It was a rough summer for The Fumbler. He couldn't keep himself from getting kicked out of places.

He went to the U.S. Open, where The Fumbler was cheering for Greensburg native Rocco Mediate. The Fumbler didn't know he wasn't allowed to take a milk jug full of pennies onto the golf course and shake them as he cheered loudly. He was not-so-politely asked to leave.

Then The Fumbler went to the Olympics, where he was to compete in equestrian, teamed with that horse from the pregame display at Aliquippa. While the horse checked out, the Fumbler got nabbed for using a performance enhancing substance. He got kicked out of there, too.

Now, The Fumbler plans on kicking his prognosticating into high gear, like last year when he was 546-128, an .810 winning percentage. Here are his picks (home teams in capital letters):

This afternoon

CITY LEAGUE -- Oliver over Langley.

Tonight

CITY LEAGUE -- Schenley over Westinghouse.

WPIAL CLASS AA -- (Allegheny Conference) Apollo-Ridge over DEER LAKES; Burrell over WEST SHAMOKIN; VALLEY over Ford City; Kittanning over FREEPORT. (Century) Bishop Canevin over QUAKER VALLEY; STO-ROX over Cornell; Keystone Oaks over STEEL VALLEY; SETON-LASALLE over Northgate; South Fayette over SOUTH PARK. (Interstate) JEANNETTE over East Allegheny; SOUTH ALLEGHENY over Brownsville; Greensburg Central Catholic over CHARLEROI; Mount Pleasant over MCGUFFEY; WASHINGTON over Waynesburg. (Midwestern) Beaver over NEW BRIGHTON; Beaver Falls over RIVERSIDE; FREEDOM over Ellwood City; CENTER over Mohawk.

NON-CONFERENCE -- ALBERT GALLATIN over Wilkinsburg; Belle Vernon over LAUREL HIGHLANDS; BETHEL PARK over Kiski Area; Beth-Center over CARLYNTON; Blackhawk over HAMPTON; CALIFORNIA over Frazier; CANON-MCMILLAN over Trinity; Chartiers-Houston over WEST GREENE; CLAIRTON over Laurel; Connellsville over UNIONTOWN; Fort Cherry over CARMICHAELS.

Franklin Regional over SOUTHMORELAND; GATEWAY over Penn Hills; Hempfield over GREENSBURG SALEM; Highlands over FOX CHAPEL; Indiana over PLUM; JEFFERSON-MORGAN over Leechburg; Knoch over HOPEWELL; Latrobe over DERRY; MAPLETOWN over Bentworth; Mars over MOON; MONESSEN over Rochester; MONTOUR over Pine-Richland; NEW CASTLE over Butler; North Allegheny over ALTOONA; North Hills over MT. LEBANON; RINGGOLD over Peters Township; Seneca Valley over NORWIN; Serra over NORTH CATHOLIC.

SHALER over Baldwin; Springdale over MONACA; Upper St. Clair over PENN-TRAFFORD; West Allegheny over CHARTIERS VALLEY; WEST MIFFLIN over Allderdice; WILMINGTON over Brentwood; Yough over ELIZABETH FORWARD.

Tomorrow afternoon

CITY LEAGUE -- Brashear over PERRY; PEABODY over Carrick.

WPIAL CLASS AA -- (Allegheny Conference) Shady Side Academy over SUMMIT ACADEMY.

NON-CONFERENCE -- Aliquippa over AMBRIDGE; GEIBEL over Avella; Avonworth over WESTERN BEAVER; KENNEDY CATHOLIC over Neshannock; RIVERVIEW over Shenango.

Tomorrow night

NON-CONFERENCE -- McKeesport over Colerain, Ohio; Woodland Hills over Justin Northwest, Texas.

Monday afternoon

NON-CONFERENCE -- Lakeland, Fla., over Central Catholic; Thomas Jefferson over Glenville, Ohio.