After much bracket pondering, I went for Cardinal Newman at American Canyon.

More later…. My pizza has arrived. 🙂🙂

It's never too early ...

When are the SJS brackets announced?

Interesting scenario for Elk Grove. Win the coin toss against Sheldon (who tied for the Delta title) and they are in Division I. They lost it and will stay in Division II

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The Central Coast Section meets today for the Open, D1-DV seedings. Based on last night's results, here are my CCS Open Seeding projections:
CCS Open

1. Mitty
2. Sacred Heart Prep
3. Riordan
4. St. Ignatius
5. Serra
6. St. Francis
7. Santa Cruz
8. Bellarmine

Regarding the CCS Open Pool Play format the pools would look like this, with higher seed the home team:
Pool A
1. Mitty
4. St. Ignatius
5. Serra
8. Bellarmine

Pool B
2. Sacred Heart Prep
3. Riordan
6. St. Francis
7. Santa Cruz

What first or second round matchups are you guys excited about?

Division I

#1 Dougherty Valley beat #16 Antioch 84-52

#9 Mt. Eden beat #8 Berkeley 59-51

#4 Liberty beat #13 Irvington 64-37

#5 Moreau Catholic beat #12 Castro Valley 70-33

#2 Clayton Valley Charter beat #15 Heritage 46-23

#10 Foothill beat #7 Amador Valley 55-33

#3 Bishop O'Dowd beat #14 Logan 73-38

#11 Monte Vista beat #6 California 65-62



Quarterfinals on February 18: #9 Mt. Eden at #1 Dougherty Valley; #5 Moreau Catholic at #4 Liberty; #10 Foothill at #2 Clayton Vally Charter; #11 Monte Vista at #3 Bishop O'Dowd



Division III

#1 St. Patrick-St. Vincent beat #16 Kennedy-Fremont 67-48

#8 Sonoma Valley beat #9 Alhambra 55-47

#4 Archie Williams beat #13 Rancho Cotate 76-38

#12 Hayward beat #5 Pinole Valley 63-54

#2 Branson beat #15 Novato 54-39

#7 West County beat #10 Albany 53-45

#3 Piedmont beat #14 San Rafael 74-45

#11 Encinal beat #6 Piner 48-44



Quarterfinals on February 18: #8 Sonoma Valley at #1 St. Patrick-St. Vincent; #12 Hayward at #4 Archie Williams; #7 West County at #2 Branson; #11 Encinal at #3 Piedmont



Division V

#1 Cloverdale beat #16 Upper Lake 87-62

#8 St. Vincent beat #9 Technology 49-42

#4 Urban beat #13 Berean Christian 54-37

#5 International beat #12 St. Helena 51-38

#2 Head-Royce beat #15 Drew 63-36

#7 Marin Academy beat #10 Sonoma Academy 49-39

#3 Athenian beat #14 Redwood Christian 78-56

#6 Clear Lake beat #11 Cornerstone Christian 63-52



Quarterfinals on February 18: #8 St. Vincent at #1 Cloverdale; #5 International at #4 Urban; #7 Marin Academy at #2 Head-Royce; #6 Clear Lake at #3 Athenian

Division I

#1 Monte Vista beat #16 Irvington 84-18

#9 Castro Valley beat #8 Amador Valley 54-38

#13 Clayton Valley Charter beat #4 Freedom 57-41

#12 Dublin beat #5 Granada 51-32

#2 Logan beat #15 Pittsburg 85-27

#10 Miramonte beat #7 Mission San Jose 59-38

#3 San Leandro beat #14 Liberty 58-35

#6 American beat #11 California 50-49



Quarterfinals on February 18: #9 Castro Valley at #1 Monte Vista; #13 Clayton Valley Charter at #12 Dublin; #10 Miramonte at #2 Logan (Saturday); #6 American at #3 San Leandro



Division III

#1 Moreau Catholic beat #16 Albany 70-8

#8 St. Patrick-St. Vincent beat #9 American Canyon 65-39

#4 San Marin beat #13 Campolindo 48-25

#5 Carrillo beat #12 Encinal 53-35

#2 West County beat #15 Hercules 67-37

#10 Archie Williams beat #7 Eureka 65-68

#3 Pinole Valley beat #14 San Rafael 63-21

#6 Alhambra beat #11 Piner 63-35



Quarterfinals on February 18: #8 St. Patrick-St. Vincent at #1 Moreau Catholic; #5 Carrillo at #4 San Marin; #10 Archie Williams at #2 West County; #6 Alhambra at #3 Pinole Valley



Division V

#1 Mt. Diablo beat #18 Hoopa Valley 63-41

#8 Marin Academy beat #9 International 43-19

#4 Berean Christian beat #13 Willits 65-41

#5 Univeristy beat #12 Fremont Christian 77-46

#2 Branson beat #15 Bay School 2-0

#7 Upper Lake beat #10 Clear Lake 61-44

#3 San Domenico beat #14 Sonoma Academy 46-8

#6 Head-Royce beat #11 Redwood Christian 58-26



Quarterfinals at February 18: #8 Marin Academy at #1 Mt. Diablo; #5 University at #4 Berean Christian; #7 Upper Lake at #2 Branson; #6 Head-Royce at #3 San Domenico

The brackets are up

Bay Area -

1) Campo
2) De La Salle
3) Serra
4) Bellarmine
5) Riordan
6) Dublin
7) Salesian
8) SHP Atherton
9) St. Ignatius
10) Oakland tech/ Dougherty/ Mitty

SJS-

1) Sheldon
2) Modesto Christian
3) Inderkum
4) Grant
5) Elk Grove
6) Ponderosa
7) Folsom
8) Vanden
9) Lincoln stk
10) Weston Ranch/ Burbank/ Edison

Who you like and where?

2022 Archie Williams forward Will Heimbrodt has had a strong senior season and helped the Peregrine Falcons reach the MCAL championship game this past week.

At 6-foot-7, he can play out on the perimeter and is effective catching the ball on the move and finishing on drives. He also has a good shooting touch.

His length is an asset on defense getting into passing lanes and protecting the rim.

Coming into the season, Heimbrodt came into the season ranked No. 35 in the 2022 class rankings.

That’s Miramonte’s gym…. One of my favorites around here.

On the floor right now, the frosh game is in mid-first quarter. Mats lead 5-4, but a Coug is at the FT line. And now it’s 5-all.

Last time these two freshman teams met, the Cougs came away with a 41-31 win.

Who will be the 6 teams selected for the Open bracket? Who will be the top 4 seeds in D1? I've got...

Open:
1. SRV
2. Carondelet
3. Salesian
4. Cardinal Newman
5. Bishop O'dowd
6. Heritage

D1:
1. Monte Vista
2. San Leandro
3. James Logan
4. American

i just seen a commercial for a tv series and saw de la salle on it.

OR up 40-35 with 2 min left. Can they hold on!

Has the criteria to qualify for NCS change for this year?

Unless you'er a San Ramon, Carondelet, BOD, or other annual power, by the look of how the seedings went, all you have to do is win games. The selection committee basis wins a lot more than the overall picture. There are a number of teams that have a good record (15+ wins) and a strength of schedule of 2 and below, getting home games and high seeds over teams that are 11-12 wins and 6-10 losses with BETTER strength of schedule and better wins overall. I know it's not a perfect system by any means, but when you have lazy committee members just go off records and not utilizing Maxpreps as a tool, there's a problem.


you can't make this stuff up! In d3 it was more balanced than in any other division. it's almost like they wanna get out of there so quickly that they don't look at the entire body of work for teams. I imagine it'd be frustrating for a lot of teams. To get a high seed, teams should go out and schedule creme puff teams and get a high w/l record. Will guarantee you a top 4 seed.

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/artic...GxNeQyzmzPnzXOvSEnFmBfv6W81uxa8mrRZoJe6i5cT5c

Looks like all Marin, Sonoma, and Napa schools will be included. This is a good move. I may not be on board for full competitive equity for playoff divisions (makes things tough for small/medium public’s specifically) for league play this is great.