Of course there isn't... They're in Oregon. Click any of the teams on that list, it takes you to MaxPreps. I don't even know why Calpreps list any Oregon teams anywhere.
NCS Open/D1..... the NCS should he ashamed
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Of course there isn't... They're in Oregon. Click any of the teams on that list, it takes you to MaxPreps. I don't even know why Calpreps list any Oregon teams anywhere.
For the last couple of years, the reporters for the East Bay Times have been doing video previews of each week. When it came to the playoffs, they routinely discussed how competitive the CCS playoffs were and how the NCS playoffs were not, particularly in the top divisions.
Any claim that the NCS system worked before is just gaslighting.
There is way too many teams that don't belong in the playoffs in the playoffs. If they want to let this many teams in, set up a 64 team bracket and let all the teams that don't belong get their butts handed to them in the first round. I think this should be the case even more so in other sports compared to football. Football they really just need to limit the number of teams in the playoffs. They have made it so there really is one true champion anyways so lets just go all in and not encourage teams to try to lose just so they end up with an easier chance of making a playoff run
For sure there will always be complaining. I just think if you limited who went on to NorCals/States (will never happen I know), then it turns into trying to play up instead of "hoping" you get sent down. That mindset which is certainly out there is part of the reason why CE gets the bad rap it has.
I don’t know how you can say the EBAL is down this year? Based on what? They are the top league in NorCal this year without question. Among the top 3, their only losses are when they played each other, and they’ve played a good representation of teams outside of league.
10-0 DLS is undefeated and beat 2 of the top rated teams in the CCS in Serra & SF, and also 2 of the top rated teams in the SJS in SMS & Grant.
9-1 SRV’s only loss is to DLS, and they’ve beaten 2 of the top rated teams in the CCS in SI & Soquel. They’ve also beaten the OAL champ Mack by 37, and CVC handily.
8-2 Cal’s only 2 losses are to DLS & SRV. They played SRV close in league, and have also beaten a good SJS team Monterey Trail by 14, SJS playoff team Patterson by 17, and normally strong James Logan by 32. Cal High RB Jhadis Luckey rushed for 7 TDs and 425 yds Friday vs Amador. He’s only a junior and leads the NCS in rushing yards.
But I'm not sure the NCS was ever really concerned about divisions before.
If divisions were so important, how do you explain D-6 Moreau Catholic being in the same league as D-1 James Logan, San Leandro, Berkeley, and Castro Valley? Oh, because it's a private school? Ok, well D-2 Ukiah is in the same league as D-4 Analy. D-5 Alhambra is in the same league as D-2 College Park.
Why is it NCS people only get worked up over the divisions and enrollments during the playoffs?
I get the idea about how some teams end up facing weaker playoff competition than other (the phrase I've used is "Sometimes you win by losing"), but to their credit, I don't think we've seen widespread evidence of teams tanking games in order to be placed in lower divisions.
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A couple of easy fixes would be:
1. Not allow a team to move down a division.
2. For division 7, no schools can have an enrollment greater than 700, and 1100 for D6.
This would give the true small public schools an opportunity to compete. It would also keep teams like Montgomery, Bethel, and Petaluma from playing in D6. Arcata is the only true D6 team in that entire bracket.
