Don't rule Carrillo out quite yet. They roughed up Flowers pretty good last week, which is why Newman is currently looking up at them in the standings. Carrillo is not stacked with the kind of talent they had the past few seasons, but new coach Sammy Bruno has them playing smart and playing hard. Also don't rule out another well-coached team, Rancho. With the recent coaching change, there likely won't be so much homegrown talent carpooling to Analy, so Rancho should reclaim its place as one of the better programs in the county, however, they need to do some facility upgrades. Big game between them and Carrillo this week.
Too bad this is the last season of the current NBL. It's been a very competitive league the past few seasons, with Casa and Carrillo see-sawing for dominance, with Ukiah, Newman, Rancho, and even Monty joining in the struggle. I'm afraid that the new league is not going to be nearly as good without Casa Grande, while the new league that Casa and Petaluma joins should be very good indeed, at least for baseball.