A Complaint for CCS

[ayalar09]

So I am looking at the CCS Open Bracket. And I have a couple of bones to pick with it. But here is the first one.

WHY ARE THESE GAMES NEUTRAL SITE GAMES?
You work hard all year. Play a tough schedule, and a team like Riordan has to play in Fremont? Really? That kinda sucks, not to mention they added one too many WCAL schools, which gets to my 2nd point.

ST. FRANCIS (14-10) get a spot over PALO ALTO (20-4/League Champ).
Yes I understand the WCAL is the best division in the area. And I understand they lost to Menlo-Atherton and Bellarmine by a ton earlier this year. You deny the team with a 13-game win streak for a team that has gone 2-7 in their last 9 games! Doesn't seem right to me.

 

[SmoothJay]

Riordan playing in Sunnyvale, not Fremont

 

[Penguin77]

I’m just an occasional lurker here since stumbling on this forum looking for a livestream last year and finding it entertaining, but am posting because I have thought a little about that second question. (Full disclosure, I am connected to SFHS, but also have some past connection to PA — which explains why I’ve spent any time at all considering it and am responding.) I have to assume in cases like this, where it’s hard to compare directly due to what we’ll call strength of schedule questions in different leagues, they would look at record and score differentials vs common opponents, of which there were 5. May or may not be “right” but has some logical basis.

 

[WhistlersMother]

Which team do you think would win head-to-head St.F or Paly?

I like neutral site when it's a doubleheader like tonight. March madness environment. Open teams all move on, so nobody's season on the line. Opportunity for better matchups than prior league playoffs.

 

[TurtleLoveCA]

The loss to Leland killed Palo Alto. They had a win over Valley Christian and a win over Sequoia, but you can't overlook a loss to a team that was very poor.

 

[colhenrylives]

It has to be SOS.

 

[ayalar09]

The loss to Leland killed Palo Alto. They had a win over Valley Christian and a win over Sequoia, but you can't overlook a loss to a team that was very poor.

Have to agree with you there. That leland loss was bad.

 

[TurtleLoveCA]

St Francis proved they belong