De La Salle will breeze to its 33rd consecutive North Coast Section championship, according to our insiders.

Hardly shocking. The Spartans haven’t lost to an NCS opponent in 34 years.

But will Pittsburg win a fifth consecutive NCS Division I title?

Nope, says Christian Babcock and the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat’s Gus Morris, who graciously accepted our offer to pick champions in each of the NCS’s eight playoff divisions, joining Babcock and Darren Sabedra.

Morris and Babcock are taking North Bay powerhouse Cardinal Newman to win NCS D-I.

On the Central Coast Section side, Mike Lefkow joined Babcock and Sabedra to predict winners in each of the six divisions.

“Boy, this is another tough one,” Lefkow said as he tried to narrow down his options.

Here are the picks:

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