting since 2012)

Picks: Alex — Country Day | Bear — Divine Child | Jon — Country Day

Riverview Gabriel Richard (3-0, 0-0 CHSL-Int 1) vs Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard (3-0, 0-0 CHSL-Int 1)

**Game to be played on Thursday, September 19 at 7:30pm Rynearson Stadium in Ypsilanti**

Last Week: RGR (W vs Morral Ridgedale-OH, 38-6 | FGR (W at Battle Creek Pennfield, 10-0)

History: FGR leads, 6-3 (2-1 since joining CHSL-Int 1 in 2021)

Picks: Alex — RGR | Bear — RGR | Jon — RGR

Allen Park Cabrini (3-0, 0-0 CHSL-Int 2) vs Clarkston Everest Collegiate (3-0, 1-0 CHSL-Int 2)

Last Week: Cabrini (W vs Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest, 49-35) | Everest (W vs Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes, 35-0)

History: Everest leads, 6-0 (4-0 since Cabrini joined CHSL-Int 2 in 2020)

Picks: Alex — Everest | Bear — Cabrini | Jon — Everest

Garden City (2-1, 1-1 WWAC) vs Dearborn Heights Crestwood (2-1, 1-1 WWAC)

Last Week: Garden City (L at Redford Union, 41-29) | Crestwood (W at Dearborn Heights Annapolis, 69-0)

History: Crestwood leads, 20-12 (won four straight meetings)

Picks: Alex — Crestwood | Bear — Garden City | Jon — Crestwood

Romulus (1-2, 1-1 WWAC) vs Melvindale (0-3, 0-2 WWAC)

**Game to be played on Friday, September 20 at 6:00pm**

Last Week: Romulus (W vs Dearborn Heights Robichaud, 3-0) | Melvindale (L at Redford Thurston, 34-6)

History: Melvindale leads, 10-7 (Romulus: won two straight meetings)

Picks: Alex — Romulus | Bear — Romulus | Jon — Romulus

Redford Union (2-1, 2-0 WWAC) vs Dearborn Heights Robichaud (2-1, 1-1 WWAC)

**Game to be played on Friday, September 20 at 6:00pm**

Last Week: Union (W vs Garden City, 41-29) | Robichaud (L at Romulus, 3-0)

History: Union leads, 12-8 (won five straight meetings)

Picks: Alex — Union | Bear — Union | Jon — Union

Redford Thurston (3-0, 2-0 WWAC) vs Dearborn Heights Annapolis (0-3, 0-2 WWAC)

**Game to be played on Friday, September 20 at 6:00pm, Pardee Elementary School**

Last Week: Thurston (W vs Melvindale, 34-6) | Annapolis (L vs Crestwood, 69-0)

History: Thurston leads, 20-9 (won 13 of last 15 meetings)

Picks: Alex — Thurston | Bear — Thurston | Jon — Thurston

Romulus Summit Academy North (3-0, 2-0 CSC-Gold) vs Detroit University Prep (0-3, 0-2 CSC-Gold)

**Game to be played on Saturday, September 21 at 12:00pm, Miller Middle School in Detroit**

Last Week: Summit (W vs Detroit Edison, 22-12) | Prep (L at Warren Michigan Collegiate, 50-6)

History: Prep leads, 7-2 (first meeting since 2018)

Picks: Alex — Summit | Bear — Summit | Jon — Summit

Warren Michigan Collegiate (2-1, 2-0 CSC-Gold) vs Ecorse (1-2, 0-2 CSC-Gold)

Last Week: Collegiate (W vs University Prep, 50-6) | Ecorse (L vs Detroit Voyageur Prep, 52-6)

History: Ecorse leads, 3-2 (first meeting since 2021)

Picks: Alex — Collegiate | Bear — Collegiate | Jon — Collegiate

Mount Clemens (3-0, 2-0 CSC-Silver) vs Melvindale Academy B&T (1-2, 1-1 CSC-Silver)

**Game to be played on Friday, September 20 at 4:00pm**

Last Week: Mount Clemens (W vs Sterling Heights Parkway Christian, 38-6) | MABT (W vs Detroit Leadership Academy, 22-14)

History: Mount Clemens leads, 4-1 (all since 2019)

Picks: Alex — Mount Clemens | Bear — Mount Clemens | Jon — Mount Clemens

Hamtramck (0-3, Independent) vs Dearborn Advanced Tech Academy (1-2, Independent)

**Game to be played on Friday, September 20 at 7:00pm, Riverview Gabriel Richard**

Last Week: Hamtramck (L vs University Liggett, 47-0) | ATA (L at Royal Oak Shrine Catholic, 22-20)

History: ATA leads, 2-0* (won last year's meeting, 48-12; *2022 meeting was win via forfeit)

Picks: Alex — ATA | Bear — ATA | Jon — ATA