This would involve teams losing playoff game then moving on? We gotta move away from this. You get rewarded with a win, turn in your gear if you lose.

Please elaborate on your statement about palma not deserving to make the playoffs...Really curious why you think they don't deserve it....

MC415 said:

MC about to lose to Windsor, I can’t recall see such anemic offense from MC especially the offensive line, they have been obliterated every game I think Caden has been sacked almost 60 times this year not even exaggerating

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And then they won a very tough game on the road against a good Windsor team.

With 34 of 36 favorites winning as projected in Thursday and Friday's action, the 40 team field for the CCS play-offs is set and won't change based on the outcomes of the 10 games to be played today. Today's results will impact some seeding positions.

The only upset that impacted the field was Kings Academy beating Capuchino 42-6. This made Capuchino and Kings Academy Co-champions of the PAL- DeAnza League. Burlingame will get the league's 3rd automatic spot. Hillsdale can only tie for third with Burlingame by beating Aragon today and will lose the tie breaker with Burlingame.

Sacred Heart Prep has widened their lead over Carlmont and Sobrato for the last at-large spot and I don't think Carlmont or Sobrato can move up far enough (or SHP will fall far enough) in the CalPrep rankings to catch them.

Open/D1

Still have the Riordan vs St. Francis game today with seeds 3-6 being very close. The results of the game could move the CalPreps rankings and shift some of the seeding as Riordan is only slightly ahead of Los Gatos and Soquel in the CalPrep rankings. If a Riordan loss pushes them below Los Gatos and Soquel they would lose two points (Los Gatos and Soquel would each gain a point) and you can see below how that might impact seedings.

I did find an error in my prior calculations. I had awarded St. Francis and Serra a Championship point for playing De La Salle, but further investigation shows De La Salle is not eligible for the EBAL- Mountain championship. As a result San Ramon Valley is the league champion and that awards another point to St. Ignatius and Soquel. So far no change from last week's projections.

8. Salinas 8-2 66 (8) at 1. St. Francis 9-1 80 (1)

7. Valley Christian 5-5 68 (7) at 2. St. Ignatius 8-2 77 (2)

Winners of Round 1 play for open championship – loser of open championship plays winner of round two game below for D1 championship.

6. Riordan 5-5 70 (6) at 3. Serra 5-5 72 (3)

5. Soquel 8-2 71 (5) at 4. Los Gatos 8-2 71.5 (4)

D2

With Capuchino being upset they moved back to D3 and Santa Teresa returns to D2. Only team playing today is Monterey vs Seaside which is projected to be a Monterey rout.

8. Santa Teresa 9-1 49.5* (2 in D3) at 1. Wilcox 8-2 65 (1)

5. Monterey 6-4 53 (5) at 4. Menlo-Atherton 6-4 55.5 (3)

6. Menlo School 7-3 52.5 (6) at 3. Christopher 9-1 57 (3)

7. Palma 5-5 50.5 (8) at 2. Sacred Heart Cathedral 4-6 59 (2)

* Elevated to D2 as no B league team can play in D1 or D2

D3

Aptos moves from D4 to D3 and Piedmont Hills dropped from D3 to D4. Burlingame plays San Mateo in a rivalry game (Little Big Game) with two reasonably matched teams. Burlingame is favored, but if they lose they will likely drop to D4 with Piedmont Hills returning to D3.

8. Aptos 5-5 41 (1 in D4) at 1. Carmel 10-0 58* (1)

5. Capuchino 9-1 44.75 (7 in D2) at 4. Hollister 4-6 47 (6)

6. Half Moon Bay 8-2 43.5 (4) at 3. Palo Alto 5-5 47.5 (5)

7. Burlingame 7-3 41.5 (7) at 2. Willow Glen 10-0 49.5 (3)

Dropped to D3 as no B league team can play in DI or D2

D4

Three changes here. Piedmont Hills drops from D3 to D4 with Aptos moving up. Kings Academy replaces Hillsdale in the field based on their upset win over Capuchino. Finally South San Francisco drops to D5 and North Monterey Academy moves up to D4. See above, San Mateo plays today , if they win they will likely be a 4 seed.

8. Live Oak 3-7 28** (8) at 1. Piedmont Hills 8-2 39.5 (8 in D3)

5. Kings Academy 5-5 33.75 (NR)at 4. North Salinas 7-3 35 (4)

6. San Mateo 7-3 33 (5) at 3. Sacred Heart Prep 4-6 38 (2)

7. North Monterey County 7-3 31.5 (1 in D5) at 2. Branham 7-3 39 (3)

**Elevated to D4 as no A league team can be in D5 and all C league teams must be in D5.

D5

Three new teams here as Overfelt replaced Pioneer, Stevenson replaced San Lorenzo Valley, and Sequoia has guaranteed a spot in the field and replaced Woodside as three spots were allocated to the Ocean Division. Stevenson and South San Francisco play today and are heavy favorites.

8. Gunderson 7-3 19 (8) at 1. South San Francisco 8-2 29 (7 in D4)

5. Gunn 10-0 23.5 (4)at 4. Sequoia 5-5 24.5 (2)

6. Stevenson 7-2 21.7 (6) at 3. Leland 6-3 25.5 (3)

7. Overfelt 5-5 20.5 (7) at 2. Alisal 5-5 25.5 (5)

Woodside 22, Milpitas 19. The score is still on the scoreboard this morning as my grandson's Pop Warner team is playing for the championship game at Woodside.😃👍

Admission standards appear a bit draconian and elitist. There's so many boys coming out of grammar school that had Bs and Cs and actually performed very well academically as they matured in high school. Riordan's program has 80% of its players on the honor roll - many for the first time. John Tofi is a Cal commit with a 4.0 gpa. And jr Mike Mitchell carries a 4.0 gpa and recently committed to Vanderbilt.

dcpanda said:

I have yet to read the article, but if that’s really what they are saying … wow. Off the top of my head, Serra had football players go to Brown and Harvard the last couple years and have Harvard and Air Force commits this year. I’m sure other WCAL schools who perform well in football can say something similar.

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Watching yesterday's game I came away with Bellarmine had really ONE guy that passed the eye test and that was their TE Duarte. The rest honestly reminded me of players from winless and 1 win seasons from SH and Riordan.

But fear not Bells loyalists!!! Bellarmine won the WCAL title in Cross Country this year!!!

M.C. fan said:

Downey comeback from 41-29 to take lead in 4th qtr. 44-41

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Really impressed by PGs performance

Streak One said:

Did Jefferson get two safeties?

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Score on MaxPreps is 28-7 (not 4). Must be a typo.

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Sacred Heart Cathedral 35
Bellarmine 10

Serra 29
Valley Christian 3

St. Ignatius 24
Mitty 19

Half Moon Bay 16
Terra Nova 8

California 54
Amador Valley 48 (OT)

Granada 28
Livermore 27

Yreka 17
University Prep 7

Wilcox 30
Menlo-Atherton 21

Gunn 28
Jefferson 4

Vacaville 35
Atwater 21

East Union 21
Nevada Union 14

Liberty Ranch 35
Ripon 0

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Did Jefferson get two safeties?

M.C. fan said:

Downey comeback from 41-29 to take lead in 4th qtr. 44-41

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I left because I thought the game was out of hand. I guess Carl will not be visiting the Corral next week!

East Union 21 Nevada Union 14 Final (Maxpreps)

Yreka 17 University Prep 7 Final (Maxpreps)

Palma is playoff bound.

Cal wins 54-48 in OT