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NCP Pick'em Week 5 Games

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Streak One said:
Here are the games for this week. Picks are due by 7:00 PM on Friday

San Marin at Casa Grande
Liberty at Amador Valley
Bishop O’Dowd at Cardinal Newman
San Ramon Valley at McClymonds
Edison-Stockton at Downey
Central Catholic at Patterson
Bear River at Wheatland
Rocklin at Folsom
Gunn at Monta Vista
Hillsdale at Santa Teresa

Game of the Week Poll - https://norcalpreps.forums.rivals.com/threads/week-5-game-of-the-week-poll.30733/
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This round is going to be a lot harder...
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PCAL Week 3

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thehookup55 said:
That 2002 team was a fun team to watch. Ruthless defense. Neligh, Dozier, Taylor, etc. were animals.

I can't recall but was DI treated like the open back then? or was it all enrollment based? I know the open was created a couple years later that had multiple publics opt in nearly ever year.
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League champs in and at large and top 32 teams. Then put in divisions by enrollment but lower divisions can opt up at the time
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WCAL 2024-25 SEASON

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ArmchairGOAT said:
I don't think p

And I personally know many parents who are thrilled that their sons AND daughters are thriving at Riordan. At the end of the day, parents were considering just 2 SF private catholic schools - Riordan and SI. The school has the fastest growing enrollment of all the SF High Schools and it's the most diverse at 74% of its school population. It's exceeded its incoming freshman classes each of the past 4 years . The school has a 50% acceptance rate with a wait list.(avg private school acceptance rate is 85% and is in the top 20% of private schools in CA. The Boarding program is full. I don't think parents would be shelving out $60K/year if the academics were terrible. More importantly, the schools endowment has grown significantly. 80% of the football team is on the honor roll from a recent interview with Coach Ravipati including its QB who has a 4.0 GPA. https://www.privateschoolreview.com/compare-schools/1310/4010/3622#results
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Excellent analysis. Kudos.
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WCAL 2024-25 SEASON

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For what it's worth, Bellarmine leads all WCAL schools in the number of 2025 National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists with 28. Mitty is close behind with 24. Valley Christian has 19. Those three are followed, in order, by St. Francis, 11; St. Ignatius, 5; Serra and SHC, 2 each; and Riordan, 1. These teen scholarships are among the most coveted and prestigious in the U.S. The competition for them is fierce. They are one measure of a school's academic rigor. For middle school parents seeking a top-notch high school for their offspring, the number of these scholarships on a campus is important, probably more important than a football program. Still, no one here is saying a school can't have both. Clearly, Mitty and SF are doing so. VC may be a bit behind on the football field but it's not chopped liver.
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Week 5 Game of the Week Poll

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2 games of interest to me.
1. Newman vs BOD. Newman has a lot of hopes for tipping the scales this year and beating MC but hasn't played anybody yet. BOD looks improved and has already wrestled with Monte Vista and Mack. The game is at Newman so I give a slide edge to CN but should be one of the better small school games in norcal. Newman will need to be able to pass a little and clean up the mistakes.

2. Jesuit vs Granite Bay. Both teams come in undefeated and this is Jesuits first game in the SFL and under theirnew lights. They didn't look very good against CB but that is a rivarly game so you never know. Granite Bay is a little bit of a sleeper right now. Lets see who is for real.....
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WCAL 2024-25 SEASON

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iamgearyblvd said:
Ive spoken to a few parents (some with kids still enrolled and some that have left), the ones that have stayed arent really thrilled with the academics there and the ones that have left have gone because the academics were not great. One's experience does not speak for all. And not singling out Riordan, because I have a very close informant that told me 95% of their school's 8th grade class got into DLS. Some of those boys are C-minus students. I was always under the impression you had to get at least B's to get into the schools. Apparently not.
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And I personally know many parents who are thrilled that their sons AND daughters are thriving at Riordan. At the end of the day, parents were considering just 2 SF private catholic schools - Riordan and SI. The school has the fastest growing enrollment of all the SF High Schools and it's the most diverse at 74% of its school population. It's exceeded its incoming freshman classes each of the past 4 years . The school has a 50% acceptance rate with a wait list.(avg private school acceptance rate is 85% and is in the top 20% of private schools in CA. The Boarding program is full. I don't think parents would be shelving out $60K/year if the academics were terrible. More importantly, the schools endowment has grown significantly. 80% of the football team is on the honor roll from a recent interview with Coach Ravipati including its QB who has a 4.0 GPA. https://www.privateschoolreview.com/compare-schools/1310/4010/3622#results
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WCAL 2024-25 SEASON

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colhenrylives said:
Prediction: The authorities at Bellarmine will not allow this deteriorating football situation to persist too much longer. They will address it. And fairly soon. Football is one of the few unstable and poor athletic offerings at a school that prides itself on excellence. This is not to say they will go the Mater Dei or Bosco route. But they can certainly aim for the success rate they had when Janda and his staff were running the show, or close to it. Again, though, Bellarmine is not Serra or Riordan. It's a demanding Jesuit school, a different academic animal that has been serving the South Bay from the mid-19th century to now. It's worth noting that, in spite of a steep decline in the Bells' football fortunes lately, enrollment continues to be healthy and strong. .
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this is great news if confirmed. we all deserve to have a bellarmine that cares.
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WCAL 2024-25 SEASON

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Prediction: The authorities at Bellarmine will not allow this deteriorating football situation to persist too much longer. They will address it. And fairly soon. Football is one of the few unstable and poor athletic offerings at a school that prides itself on excellence. This is not to say they will go the Mater Dei or Bosco route. But they can certainly aim for the success rate they had when Janda and his staff were running the show, or close to it. Again, though, Bellarmine is not Serra or Riordan. It's a demanding Jesuit school, a different academic animal that has been serving the South Bay from the mid-19th century to now. It's worth noting that, in spite of a steep decline in the Bells' football fortunes lately, enrollment continues to be healthy and strong. .
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WCAL 2024-25 SEASON

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jordan24 said:
That’s a pretty inflammatory remark. You have facts?
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Ive spoken to a few parents (some with kids still enrolled and some that have left), the ones that have stayed arent really thrilled with the academics there and the ones that have left have gone because the academics were not great. One's experience does not speak for all. And not singling out Riordan, because I have a very close informant that told me 95% of their school's 8th grade class got into DLS. Some of those boys are C-minus students. I was always under the impression you had to get at least B's to get into the schools. Apparently not.
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PCAL Week 3

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Cal 14 said:
If memory serves, Salinas may have been the only public school ever to opt to D-I when they did it in 2002.
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That 2002 team was a fun team to watch. Ruthless defense. Neligh, Dozier, Taylor, etc. were animals.

I can't recall but was DI treated like the open back then? or was it all enrollment based? I know the open was created a couple years later that had multiple publics opt in nearly ever year.
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NCP Pick'em Week 5 Games

Streak One
Here are the games for this week. Picks are due by 7:00 PM on Friday

San Marin at Casa Grande
Liberty at Amador Valley
Bishop O’Dowd at Cardinal Newman
San Ramon Valley at McClymonds (Game of the Week)
Edison-Stockton at Downey
Central Catholic at Patterson
Bear River at Wheatland
Rocklin at Folsom
Gunn at Monta Vista
Hillsdale at Santa Teresa

Game of the Week Poll - https://norcalpreps.forums.rivals.com/threads/week-5-game-of-the-week-poll.30733/
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Week 5 Game of the Week Poll

Streak One

What is the Game of the Week?

  • San Marin at Casa Grande

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Liberty at Amador Valley

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Bishop O'Dowd at Cardinal Newman

    Votes: 4 11.4%

  • San Ramon Valley at McClymonds

    Votes: 14 40.0%

  • Edison Stockton at Downey

    Votes: 3 8.6%

  • Central Catholic at Patterson

    Votes: 2 5.7%

  • Bear River at Wheatland

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Rocklin at Folsom

    Votes: 11 31.4%

  • Gunn at Monta Vista

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Hillsdale at Santa Teresa

    Votes: 1 2.9%
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Game of the Week Poll
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PCAL Week 3

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I think you are referring to the year Salinas played Bells in semis. I went to that game at SJ City. I believe Belzer was RB on the Bells - a really good RB. Was Salinas which won the TCAL a D2 enrollment then? I know you could opt up if in smaller division. Other public schools in D1 that year were Independence, Milpitas and Watsonville with VC, Bells, Serra and Palma. VC beat Bells in the finals. Both Salinas (semis) and Palma (round 1) lost to the Bells. Mariucci was QB at VC that year. It might have been another year the Cowboys opted up but maybe they were D2 at the time if the enrollment was smaller. Not sure what school in D2 would have been larger in enrollment that year (Silver Creek, Piedmont Hills, Oak Grove). Maybe Oak Grove was bigger than Salinas at the time. I know Los Gatos had to be forced up one year. Could it have been another year the Cowboys opted up?
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Pac-12 adding new schools to rebuild conference.

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HSWIZARD73 said:
Yet Cal and Stanford have played San Jose State, Sac State and Davis quite often over the years Plumpy
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playing someone is completely different than partnering your brand with theirs.

this isn't even a controversial thing i'm pointing out everyone knows this about cal and stanford it was well publicized during the pac 12 implosion.
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