Half Moon Bay vs. Whitney of Cerritos.
HMB is ranked higher, has a higher SoS.
HMB is ranked higher, has a higher SoS.
D4 Girls title game
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No matter what happens in this game I will always remember Steve Picci, Barb B & Burlingame high girls team from 198
Go Halfmoon Bay!
Go Halfmoon Bay!
CCS public gals are now one-for-six in CIF final games, beginning in 1981. Their only title came 37 years ago in 1988 during the Reagan Administration by Burlingame in DIII. The drought has reached a truly stunning level. The main reason: Two strong private/parochial leagues, the WBAL and the WCAL, are fiercely competitive and continue to vacuum up most of the available talent in the section, if not beyond (hello, Riordan and Mitty). The outlook for the CCS publics, even with the CIF's fixation on competitive balance, remains dim.
By the way, it's worth reminding folks that Half Moon Bay finished 15-1 at home and 8-7 on the road. They were a third-place finisher in the PAL Bay (A) Division, did not win a non-league tourney and did not play for a CCS championship. They were an at-large selection by the NorCal committee, received a surprising No.2 seed in DIV NorCals and went 4-0 at home during those playoffs. The cards were dealt nicely for them throughout _ until today in Sacramento. Falling behind 10-0 at the outset set the tone. They could never get back to a tie, let alone a lead. It leaves CCS public observers wondering: If HMB can't nail a CIF title with everything it had going for it, who can?
The last Girls North Section title was when Modoc, in 1998, beat Mission Prep, 64- 52 at Arco Arena
Here's wishing you great hoops
The CCS is just a different animal compared to the other sections. The privates just dominate everything. Not sure what can be done to help the publics. Probably nothing
The other sections in the North dont have this private discrepancy. In fact recently the best teams have been the publics.
Girls:
SJS...Folsom CKM
North.. Pleasant Valley, Colfax
NCS..SRV, Acalanes
CS ..CW, Clovis, Carruthers
The other sections in the North dont have this private discrepancy. In fact recently the best teams have been the publics.
Girls:
SJS...Folsom CKM
North.. Pleasant Valley, Colfax
NCS..SRV, Acalanes
CS ..CW, Clovis, Carruthers
Every time I mention that some public schools attract students from other public schools inside or outside their district, I get in trouble, so no names will be mentioned.
But a public school that works hard to get kids outside their district to transfer in isn't really that much different from some of the private schools. And a public school that gets kids to work intradistrict rules so they go to a school outside their attendance area is also doiong what privates do.
Bottom line: The distinction between public and private is real, but the lines can get blurry. Those schools that are serious about athletics will attract talent, directly or indirectly. Some of those that intentionally attract talent are public -- and there's nothing wrong with that. It's part of being successful. But the only way to really make the distinction is to know how the roster of each school was constructed. (I know nothing about HMB and presumably they are all girls from that school's district. But if they came in as freshmen, who would know?)
But a public school that works hard to get kids outside their district to transfer in isn't really that much different from some of the private schools. And a public school that gets kids to work intradistrict rules so they go to a school outside their attendance area is also doiong what privates do.
Bottom line: The distinction between public and private is real, but the lines can get blurry. Those schools that are serious about athletics will attract talent, directly or indirectly. Some of those that intentionally attract talent are public -- and there's nothing wrong with that. It's part of being successful. But the only way to really make the distinction is to know how the roster of each school was constructed. (I know nothing about HMB and presumably they are all girls from that school's district. But if they came in as freshmen, who would know?)
HMB's kids all come from within the district. One advantage they have is they are getting all the players on the coast so they don't face the same competition some of the other PAL and CCS schools face. Lemoge, their best player, did transfer in as a soph, but she had attended a private school as a freshman that closed, so HMB was her district school.
There is some reverse transfers happening - Mills's two best players were transfers from ND Belmont and Riordan, so sometimes the publics get lucky.
Well, in SJS very good players tend to gather at public schools instead of private. Did I not read that CKM beat Folsom with a former Folsom player? Bottom line, build a program and the players will begin to show up or at least stay home.
Good for those kids getting to play & practice at their level.
Kelly has done a pretty good job at that in his prior stops at public’s Northgate & Miramonte.
A job well done by Carondelet in the D1 bracket. Congrats on winning it all!
But the 2 NCS public’s having historically great seasons that were placed in the Open above them surely helped ease their journey. “State Champs” has a nice ring to it, while “Open Participants” just get to watch the parades.
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