Ernie Clark continued his dominance over his fellow Bangor Daily News staff members this fall.
The Dover-Foxcroft native closed out the season with a 16-4 week to secure his second straight title in the 50th BDN Football Forecast. It was the seventh staff championship for Clark, who also was the guest champion before joining the Sports staff.
Clark successfully picked 161 of 200 games over the 10-week contest, compiling an .805 winning percentage. He finished a full seven games ahead of runners-up Ryan McLaughlin and Joe McLaughlin, who went 154-46 (.770) after closing out the season with an 18-2 effort.
Larry Mahoney took fourth at 153-47, followed by Pete Warner (145-55), John Holyoke (142-58) and season guest Joe Cyr of the Houlton Pioneer Times, who wound up 133-67.
Jim Churchill closed out an impressive season for the weekly guests, posting a 16-4 that gave them a combined 153-47 ledger.
Matt Randall of ABC-7 and Fox 22 in Bangor annexed the guest title with an impressive 18-2 performance during Week 2.
The rest of the guest lineup was as follows — 16-4: Brian Cotlar, BDN director of sales; Jessica Gagne, WCSH-TV; Dale Morris, Millinocket; 15-5: Seth Koenig, BDN Maine; John White, Houlton; 14-6: Jeff Thurlow, Eddington; Troy Gardner; and 13-7: Bob Kelleter, Gouldsboro.