3 seed or 7 seed is no different since they would face SHC either way. Only difference between the 7 and 3 would be they would travel for all 3 games as the 7 but would host a couple as the 3, i believe
Wednesday is the seeding meeting and games will begin Friday 17th. Then games Monday, Wednesday and championship game Friday 24th at Santa Clara
I'll tell you right now, SHC is not afraid to play Pinewood. Doesn't mean they will win but they're definitely not afraid. Half those girls know Ava very well, having played with her for several years. She's still one of my daughters best friends. I hope they get placed in the same pool because you want to play the best competition, heading into NorCals
The worst was when he called an offensive foul after Po took that girl's ankles in the 4th.
I read somewhere that Cardinal Newman double and triple-teamed Ava all game and held her to just 11 points and 7 rebounds. I would imagine all open teams might do something similar in all open games. They won by 40 points in that game. With three transfers ineligible, I would imagine other than Ava the other starters are down compared to years past...
CN did NOT double and triple team Ava.
HA! Fair enough. FAKE NEWS!
I was happy to see Julia was still playing. The few times leading up to league I saw NBE play, she wasn't there. I wasn't quite sure what happened. That's another girl I can remember my daughter playing against since at least 5th grade. Maybe earlier.
Next year will be the start of a transition for SHC. Behind the projected starting 5, they have a lot of inexperience and youth. SH is graduating two 4-year varsity players, who were brought in by LyRyan and made his final varsity squad their freshman year. There are a couple almost 6 footers on the backend of the bench this year but very inexperienced and not quite as physical as Malea. There was a freshman on the JV squad who could fill that role but, again, inexperienced and raw. Malea got solid minutes as a freshman on a strong, upperclassman squad. So there might be some growing pains for those players outside of the projected starting 5 next season.
Oh, let's not be naive. If a player is in the city limits and looking for a private school education, you have to believe they talk with the coaches of those particular schools and figure out what would be the best fit for their playing style. On the girls side, it's now a 3 way race with Riordan moving to co-ed and likely joining WCAL next year. But when the aforementioned 2 players were trying to select their HS, it was between LyRyan and SHC or Mike Mulkerrins and SI. Of course, neither lasted beyond that freshman season for those two players but it is very much part of the HS decision process. And I'm not even talking about the other private schools within SF, such as University, Urban, Lick, etc.
As tough as it is for most publics, they even do it to each other. Look at the talent differential between OT and the others in the league. Those who don't go to BOD go to OT and skyline, Fremont and the others get the scraps. Oakland league teams averaged 12 points a game vs OT. I'm guessing their JV team could go undefeated against their league opponents.
| School | Pri/Pub | Enrollment |
| Mitty | Private | 1760 |
| SHC | Private | 1322 |
| Los Gatos | Public | 2168 |
| Palo Alto | Public | 2072 |
| SI | Private | 1507 |
| Branham | Public | 1911 |
| Crystal | Private | 350 |
| Pinewood | Private | 300 |
| Menlo A | Public | 2450 |
That makes a huge assumption that a school like Mitty is playing "real" high school basketball. They have EIGHT six foot athletes on their roster, and a 9th grader with Division 1 offers that has been on campus for about a semester. They just beat a team in the WCAL 73-7! Show me any high school gym in the CCS and/or Nor Cal with that compilation of elite athletes. Heck, show me any gym in the CCS that has had that type of talent in the last 30 years. Are there too many divisions? Perhaps. But dismissing the kids and coaches that win titles below the Open ignores the joy and purpose of high school athletics.
I do not have an active twitter account. Can someone list the 8 teams in the CCS Open Seeding? Thank you.
You are preaching to the choir with your thoughts on Mitty. TBH whenever their social media posts stuff like their varsity/jv/frosh teams are 1,000-0 or something like that it kinda makes me puke.
Not anymore. We live in a new AYSO world of equity above all else. Trophies for everyone. Banners for all.
How was it better the old way? One public would win D1 because there were no Privates, then Mitty, SHC, SF, VC and SI would fight for the D2-D4 titles, then a Private such as Pinewood or SHP would win D5. With the addition of the OPEN, instead of 5 section champs, there are 6, hardly a "everybody gets a trophy" situation. More teams get a shot, but there is still only 1 winner.
To me it looks as though the committee said SH and Pinewood are best positioned to give mitty a game in the championship so let's set up the pool for a potential for those two to play for that opportunity. I would have preferred SH face los Gatos and CS since they've already played PA and SI (twice) but no such luck
Los Gatos lost to Pinewood. LG schedule this season didn't do the team any favors.
