Interesting article from CalHiSports:
This is HUGE NEWS, in my opinion, and impacts CCS and SJS the most. To read that St. Mary’s (Stockton), which plays in a D1 league, will be placed in D2 for section playoffs (no longer D1, until it wins 3 straight section championships at D2 per SJS Bylaws) based “purely on its enrollment” where technically they may fall into D3 or D4 based on enrollment, but can’t go lower due its league being D1 and the bylaws state it can’t drop into a division more then 1 division lower than the division it’s league belongs to.
Can anyone please confirm? Recall last year that a few teams, like Central Catholic, had pre-season agreements in place that assigned them to preset divisions for playoffs. For example, Central Catholic played in D1 and lost to Folsom. Any pre-season agreements this year? Based on the enrollment document and the footnotes, we might have more insight to which divisions the SJS teams in question will participate for playoffs. Central Catholic and Monterey Trail will be D1; and Del Oro, Manteca, Elk Grove, St. Mary’s, and a few others cannot be in a division lower than D2, even if their enrollment has them drop to a lower division.
I’m still hopeful for St. Mary’s to have some kind of exception/agreement in place to participate in D1 (not D2 as the article shares). Would be nice to redeem itself in D1 for the upset vs Turlock, much of this years Rams team experienced as juniors. Would be nice to compete against the likes of Oak Ridge and Folsom. But, right now, St. Mary’s must focus on Manteca this upcoming Friday, which they may see again in the playoffs. I also feel St Mary’s being subjected to D2 for playoffs pretty much eliminates any thought of St. Mary’s getting picked for the Open, even if they would finish undefeated and Serra would take a loss (ie. vs DLS or in the playoffs).
Too early? It’s early indeed, but playoff talks always seem to get started early on as teams jockey for playoff seedings.
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This is HUGE NEWS, in my opinion, and impacts CCS and SJS the most. To read that St. Mary’s (Stockton), which plays in a D1 league, will be placed in D2 for section playoffs (no longer D1, until it wins 3 straight section championships at D2 per SJS Bylaws) based “purely on its enrollment” where technically they may fall into D3 or D4 based on enrollment, but can’t go lower due its league being D1 and the bylaws state it can’t drop into a division more then 1 division lower than the division it’s league belongs to.
Can anyone please confirm? Recall last year that a few teams, like Central Catholic, had pre-season agreements in place that assigned them to preset divisions for playoffs. For example, Central Catholic played in D1 and lost to Folsom. Any pre-season agreements this year? Based on the enrollment document and the footnotes, we might have more insight to which divisions the SJS teams in question will participate for playoffs. Central Catholic and Monterey Trail will be D1; and Del Oro, Manteca, Elk Grove, St. Mary’s, and a few others cannot be in a division lower than D2, even if their enrollment has them drop to a lower division.
I’m still hopeful for St. Mary’s to have some kind of exception/agreement in place to participate in D1 (not D2 as the article shares). Would be nice to redeem itself in D1 for the upset vs Turlock, much of this years Rams team experienced as juniors. Would be nice to compete against the likes of Oak Ridge and Folsom. But, right now, St. Mary’s must focus on Manteca this upcoming Friday, which they may see again in the playoffs. I also feel St Mary’s being subjected to D2 for playoffs pretty much eliminates any thought of St. Mary’s getting picked for the Open, even if they would finish undefeated and Serra would take a loss (ie. vs DLS or in the playoffs).
Too early? It’s early indeed, but playoff talks always seem to get started early on as teams jockey for playoff seedings.