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WCAL Football 2017: Sports Stars Magazine write up of Serra's State Bowl Win

Good heavens. What has happened to the SI football program? It has been a steady downward spiral over the last several seasons. Is it demographics? Is it tough entrance requirements? Is it an emphasis on girls' sports? Is lacrosse now the priority? Is this a calculated de-emphasis? Is it all of the above? One wonders. One frets. One puzzles.

Nobody likes S.I.
 
Can I say it...."KINGS OF KEZAR"
But before I hand the mic to AD to Riordan before we I would like to thank: Tim Readon
Mike Gilleran
Joe Green
And the guys who put it together everyday: Jay'sen "Dungy" Morrison
Daniel "Not on my Defense" Curtian
Darius "You can't handle this" Bell
Kaleah " too easy" Bell, Ryan "Not off R line" Jones.

We Are One, We R Riordan

It must hurt Riordan is not the "KINGS OF KEZAR"...I spelled it right too, (Reardan)
 
It must hurt Riordan is not the "KINGS OF KEZAR"...I spelled it right too, (Reardan)
Congrats SHC Irish. Game was close throughout until the closing minutes of the game. There's a reason both teams are the bottom tier of the league again this year as there were a host of penalties on both sides and it seemed both teams were giving it away. With the talent the Irish have this season, I would think league play was a disappointment as the Irish's only wins were against the SF Schools. Certainly not the team many of you were touting after Riordan's run in 2015. Other than Heard and Watkins, who do the Irish return next season? There's no JVs to speak of and your Frosh most likely will finish 0-WCAL
Good luck in CCS - you should have a deep run in D3...
Enjoy.
 
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Congrats SHC Irish. Game was close throughout until the closing minutes of the game. There's a reason both teams are the bottom tier of the league again this year as there were a host of penalties on both sides and it seemed both teams were giving it away. With the talent the Irish have this season, I would think league play was a disappointment as the Irish's only wins were against the SF Schools. Certainly not the team many of you were touting after Riordan's run in 2015. Other than Heard and Watkins, who do the Irish return next season? There's no JVs to speak of and your Frosh most likely will finish 0-WCAL
Good luck in CCS - you should have a deep run in D3...
Enjoy.

Beg to differ. CCS Open III will not be a picnic by any stretch of the imagination. SHC will have its hands full. Other than the WCAL's top trio, the league was definitely down this season.
 
Congrats SHC Irish. Game was close throughout until the closing minutes of the game. There's a reason both teams are the bottom tier of the league again this year as there were a host of penalties on both sides and it seemed both teams were giving it away. With the talent the Irish have this season, I would think league play was a disappointment as the Irish's only wins were against the SF Schools. Certainly not the team many of you were touting after Riordan's run in 2015. Other than Heard and Watkins, who do the Irish return next season? There's no JVs to speak of and your Frosh most likely will finish 0-WCAL
Good luck in CCS - you should have a deep run in D3...
Enjoy.

I expected more as well, but if this were the old days, beating the other City schools would have been Super Bowl time for us.

I only saw the first Frosh game and outside of a big lineman and the quarterback, they weren't very good. I hope the concussion hysteria doesn't hurt the program.

The JV's will have Ryan Daly coming up as quarterback. He has a good arm but we'll see what happens. Coach McLaughlin will have to do the best he can with the players coming up. Daly is currently playing at Wide Receiver. He's a big target out there.

With the roster changes, MaxPreps ended-up crediting players with the "wrong" numbered jersey.

Another CCS title will look good in the trophy case.

Today's game was the 99th SHC win I have attended. That's nearly 1/3 of their victories since they started playing football.
 
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Beg to differ. CCS Open III will not be a picnic by any stretch of the imagination. SHC will have its hands full. Other than the WCAL's top trio, the league was definitely down this season.

Irish are definitely better than last season. It would be nice to see another CCS title. Nobody said it would be a picnic, but it won't be for the other teams either.
 
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SHC Riordan game was close for only a few minutes. Mistakes and some questionable play calls by SHC kept Riordan in game.(half back throw and kicking deep on the kickoff return). Never saw a reff so pissed off after a game. Older ref wanted a piece of Riordan coach. As for ref calls, thought favored RIordan all day. (Of course, I look through green colored glasses.)
But SHC boys hung in and pulled it out. Proud of my boy!
 
Congrats SHC Irish. Game was close throughout until the closing minutes of the game. There's a reason both teams are the bottom tier of the league again this year as there were a host of penalties on both sides and it seemed both teams were giving it away. With the talent the Irish have this season, I would think league play was a disappointment as the Irish's only wins were against the SF Schools. Certainly not the team many of you were touting after Riordan's run in 2015. Other than Heard and Watkins, who do the Irish return next season? There's no JVs to speak of and your Frosh most likely will finish 0-WCAL
Good luck in CCS - you should have a deep run in D3...
Enjoy.

Maybe Jordan24, they have a few pieces, the line looks a decent beefy size for the future.. I wouldn't say league play was a disappointment other than Bellarmine for me, SHC came out flat on that game and they squandered the best chance to beat them in decades. I don't think anyone said they were going to beat VC, Serra, or St. Francis. Besides even Barry jokingly said this was the "trash can" squad remember? We didn't have more than 30 players to begin league play with, so yes they overachieved, no one was touting them to do anything. They still have to play Mitty and hopefully they can give them some scares. The IRISH were very exciting under Barry's tenure so far. Seeing the IRISH offense make big passing plays for a change was worth it. I don't recall an Irish QB other than Seamus Finnegan in 2009 maybe with an impressive arm. He won some WCAL games but he didn't beat SI, so go figure? Next year, If Monroe suits up, that would be a nice jolt for the team, he is electric...I hope young Daly and coach talks him into it..They looked like a good combo freshman year. The freshman team probably won't win any games this year, but the roster shows some decent size lineman for the future. Also, SFGATE had a nice write-up on this game, SHC had only 15 healthy players suited up for varsity so they had to bring up all the JV's players to help play this game. Again, they did the best they could with what they had.
 
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I think that hit on Benham after the whistle blew and no flag set off the coaches. As stated earlier, penalties were called on both sides, giving both teams a chance.
 
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SHC Riordan game was close for only a few minutes. Mistakes and some questionable play calls by SHC kept Riordan in game.(half back throw and kicking deep on the kickoff return). Never saw a reff so pissed off after a game. Older ref wanted a piece of Riordan coach. As for ref calls, thought favored RIordan all day. (Of course, I look through green colored glasses.)
But SHC boys hung in and pulled it out. Proud of my boy!

I missed that ref-coach kerfuffle. They missed a grounding call and a couple if holds. Concur on that ill-advised halfback pass call.
 
Maybe Jordan24, they have a few pieces, the line looks a decent beefy size for the future.. I wouldn't say league play was a disappointment other than Bellarmine for me, SHC came out flat on that game and they squandered the best chance to beat them in decades. I don't think anyone said they were going to beat VC, Serra, or St. Francis. Besides even Barry jokingly said this was the "trash can" squad remember? We didn't have more than 30 players to begin league play with, so yes they overachieved, no one was touting them to do anything. They still have to play Mitty and hopefully they can give them some scares. The IRISH were very exciting under Barry's tenure so far. Seeing the IRISH offense make big passing plays for a change was worth it. I don't recall an Irish QB other than Seamus Finnegan in 2009 maybe with an impressive arm. He won some WCAL games but he didn't beat SI, so go figure? Next year, If Monroe suits up, that would be a nice jolt for the team, he is electric...I hope young Daly and coach talks him into it..They looked like a good combo freshman year. The freshman team probably won't win any games this year, but the roster shows some decent size lineman for the future. Also, SFGATE had a nice write-up on this game, SHC had only 15 healthy players suited up for varsity so they had to bring up all the JV's players to help play this game. Again, they did the best they could with what they had.

I thought they had a shot at Bellarmine too. The best chance they had recently was in 2011. Just one lousy turnover and two missed long passes at the end prevented a shockwave through the league.
Also, I was under the impression that the JV's disbanded due to injury, not the varsity bringing them up because of varsity injuries.
 
I thought they had a shot at Bellarmine too. The best chance they had recently was in 2011. Just one lousy turnover and two missed long passes at the end prevented a shockwave through the league.
Also, I was under the impression that the JV's disbanded due to injury, not the varsity bringing them up because of varsity injuries.


Irish, I'd read exactly that in a previous post that due to injuries the JV team rather than field a team with under 20 players was canceling the rest of their schedule and moving remaining players up to varsity.
 
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Irish, I'd read exactly that in a previous post that due to injuries the JV team rather than field a team with under 20 players was canceling the rest of their schedule and moving remaining players up to varsity.
That is my understanding, too. Didn't the JVs start out the season with 24 on its roster?
Best SHC player name called out by the announcer yesterday: "Day-Day" (don't recall his last name)!

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That is my understanding, too. Didn't the JVs start out the season with 24 on its roster?
Best SHC player name called out by the announcer yesterday: "Day-Day" (don't recall his last name)!

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Day day pasina and ray ray pasina got moved up to varsity after the SI game both twin brothers
 
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Some good misquotes by S.I. announcers for the Serra-S.I. game.
"Serra's QB Luke Bottari is starting out having a pretty good year" [Umm #1 league leading QB in WCAL]
"Serra's Bottari is experienced from taking Serra to a state bowl game last season" [No Bottari was #2 last season behind Leki Nunn].
Talking about Patrick Nunn Serra's WR they refer to Patrick's older brother "Leaky" [as in a leaky faucet] who last season played for Serra.
[one of S.I. student announcers] "Serra has not really had a marquis quarterback". [silence & then adult announcer] "WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?" [then silence & then student] "Um that was sarcasm".
[Adult announcer] "Yes they did have a guy named Tom Brady go to Serra" [yes along with "Leaky" Nunn and Jesse Freitas].

There was plenty more, but you get the drift. I realize its just HS football and some are students besides the adult announcers & only adds to the entertainment value. The girl announcer for S.I. was priceless!
 
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Yes. SHC Jv's cancelled rest of season due to being down to 15 players with 10 or so guys out hurt. In fact, yesterday was the first game the varsity had all guys suited up. Areon Mitchell had missed prior game with injury.
 
I am going to try to "Go High"when SHC team and on the field Refree "went low".

Post game activies of SHC and a Former Riordan Coach who had swung at SHC players then

YouTube Riordan vs Stanfel Cup 2005
 
I am going to try to "Go High"when SHC team and on the field Refree "went low".

Post game activies of SHC and a Former Riordan Coach who had swung at SHC players then

YouTube Riordan vs Stanfel Cup 2005

Says the man who was referring to SH as "Drive By Way", essentially mocking someone losing their life .......talk about going low! And then recommends viewing of an alleged fight?1?!

Come on man!!!

Referring to kids as low is as low as one can get...... Have some class and take the loss and move on.... I guess your great coaching pedigree (NFL) wasn't much help to you

Congrats Irish on being the Kings of Kezar!!

I was compelled to call BS on this guy!
 
If nothing better, I take great pride in being not the worst interesting.

I speak the truth, it is not like it is Fake News to say "Drive by Way" in reference SHC. It is not like one can't search on YouTube to see a former Riordan Coach swinging at SHC players after a Stanfel game. The encourage his players to go into stands to celebrate and not present the trophy.

But I could possibly tolerate that on school rivalries in nab taste.

But I won't excuse the Head Refree call Riordan a ghetto school during the game. What I can't be silence is a no call after player is injuried after a blown whistle. And then to actually threaten to whip a NFL players ass. In my opinion, the former NFL should have .... let's say put him on serious IR or CTS.

I stated like honorable Riordan poster congrats.

But Lee me leave you with my thoughts of your input. This was a A & B conversation, so you can C your way out of it
 
If nothing better, I take great pride in being not the worst interesting.

I speak the truth, it is not like it is Fake News to say "Drive by Way" in reference SHC. It is not like one can't search on YouTube to see a former Riordan Coach swinging at SHC players after a Stanfel game. The encourage his players to go into stands to celebrate and not present the trophy.

But I could possibly tolerate that on school rivalries in nab taste.

But I won't excuse the Head Refree call Riordan a ghetto school during the game. What I can't be silence is a no call after player is injuried after a blown whistle. And then to actually threaten to whip a NFL players ass. In my opinion, the former NFL should have .... let's say put him on serious IR or CTS.

I stated like honorable Riordan poster congrats.

But Lee me leave you with my thoughts of your input. This was a A & B conversation, so you can C your way out of it
Huh?
I only ask about the confrontation at end of THIS game. I was watching on the Cube and the camera panned away as things got ugly. Again, it was on the Cube and its not so clear, but you reference the head official. wasnt he a Riordan grad from way back? I could be wrong.
 
That is the worst thing, when a programs diversity changes and an alumnist uses codes words of incitement, or actually threatens a coach with bodily harm because the student body is not like his good all buddies.

I just makes you wonder why he would choose one side, so clearly....Mmmmm
 
OK back to Football..

Serra Padres vs St. Francis Lancers this Friday night at SF in Mt. View

There have been 3 big games this season in WCAL. The first had VC edging out SF by a TD to take command of the WCAL as the favored team with both SF and then VC being the favored teams to win the WCAL crown this season.
#2 big game featured Serra vs VC in what turned out to be a romp by Serra in a 35-7 win. Now to big game #3 delayed from a month ago and likely a packed stadium at St. Francis Friday nite. Serra wins and earns their first outright title & that hasn't happened in a very long time. The last 4-years in a row the title has been shared by either 2 or 3 teams, so no outright champ of the league, but more so 2 very good teams [in effect]. This game Friday nite looks to be a very good one. Serra will be the favored team and the Lancers know a win gives them a share of the title along with VC - so another 3 team tie of the league crown.

Serra is rolling right now and is scoring at an unprecedented level with a host of veteran WR's, one if not the top RB in the league and the WCAL's #1 rated QB. Not to forget the Padres Defense which has been playing lights out as well. St. Francis counters with one of the league's best D's as well, a capable run game and one of the better passing games in league led by Reed Vettel. This looks to come down to Serra's offense vs SF's defense. I could say offense to offense but I just don't see the Lancer's O capable of outscoring Serra. Therefore it comes down to Sf's vaunted defense to slow Serra down and possibly create some turn-overs. Certainly a lower scoring game favors SF, however Serra has not been slowed down by any WCAL team yet including VC. VC won over SF by 35-28 and Serra won 35-7 over VC, so what does this mean?
Absolutely nothing! It all comes down to individual match -ups along with the memory of "The Curse" - of which Serra lost to St. Francis for 32 seasons in a row - an entire generation of Serra Padres growing up never seeing Serra come out on top. Even Tom Brady remembers being blown out at St. Francis his junior year, with the St. Francis cannon going off time & again as SF scored one TD after another with Serra losing to tune of 63-6 [Brady's senior year it was a bit closer at 27-6 SF, but still a decisive loss]. So those of us who attended and waited year after year for a Serra win are still wary of the Lancer's, and likely always will be. Could this be Serra's year to establish dominance in the WCAL? Possibly a "Walsh Dynasty" perhaps? Or will the mighty Lancer's of St. Francis bring Serra back down to earth and extinguish the dreams of so many Serra Padre fans to return to possibly another state bowl game this season? Without knowing Friday nights game is sure to be one hot ticket!

More to follow....
 
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Tale of the Tape: Serra & St. Francis Weigh-In

Records:
Serra 7-2, SF 7-2
CCS Ranking: Serra #1, SF #2
Power Rating: Serra 52.4, SF 45.7
Points Per Game Scored: Serra 41.1, SF 31.5
Points Allowed Per Game: Serra 17.7, SF 12.8

Scores in Games with common opponents:
Serra 35-7 over Valley Christian, VC 28-21 over SF
Serra 51-21 over SHC, SF 45-17 over SHC
Serra 45-0 over Riordan, SF 35-0 over Riordan
Serra 48-0 over Bells, SF 31-6 over Bells
Serra 64-21 over Mitty, SF 42-21 over Mitty
Serra 47-14 over S.I., SF 28-7 over S.I.

Points Scored against common opponents: Serra 290, SF 202
Points Allowed against common opponents: Serra 63, SF 79

Over/Under: Serra 5-point favorite
 
Tale of the Tape: Serra & St. Francis Weigh-In

Records:
Serra 7-2, SF 7-2
CCS Ranking: Serra #1, SF #2
Power Rating: Serra 52.4, SF 45.7
Points Per Game Scored: Serra 41.1, SF 31.5
Points Allowed Per Game: Serra 17.7, SF 12.8

Scores in Games with common opponents:
Serra 35-7 over Valley Christian, VC 28-21 over SF
Serra 51-21 over SHC, SF 45-17 over SHC
Serra 45-0 over Riordan, SF 35-0 over Riordan
Serra 48-0 over Bells, SF 31-6 over Bells
Serra 64-21 over Mitty, SF 42-21 over Mitty
Serra 47-14 over S.I., SF 28-7 over S.I.

Points Scored against common opponents: Serra 290, SF 202
Points Allowed against common opponents: Serra 63, SF 79

Over/Under: Serra 5-point favorite

That's rather impressive stuff. If this pans out as you speculate, you will be anointed as one of the legendary seers in WCAL history.
 
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Serra vs St. Francis - Players to Watch and how they match up:

Quarterbacks:

Serra Luke Bottari - league leading QB in yards passing, TD's thrown and percentage of completions.
St. Francis Reed Vettel - #3 QB in WCAL, proficient leader, makes few mistakes, rated #2 overall behind Bottari.

Running Backs:
SF Darrel Page - league leading RB avg. 145 YPG with 11-TD's.
Serra Isaiah Kendrick - 2nd leading RB avg 108 YPG with 19-TD's.
Serra Tevesi Vakalahi & David Coker - 2 secondary RB's who avg 100 YPG between them with 6-TD's.
SF Lucas Andrighettto - 2nd RB used avg 36 YPG
* Both Serra & SF have used up to 4 additional RB's at times, so adequate back-up on both teams.

Wide Receivers:
Serra Patrick Nunn - league leading WR avg 65 YPG with 6 TD's.
Serra Chris Park - one of top 10 WR's in WCAL with 4 TD's.
Serra Shane Villaroman - holds Serra record for most passes caught in a season [2016] coming off injury.
SF Maurice Wilmer - big play WR avg's few catches, but eye-opening league leading 35 yards per catch avg.
SF Evan Williams - solid 2-way player catches passes and INT's as DB, has only aught 10 passes, but 6 went for TD's.
Serra Andres Atkins - another solid WR for Padres in the rotation with 3 TD's.

Offense Per Game:
Serra 211 yards passing and 225 yards rushing = 436 yards offense per game.
SF 42 yards passing and 326 yards rushing = 368 yards offense per game.

Overall:
Serra scores on average just over 1-TD more per game than SF
SF allows just under 1-TD less per game than Serra.

Conclusion: 2 very good teams well matched up against each other. Both have productive offenses, but go about it in different ways and both have stingy defenses. Serra has the more balanced offense and spreads the ball around to 7-8-9 players per game using 3-4 RB's and 4-5 WR's. SF is more a "ground & pound" run game with Darrel Page the main weapon of attack. Page 5'10-185 has been consistent and only one team was successful in containing him which was DLS.
Otherwise SF's RB Page has done serious damage against every other team SF has faced including Valley Christian.
On paper and from watching both teams both teams as their stats would indicate - that Serra is the more explosive on offense and SF's D may have a slight edge on Serra. What has been obvious is that Serra does possess some speed amongst more than one of their skill players. Against Valley Christian who also had good speed and a dominating run game Serra was able to contain the run and VC did not match up well against the speedy Padre receivers'.
This is a good match-up and should be a great game to watch.
 
Upcoming Games for this week:

Fri 11/10 Mitty vs Sacred Heart Cathedral at Jefferson 7:00pm
Fri 11/10 Bellarmine vs St. Ignatius at San Jose City College , 7:00pm
Fri 11/10 Serra at St. Francis 7:00pmFri 11/10 Riordan at Valley Christian 7:00pm
Fri 11/10 Riordan at Valley Christian 7:00pm

The Over/Under Spread:
Mitty by 3 over SHC
Bells by 12 over S.I.
Serra by 5 over SF
VC by 38 over ARHS

Who I Like in the Spread:
Mitty -3
S.I. +12
Serra -5
ARHS +38
 
Serra vs St. Francis - Players to Watch and how they match up:

Quarterbacks:

Serra Luke Bottari - league leading QB in yards passing, TD's thrown and percentage of completions.
St. Francis Reed Vettel - #3 QB in WCAL, proficient leader, makes few mistakes, rated #2 overall behind Bottari.

Running Backs:
SF Darrel Page - league leading RB avg. 145 YPG with 11-TD's.
Serra Isaiah Kendrick - 2nd leading RB avg 108 YPG with 19-TD's.
Serra Tevesi Vakalahi & David Coker - 2 secondary RB's who avg 100 YPG between them with 6-TD's.
SF Lucas Andrighettto - 2nd RB used avg 36 YPG
* Both Serra & SF have used up to 4 additional RB's at times, so adequate back-up on both teams.

Wide Receivers:
Serra Patrick Nunn - league leading WR avg 65 YPG with 6 TD's.
Serra Chris Park - one of top 10 WR's in WCAL with 4 TD's.
Serra Shane Villaroman - holds Serra record for most passes caught in a season [2016] coming off injury.
SF Maurice Wilmer - big play WR avg's few catches, but eye-opening league leading 35 yards per catch avg.
SF Evan Williams - solid 2-way player catches passes and INT's as DB, has only aught 10 passes, but 6 went for TD's.
Serra Andres Atkins - another solid WR for Padres in the rotation with 3 TD's.

Offense Per Game:
Serra 211 yards passing and 225 yards rushing = 436 yards offense per game.
SF 42 yards passing and 326 yards rushing = 368 yards offense per game.

Overall:
Serra scores on average just over 1-TD more per game than SF
SF allows just under 1-TD less per game than Serra.

Conclusion: 2 very good teams well matched up against each other. Both have productive offenses, but go about it in different ways and both have stingy defenses. Serra has the more balanced offense and spreads the ball around to 7-8-9 players per game using 3-4 RB's and 4-5 WR's. SF is more a "ground & pound" run game with Darrel Page the main weapon of attack. Page 5'10-185 has been consistent and only one team was successful in containing him which was DLS.
Otherwise SF's RB Page has done serious damage against every other team SF has faced including Valley Christian.
On paper and from watching both teams both teams as their stats would indicate - that Serra is the more explosive on offense and SF's D may have a slight edge on Serra. What has been obvious is that Serra does possess some speed amongst more than one of their skill players. Against Valley Christian who also had good speed and a dominating run game Serra was able to contain the run and VC did not match up well against the speedy Padre receivers'.
This is a good match-up and should be a great game to watch.
 
What seems to be underrated is the Serra D Line and fast explosive line backers like EJ Lahlough and Nick Brown. Valley could not run against the big line of Mafi 6ft3 360 and Moses Tamelau 6 ft 300. in the middle. Serra can play with a fast D Line with passing teams and a big D line with running teams. My guess is St Francis will go more to the pass than run.
 
That is my understanding, too. Didn't the JVs start out the season with 24 on its roster?
Best SHC player name called out by the announcer yesterday: "Day-Day" (don't recall his last name)!

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I've got no "skin in the game", but I'm happy to see SHC move the JV squad up to Varsity. As it is/was, it looks like there were already a number of Jr.'s playing on JV. Starting the season with small squads presents its own challenges, but then throw in some unfortunate injuries and a team can find themselves in a situation that could result in the season ending right then and there. Nice to see SHC avoided that. And, best thing of all is knowing that all of the kids get to keep their season moving forward. With regard to my comment about A number of Jr.'s playing on JV>>
10/9/17 11/8/17
Varsity roster- 30 players Varsity roster- 53 players
21 Sr. 21 Sr.
8 Jr. 12 Jr. = 4 Jr.'s on JV?
1 So. 19 So.
0 Fr. 0 Fr. & 1 w/ no yr. listed

I hope every team supported by those that post in this forum realize much success this week and pray that all players walk away injury free.
 
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Where's the Beef? At Serra & St. Francis!

In regards to smitj7's post regarding the SHC roster I wanted to see how Serra-SF's rosters compare to say Valley Christian. These are the 3 schools that in recent years have sported the largest rosters. We all know that generally speaking a larger roster offers the coaching staff more options, particularly in the event of injuries and simply rotating and resting players. The other 2 team "elements" so to speak [other than #1 being a good QB] would be size and speed. While many WCAL teams have had good RB's they did not always fare well due to an inadequate line [and the same goes for the D-line]. So with the Serra-SF game looming tonite lets take a look at the player size these rosters have listed.

Roster Numbers:
Serra 69
SF 59
VC 56

Players on each team at least 200 lbs:
SF 25
Serra 22
VC 15

Of Those Players, Number of Players 220 or larger:
SF 16
Serra 14
VC 9

Of those Players, Number of Players 250 or larger:
SF 5
Serra 5
VC 5

Number of Players 275+
SF 3 [260 + 285 + 305]
Serra 2 [ 300 + 360]
VC 0

Players of Note:
SF's Tyler Manoa 6'5 - 285 G/DT was named to the U.S. Army All-American Team and currently being recruited by a number of schools incl. Cal, UCLA, AZ.

Serra's Antonio Mafi 6'3 - 360 G/T has committed to CAL.
 
Uh-Oh the dreaded NFHSnetwork message "Broadcast Delayed - Please Stand By".

OK starting late & just came on at 7:10 PM later than scheduled due to "Senior Night"
 
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