KSL-TV sportscaster Brad Steinke, departing host of Channel 5's popular SportsBeat Saturday program, kicks off the Challenge's third season. Steinke, who will soon leave the state to become sports director at the ABC affiliate in Phoenix, has unveiled the latest Deseret News rankings each week on his show - a tradition that will continue despite his departure. Each week during the prep football season, a guest picker will do battle with Noland Parry's computer-generated Power Guide in forecasting the outcome of selected games. Mankind prevailed the first year, but the Machine evened the score in 1995. Next week: Salt Lake City mayor Deedee Corradini.
Parry's Power Guide to High School Football
By Noland Parry
Week Ending Aug. 30, 1996
Favored Team Rating Diff. Rating Underdog Steinke's picks
Region 6/7
Olympus 38.5 6.1 32.4 CYPRUS Cyprus
Tooele 29.0 24.3 5.5 GRANITE Tooele
West 45.8 6.1 39.7 EAST West
WOODS CROSS 34.2 4.5 29.7 Judge Memorial Woods Cross
Nonregion games
Alta 42.2 14.5 27.7 KEARNS Alta
AMERICAN FORK 53.3 11.3 42.0 Hunter American Fork
Bingham 40.8 17.3 23.5 COTTONWOOD Bingham
Box Elder 47.5 13.0 34.5 SPANISH FORK Box Elder
BRIGHTON 56.2 13.1 43.1 Bonneville Brighton
CEDAR CITY 31.6 4.0 27.6 Grantsville Cedar City
CLEARFIELD 55.2 1.5 53.7 Bountiful Clearfield
Davis 51.0 20.6 30.4 NORTHRIDGE Davis
DELTA 39.3 25.2 14.1 Carbon Delta
DIXIE 27.3 14.4 12.9 North Sanpete Dixie
EMERY 25.5 10.8 14.7 Richfield Emery
FREMONT 54.0 0.4 53.6 Skyline Fremont
GRANGER 51.2 4.5 46.7 Highland Granger
GUNNISON 2.7 0.7 2.0 North Sevier Gunnison
Hillcrest 48.7 27.7 21.0 COPPER HILLS Hillcrest
JORDAN 46.6 2.4 44.2 West Jordan Jordan
JUAB 15.5 26.3 -10.8 South Sevier Juab
Logan 32.0 14.8 17.2 LEHI Lehi
Millard 23.0 7.7 15.3 BEAVER Beaver
Morgan 20.7 3.8 16.9 UNION Union
MTN. VIEW 42.6 7.0 35.6 Provo Mtn. View
MURRAY 38.6 12.5 26.1 Taylorsville Murray
NORTH SUMMIT 11.5 11.5 9.4 Park City North Summit
OREM 52.3 2.8 49.5 Timpview Orem
PAYSON 26.5 13.4 13.1 Ben Lomond Payson
Pine View 24.7 5.9 18.8 WASATCH Wasatch
Pleasant Grove 44.1 2.3 41.8 BEAR RIVER Pl. Grove
Sky View 28.2 6.3 21.9 ROY Roy
SPRINGVILLE 45.3 9.7 35.6 Mtn. Crest Springville
Timpanogos 35.2 12.6 22.6 UINTAH Timpanogos
Viewmont 46.1 6.0 40.1 LAYTON Layton
WEBER 36.2 20.8 15.4 Ogden Weber
Home team in CAPS
1996 by Noland Parry
Last Week: Guest Pickers 0-0 0%, Power Guide 0-0 0%
Overall: Guest Pickers 0-0 0%, Power Guide 0-0 0%