What do you all think of this?
maxpreps rankings for seeds 6-13 as follows:
6. manteca (108)
7. Vista Del Lago (250)
8. Vanden (350)
9. C. Brothers (396)
10. Benicia (357)
11. Central Valley (408)
12. River Valley (201)
13. Yuba City (411)

I know Maxpreps isn't the best ranking, but this shows some of the disparity. Seems River Valley should be seeded higher (I have not seen seeds 6-11 play...has anyone else)?

I think River Valley matches up with Placer pretty well....should be an interesting first round game.

Really interesting article....

https://new.berecruited.com/athlete...llege-athletes-quit-cut-or-get-asked-to-leave

True freshman Izzy Matthews ran for two touchdowns against Wyoming today. He has rushed for 150 yards and 3 TDs this year.

Lassen at 6-4 leap flogged 9-1 Orland to take the #1 seed in the section. Orland's weak schedule has finally caught up to them. Here are the seedings
1. Lassen
2. Orland
3. West Valley
4. Sutter
5. Anderson
6. Corning
7. Oroville
8. Gridley
Sutter and Lassen always schedule up. Sutter plays out of section where as Lassen plays North section D2 teams. Sutter and Lassen also play EC

1. Grant
2. Rocklin
3. Antelope
4. Del Oro
5. Wood
6. Granite Bay
7. Downey
8. Del Campo

Sacred Heart Prep tops Aragon to take co-title in Bay Division

By Terry Bernal San Mateo Daily Journal


Needing a win in Friday’s Peninsula Athletic League Bay Division finale, Sacred Heart Prep wasted no time.

The Gators (4-1 in PAL Bay, 6-3 overall) came out swinging with 28 first-half points en route to earning a PAL Bay Division co-championship with a 52-21 victory Friday at Aragon (1-4, 5-4). Coupled with Burlingame’s 14-0 win over Menlo-Atherton, SHP finishes in a three-way tie for the Bay crown Division with the Panthers (4-1, 8-1) and the Bears (4-1, 5-4).

Senior running back Lapitu Mahoni paced SHP with five touchdowns, running for 188 yards on 19 carries to maintain the rushing lead in the PAL Bay Division. The Gators maintained a balanced attack with quarterback Mason Randall throwing 6-of-10 for 171 yards and a touchdown, with tight end Andrew Daschbach totaling four receptions for 159 yards.

Aragon quarterback Tanner Nguyen was 21-of-31 passing for 260 yards with two TDs and an interception. Sophomore receiver Gabe Campos was his most reliable target with eight catches for 86 yards.

Terra Nova 52, Sequoia 23

The Tigers (2-3, 4-5) gained 472 yards of total offense to cruise at home over Sequoia (0-5, 1-8). Terra Nova quarterback Joey Pledger was 18-of-26 passing for 261 yards and two touchdowns, while running back Saini Saini scored four times on 11 carries for 129 rushing yards. The Tigers totaled three interceptions, with sophomore Brandon Auelua nabbing two.

PAL Ocean Division

Half Moon Bay 50, King’s Academy 40

In a battle for second place in the PAL Ocean Division, Cougars running back Matt Spigelman erupted for four touchdown runs to lead Half Moon Bay (4-1 in PAL Ocean, 8-1 overall) past The King’s Academy (3-2, 7-2) in a slugfest Friday at Half Moon Bay.

The two teams traded first-quarter scores, with TKA taking a 15-14 advantage by benefit of a two-point conversion. But Spigelman ignited a spree of three consecutive Cougars touchdowns in the second quarter with a 5-yard run. He capped the streak with a 1-yard score, then added touchdown runs of 37 and 20 yards in the second half.

TKA quarterback Michael Johnson Jr. was 10-of-20 passing for 223 yards and three touchdowns. Markweese Smith had five receptions for 108 yards and one TD. Sophomore running back Maurice Washington III had 171 rushing yards on 15 carries with three touchdowns, and added a fourth score on a 50-yard scoring reception.

Hillsdale (5-0, 8-1) wrapped up the Ocean Division title Friday with a 34-14 win over Menlo (2-3, 6-3).

South City 23, Woodisde 14

The Warriors (1-4, 3-6) prevailed in a battle to remain in the PAL Ocean Division next season with the win at Woodside. With the loss, the Wildcats (0-5, 4-5) fall to last place in the Ocean, likely sealing their fate to fall to the PAL Lake Division in 2016. South City tailback Eric Kamelamela rushed for 263 yards and two touchdowns. Woodside quarterback Scudder Stockwell was 12-of-23 passing for 202 yards and an interception.

PAL Lake Division

Jefferson 35, Mills 28

The Grizzlies (4-1 in PAL Lake, 7-2 overall) remain mathematically alive in the PAL Lake Division after Friday’s win at Mills (0-4, 3-6).

Quarterback Damari Cual-Davis returned to action after departing Oct. 30 in the fourth quarter of critical loss to Capuchino. The senior regained his form with 347 total yards, including 268 passing yards. Senior receiver Devin Evans had six catches for 113 yards and two TDs, including a 60-yard bomb. Junior running back David Benjamin Jr. had 13 carries for a team-high 165 rushing yards and three touchdowns.

The victory concludes Jefferson’s Lake Division schedule. They are currently a half game back of first-place Capuchino in the standings, with the Mustangs having one more league game remaining this Friday against last-place Mills. The Mustangs (4-0, 5-4) won at home Friday 40-6 over Carlmont (2-3, 3-6).

San Mateo 36, El Camino 12

The Bearcats (3-2, 5-4) scored in every quarter to roll at home Friday over El Camino (1-4, 1-7). San Mateo totaled 439 yards of offense, riding a dual attack out of the backfield. Junior Anthony Perdomo rushed for 160 yards on 16 carries and two touchdowns, while senior Josh Fakava ran for 130 yards on 18 carries and one touchdown. Bearcats quarterback Austin Salvail was 5-of-8 passing for 119 yards and one interception. Junior Senituli Hafoka paced San Mateo with 11 tackles.

Folsom 2017 DE/LB Ariel Ngata has been offered by Washington.

Del oro 17- Granite Bay 14 . Del oro sneaks into playoffs. Could be a tough out for some high seed

anyone with any CCS top ten prediction

I know we will discuss All-League Selections. I always think that conversation before the last game jinxed the health of players, but coaches are never in harms way.(lol)

What are your thoughts per your league....

Just wanted to see where what schools were put, and what the Section Commissioners choices of placement, by these criteria. Could be interesting to see. Oh, and strength of schedule in some cases. Strange that the records aren't posted with the school names in the brackets.

Didn't get nearly enough attention on these threads but what an unbelievable game. I came away thinking that Pittsburg completely threw that game away and major credit to the Pittsburg defense and in turn to Nahjee Harris. Antioch's coaching is completely inept and it shows with Nahjee being asked to carry the ball 40 times when Antioch obviously has talented players on that team. Jordan Parker looked like Deion Sanders against the run and was beat late on a big pass. Beltran had a good game for Antioch on defense and I can't say enough about Charlie Ramirez for Pittsburg. Ramirez was every where for Pittsburg and I see why he is top 50 NorCal recruit at that size. A lot of great football players on the field today. If Montez Thompson holds on to the ball all game then Pittsburg wins by three touchdowns. Antioch will not make it to the NCS title game and even if they do, De La Salle will beat them 63-7

Take it with a gigantic grain of salt, or better yet just wait 'til the actual brackets are posted at the NCS website.

The show was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy off when it announced the D5 matchups, sending me scrambling to Google News to see if Berean Christian had forfeited a bunch of games very recently after hearing that they went 5-5 when in fact they went 9-1 and got seeded 7th when they should be 1 or 2. They hadn't; the show goofed and had almost every game and location incorrect. The official bracket has them at #1 and 9-1.

So, I turned off the webcast and will wait to see what the seedings actually are.

Here are the games for this week. Picks are due by 7:00 PM

Oakdale at Central Catholic (Game of the Week)
St. Mary's-Stockton at Lincoln-Stockton
Orestimba at Gustine
Granite Bay at Del Oro
Wood at Vacaville
Vista del Lago vs. Christian Brothers
Amador Valley at Foothill
Antioch at Pittsburg
Palma vs. San Benito
Valley Christian vs. Bellarmine

Preview - https://norcalpreps.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1821287

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/sports/4646871-181/benefield-why-other-coaches-dont?gallery=4627906
Found this in the PdPreps today. Interesting to say the least.

Ponderosa/JBS small forward Danielle Craft has committed to Weber State.

Lincoln gets on the board first from a rushing TD from Ronald Walker. They lead SMS 7-0 near the end of Q1.

Any thoughts on this? Don't know how I feel about Gabbert...

Anybody seen him play at Pitt?That kid was a youth football phenom,wondering about his impact fir the Pitt varsity

The GURU's suggestion.....

1) Let EVERY team play in their proper Norcal division....
2) play the games out until we have a Norcal winner at each level.
3) THEN have all the section commissioners sit down and choose 1 representative
from the 5 Norcal winners to represent the North as their OPEN champion.
4) The runner up from the division takes the place in the state title game
of the OPEN game participant.
5) Do the same in the south.

What will this do?
1) It will keep teams from tanking their sections to avoid the open.
2) It will give the borderline teams that get thrown into the open a chance at a state run.

I'm sure a southern section team like TROY would love this format..as they keep getting thrown into the OPEN division despite NEVER winning a section title in their school history.

Or how about Miramonte who is never going to win a state title despite being a top 5 team in the state the last 2-3 yrs. I'm sure there are other examples I am missing.

That's my open plan.....

and let the criticism commence...lol

Sacred Heart Prep earned a share of the PAL Bay Division football title with a 52-21 romp over host Aragon on Friday night. The Gators (4-1, 6-3) moved into a three-way tie for first place following Burlingame's 14-0 win over Menlo-Atherton. All three teams finished 4-1 in league play with one nonleague game remaining for each.

Senior running back Lapitu Mahoni carried 16 times for 188 yards and scored five touchdowns with fellow senior Andrew Daschbach catching four passes for 159 yards, including a 47-yard touchdown from senior quarterback Mason Randall. Daschbach now has 410 receiving yards on 16 catches with four TDs in his past two games

PAL Bay Division Game

Sacred Heart Prep 21 7 21 3 -- 52
Aragon 7 7 0 7 -- 21SHP -- Mahoni 19 run (Larson kick)
Aragon -- unavailable
SHP -- Moimoi 7 run (Larson kick)
SHP -- Mahoni 6 run (Larson kick)
Aragon -- unavailable
SHP -- Mahoni 1 run (Larson kick)
SHP -- Mahoni 35 run (Larson kick)
SHP -- Daschbach 47 pass from Randall (Larson kick)
SHP -- Mahoni 34 run (Larson kick)
SHP -- FG Larson 31

Records: Sacred Heart Prep 4-1 (6-3); Aragon 1-4 (5-4)

Alhambra got off to a fast start as McCart struck from seven yards out, followed by a 63 yard pass from Elliot to Beck and a 13 yard pass to #1 in the first quarter.....In the Second quarter McCart struck again, this time on three yard run and two FG's were attempted in the second quarter, the first one failed due to a bad snap and the second was on the money from 12 yards out.....
From here on in starting the second half, the Bulldogs began subbing and the offense went no where and the defense was having a hard time stopping Las Lomas and in the process, giving up a 52 yard TD dash and just a little earlier, a 42 yard scamper for a long first down...
Now Las Lomas out gained Alhambra on the ground 219 to 157 with most coming in the second half....The Bulldogs were their own enemy again with nine penalties for 85 yards, some at the worst possible time. While Las Lomas was not far behind with seven penalties for 60 yards...Alhambra and Las Lomas both racked up 12 first downs,, both teams never fumbled and Las Lomas intercepted Alhambra once...Las Lomas punted three times while Alhambra punted four times.
Alhambra thru 18 passes for 171 yards but hit on only 11 while Las Lomas went to the air 32 times, hit on 16 for 111 yards......Alhambra could have taken revenge for last years 49-0 loss and really racked up the score, but instead, subbed in the second half and let Las Lomas ruff up the sub.s

The Jv game was a forfeit by Las Lomas as they could not field a team..
The Varsity
Alhambra.....21.....10.....00.....00.....31
Las Lomas...00.....00.....00.....06.....06

I know that this is primarily a varsity web site but I would like to acknowledge Sutter's JV team. Last night was the end to another very successful JV football season for Sutter High. They finished 10-0. The final tally was 371 points scored and the Defense allowed 19. The defense allowed zero rushing TDs on the season. There were 2 Kick returns against them bringing the total to 33 points against. In league play Sutter's defense only allowed 5 first downs total. They had shut out wins over El Cerrito (42-0), Palma (27-0), Oroville (52-0), Gridley (52-0), Orland (26-0) and Wheatland (61-0). Since 2010 The Sutter JVs are 56-4. And 29-1 since 2013. I don't have the exact number but since 2001 the wins are well over 130. Would love to hear of other JV programs out there. Just a little change of pace from all the well deserved varsity talk on here

By Mitch Stephens

It was just another ho-hum Friday in the West Catholic Athletic League.

League co-leaders Bellarmine and St. Francis, each on the brink of defeat, pulled out last-minute victories in what might be Northern California’s most competitive league.

Troy Martig completed a 15-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Macauley with 24 seconds to play to lift sixth-ranked Bellarmine (8-1, 5-1 WCAL) to a 24-21 win over No. 8 Valley Christian at San Jose City College.

Valley Christian (7-2, 4-2) had fought back from a 14-0 deficit to take its first lead on an 8-yard run by Morian Walker Jr. with 51 seconds left. But Bellarmine, which had already earned last-minute wins over St. Francis (28-26), Mitty (35-28) and Del Oro-Loomis (31-28), drove downfield again for a victory.

Martig’s winning touchdown pass to Macauley came at about the same time St. Francis quarterback Kamalii Akina completed a 24-yard pass to Bennett Williams with 46 seconds left to lift the seventh-ranked Lancers (8-1, 5-1) to a 14-13 win over 15th-ranked Mitty (5-4, 2-4).

Host Mitty led 6-0 at halftime and 13-0 after a 25-yard run by Blake Flovin midway through the third quarter. But St. Francis cut its deficit to 13-7 on a 19-yard touchdown run by Cyrus Habibi-Likio (118 total yards) near the end of the third quarter.

That set up the late heroics from Akina to Williams for St. Francis, which last week pulled out a 43-42 win over visiting Serra. Akina completed four passes on the winning 81-yard drive. Courtney Ogren kicked the go-ahead extra point.

In WCAL finales, Bellarmine hosts St. Ignatius (1-7) at San Jose City College next week, while St. Francis travels to face Riordan (6-2).

In the Bellarmine win, two rushing touchdowns by Antonio Garcia put the Bells up 14-0. Javon Sturns cut the lead in half with a 1-yard run, but Cole Bunce’s 31-yard field goal made it 17-7 Bellarmine at the end of the third quarter.

That’s when Valley Christian woke up, especially on the defensive side. Walker’s touchdown run cut the Bellarmine lead to 17-14 before his second TD gave the Warriors a 21-17 edge.

#1 De La Salle-Concord 56, #25 California-San Ramon 0: Anthony Sweeney threw touchdown passes to Devin Asiasi (33 yards), Jonathan Harvey (39) and Isaiah Randle (12) and ran for another score, all in the first half, as the nation’s No. 16 team (9-1) took a 49-0 halftime lead in Concord. Seven players scored in the first half for De La Salle, including Antoine Carter on a 30-yard run, sophomore Kairee Robinson on a 9-yard run and Andrew Hernandez on a 5-yard jaunt. By halftime, De La Salle had 351 yards to 23 for California (6-4), which didn’t have a first down. De La Salle’s first-string defense hasn’t allowed a touchdown since Week 2. It was the Spartans’ third shutout.

#3 Foothill-Pleasanton 35, #18 Amador Valley-Pleasanton 7: In a battle for the East Bay Athletic League title, Isaiah Floyd rushed for three first-half touchdowns to lead the host Falcons (10-0, 6-0) past the Dons (7-3, 4-2). Floyd scored on runs of 1, 5 and 2 yards and Cash Connolly added a 1-yard TD plunge as Foothill took a 28-0 halftime lead.

Other game:
Jake Haener threw for 318 yards and Albert Smith scored five touchdowns as No. 16 Monte Vista-Danville (7-3, 4-2 EBAL) rallied from a 20-0 first-half deficit to beat host San Ramon Valley-Danville 42-27. Monte Vista scored 21 points in a 3:26 span bridging the two halves, taking the lead for good on the third play of second half. Smith rushed for 138 yards and four TDs. He also caught seven passes for 58 yards and one more score. San Ramon Valley (3-7, 2-4) was led by Colin Clancy’s 154 rushing yards. …