10. Monterey Trail
9. Orland
8. Sutter
7. Cardinal Newman
6. Rocklin
5. St. Francis
4. Soquel 27-24
3. Casa Grande
2. Riordan
1. Wheatland

I made a post about this matter that was deleted so I’ll try to word it a bit “softer” and repost…

Hey, Good for the kids and their families! I’ve said for the longest that these coaches need the kids far, far, FAR more than the kids need them in terms of playing good football and winning games. As a result all 5 of the boys and their new programs seem to be playoff bound with 4 of 5 now being at their home schools. More than half of them, at schools who rarely see the playoffs to begin with. Capuchino, Mt. Diablo and Jefferson and now we are seeing what those schools and their coaches could actually do when their communities aren’t raided of their talent by the privates and that’s a good thing!

My hope is that people will see this for what it is and begin the swing back to the public schools they’re zoned to.

Monterey trail
Orland
Sutter
St Francis
Riordan
Rocklin
Salinas
Casa grande
Oakmont
Marin Catholic

Streak One said:

Good note on the Riordan Alumni now at Serra. That is the most intriguing WCAL of the week for me. Can Serra's offense keep up with Riordan's offense OR will it be that Riordan's offense can't outpace their defense?

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Langridge family are All Serra ,

10 Monterey Trail
9 Orland
8 Sutter
7 Serra
6 St. Francis
5 Casa Grande
4 Rocklin
3 Salinas (24-21)
2 Oakmont
1 Cardinal Newman

olumann said:

24/25 Season my top10 players in alphabetical order to watch1

• Alec Blair- De La Salle
• Alvin Loving- Salesian
• Andrew Hilman- Riordan
• Anthony Moore- Lincoln
• Elias Obenyah – Salesian
• Elijah Perryman- Clayton
• Gavin Sykes- Modesto
• Jalen Stokes – DV
• Jasir Rencher – Riordan
• Semetri Carr – Redwood

Top 10 Teams to Watch

• De La Salle
• Riordan
• Salesian
• Modesto
• Dougherty Valley
• Lincoln Stockton
• Mitty
• San Ramon
• Oakland Tech
• Inderkum

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Good list! I think this shapes up to be a pretty good year for boys basketball. A lot of the top players are on teams that will be in the Open mix

ArmchairGOAT said:

Pretty good matchups as the WCAL winds down to its final 2 games:

• SI @ SHC (Kezar Stadium). It's the "Bruce"! Anything can happen!
• St. Francis @ Valley Christian. WCAL title implications on Skyway Drive.
• Mitty @ Bellarmine The Bells seek their first win of the season over their San Jose rival
• Serra @ Riordan Should be a packed house on Alumni day. Interesting note: Starting in 2000 - former coaches (Peralta and Langridge) and former player (Darius Bell) have multiple wins each over the Padres. They are all now at Serra.

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Good note on the Riordan Alumni now at Serra. That is the most intriguing WCAL of the week for me. Can Serra's offense keep up with Riordan's offense OR will it be that Riordan's offense can't outpace their defense?

FBAddict said:

Good choice - but I would have said the say thing if it had been CN@MC

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Makes things easy when both answers are correct

observer22 said:

Streak, you may have to resort to ranked choice voting in the future to break these ties. 😉

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I usually don't vote on the chance a tie comes up.

That was fast -- now we would need four more to get to 104 teams.

ClayK said:

The guess is, counting Brazil, she's already had four years of high school. But that's just a guess.

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That makes sense. Her FIBA profile lists her as turning 19 in December.

10. Monterey trail
9. St Francis 35-17
8. American canyon
7. Salinas
6. Orland
5. Sutter
4. Wheatland
3. Marin Catholic 21-14
2. Serra 33-19
1. Rocklin 28-27

This simply has nothing to do with coaching, rather not having the talent to compete. Maybe a move to the BVAL Mount Hamilton is on the horizon.

larry legend33 said:

Speaking of the folsom rule.... It comes to bite them this year right?
Here is how I see the rest of year playing out.
Folsom will run the table the rest of the way winning league, SJS D1, and then end up playing maybe a Pitt in the Norcal champ? Folsom will then play in the everybody gets a trophy D1aa game which has been Folsom motto. The loss to Serra basically ruined their season.
DLS will run the table and win Open D1 NCS and get bid to OPEN State Champ in which MD will lay a punishment like never seen before.

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I agree with most of your post except that MD will lay punishment like never seen before. DLS will lose and with no doubt but Serra has had three running clocks in a row. We have definitely seen worse punishment then we will see this year with what is DLS best team in recent years. IMO they will put up a better fight then Serra has the last three years.

Taissa committed to North Carolina, and appears to be headed over there in January.

Norcalguy111 said:

2028 Landon Miller from DLS is a monster athlete and he’s from the Brentwood Discovery bay area. He’ll be a top recruit in Nor Cal mark my words. Yeah a lot of top talent in the city leaves for better programs.

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Exceeded my expectations already

Cal 14 said:

there is no real possibility of a Open regional game returning due to the SoCal structure and the fact that you can't have different rules for the two regions

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HA!…. You say this all the time and it’s Completely Untrue…..

Not 1 Section in So Cal has the Janky “Open” Brackets like the NCS and CCS have in the Nor Cal Region so that proves the Regions don’t have to operate the same way……

The only “Open” in So Cal is in San Diego where the top 4 teams play and there is no Loser moves on format like in Nor Cal so absolutely BS that Nor Cal can’t change their rules…. They do it all the time….

If all the Nor Cal Sections agreed to have an Open Play in game in Nor Cal, no one in So Cal would care or Vote against it….

It’s the Nor Cal Sections that prevent a Nor Cal Open Championship game because the “Theory” behind it is the “Second best team in Nor Cal” would go home (Folsom Rule) and there are less opportunities for the sections to place teams in SBG’s…..

That is the Reality of it…. 🤣

RLS13 said:

Fri 11/01 Carmel (CA) at Greenfield (CA), 7:30pm -Greenfield has been a little bit of a disappointment this year. I did not think they would win, just thought they would be more competitive. Still like what I ma seeing with the large turnout for the program. Carmel 48-14

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Actually- In defense of Greenfield- they have been competitive in most all of their games- just not enough offense to get over the hump. They probably wont be competitive this Friday against Carmel!

parkdale said:

I have heard the "Folsom Rule" mentioned many times. Help a SoCal brother out ... what is the Folsom Rule?

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Here is the History….

After 2 monumental beat downs at the hands of DLS and in fear of facing a 3rd and their All American QB not making it to a state Bowl game Folsom set out to Change the Open play in rule….

Folsom Fans, Coaches and Administrators wrote letters, placed phone calls to the SJS section commissioner crying that it was “Unfair” that Nor Cal teams had to play Big Bad DLS to go to a state bowl game…..

So Folsom then presented a plan to the commissioner to change the rule and they were “Instutmental” and a “Delight To Work With” according to the SJS commissioner in coming up with “Alternative Solutions” so the “Second Best Team In Nor Cal” would not be sent home at the hands of DLS….

The SJS commissioner presented this idiotic plan to all the sections and they all agreed that no one wanted their season ended at the hands or DLS except for of course the poor old NCS….

And So Cal Didn’t care because all their Best teams were already in a playoff Bracket together in Southern Section D1….

So that’s why the elimination of the Open Play in game is referred to as The Folsom Rule, it was all discussed in an article that was posted on this board several times, with interviews and quotes form all the parties…..

The Irony of this is it has screwed Folsom because they may have had at least 4 or 5 cracks at an Open Play in game and Being the True Champion of Nor Cal over the years had the game not been eliminated….

But hey, at the Time Folsom was just fine Thumping their Chests and Throwing Parades over D1AA State Bowl game wins like they actually won some kind of Championship….. All the while never having to play any type of Top Competition for their So Called “State Championship’s”…. 🤣

Pretty good matchups as the WCAL winds down to its final 2 games:

• SI @ SHC (Kezar Stadium). It's the "Bruce"! Anything can happen!
• St. Francis @ Valley Christian. WCAL title implications on Skyway Drive.
• Mitty @ Bellarmine The Bells seek their first win of the season over their San Jose rival
• Serra @ Riordan Should be a packed house on Alumni day. Interesting note: Starting in 2000 - former coaches (Peralta and Langridge) and former player (Darius Bell) have multiple wins each over the Padres. They are all now at Serra.

The guess is, counting Brazil, she's already had four years of high school. But that's just a guess.

Taissa Quieroz will not be playing for Cardinal Newman this season. She must have transferred but I have not heard the story. Sorry.

10. Serra at Riordan
9. Sutter at Casa Roble
8. Corning at Orland
7. Oak Ridge at Rocklin
6. Oakmont at Wheatland
5. Monterey Trail at Elk Grove
4. Soquel at Salinas (28-20)
3. Casa Grande at American Canyon
2. Cardinal Newman at Marin Catholic
1. St. Francis at Valley Christian

Relly900 said:

Yep It's gonna be a st Bonaventure type again

Cause sierra canyon or Lincoln can test them

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St. Bonny tested Folsom last year as the Bulldogs pulled off a last minute comeback.

larry legend33 said:

I was kidding but the punishment might be worse this year given MD seems to be even better than ever.
SFL is down but I don't think Folsom gets tested at all by anybody rest of year including the north champ and south bowl given they will get put in with the next tier teams.

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Yep It's gonna be a st Bonaventure type again

Cause sierra canyon or Lincoln can test them