Not bad for Gary Porter, Howard Porter and Bobby Cole who built Modesto Christian Basketball circa 1997.
This season's team is full flavored, rich deep complexities, bitter, and aged well with a smooth finish on Sisk Road. Best served with an Open State Championship!! Let's Go!!! Brice and Chris have a team that is battle tested mixed with a young wave of superior talent that includes a freshman that will turn your head. Speedy Gonzales would be proud!!

Awesome work! We appreciate you for keeping us informed! I'm looking at your last top 15 at large post and wondering how SHP widened their at-large bid with them losing, Carlmont winning and Sobrato Winning.



Looks like you had:

SHP at 20.5

Sobrato at 22 (my math shows 22.5, but you are the mastermind doing all of the hard work, so i trust you!)

And

Carlmont at 20



All before calpreps rankings. How are these points or maybe your top 15, looking post week 10?

Thank you again!

ChewpaMiverga said:

The teams which would give the south (MD, Bosco or Centennial; don’t sleep on the Huskies) just based on the way their offenses are structured as De La Salle and MAYBE St. Francis. Why do I say this? Well, talent aside both utilize offenses that go right at you and rarely lose yards.

When you stop De La Salle, it’s usually for a 1 yard gain and a loss of about 30 seconds. Same can kind of be said for St. Francis.

Serra, Folsom, SRV, Pitt and SI (doesn’t even sound right mentioning them in this conversation to be honest) do not have the patience to consistently try to go right at you and wear you down. They all eventually try to get cute and those 1 yard gains by DLS and SF turn into sacks, interceptions, or 5+ yard losses.

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Very good observation… you are 100% correct

Streak One said:

*Quick note: I moved the Gunn game to the one point slot since everyone took Gunn and it was played on Thursday. It didn't have an impact on the final Top 3.

Congrats to H.E.A.T. on the weekly win. Came down to the final game of the week! Also congrats to FBAddict on the overall title, NorCalSportsFan on 2nd place and THEOC89 on 3rd place. Once scores are finalized on Monday, I will work on adding subscription time to your accounts.

For those we are interested, I'm going to keep this going for the playoffs with the weekly winner earning a free month on NorCalPreps!

Finally, thanks for everyone who participated this year! I hope everyone enjoyed it!

Serra beat Valley Christian 29-3
California beat Amador Valley 54-48
Granada beat Livermore 28-27
Wilcox beat Menlo-Atherton 30-21
Gunn beat Jefferson 28-7
Yreka beat University Prep 17-7
Vacaville beat Atwater 35-21
East Union beat Nevada Union 21-14
Liberty Ranch beat Ripon 35-0
Riordan beat St. Francis 34-24

H.E.A.T. 48
Carlmerritt 44
Norcalguy111 43
Bulldogmgc 42
EN_FB_Alum 41
Sweetjfromthebay 41
FBAddict 40
Espot 40
NorCalSportsFan 39
Relly900 39
WCAL88 39
Streak One 38
SearsPoints 37
Folsom77 37
Cal 14 37
Kiddman32 36
Dlew66 36
Macallan 36
MC415 36
Sacchiefs 36
Irish_Cheers 34
M.C. Fan 34
THEOC89 34
Bella123 30
RLS13 29

YearlyTop 10:

1. FBAddict 531
2. NorCalSportsFan 526
3. THEOC89 524
4. Kiddman32 512
5. SearsPoints 510
6. WCAL88 509
6. Bulldogmgc 509
8. Folsom77 504
9. EN_FB_Alum 500
10. Irish_Cheers 498

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Great job, Streak! Thanks for the hard work.

Somewhere Alonzo Emery is smiling.

That's not going to work next week! Are you making the trip up there? If not come over to the Corral

Final WCAL week ranking - I would have posted this earlier but I had other family obligations.

Archbishop Riordan has gotten their strength back just when it counts. They displaced St. Francis as the sole WCAL champion forcing the Lancers to share that title with St. Ignatius. First, I will list the placement of the WCAL teams within WCAL according to record.

WCAL Record Placement

#1 tie St. Francis 6-1 The lancers lost their final game to Archbishop Riordan. This created a tie in first place with the Wildcats. Their only WCAL loss was to the Crusaders.
#1 tie St. Ignatius 6-1 The Wildcats tie for co-champion of the WCAL thanks to the Crusaders. Their only league loss was to St. Francis.
#3 Archbishop Riordan 5-2 The Crusaders had a difficult start in WCAL league play losing to St. Ignatius and Valley Christian but then coming back to beat Junipero Serra and St. Francis. They may have the most momentum of any WCAL team right now.
#4 tied Junipero Serra 4-3 The Padres ended the league season tied with Valley Christian. They have losses to St. Francis, St. Ignatius and Archbishop Riordan but beat Valley Christian last night.
#4 tied Valley Christian 4-3 The Warriors have lost momentum due to injuries in late season. They have wins against Archbishop Mitty and Archbishop Riordan but lost three straight games to St. Ignatius, St. Francis and Junipero Serra.
#6 Sacred Heart Cathedral 2-5 The Monarchs have a win over Archbishop Mitty but losses to all 5 teams listed above.
#7 Archbishop Mitty 1-6 The only league win the Monarchs have is against the beaten down Bells.
#8 Bellarmine College Prep 0-7 The Bells may have just finished their worst season ever. They not only went winless in WCAL league but also in their entire season. Hopefully they will find a way to get out of this slump.

My WCAL Personal Rankings

I am not quite sure what to do with AR right now. They are on fire and carry very good momentum into the playoffs. I might be inclined to put AR as #1 in WCAL right now, but I think its best to let them win that ranking on the field. Here's my best thought on rankings.

#1. SF - I am going to keep the Lancers in the first position because I don't want to place them in a three-way tie with AR and SI.
#2. AR - Due to current momentum, I am going to place AR above SI even though SI beat AR on the field. They might be able to beat SF again, but we will leave that for the playoffs.
#3 SI - The Wildcats could just as easily been placed over AR and maybe SF with AR's defeat of SF. But I think AR's momentum will prove itself later.
#4 JS - The Padres fit nicely here at this spot for now.
#5 VC - The Warriors started league play strong but have struggled to stay healthy. They may be one and out for playoffs.
#6 SHC - It seems the Irish will get a good placement in a lower division for playoffs.
#7 AM - The Monarchs are done with their season.
#8 BCP - Enough said.

I was shocked too. But they battled back to take the lead 44-41 with 4 minutes left. It was really nice to see the crowd yelling on every play and going crazy with the last TD and at game’s end. Pretty crazy considering Downey fumbled four times and had an interception but still came back to win.

*Quick note: I moved the Gunn game to the one point slot since everyone took Gunn and it was played on Thursday. It didn't have an impact on the final Top 3.

Congrats to H.E.A.T. on the weekly win. Came down to the final game of the week! Also congrats to FBAddict on the overall title, NorCalSportsFan on 2nd place and THEOC89 on 3rd place. Once scores are finalized on Monday, I will work on adding subscription time to your accounts.

For those we are interested, I'm going to keep this going for the playoffs with the weekly winner earning a free month on NorCalPreps!

Finally, thanks for everyone who participated this year! I hope everyone enjoyed it!

Serra beat Valley Christian 29-3
California beat Amador Valley 54-48
Granada beat Livermore 28-27
Wilcox beat Menlo-Atherton 30-21
Gunn beat Jefferson 28-7
Yreka beat University Prep 17-7
Vacaville beat Atwater 35-21
East Union beat Nevada Union 21-14
Liberty Ranch beat Ripon 35-0
Riordan beat St. Francis 34-24

H.E.A.T. 48
Carlmerritt 44
Norcalguy111 43
Bulldogmgc 42
EN_FB_Alum 41
Sweetjfromthebay 41
FBAddict 40
Espot 40
NorCalSportsFan 39
Relly900 39
WCAL88 39
Streak One 38
SearsPoints 37
Folsom77 37
Cal 14 37
Kiddman32 36
Dlew66 36
Macallan 36
MC415 36
Sacchiefs 36
Irish_Cheers 34
M.C. Fan 34
THEOC89 34
Bella123 30
RLS13 29

YearlyTop 10:

1. FBAddict 531
2. NorCalSportsFan 526
3. THEOC89 524
4. Kiddman32 512
5. SearsPoints 510
6. WCAL88 509
6. Bulldogmgc 509
8. Folsom77 504
9. EN_FB_Alum 500
10. Irish_Cheers 498

Cal 14 said:

Live Oak at 3-7 is advancing. Palma beat the Acorns 34-0.

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1/3 of the playoff field has a .500 or below record

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Really think R has so much talent,like their hoops team they just don’t go all out if they don’t have. Combo of immaturity/ cockiness. When they have to
Take it up notch.,,,,..LookOut!!!’

colhenrylives said:

The DLS case is somewhat different. It does not have to deal with another parochial school within its area, or even all that close whatsoever. It's really the only papal ballgame from Highway 680 all the way east to Highway 5. There is no WCAL for DLS to worry about. Heck, there isn't much of any private school competition at all. Not even an SHP, Menlo School or King's Academy. The Central Coast Section is awash with non-public programs. DLS is immune to that issue. Not a bad way to live _ and thrive.

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DLS has low academic admission standards. You can get D's and get in no problem.

1315 said:

The blueprint started in the East Bay in the 90’s. Everyone on this board knows who the architect was. An on-board admissions protocol, a growing cadre of non-staff recruiters (all legal per NCS mind you) and a savvy AD led to national prominence. And then the $ flowed via sources very few can tap (see Nike/Paragon/ESPN !) and the “secret sauce” as many on this board have labeled it, flowed. The “Bishop’s” scholarship drew talent. The PI recruitment was active as witnessed with a former Mayor/Assemblyman entertaining 5-6 very large appetite Dads at the local Chinese joint.

Walsh was an ingredient in the sauce back then, thus, simply translated that to the South Bay, where the sauce ingredients were simply there for the pickings. The recipe was followed and applied to his program sans the veer.

Winner winner chicken dinner!

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The DLS case is somewhat different. It does not have to deal with another parochial school within its area, or even all that close whatsoever. It's really the only papal ballgame from Highway 680 all the way east to Highway 5. There is no WCAL for DLS to worry about. Heck, there isn't much of any private school competition at all. Not even an SHP, Menlo School or King's Academy. The Central Coast Section is awash with non-public programs. DLS is immune to that issue. Not a bad way to live _ and thrive.

Niklas227 said:

It looks like our 23-24 football season has come to an end and St. Francis is the King of the WCAL.

Playoffs start next week and from what I gather from another poster PALbooster. There is a chance St. Francis and SI will rematch in the Open Championship.

Serra gets Riordan in a rematch in the 1st Rd as well.

Exciting times ahead in the post season!

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NOT SO FAST MY FRIEND!

Palma is young and inconsistent. Not sure they can beat Wilcox but otherwise should be pretty competitive against the rest of D2 if they play their A game.

LETS GO RIORDAN

thehookup55 said:

His complaints of Alvarez not getting in is a moot point. Still curious on why @RLS13 thinks Palma doesnt deserve to be in the playoffs...

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Live Oak at 3-7 is advancing. Palma beat the Acorns 34-0.

Everyone in D-I/Open has beaten someone else in D-I/Open.

Los Gatos beat Soquel. Soquel beat Valley Christian and Salinas. Salinas beat VC. VC beat Riordan. Riordan beat St. Francis and Serra. SF beat St. Ignatius, Serra, and VC. SI beat Serra, Riordan, and VC. Serra beat VC.

There’s goes Riordan again, throwing a monkey wrench in everything.

NorCalSportsFan said:

Palma dominated Alvarez. Mute point. They are in the playoffs. A new season.

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His complaints of Alvarez not getting in is a mute point. Still curious on why @RLS13 thinks Palma doesnt deserve to be in the playoffs...

Final AR 34, SF 24 - looks like the Crusauders got their mojo back just in time!

THEOC89 said:

I Luv the Serra vs Riordan matchup in the first round!,,,, Can Riordan and all that talent knock out the Reining Champ?…. Or do the The Champs end Riordan season in the first round?….. I can’t wait for this one!!… 🤣

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Nothing is set in stone. St. Francis is losing to Riordan at the moment.

AR scores again 34 SF 24