Anything on CCS and NCS playoff seedlings and matchups??
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Reality check: No one else beat Sacred Heart Prep. SHC has been competitive throughout most of its WCAL schedule. Only Serra really dominated the Irish throughout 48 minutes. No disgrace in that. Placing SHC in Division III would have made a mockery of the CIF equity model. Chest-bumping about a low-level state bowl win is fine in moderation and preferably in private. But, please, let's not have a repeat of that 2021 sort of miscarriage. SHC is too strong to be downgraded again.
By the way, we don't hear folks from SHP whining about being seeded below Los Gatos, a team the one-loss Gators, seeded fifth in Division I, defeated during the regular season. That was LG's only loss. That's a real ouch.
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to be fair I’ve never encountered a SHP fan on this site so hard to say if it’s true or not?
Irony is that if you look at Calpreps tonight SHP was moved back ahead of Salinas and would now be the #4 seed. If the CCS is going to rely so heavily on Calpreps, CCS should move the meeting back a few hours on Sunday. It will still allow adequate time for teams and venues to compete.
21-0 vs Leigh, 42-14 vs Mountain View and 27-3 vs Christopher. I would say SH handily won CCS D3 last year. Those teams were not real threats. Ironically this year SI has a pretty favorable path to some CCS/Nor Cal hardware by having not so great record.
I think SH can beat St. Francis provided they clean up getting beat by the deep ball like they did in the regular season. I dont know what freshman call up Antonio Campbell III will be able to bring, but being able to run the ball is an absolute must for the Irish to advance. If they want to win, Evans is going to have to put the ball in Mixon's hands in the backfield and not out at WR where hes not a factor.
Defense and special teams will probably determine this one. Add in turnovers and other gaffes. SHC can win. But it will take a really solid, efficient effort. No grotesque, unforced penalties. Focus. SF is favored. But not by a whole lot. SHC matches up physically fairly well.
In the regular season SH was able to stop SF run game. Lancers have 3 very dependable WRs. This is the playoffs now so the coaches in theory need to dial up their star players numbers more frequently. Mixon needs the ball in his hands more and Miller needs at least a dozen targets.
you already had the benefit of that last year. Points are points...its not about getting "put" there.
If its not Dougherty that would be quite a gift to SH. Unless your running game is on point, trusting a sophomore QB in a high leverage game in the playoffs is alot to ask for.
Be careful what you wish for. The soph QB is a solid prospect. He could well be a bigger problem for SHC than the senior. Friday night won't be boring in Mountain View.
The Mercury News has been whining about it. ‘Oh, poor SHP was so successful, going 9-1 this year!’ while completely ignoring the fact that Salinas also went 9-1 and also played and beat good competition.
The good news: The two teams will decide things on the field. It's not as though SHP got seeded seventh.
