Now it’s time for our two Fearless Forecasters to pick this weekend’s sectional title game winners. We’ll let RICK STONE (12-4 last week, 122-27 overall) start us off: CHESTER over Eldred - This will be a war and you can bet it will be close. In their regular season game the Yellow Jackets won by a point. The pattern says it’s Eldred’s turn to win, but I think the Hambletonians’ slightly tougher schedule will pay off … CORNWALL over Wallkill - The Panthers are back and have all their big guns, but the Green Dragon juniors are playing now like seniors … ELLENVILLE over Liberty - Liberty’s comeback is the feel-good story of the season, but the defending champ Blue Devil defense will prevail … HIGHLAND over O’Neill - The Huskies will do what they’ve done all year - win by wearing opponents down … MONROE-WOODBURY over Warwick - Make it a clean sweep for the five defending sectional champs! This will be a good game, but the Crusaders will shift into that extra, Syracuse-bound gear of theirs. And the team engine - Scalo - is healthy this year.

RICH ARNOTT (11-4 last week, 71-9 overall) is up now. Being the radio color commentator for Warwick football, he’s asked the great hoaxster - make that “Football Mystic” - GIB TESPU, back from parts unknown, to pick that game for him.

CHESTER over Eldred – This is a recurring story and rivalry between two very well coached programs that have knocked each other off more than once in the Class D title game over the past few years. Both teams have a fair share of talent but I’ll go with the Hambletonians this time around at full strength … CORNWALL over Wallkill – Congrats to both of these squads in making the championship game appearance. The Dragons may have too much explosiveness on offense, although I believe the Panthers will prepare very well for this game … ELLENVILLE over Liberty – The Indians proved many of us wrong last week (except one non-Liberty Class C coach who picked Liberty to win). Their victory over Sullivan West helps put Liberty on the SNF map again. Ellenville is also battle-tested and should grind out a tough win … HIGHLAND over O’Neill – The Huskies have the depth to carry over into the state tournament while the Raiders have talent that could satisfy the “on any given day” believers to pull off an upset …

Now for GIB (wait ‘til you read this): “First, let me partially unveil my whereabouts for these last several months. No, I wasn’t chasing women in Vegas as someone of a sick mind implied last year. Nor was I meditating on a mountaintop. But I WAS meditating ... You see, I had been thrown into a prison somewhere in the Orient - the specific location I cannot divulge. I am also not at liberty to tell you why, either. I was sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. At night I was isolated from the other poor incarcerated souls.

"After a few weeks, I realized that I had to escape. No one had ever lasted 20 years in that awful place. So night after night I used my transcendental arts and honed my fourth dimensional skills. After eight months of experimentation, I was able to make myself blend into whatever background I was in front of. I could become walking camouflage.  Being virtually invisible, I escaped and finally made it back to my little cabin in the Shawangunks.

"I have enclosed a picture taken by a fellow mystic. We were at a worksite near the ship that was to whisk me away from the area after I had escaped. Can you find me in the snapshot? You’ll have to look close. ... I’ve been looking closely - at my charts - and have discovered the lone upset in the championship games. This shocking pick will make Arnott look bold! The Cats will snag the mantle of the King. The Great Pu has spoken."

Allll-righty … Anyway, here’s Gib’s photo. (What will he think of next?) Nothing like a brief break from an SNF overdose.