We’re on to Week 9.

With three weeks left in the regular season, Christian Babcock leads the Bay Area News Group high school football picks competition by one game over Darren Sabedra.

Nathan Canilao and the team of Mike Lefkow and Glenn Reeves are tied, seven games behind Babcock and six behind Sabedra.

All in fun, as always.

This week’s lineup includes a Thursday showdown in San Jose between Live Oak and host Branham, plus Friday matchups between visiting Clayton Valley Charter and Campolindo and California and host Monte Vista.

The Saturday schedule features Los Gatos visiting unbeaten Menlo School in a Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division battle for first place.

Our crew picks those games and plenty more.

In this week’s video podcast, the duo of Babcock and Sabedra discussed A

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