2019-20 WCAL Hoops Wrap Up/2020-21 Outlook
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I'm a Giants fan in baseball, so I'm feeling your sentiments 1000%. As for O'Dowd, I'm also an old C.A.L. alum from a rival school but my dislike for them is in good fun, but serious. Still don't like them to this very day
If anything, players will choose SHC. Riordan doesn't have much of a history with girls hoops. Can't wait to see the Irish clobber the New Skippers.
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Just watched the DeLaSalle-Campolindo game. I'm not going to lie, I've been pretty critical of Riordan...
The way Riordan had finally put things together, they would have handled the Spartans last Saturday, setting up an epic rematch with Campo.
Pretty tough pill to swallow for Riordan, but they have a solid core coming back. Congratulations Campo!
The way Riordan had finally put things together, they would have handled the Spartans last Saturday, setting up an epic rematch with Campo.
Pretty tough pill to swallow for Riordan, but they have a solid core coming back. Congratulations Campo!
Solid Core coming back? Not to be negative but they are losing Jelani and Bryce...Riny..Dom..Nagot....Riordan has a long rebuild ahead of them, and that is if Mor stays and doesn't get scooped up this summer on the AAU circuit by a prep school.
This was Riordan's best shot....and with the way schools like Mitty and Bellarmine are re-stocking or keeping their talent....it's going to be really hard for Riordan to duplicate the season they had this year.
I do not disagree that this was Riordan's best shot in years for a State Title. The Crusaders were talented and deep! JeLani and Bryce come along once in a generation and will be hard to replace. I don't go off of hearsay and rumors, but looking at how this roster currently stands, Riordan returns 3 players who started most if not all its games - 7-1 Seck, 6-7 Vaihola and 6-1 Hubbard. Quanico came off the bench. 3 juniors, 2 sophs and one frosh returns (Barer, Avalos and Arenas) who were listed on the post season varsity roster. If I am not mistaken, it was posted that Riordan's A's went undefeated for the entire year. The Frosh B's took the WCAL title, too. The JV record was not too good, but chalk that up to having a 7 ft soph on the varsity. Other Riordan supporters have also said the future is bright. Other than Mitty and St. Francis, who has more than 3 varsity players returning that made an impact? Mitty, Riordan, St. Francis, Bellarmine will once again be in the mix next year. SI and possibly VC could also be making a run...
Before I close out this thread for the season, I thought I would post final standings/records and a snapshot of returning players and league projection for the 2020-21 year. I welcome everyone's "passionate" input. Lol! I am assuming rosters stay as is - meaning no transfers. I'll chime in after the Summer as well as Fall. It's been a great year for the WCAL and hope Coach Monroe keeps us posted on Bryce's college career. All the best to the Seniors as they continue their journey! Be well everyone!
Final WCAL Standings/Records
1. Bellarmine 11-3; 23-5
2020 Lower Level WCAL Champions
(League; Overall Records)
Final WCAL Standings/Records
1. Bellarmine 11-3; 23-5
WCAL Tri-Champ; CCS Open Runner-up; NorCal Open Quarter-finalist
1. Archbishop Mitty 11-3; 23-5WCAL Tri-Champ; CCS Open Champ; NorCal Open Semi-finalist
1. Archbishop Riordan 11-3; 23-5WCAL Tri-Champ; CCS Open Qtr-final; NorCal D1 Semi (Withdrew)
4. Junipero Serra 9-5; 18-9CCS Open Qtr-final; NorCal DI First Rd
5. Saint Francis 6-8; 15-12CCS Open Semi-finalist; NorCal D2 First Rd
6. Sacred Heart Cathedral 4-10; 12-17CCS DIII Runner-up; NorCal DIII Qtr-finalist
7. Saint Ignatius 3-11; 12-17CCS DIII Champs; NorCal DIII Qtr-finalist
8. Valley Christian 1-13; 9-16CCS DII Quarter-finalist
2020 Lower Level WCAL Champions
(League; Overall Records)
- Junior Varsity - Bellarmine Bells (14-0; 22-1)
- Frosh A's - Archbishop Riordan Crusaders (14-0; 21-0 !)
- Frosh B's - Archbishop Riordan Crusaders (12-2; 19-2)
- Mitty - 7 Returning - starters 6-9 Bhandal, 6-6 Burris, 6-2 Mitchell
- Riordan - 7 returning - starters 7-1 Seck; 6-7 Vaihola, 6-1 Hubbard
- Bellarmine - 10 returning - starters 6-9 Kiachian; 6-4 Wolf-Bloom
- St. Francis - 9 returning - starters 6-1 Banks; 6-2 Kerr
- St. Ignatius - 8 returning - starters 6-1 Wilhite; 6-6 Jew
- Serra - 8 returning - starters - 5-8 Koustosgeorgas
- SHC - 8 returning - starters 6-1 Spears; 6-2 Crawford, 5-9 McPherson
- Valley Christian - 12 returning - starters 5-10 Paran, 6-2 Dickey; 6-9 Cheng
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What exactly is “CCS Open Qtr-final”? Is that a euphemism for having lost in the first round? Could just say Open participant.
come along once in a generation ???? lol seriously a bunch of intramurals kids from serra beat them
They will be all intramural at UC Davis, Stsnford, Santa Clara and Harvard though.
Don't forget Valley has a 6" 11" kid who sat out last year and has offers from a lot of big schools
Nice thread throughout the WCAL basketball season Jordan24!
Great job & thanks for your effort, time and insight along the way - I hope the other posters appreciate as well.
Best Wishes Friend - Rmbr26
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Great job & thanks for your effort, time and insight along the way - I hope the other posters appreciate as well.
Best Wishes Friend - Rmbr26
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Thanks Rmbr! I certainly appreciate the detail and effort you provide on the football forum and try to provide insight (albeit from a WCAL/Riordan slant). This season has certainly been exciting and unprecedented given the current situation we are in today. Be well and look forward to your Football thread this Fall!Nice thread throughout the WCAL basketball season Jordan24!
Great job & thanks for your effort, time and insight along the way - I hope the other posters appreciate as well.
Best Wishes Friend - Rmbr26
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Definitely both of you would be nominees for Norcal preps POY's (posters of the year).Now go and cash in your 113 trophy points........
Thanks Primos
I can honestly say, I was reluctant to watch this Riordan mix-tape (ie old). However, I cannot think of a better mix of youth and tradition. The fact that this is also the LAST year of Riordan as an all-boy school highlights an end of era (with wishes for a promising new era). An unbelievable keepsake for a memorable season.
To be fair, their are some programs like girls basketball at SHC that are having a down year but their are definitely programs like baseball and soccer that are booming.
It is sad to see the last boys school in the history of SF not fulfill the dream...Congrats to Riordan for even attempting the lofty goals...!
What about volleyball
Same as girls hoops. Anybody with talent will choose SHC over a school that doesn't even have a program yet.
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True. I saw the WCAL soccer championship game against Bellarmine. That was probably the best they've ever played. (Plus, another great win Cal-Hi Sports couldn't be bothered with).
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I sure hope so...I really do think we will. Just for the state govt to take all our civil liberties away by that long just can't happen. I read the book "Animal Farm" in high school just like many of you probably did I see parallels to this. No one should let the govt take all your freedoms away for that long without a cost analysis and what it is doing to our economy, There simply has to be a better comparison with other countries and better grasp of the virus by then than just blindly shutting everything down indefinitely and staying indoors, the world won't stop and can't forever.
You are kidding, right?!? People are dying around the world and there is no cure! We are not under martial law. If you want to go out, you won’t get arrested. There are not enough hospital beds, personnel and equipment, if we do not stay home while you exercise your civil liberties. Open your eyes!
Im not talking about now sir, I agree with what is happening currently...Im talking about the future, hopefully it will be sorted out with better comparisons and more history to make decisions, such as how South Korea handled it....Its the uncertainty that makes people worry but Im pretty sure no one agrees that restaurants and bakeries should be closed for 3 months if it turns out the common flu or TB has more deaths than Covid 19...All I am saying, is time will tell us soon enough. I worked under this Governor before and I wish I could say better things than just to have "blind loyalty" and not question any leader on what they say. Our town mayor said Cannibus clubs can stay open but bakeries can't?? Does that make sense??
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I’ve been separated from my wife for the past 10 days. She’s an attending MD at UCSF and she does not want to expose herself to our kids and me. She tells me the next 14-30 days will be critical. The decision to impose stay at home was a threat model that was gathered by infectious disease experts. This was not a political decision, but how this state can properly treat its people.
Yes I understand all of that and I agree its critical for now and a day by day event. All Im saying are questions need to be asked and weighed out. If the scenario last as long as no football then hundreds of thousands would be dead, that didn't even happen in China or Asia. (sure hope not here, that is why the flattening of the curve is important) The entire shut down of everything needs to be continually asked for the vitality of our way of life toward this invisible enemy, our state economy and nation depends on it too, thats all I am trying to say.
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Short people dont have to prove themselves when walking under a standard doorway
....but think how many rides they are blocked from on the SCruz boardwalk because they are not as tall as Bugs, Daffy or Yosemite Sam.....
