LA City Section week one football picks

Scorebook Live California's Connor Morrissette makes his picks for week one.

Scorebook Live California's Connor Morrissette makes his LA City Section football picks every Thursday during the high school football season. He takes a shot at predicting Week One games below. The selected games are based on the Scorebook Live California City Section Top 10 rankings.

1. Narbonne vs. Lone Peak (UT)

The pick: Narbonne

The Gauchos looked great against Buchanan and will win again Saturday against Lone Peak at Moorpark High. Good luck stopping running backs Tomarion Harden and Jack Brown.

2. Birmingham @ Crespi

The pick: Birmingham

Both teams annihilated their week one opponents, but on paper the Patriots are the better team.

3. Garfield @ Serra Gardena

The pick: Serra

Garfield is good but Serra is better. The Cavaliers have too many weapons at the skill positions.

4. San Pedro vs. Eagle Rock

The pick: San Pedro

Joshua Ward rushed for two scores in a 25-0 win over North Torrance last week. He's the player Eagle Rock must stop.

5. Venice @ Harvard-Westlake

The pick: Venice

Luca Diamont and Everson Bozeman each rushed for over 100 yards in Venice's 26-10 win over El Camino Real last week. Look for similar production against Harvard-Westlake.

6. San Fernando vs. Canyon

The pick: San Fernando

San Fernando beat Canyon last season and they'll do it again in 2019.

7. Banning vs. St. Paul

The pick: St. Paul

St. Paul running back Trenell Ridgley is tough to stop.

8. Carson vs. Edison

The pick: Edison

Things don't get any easier for Carson following last week's last second loss to Millikan.

9. Fairfax vs. Sylmar

The pick: Fairfax

The Lions started 2019 with a 10-6 win over Dorsey. They should move to 2-0.

10. Crenshaw @ Upland

The pick: Upland

Similar to the Garfield vs. Serra matchup, Upland is on a different level compared to Crenshaw.