ESCALON — There's a new leader in the clubhouse!
FrontRowPreps.com's bald-headed prognosticator, James Burns, correctly predicted 26 of the 28 games in Week 4 to overtake colleague Joe Cortez in the overall season standings.
Below, you'll find this week's predictions.
Also, check out the "Bold or just bald?" prediction show for Burns' wild prediction for this week's Chicken Ranch Casino Game of the Week between Trans-Valley League foes Hilmar and host Escalon. Spoiler alert: He summoned his spirit animal — ESPN College Gameday's Lee Corso. There's also bonus footage, so stay with the video.
WEEK 5
Friday, Sept. 21
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Central Valley at Atwater, 7 p.m. Burns: Atwater Cortez: Atwater
El Capitan at Merced, 7 p.m. Burns: Merced Cortez: Merced
Golden Valley at Patterson, 7 p.m. Burns: Patterson Cortez: Patterson
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ATHLETIC ALLIANCE
Turlock Chr. at Big Valley Chr., 7 p.m. Burns: Big Valley Chr. Cortez: Big Valley Chr.
SOUTHERN LEAGUE
Gustine at Mariposa, 7:15 p.m. Burns: Gustine Cortez: Gustine
Orestimba at Le Grand, 7:15 p.m. Burns: Orestimba Cortez: Orestimba
Ripon Christian at Denair, 7:15 p.m. Burns: Ripon Christian Cortez: Ripon Christian
Waterford at Delhi, 7:15 p.m. Burns: Waterford Cortez: Waterford
TRANS-VALLEY LEAGUE
Hilmar at Escalon, 7:30 p.m. Burns: Escalon Cortez: Hilmar
Modesto Chr. at Hughson, 7:30 p.m. Burns: Modesto Chr. Cortez: Modesto Chr.
Riverbank at Ripon, 7:30 p.m. Burns: Ripon Cortez: Ripon
VALLEY OAK LEAGUE
Central Catholic at Sierra, 7 p.m. Burns: Central Catholic Cortez: Central Catholic
Kimball at East Union, 7 p.m. Burns: East Union Cortez: East Union
Weston Ranch at Oakdale, 7 p.m. Burns: Oakdale Cortez: Oakdale
WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE
Beyer at Ceres, 7 p.m. Burns: Beyer Cortez: Beyer
Davis at Los Banos, 7 p.m. Burns: Los Banos Cortez: Los Banos
Mountain House at Johansen, 7 p.m. Burns: Mtn. House Cortez: Mtn. House
Pacheco at Lathrop, 7 p.m. Burns: Pacheco Cortez: Pacheco
NON-LEAGUE
Dixon at Argonaut, 7 p.m. Burns: Argonaut Cortez: Argonaut
Enochs at Edison, 7 p.m. Burns: Edison Cortez: Edison
Bret Harte at Linden, 7 p.m. Burns: Bret Harte Cortez: Bret Harte
Stagg at Modesto, 7 p.m. Burns: Modesto Cortez: Modesto
Stellar Prep at Calaveras, 7 p.m. Burns: Calaveras Cortez: Calaveras
Fremont at Summerville, 7 p.m. Burns: Summerville Cortez: Summerville
PREVIOUS WEEKS
Week 0: Burns, 29-6. Cortez, 26-9.
Week 1: Burns, 22-10. Cortez, 21-11.
Week 2: Burns, 23-7. Cortez, 25-5.
Week 3: Burns, 20-10. Cortez, 23-7.
Week 4: Burns, 26-2. Cortez, 24-4
SEASON
Burns, 120-35. Cortez, 119-36.
Follow James Burns and Joe Cortez on Twitter @frontrowpreps, or email them at frontrowpreps@gmail.com.