Here's another "if": If Mitty had played better during the regular season, they wouldn't have entered the playoffs at 5-5.
But, they did.
There's probably a reason for that.
2017 WCAL - Looking Forward
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Here's another "if": If Mitty had played better during the regular season, they wouldn't have entered the playoffs at 5-5.
But, they did.
There's probably a reason for that.
WCAL Football 2016
How the Top WCAL Teams Rank vs the Best in NorCal
NorCal Football Top 25 Teams - Week 13 - A compilation of the major rankings polls
Thought it'd be fun to post this again as I follow the various rankings/polls which consist mostly of NCP's -Weekly Top 20 along with the SF Chron + Bay Area News Group + Freeman Rankings + MaxPreps + of course NorCalPreps. Now I won't say which particular rankings, but 2 are way off base on selection and ranking, but I'll leave that up to you to figure out [the ones you wouldn't expect to be off]. I follow weekly via Freeman's and find it odd they can be off by so much on several teams. It appears IMO they are looking at all the data, but ignoring some of the data when it comes to specific teams or sections [which if you treated all the teams equally then the various polls should be somewhat similar, right?]. So here are the Rmbr26 Top 25 NorCal Rankings with much help from Freeman's via the computers who have no favorites in ranking the teams -simply their records, who've they've played and scores of all games/teams as well as opponents win/loss records and that of their opponents [pretty hard to argue with that, right?]. I will say that the top 2 are a toss-up as well as 3 & 4 depending on your perspective and of course some teams match up better than others. This is a list which is a complilation of all the other rankings polls with adjustments to attempt to treat them all equally. So here it is with the most important criteria shown along side each team [“Strength of Schedule” & Opponents Overall Win/Loss Records].
These 2 considerations will give fans a good idea of how easy or how tough the road was to each teams record. Ex: an 11-0 team with a SOS rating of 15 and Opponents W-L record of 50-70 should not be as highly ranked as a 9-2 team with a SOS rating of 30 and Opponents W-L record of 70-50 [Make sense?]. So here we go – here are the first 15 teams with the remaining 10 teams to be posted tomorrow Wednesday, 11/23.
Rmbr26 NorCal Top 25 Teams:
Team/Record - “SOS” - Opponents Win-Loss Records
1. Freedom 11-0, [34 + 72-50] One close game w/Pitt & won easily in rematch, no other close games.
2. DLS 10-1 [38 + 80-46] Really close with Freedom ,but a loss & 2 games by 1 score.
3. Folsom 11-1, [30 + 73-59] Just one loss and impressive rest of way.
4. St. Mary’s 11-1 [25 + 76-58] One tough loss to SoCal power John Bosco by 55-16.
5. Pitt 9-2 [37 + 72-50] 2 losses to Freedom, rest of schedule impressive.
6. Elk Grove 11-1 [27 + 74-60] one loss by 2 points.
7.Valley Christian 11-1 [27 + 76-58] only loss to St. Francis in O/T by FG 3-points.
8. Oak Ridge 10-2 [30 = 83-54] 1-point loss to Folsom, lost Reed-NV, beat Del Oro.
9. Del Oro 10-2 [29 + 80-55] loss to Oak Ridge, lost to Folsom 42-7.
10. Serra 8-4 [36 + 91-44] losses St. Mary’s,DLS,Pitt, VC -won last 8, 2 wins over #513 St.Francis.
11. Jesuit 9-3 [34 + 80-56] loss 42-28 Folsom + Elk Grove, Sheldon.
12. Antioch 8-4 [35 + 88-46] loss 28-21 DLS, beats Monte Vista record vs same opponents.
13. Antelope 12-0 [21+ 65-65] weak SOS but win over #632 ranked Grant.
14. Monte Vista 11-1 [19 + 65-67] loss 45-17 DLS, top win over #733 CAL 27-24
15. Grant 8-4 [34 + 80-55] 3 losses to teams ranked under 500, 1 under 1000
How the Top WCAL Teams Rank vs the Best in NorCal
NorCal Football Top 25 Teams - Week 13 - A compilation of the major rankings polls
Thought it'd be fun to post this again as I follow the various rankings/polls which consist mostly of NCP's -Weekly Top 20 along with the SF Chron + Bay Area News Group + Freeman Rankings + MaxPreps + of course NorCalPreps. Now I won't say which particular rankings, but 2 are way off base on selection and ranking, but I'll leave that up to you to figure out [the ones you wouldn't expect to be off]. I follow weekly via Freeman's and find it odd they can be off by so much on several teams. It appears IMO they are looking at all the data, but ignoring some of the data when it comes to specific teams or sections [which if you treated all the teams equally then the various polls should be somewhat similar, right?]. So here are the Rmbr26 Top 25 NorCal Rankings with much help from Freeman's via the computers who have no favorites in ranking the teams -simply their records, who've they've played and scores of all games/teams as well as opponents win/loss records and that of their opponents [pretty hard to argue with that, right?]. I will say that the top 2 are a toss-up as well as 3 & 4 depending on your perspective and of course some teams match up better than others. This is a list which is a complilation of all the other rankings polls with adjustments to attempt to treat them all equally. So here it is with the most important criteria shown along side each team [“Strength of Schedule” & Opponents Overall Win/Loss Records].
These 2 considerations will give fans a good idea of how easy or how tough the road was to each teams record. Ex: an 11-0 team with a SOS rating of 15 and Opponents W-L record of 50-70 should not be as highly ranked as a 9-2 team with a SOS rating of 30 and Opponents W-L record of 70-50 [Make sense?]. So here we go – here are the first 15 teams with the remaining 10 teams to be posted tomorrow Wednesday, 11/23.
Rmbr26 NorCal Top 25 Teams:
Team/Record - “SOS” - Opponents Win-Loss Records
1. Freedom 11-0, [34 + 72-50] One close game w/Pitt & won easily in rematch, no other close games.
2. DLS 10-1 [38 + 80-46] Really close with Freedom ,but a loss & 2 games by 1 score.
3. Folsom 11-1, [30 + 73-59] Just one loss and impressive rest of way.
4. St. Mary’s 11-1 [25 + 76-58] One tough loss to SoCal power John Bosco by 55-16.
5. Pitt 9-2 [37 + 72-50] 2 losses to Freedom, rest of schedule impressive.
6. Elk Grove 11-1 [27 + 74-60] one loss by 2 points.
7.Valley Christian 11-1 [27 + 76-58] only loss to St. Francis in O/T by FG 3-points.
8. Oak Ridge 10-2 [30 = 83-54] 1-point loss to Folsom, lost Reed-NV, beat Del Oro.
9. Del Oro 10-2 [29 + 80-55] loss to Oak Ridge, lost to Folsom 42-7.
10. Serra 8-4 [36 + 91-44] losses St. Mary’s,DLS,Pitt, VC -won last 8, 2 wins over #513 St.Francis.
11. Jesuit 9-3 [34 + 80-56] loss 42-28 Folsom + Elk Grove, Sheldon.
12. Antioch 8-4 [35 + 88-46] loss 28-21 DLS, beats Monte Vista record vs same opponents.
13. Antelope 12-0 [21+ 65-65] weak SOS but win over #632 ranked Grant.
14. Monte Vista 11-1 [19 + 65-67] loss 45-17 DLS, top win over #733 CAL 27-24
15. Grant 8-4 [34 + 80-55] 3 losses to teams ranked under 500, 1 under 1000
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For those of you that are interested in people rankings here are two:
NCP Football Top 20
#1 De La Salle (10-1): Beat Clayton Valley Charter 28-0 Previous Rank: #1
Next up: vs. Freedom December 2 at Dublin HS
#2 St. Mary’s-Stockton (11-1): Beat Pitman 44-7 Previous Rank: #2
Next up: vs. Oak Ridge November 25
#3 Freedom (11-0): Beat Pittsburg 55-25 Previous Rank: #8
Next up: vs. De La Salle December 2 at Dublin HS
#4 Monte Vista (11-1): Beat Heritage 56-28 Previous Rank: #3
Next up: vs. Antioch December 3 at Dublin HS
#5 Folsom (11-1): Beat Sheldon 41-14 Previous Rank: #6
Next up: vs. Elk Grove November 25
#6 Clayton Valley Charter (9-2): Lost to De La Salle 28-0 Previous Rank: #4
Season Complete
#7 Oak Ridge (10-2): Beat Cosumnes Oaks 41-28 Previous Rank: #7
Next up: at St. Mary’s-Stockton November 25
#8 Pittsburg (9-2): Lost to Freedom 55-25 Previous Rank: #9
Season Complete
#9 Valley Christian-San Jose (11-1): Beat Aptos 35-7 Previous Rank: #11
Next up: vs. Palma November 25 at Oak Grove HS
#10 Serra (8-4): Beat St. Francis 31-17 Previous Rank: #12
Next up: vs. Mitty November 25 at Westmont HS
#11 St. Francis-Mountain View (10-2): Lost to Serra 31-17 Previous Rank: #10
Season Complete
#12 Cardinal Newman (10-1): Beat San Marin 56-18 Previous Rank: #13
Next up: vs. Piedmont November 25
#13 Sutter (12-0): Beat West Valley 31-0 Previous Rank: #17
Next up: vs. Lassen November 26
#14 Palma (10-2): Beat Live Oak-Morgan Hill 40-14 Previous Rank: #18
Next up: vs. Valley Christian-San Jose November 25 at Oak Grove HS
#15 Del Oro (10-2): Beat Vacaville 54-13 Previous Rank: #14
Next up: vs. Antelope November 25
#16 Elk Grove (11-1): Beat Turlock 42-19 Previous Rank: NR
Next up: at Folsom November 25
#17 Antelope (12-0): Beat Grant 29-28 Previous Rank: NR
Next up: at Del Oro November 25
#18 Analy (11-1): Beat El Cerrito 42-31 Previous Rank: NR
Next up: vs. Marin Catholic November 25
#19 Bishop O’Dowd (11-1): Beat Encinal 28-0 Previous Rank: NR
Next up: vs. Rancho Cotate November 26
#20 Milpitas (10-2): Beat San Benito 35-28 Previous Rank: NR
Next up: vs. Menlo-Atherton November 25 at Independence HS
Bay Area Preps Top 20
1. De La Salle (10-1)
Last week (No. 1): Beat Clayton Valley Charter 28-0
Up next: Dec. 2 vs. Freedom at Dublin High, 7 p.m.
2. Freedom (11-0)
Last week (No. 2): Beat Pittsburg 55-35
Up next: Dec. 2 vs. De La Salle at Dublin High, 7 p.m.
3. Clayton Valley Charter (9-2)
Last week (No. 3): Lost to De La Salle 28-0
Up next: Season complete.
4. Pittsburg (9-2)
Last week (No. 4): Lost to Freedom 55-35
Up next: Season complete.
5. Monte Vista (11-1)
Last week (No. 5): Beat Heritage 56-28
Up next: Dec. 3 vs. Antioch at Dublin High, 7 p.m.
6. Valley Christian (11-1)
Last week (No. 7): Beat Aptos 35-7
Up next: Friday vs. Palma at Oak Grove High, 7 p.m.
7. Campolindo (8-3)
Last week (No. 9): Beat Redwood 59-28
Up next: Friday vs. Ukiah, 7 p.m.
8. Bishop O’Dowd (11-1)
Last week (No. 10): Beat Encinal 28-0
Up next: Saturday vs. Rancho Cotate, 7 p.m.
9. Serra (8-4)
Last week (No. 11): Beat St. Francis 31-17
Up next: Friday vs. Mitty at Westmont High, 7 p.m.
10. Milpitas (10-2)
Last week (No. 14): Beat San Benito 35-28
Up next: Friday vs. Menlo-Atherton at Independence High, 7 p.m.
11. Antioch (8-4)
Last week (No. 12): Beat California 38-31
Up next: Dec. 3 vs. Monte Vista at Dublin High, 7 p.m.
12. Menlo-Atherton (10-2)
Last week (No. 17): Beat Bellarmine 21-0
Up next: Friday vs. Milpitas at Independence High, 7 p.m.
13. St. Francis (10-2)
Last week (No. 6): Lost to Serra 31-17
Up next: Season complete.
14. California (9-3)
Last week (No. 8): Lost to Antioch 38-31
Up next: Season complete.
15. McClymonds (10-1)
Last week (No. 15): Beat Fremont-Oakland 50-8
Up next: Friday vs. Castlemont at Laney College, 3:15 p.m.
16. Bellarmine (7-5)
Last week (No. 13): Lost to Menlo-Atherton 21-0
Up next: Season complete.
17. Archbishop Mitty (7-5)
Last week (No. 19): Beat Los Gatos 24-7
Up next: Friday vs. Serra at Westmont High, 7 p.m.
18. Miramonte (9-3)
Last week (No. 16): Lost to Marin Catholic 20-18
Up next: Season complete.
19. Oak Grove (8-3)
Last week (unranked): Did not play.
Up next: Season complete.
20. Los Gatos (8-4)
Last week (No. 18): Lost to Mitty 24-7
Up next: Season complete.
NCP Football Top 20
#1 De La Salle (10-1): Beat Clayton Valley Charter 28-0 Previous Rank: #1
Next up: vs. Freedom December 2 at Dublin HS
#2 St. Mary’s-Stockton (11-1): Beat Pitman 44-7 Previous Rank: #2
Next up: vs. Oak Ridge November 25
#3 Freedom (11-0): Beat Pittsburg 55-25 Previous Rank: #8
Next up: vs. De La Salle December 2 at Dublin HS
#4 Monte Vista (11-1): Beat Heritage 56-28 Previous Rank: #3
Next up: vs. Antioch December 3 at Dublin HS
#5 Folsom (11-1): Beat Sheldon 41-14 Previous Rank: #6
Next up: vs. Elk Grove November 25
#6 Clayton Valley Charter (9-2): Lost to De La Salle 28-0 Previous Rank: #4
Season Complete
#7 Oak Ridge (10-2): Beat Cosumnes Oaks 41-28 Previous Rank: #7
Next up: at St. Mary’s-Stockton November 25
#8 Pittsburg (9-2): Lost to Freedom 55-25 Previous Rank: #9
Season Complete
#9 Valley Christian-San Jose (11-1): Beat Aptos 35-7 Previous Rank: #11
Next up: vs. Palma November 25 at Oak Grove HS
#10 Serra (8-4): Beat St. Francis 31-17 Previous Rank: #12
Next up: vs. Mitty November 25 at Westmont HS
#11 St. Francis-Mountain View (10-2): Lost to Serra 31-17 Previous Rank: #10
Season Complete
#12 Cardinal Newman (10-1): Beat San Marin 56-18 Previous Rank: #13
Next up: vs. Piedmont November 25
#13 Sutter (12-0): Beat West Valley 31-0 Previous Rank: #17
Next up: vs. Lassen November 26
#14 Palma (10-2): Beat Live Oak-Morgan Hill 40-14 Previous Rank: #18
Next up: vs. Valley Christian-San Jose November 25 at Oak Grove HS
#15 Del Oro (10-2): Beat Vacaville 54-13 Previous Rank: #14
Next up: vs. Antelope November 25
#16 Elk Grove (11-1): Beat Turlock 42-19 Previous Rank: NR
Next up: at Folsom November 25
#17 Antelope (12-0): Beat Grant 29-28 Previous Rank: NR
Next up: at Del Oro November 25
#18 Analy (11-1): Beat El Cerrito 42-31 Previous Rank: NR
Next up: vs. Marin Catholic November 25
#19 Bishop O’Dowd (11-1): Beat Encinal 28-0 Previous Rank: NR
Next up: vs. Rancho Cotate November 26
#20 Milpitas (10-2): Beat San Benito 35-28 Previous Rank: NR
Next up: vs. Menlo-Atherton November 25 at Independence HS
Bay Area Preps Top 20
1. De La Salle (10-1)
Last week (No. 1): Beat Clayton Valley Charter 28-0
Up next: Dec. 2 vs. Freedom at Dublin High, 7 p.m.
2. Freedom (11-0)
Last week (No. 2): Beat Pittsburg 55-35
Up next: Dec. 2 vs. De La Salle at Dublin High, 7 p.m.
3. Clayton Valley Charter (9-2)
Last week (No. 3): Lost to De La Salle 28-0
Up next: Season complete.
4. Pittsburg (9-2)
Last week (No. 4): Lost to Freedom 55-35
Up next: Season complete.
5. Monte Vista (11-1)
Last week (No. 5): Beat Heritage 56-28
Up next: Dec. 3 vs. Antioch at Dublin High, 7 p.m.
6. Valley Christian (11-1)
Last week (No. 7): Beat Aptos 35-7
Up next: Friday vs. Palma at Oak Grove High, 7 p.m.
7. Campolindo (8-3)
Last week (No. 9): Beat Redwood 59-28
Up next: Friday vs. Ukiah, 7 p.m.
8. Bishop O’Dowd (11-1)
Last week (No. 10): Beat Encinal 28-0
Up next: Saturday vs. Rancho Cotate, 7 p.m.
9. Serra (8-4)
Last week (No. 11): Beat St. Francis 31-17
Up next: Friday vs. Mitty at Westmont High, 7 p.m.
10. Milpitas (10-2)
Last week (No. 14): Beat San Benito 35-28
Up next: Friday vs. Menlo-Atherton at Independence High, 7 p.m.
11. Antioch (8-4)
Last week (No. 12): Beat California 38-31
Up next: Dec. 3 vs. Monte Vista at Dublin High, 7 p.m.
12. Menlo-Atherton (10-2)
Last week (No. 17): Beat Bellarmine 21-0
Up next: Friday vs. Milpitas at Independence High, 7 p.m.
13. St. Francis (10-2)
Last week (No. 6): Lost to Serra 31-17
Up next: Season complete.
14. California (9-3)
Last week (No. 8): Lost to Antioch 38-31
Up next: Season complete.
15. McClymonds (10-1)
Last week (No. 15): Beat Fremont-Oakland 50-8
Up next: Friday vs. Castlemont at Laney College, 3:15 p.m.
16. Bellarmine (7-5)
Last week (No. 13): Lost to Menlo-Atherton 21-0
Up next: Season complete.
17. Archbishop Mitty (7-5)
Last week (No. 19): Beat Los Gatos 24-7
Up next: Friday vs. Serra at Westmont High, 7 p.m.
18. Miramonte (9-3)
Last week (No. 16): Lost to Marin Catholic 20-18
Up next: Season complete.
19. Oak Grove (8-3)
Last week (unranked): Did not play.
Up next: Season complete.
20. Los Gatos (8-4)
Last week (No. 18): Lost to Mitty 24-7
Up next: Season complete.
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* This is a follow up post to the first 15 teams posted on Tuesday and here are the remaining 10 teams to complete the list of Top 25 NorCal teams for week 13 of football 11/21/2016.
WCAL Football 2016
How the Top WCAL Teams Rank vs the Best in NorCal
NorCal Football Top 25 Teams - Week 13 - A compilation of the major rankings polls
So here are the Rmbr26 Top 25 NorCal Rankings with much help from Freeman's via the computers who have no favorites in ranking the teams -simply their records, who've they've played and scores of all games/teams as well as opponents win/loss records and that of their opponents [pretty hard to argue with that, right?]. I will say that the top 2 are a toss-up as well as 3 & 4 depending on your perspective and of course some teams match up better than others. This is a list which is a complilation of all the other rankings polls with adjustments to attempt to treat them all equally. So here it is with the most important criteria shown along side each team [“Strength of Schedule” & Opponents Overall Win/Loss Records].
These 2 considerations will give fans a good idea of how easy or how tough the road was to each teams record. Ex: an 11-0 team with a SOS rating of 15 and Opponents W-L record of 50-70 should not be as highly ranked as a 9-2 team with a SOS rating of 30 and Opponents W-L record of 70-50 [Make sense?].
Rmbr26 NorCal Top 25 Teams:
Team/Record - “SOS” - Opponents Win-Loss Records
1. Freedom 11-0, [34 + 72-50] One close game w/Pitt & won easily in rematch, no other close games.
2. DLS 10-1 [38 + 80-46] Really close with Freedom ,but a loss & 2 games by 1 score.
3. Folsom 11-1, [30 + 73-59] Just one loss and impressive rest of way.
4. St. Mary’s 11-1 [25 + 76-58] One tough loss to SoCal power John Bosco by 55-16.
5. Pitt 9-2 [37 + 72-50] 2 losses to Freedom, rest of schedule impressive.
6. Elk Grove 11-1 [27 + 74-60] one loss by 2 points.
7.Valley Christian 11-1 [27 + 76-58] only loss to St. Francis in O/T by FG 3-points.
8. Oak Ridge 10-2 [30 = 83-54] 1-point loss to Folsom, lost Reed-NV, beat Del Oro.
9. Del Oro 10-2 [29 + 80-55] loss to Oak Ridge, lost to Folsom 42-7.
10. Serra 8-4 [36 + 91-44] losses St. Mary’s,DLS,Pitt, VC -won last 8, 2 wins over #513 St.Francis.
11. Jesuit 9-3 [34 + 80-56] loss 42-28 Folsom + Elk Grove, Sheldon.
12. Antioch 8-4 [35 + 88-46] loss 28-21 DLS, beats Monte Vista record vs same opponents.
13. Antelope 12-0 [21+ 65-65] weak SOS but win over #632 ranked Grant.
14. Monte Vista 11-1 [19 + 65-67] loss 45-17 DLS, top win over #733 CAL 27-24
15. Grant 8-4 [34 + 80-55] 3 losses to teams ranked under 500, 1 under 1000
16. St. Francis 10-2 [28 + 77-57] 2 losses to #10 Serra.
17. CVC 9-2 [27 + 69-52] 2 losses to DLS & Helix.
18. Card Newman 10-1 [16 + 76-49] Only loss to St. Mary's-Stockton
19. Central Catholic 8-4 [29 + 91-43] Tough schedule & 3 losses to top tier teams.
20. Palma 10-2 [15 + 79-56] 10-game win streak since 2 early losses incl. 1-point loss to St. Francis.
21. California 9-3 [26 + 69-63] 3 losses to DLS, MV & Antioch.
22. Menlo-Atherton 10-2 [20 + 67-66] 10-game win streak with 21-0 shut-out of Bellarmine in post season.
23. BOD 11-1 [6 + 61-68] Weak schedule but only loss 43-13 to Freedom.
24. Bellarmine 7-5 [31 + 86-51] All 5 losses to Top 25 teams incl. 2-point loss to Del Oro.
25. Campolindo 8-3 [18 + 69-54] 2 of 3 losses to Valley Christian & CVC.
WCAL Football 2016
How the Top WCAL Teams Rank vs the Best in NorCal
NorCal Football Top 25 Teams - Week 13 - A compilation of the major rankings polls
So here are the Rmbr26 Top 25 NorCal Rankings with much help from Freeman's via the computers who have no favorites in ranking the teams -simply their records, who've they've played and scores of all games/teams as well as opponents win/loss records and that of their opponents [pretty hard to argue with that, right?]. I will say that the top 2 are a toss-up as well as 3 & 4 depending on your perspective and of course some teams match up better than others. This is a list which is a complilation of all the other rankings polls with adjustments to attempt to treat them all equally. So here it is with the most important criteria shown along side each team [“Strength of Schedule” & Opponents Overall Win/Loss Records].
These 2 considerations will give fans a good idea of how easy or how tough the road was to each teams record. Ex: an 11-0 team with a SOS rating of 15 and Opponents W-L record of 50-70 should not be as highly ranked as a 9-2 team with a SOS rating of 30 and Opponents W-L record of 70-50 [Make sense?].
Rmbr26 NorCal Top 25 Teams:
Team/Record - “SOS” - Opponents Win-Loss Records
1. Freedom 11-0, [34 + 72-50] One close game w/Pitt & won easily in rematch, no other close games.
2. DLS 10-1 [38 + 80-46] Really close with Freedom ,but a loss & 2 games by 1 score.
3. Folsom 11-1, [30 + 73-59] Just one loss and impressive rest of way.
4. St. Mary’s 11-1 [25 + 76-58] One tough loss to SoCal power John Bosco by 55-16.
5. Pitt 9-2 [37 + 72-50] 2 losses to Freedom, rest of schedule impressive.
6. Elk Grove 11-1 [27 + 74-60] one loss by 2 points.
7.Valley Christian 11-1 [27 + 76-58] only loss to St. Francis in O/T by FG 3-points.
8. Oak Ridge 10-2 [30 = 83-54] 1-point loss to Folsom, lost Reed-NV, beat Del Oro.
9. Del Oro 10-2 [29 + 80-55] loss to Oak Ridge, lost to Folsom 42-7.
10. Serra 8-4 [36 + 91-44] losses St. Mary’s,DLS,Pitt, VC -won last 8, 2 wins over #513 St.Francis.
11. Jesuit 9-3 [34 + 80-56] loss 42-28 Folsom + Elk Grove, Sheldon.
12. Antioch 8-4 [35 + 88-46] loss 28-21 DLS, beats Monte Vista record vs same opponents.
13. Antelope 12-0 [21+ 65-65] weak SOS but win over #632 ranked Grant.
14. Monte Vista 11-1 [19 + 65-67] loss 45-17 DLS, top win over #733 CAL 27-24
15. Grant 8-4 [34 + 80-55] 3 losses to teams ranked under 500, 1 under 1000
16. St. Francis 10-2 [28 + 77-57] 2 losses to #10 Serra.
17. CVC 9-2 [27 + 69-52] 2 losses to DLS & Helix.
18. Card Newman 10-1 [16 + 76-49] Only loss to St. Mary's-Stockton
19. Central Catholic 8-4 [29 + 91-43] Tough schedule & 3 losses to top tier teams.
20. Palma 10-2 [15 + 79-56] 10-game win streak since 2 early losses incl. 1-point loss to St. Francis.
21. California 9-3 [26 + 69-63] 3 losses to DLS, MV & Antioch.
22. Menlo-Atherton 10-2 [20 + 67-66] 10-game win streak with 21-0 shut-out of Bellarmine in post season.
23. BOD 11-1 [6 + 61-68] Weak schedule but only loss 43-13 to Freedom.
24. Bellarmine 7-5 [31 + 86-51] All 5 losses to Top 25 teams incl. 2-point loss to Del Oro.
25. Campolindo 8-3 [18 + 69-54] 2 of 3 losses to Valley Christian & CVC.
There are 4 games being televised this evening on NFHSnetwork at 7:00 PM which includes:
Serra-Mitty, VC-Palma, MA-Milpitas & HMB-Menlo:
http://www.nfhsnetwork.com/tournament/cif-central-coast-fall-championships/football-ccs
WCAL Football 2016
Projections for Tonite's CCS Championship Games:
Open I Championship - Menlo-Atherton over Milpitas 28-21, MA is on 10-game win streak
Open II Championship - Serra over Mitty 35-21, Serra is on 8-game win streak.
Open III Championship - Valley Christian over Palma 28-13, VC only loss to SF in O/T [Palma lost 8-7 to SF]
Tomorrow Saturday:
IV Championship - Westmont over Soledad 21-19, Westmont is on a 10-game win streak.
V Championship - Menlo over HMB 31-28, Menlo has a 7-game win streak.
Rmbr26 Over/Under Picks:
Take MA & minus-7
Take Serra & minus-14
Take Palma & +15
Take Westmont & minus-2
Take Menlo & minus-3
Projections for Tonite's CCS Championship Games:
Open I Championship - Menlo-Atherton over Milpitas 28-21, MA is on 10-game win streak
Open II Championship - Serra over Mitty 35-21, Serra is on 8-game win streak.
Open III Championship - Valley Christian over Palma 28-13, VC only loss to SF in O/T [Palma lost 8-7 to SF]
Tomorrow Saturday:
IV Championship - Westmont over Soledad 21-19, Westmont is on a 10-game win streak.
V Championship - Menlo over HMB 31-28, Menlo has a 7-game win streak.
Rmbr26 Over/Under Picks:
Take MA & minus-7
Take Serra & minus-14
Take Palma & +15
Take Westmont & minus-2
Take Menlo & minus-3
HMB beat Menlo the first time they played. The Moon is healthy. The Moon has played a tougher schedule. The Moon should be favored. Then again, I had France beating Germany in OT in 1914.
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That was my first thought colhenry, however upon further review I had to go with Menlo taking revenge for the previous in season loss. I root for HMB, but hard to overook the Menlo 7-game streak. I like underdogs, but like win-streaks better. Prove me wrong HMB & Good Luck!
Isaiah Rodriguez caps the Warrior drive off with a 4 yard TD run. PAT is good. VC 14 Palma 3, 7:16 left in 2nd
From VC twitter
From VC twitter
Serra 23-14 with 9-min. in 4th, Serra has committed a lot of penalties, but stopped Mitty 4th & goal from the 1 earlier. Mitty playing very well and giving Serra all they can handle tonite. Have to give Mitty credit as they are really scrappy & doing everything they have to to try to win.
VC nearly gave it away, but defense decided not to let it happen.
Palma's Emilio Martinez had 212 yards and 1 TD. VC d-line seemed was having problems with Palma's zone blocking. Martinez was past the d-line all night and was driving ahead for extra yards. Palma had hard matchup against tall VC Wrs. Kendrick was 5-6 in first half with 101 yards and then cooled off. . Flores had some big plays at WR I though at times VC was very conservative on offense. Seemed a couple times they could have went on 4th down and punted. Palma play calling on offense especially some of the pass calls hurt them. They were in VC territory and instead of keeping with the running game where Martinez was getting at least 3-5 years a carry even after VC adjusted some would do deep drop back passes and QB sacked (good VC pressure though) or they would end up 3rd and deep. Lots of inopportune penalties as well. Was a good game close game though. I am surprised how conservative on play calling Machado is. Seems he's gotten more conservative. VCs Rodriguez and Sturm had a couple nice runs in the first half. Palma for the most part shut down VCs offense in the second half. VC offense reminded me almost like Bells team of a couple years ago....long sustained drives that take 3/4 a quarter. Both teams burn time on the clock.
NorCal - Interesting that Palma RB Emilio Martinez had 212 yards rushing while VC's Javon Sterns & Rodriguez had a combined 178 between them. Prior to game if you told me that I'd think Palma would win the game. Seeing how VC's Miles Kendrick was 7 of 8 for 123 yards I'm guessing that Palma's Martinez didn't get much contribution from any other RB's and Palma's pass game was not productive as well [no game stats posted by Palma or in any write-ups].
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WCAL Football 2016
Serra - CCS Open II Champ
Valley Christian - CCS Open III Champ
So now that we know Mitty is out [Milpitas in] that leaves 2 WCAL teams moving onto regionals along with the WCAL 9th team Palma. VC & Serra finished the CCS ranked #1 & #2 and as tri-champs with St. Francis of the WCAL. Serra's only WCAL loss to VC and VC's only loss to St. Francis with SF losing in league to Serra and also in the semi-final of Open II playoffs.
Currently VC is ranked 30th in state & Serra 35th. Here are the only NorCal teams ranked above these 2 WCAL teams:
#6-Freedom
#8-Folsom
#9-DLS
#10-St. Mary's
#15-Del Oro
#16-Pitt
Does anyone think either Serra or VC will advance past the next round? [Opponents still TBD].
Serra - CCS Open II Champ
Valley Christian - CCS Open III Champ
So now that we know Mitty is out [Milpitas in] that leaves 2 WCAL teams moving onto regionals along with the WCAL 9th team Palma. VC & Serra finished the CCS ranked #1 & #2 and as tri-champs with St. Francis of the WCAL. Serra's only WCAL loss to VC and VC's only loss to St. Francis with SF losing in league to Serra and also in the semi-final of Open II playoffs.
Currently VC is ranked 30th in state & Serra 35th. Here are the only NorCal teams ranked above these 2 WCAL teams:
#6-Freedom
#8-Folsom
#9-DLS
#10-St. Mary's
#15-Del Oro
#16-Pitt
Does anyone think either Serra or VC will advance past the next round? [Opponents still TBD].
WCAL Football 2016
How do Valley Christian & Serra looking moving on to sectional match-ups?
Everyone is looking to the blockbuster games coming up this weekend between the best teams of the NCS & Sac-San Joaquin sections including: DLS vs Freedom, Antioch vs Monte Vista, Bishop O’Dowd vs Marin Catholic, St. Mary’s vs Folsom, Del Oro vs Inderkum, Christian Bros. vs Oakdale among others. Not knowing who VC & Serra will face yet let’s look at how the 2 top teams in the CCS section have performed to date in winning Div. I & II CCS titles.
Valley Christian “Warrior’s” 12-1 #1 ranked team in CCS tied for 1rst place in WCAL with only loss of season in overtime to St. Francis by a field goal 13-10. Went on to win Div. III Championship by 14-10 over a tough Palma team that had won 10 straight games. VC is rated at 51.8 with “SOS” [strength of schedule] rating of 29.9 and all opponent’s records of 89-62. VC for the season averaged 28.7 points per game offense and gave up 11.2 PPG on defense with average margin of victory by +17.5 PPG.
Serra “Padres” 9-4 #2 ranked team in CCS tied for 1rst place in WCAL with VC & SF with only league loss in first game of league play to Valley Christian in a game that went down to the wire by 35-28. Serra handed St. Francis its only 2 defeats of the season winning 41-40 in O/T in league and then convincingly 31-17 in the CCS Div II semi-final. Serra went on to defeat Mitty in the D-II Championship 37-24. Serra is rated just below VC at 50.5 with an SOS of 37.4 and all opponents records of 100-51. Serra for the season averaged 37.3 PPG while allowing 26.9 for margin of victory of 10.3. The season stats however are heavily out of proportion to how Serra ended the season due to its first 4 games. In those 4 games Serra had the toughest schedule in NorCal and played several of the games with limited participation from its QB Leki Nunn and also TC Lavulo Serra’s best player on defense. During those first games Serra lost 63-35 to St. Mary’s, DLS 47-13 and Pitt 48-25 which greatly affects Serra’s overall season stats. Looking at the WCAL league stats with Serra at full strength Serra’s offense improved to 42.7 PPG and Defense improved to allowing 19.5 PPG. The point of the comparison is that Serra is a much different team now than early on in the season. A good example would be the DLS game in which Serra lost 47-13 with Nunn in limited capacity and the 3rd QB soph Luke Bottari taking over. In comparison in recent weeks Monte Vista who had a relatively soft schedule compared to Serra went into the game 10-0 vs DLS and lost 45-17 [nearly the same score as the Serra game]. Clayton Valley [“CVC”] had one close loss to Folsom and went into the DLS game looking to take down DLS only to lose by 28-0 in a shut-out. One other note: Serra led St. Mary’s by 35-28 after Leki Nunn returned the 2nd ½ kickoff before exiting the game [so no Nunn or Lavulo], and Serra went on to lose scoring no other points in the 2nd ½.
What to expect of VC & Serra moving forward: VC is a more one dimensional team who seems to start fast and then grind it out in the 2nd ½ of games. Strong O-line and run game with very limited passing, but a very capable athlete in QB Miles Kendrick who is an efficient clutch player. VC looks terrific at times and a bit sluggish other times. VC will do best against another team who relies primarily on a run game similar to VC [such as Palma]. Not quite sure how VC will do against a team with a good passing game. Serra is a bit more explosive and unpredictable. The Padres are a relatively young team that relies on its 2 senior leaders in Nunn & Lavulo, but also has a good RB in Kendrick and 3 capable and tall WR’s. Serra is capable of scoring points against any team they play and merely a question of how much the Padre defense has improved with the multiple player changes they’ve made since early in the season. No matter who VC & Serra face I would look for the both games to be competitive.
Recent WCAL Teams to make it to Sectional Playoff Games:
2015
Bellarmine over Folsom 42-25
Bells lose in state bowl game by 24-0 to Mission Viejo
St. Francis over Pleasant Valley [Chico] 29-7
SF loses in state bowl game by 23-20 to Citrus Hill
2013
Serra loses to Del Oro 28-20
2012
St. Ignatius loses to Granite Bay 45-17
How do Valley Christian & Serra looking moving on to sectional match-ups?
Everyone is looking to the blockbuster games coming up this weekend between the best teams of the NCS & Sac-San Joaquin sections including: DLS vs Freedom, Antioch vs Monte Vista, Bishop O’Dowd vs Marin Catholic, St. Mary’s vs Folsom, Del Oro vs Inderkum, Christian Bros. vs Oakdale among others. Not knowing who VC & Serra will face yet let’s look at how the 2 top teams in the CCS section have performed to date in winning Div. I & II CCS titles.
Valley Christian “Warrior’s” 12-1 #1 ranked team in CCS tied for 1rst place in WCAL with only loss of season in overtime to St. Francis by a field goal 13-10. Went on to win Div. III Championship by 14-10 over a tough Palma team that had won 10 straight games. VC is rated at 51.8 with “SOS” [strength of schedule] rating of 29.9 and all opponent’s records of 89-62. VC for the season averaged 28.7 points per game offense and gave up 11.2 PPG on defense with average margin of victory by +17.5 PPG.
Serra “Padres” 9-4 #2 ranked team in CCS tied for 1rst place in WCAL with VC & SF with only league loss in first game of league play to Valley Christian in a game that went down to the wire by 35-28. Serra handed St. Francis its only 2 defeats of the season winning 41-40 in O/T in league and then convincingly 31-17 in the CCS Div II semi-final. Serra went on to defeat Mitty in the D-II Championship 37-24. Serra is rated just below VC at 50.5 with an SOS of 37.4 and all opponents records of 100-51. Serra for the season averaged 37.3 PPG while allowing 26.9 for margin of victory of 10.3. The season stats however are heavily out of proportion to how Serra ended the season due to its first 4 games. In those 4 games Serra had the toughest schedule in NorCal and played several of the games with limited participation from its QB Leki Nunn and also TC Lavulo Serra’s best player on defense. During those first games Serra lost 63-35 to St. Mary’s, DLS 47-13 and Pitt 48-25 which greatly affects Serra’s overall season stats. Looking at the WCAL league stats with Serra at full strength Serra’s offense improved to 42.7 PPG and Defense improved to allowing 19.5 PPG. The point of the comparison is that Serra is a much different team now than early on in the season. A good example would be the DLS game in which Serra lost 47-13 with Nunn in limited capacity and the 3rd QB soph Luke Bottari taking over. In comparison in recent weeks Monte Vista who had a relatively soft schedule compared to Serra went into the game 10-0 vs DLS and lost 45-17 [nearly the same score as the Serra game]. Clayton Valley [“CVC”] had one close loss to Folsom and went into the DLS game looking to take down DLS only to lose by 28-0 in a shut-out. One other note: Serra led St. Mary’s by 35-28 after Leki Nunn returned the 2nd ½ kickoff before exiting the game [so no Nunn or Lavulo], and Serra went on to lose scoring no other points in the 2nd ½.
What to expect of VC & Serra moving forward: VC is a more one dimensional team who seems to start fast and then grind it out in the 2nd ½ of games. Strong O-line and run game with very limited passing, but a very capable athlete in QB Miles Kendrick who is an efficient clutch player. VC looks terrific at times and a bit sluggish other times. VC will do best against another team who relies primarily on a run game similar to VC [such as Palma]. Not quite sure how VC will do against a team with a good passing game. Serra is a bit more explosive and unpredictable. The Padres are a relatively young team that relies on its 2 senior leaders in Nunn & Lavulo, but also has a good RB in Kendrick and 3 capable and tall WR’s. Serra is capable of scoring points against any team they play and merely a question of how much the Padre defense has improved with the multiple player changes they’ve made since early in the season. No matter who VC & Serra face I would look for the both games to be competitive.
Recent WCAL Teams to make it to Sectional Playoff Games:
2015
Bellarmine over Folsom 42-25
Bells lose in state bowl game by 24-0 to Mission Viejo
St. Francis over Pleasant Valley [Chico] 29-7
SF loses in state bowl game by 23-20 to Citrus Hill
2013
Serra loses to Del Oro 28-20
2012
St. Ignatius loses to Granite Bay 45-17
Agree colhenry as think MA is one of the hottest CCS teams to finish season and strong in playoffs with shut-outs of 21-0 over Bells [Huh?] and then
17-0 over Milpitas. Some very good athletes down there at MA and Serra has looked a little better each week as well. Serra on 9-game win streak and MA on 11-game win streak [that doesn't happen by accident].
17-0 over Milpitas. Some very good athletes down there at MA and Serra has looked a little better each week as well. Serra on 9-game win streak and MA on 11-game win streak [that doesn't happen by accident].
WCAL Football 2016 – Games Remaining
2016 CIF State Championship Bowl Games Brackets
Divison 2-A
North: Serra (9-4) at Sanger (13-0) – Saturday, Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m.
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DIVISION 2–AA
North: Cardinal Newman (12-1) at Valley Christian (12-1), San Jose – Friday, Dec. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
With losses by other highly ranked teams both Valley Christian & Serra [#1 & 2 in CCS] have crept up in the rankings with VC now ranked #32 and Serra #34 in California. The SF Chron bay area Top 25 came out this morning with 4 WCAL teams ranked: Valley Christian moved up to #6 [1-spot], Serra moved up to #8 [3-spots], St. Francis dropped from #6 to #10 & Mitty previously unranked moved into the rankings at #18. With wins both Serra & VC could obviously move up further in all rankings polls. Serra's previous high ranking was in 2013 when Serra was ranked #30 in state after losing to Del Oro by 28-20 in the sectional playoff.
2016 CIF State Championship Bowl Games Brackets
Divison 2-A
North: Serra (9-4) at Sanger (13-0) – Saturday, Dec. 10 at 7:30 p.m.
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DIVISION 2–AA
North: Cardinal Newman (12-1) at Valley Christian (12-1), San Jose – Friday, Dec. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
With losses by other highly ranked teams both Valley Christian & Serra [#1 & 2 in CCS] have crept up in the rankings with VC now ranked #32 and Serra #34 in California. The SF Chron bay area Top 25 came out this morning with 4 WCAL teams ranked: Valley Christian moved up to #6 [1-spot], Serra moved up to #8 [3-spots], St. Francis dropped from #6 to #10 & Mitty previously unranked moved into the rankings at #18. With wins both Serra & VC could obviously move up further in all rankings polls. Serra's previous high ranking was in 2013 when Serra was ranked #30 in state after losing to Del Oro by 28-20 in the sectional playoff.
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Sorry Defense_Rules - thanks for pointing out as didn't realize there were 2 different Valley Christian schools in Div II games [and just glanced & thought they abbreviated "Bishop O'Dowd"]. My bad! Any predicts for VC-CN Defense?
DIVISION 2–AA
North: Cardinal Newman (12-1) at Valley Christian (12-1), San Jose – Friday, Dec. 9 at 7:30 p.m.
I'll go 17-14 VC. VC will be up 17-7 at half and need one more score to put the game away. Machado will go conservative, CN will score and VC will not. VC's defense will save the day and VC will squeak out the win.
I'm really intrigued by this matchup. I've been interested to know how Cardinal Newman would stack up against WCAL teams. In 1996 they squeeked a win against St. Francis in Mountain View, and I think that was one of their better teams. Albeit St. Francis started off 0-6 that season.
Good luck VC!
Good luck VC!
Cardinal Newman played Valley Christian in 2010 and 2011. They split... 34-0 Valley Christian and 35-28 CN.
Card Newman had a strength of schedule rating of 17.6 while Valley Christian had a rating of 30.0
CN's biggest win was 35-34 over Rohnert Park, but played well in 49-32 loss to St. Mary's
VC's biggest win was 35-28 over Serra & lone loss to St. Francis 13-10 in O/T
VC looks to have the edge, but should be a competitive game
CN's biggest win was 35-34 over Rohnert Park, but played well in 49-32 loss to St. Mary's
VC's biggest win was 35-28 over Serra & lone loss to St. Francis 13-10 in O/T
VC looks to have the edge, but should be a competitive game
I think VC will score around 28-21 points and Newman between 24-14 points. There is room for either team to win it.
