AGREE! For Oakland Tech & McClatchy, it was both teams' first game of the season in late November 2022. McClatchy is playing much better as a team since then. McClatchy's Nina Cain cannot afford to foul out with 4+ minutes left, like she did against Folsom last week.
A yearly tradition like none other. The SJM girls getting ridiculously misseeded and going on another run.
This match may come down to in-game adjustments by both coaches. Antelope is more aggressive so that makes them dangerous, but they still have to score in bunches.
I like that Shasta prediction as well. And, for their sake, if it happens I hope Menlo pulls out the victory in their game. Otherwise Shasta is heading right back north again on Thursday morning!
A lot of emphasis on post-season. Paly went 2-1 in its CCS Open pool, beating Sacred Heart Cathedral and SI, and hanging with Pinewood. Los Gatos went 0-3 in the other CCS Open pool. It lost two winnable games without its leading scorer/rebounder and then predictably got smoked by Mitty when she returned. Fwiw, I thought Palo Alto should have beaten Los Gatos both times. But it lives and dies with its three-point shooting, and in those games, it died.
Your example is why people in this forum believe teams "tank" in the post season. SH going just 1-2 in CCS Open play was good enough to not host a game but, apparently, not bad enough to be dropped down. I prefer they be in D1, where they belong, but thought the overall body of work justified something higher than 14. But I guess losing to two sharp shooting teams who both had their best post season shooting games vs SH led the committee to put them ahead of SH and none get a home game. I write this as I'm reading l readying to drive to SRV
LG did not have their star player in the CCS Open playoffs because she is playing in a volleyball tournament.
Something that has crystalized for me this year is how are teams judged on NorCals. Is it one big resume with the playoff games naturally being some of a team's bigger games. OR is there more weight given to the playoffs (in the case of SHC and Palo Alto, this surely seems like the logic).
It's your board. We're just living in it. Huge call on the #15 Shasta win. Also nailed Pinewood, Caruthers and SJM.
