WCAL Football 2018 - San Jose Merc All Bay Area Team

[Rmbr26]

WCAL Football 2018

Varsity Games This Week
SHC hosts SF Friday 7:00 PM @ Kezar

Saturday Games:
Riordan hosts Mitty 1:00 @ CCSF
Serra hosts Bells 1:00 @ Serra
VC hosts S.I. 7:00 PM @ VC

League Records
SF 1-0
VC 1-0
Bells 1-0
Serra 1-0
SHC 0-1
Mitty 0-1
ARHS 0-1
S.I. 0-1

Season Records
SF 3-1
VC 3-1
Bells 2-2
Serra 2-2
Mitty 2-2
SHC 2-2
ARHS 1-3
S.I. 0-4

 

[RLS13]

WCAL Football 2018

Update on CCS Top 20 teams and which of those made it into the NorCal Top 20 teams according to Freeman’s statistical ratings/rankings. At the very beginning of the season many of the teams are ranked either too high or too low. Now that teams have played 4-6 games the rankings are starting to stabilize and sort out. [Again] these are computer generated rankings and not something I came up with late last nite after several brewski’s. Aside from minor shuffling they both look about right. Anyone spot a team much too high or low?

* CCS Teams ranked in both Top 20’s in BOLD

Top 20 CCS Teams:
1. St. Francis 3-1
2. Serra 2-2
3. Palo Alto 5-0
4. Wilcox 5-0
5. Valley Christian 3-1
6. Aptos 4-0
7. Mitty 2-2
8. Menlo-Atherton 2-2
9. Terra Nova 5-0
10. Live Oak 4-0
11. Carmel 4-0
12. Salinas 2-1
13. Palma 3-1
14. SHP 5-0
15. St. Ignatius 0-4
16. Burlingame 3-2
17. Oak Grove 2-2
18. Overfelt 4-0
19. King’s Academy 3-1
20. Alisal 3-2

NorCal Top 20 Teams:
1. DLS 6-0
2. Folsom 4-1
3. Buchanan 4-1
4. Central Fresno 5-0
5. Liberty 6-0
6. Pitt 4-2
7. Monterey Trail 5-0
8. Oak Ridge 4-1
9. St. Francis 3-1
10. Del Oro 6-0
11. Serra 2-2
12. CVC 4-1
13. Central Catholic 5-1
14. Inderkum 5-0
15. Capital Christian 6-0
16. Placer 5-0
17. Card Newman 4-1
18. Freedom 5-1
19. Antioch 5-1
20. Tulare Union 5-0

* NorCal teams on the “bubble” of the Top 20:
California 4-1, St. Mary’s 1-4, Rancho Cotate 5-0, Palo Alto 5-0, Wilcox 5-0, Jesuit 3-2, Sheldon 5-1, Eureka 6-0

I will play Monterey County homer here, but IMO Menlo-Atherton and Mitty are ranked to high. Mitty's handling of Oakdale was nice, but that's about it. Acalanes, and Bellarmine are both a bit down this year. MA lost to Palma. I would move 9-13 up two notches and drop them to 12 and 13. But it is still early this thing will sort its self out as the season progresses.

 

[colhenrylives]

Serra's apparent rich harvest of outstanding freshman football players may well be a product of the school's 2017 state title, at least in part. That kind of publicity/marketing can reap benefits down the line when it comes to athletic enrollment.

 

[Rmbr26]

Would have to agree with RLS13 that that move in rankings seems to make sense looking at records and opponents. Mitty & M-A are both to a degree "suspect" at this point with Mitty suffering a bad loss to Serra and M-A seemingly being upset by Palma only to have Palma lose by 2 scores the following week to Salinas who entered the game at 1-2. So as it should be...

Top 20 CCS Teams - REVISED
1. St. Francis 3-1
2. Serra 2-2
3. Palo Alto 5-0
4. Wilcox 5-0
5. Valley Christian 3-1
6. Aptos 4-0
7. Terra Nova 5-0
8. Live Oak 4-0
9. Carmel 4-0
10. Salinas 2-2
11. Palma 3-1
12. Mitty 2-2
13. Menlo-Atherton 2-2
14. SHP 5-0
15. St. Ignatius 0-4
16. Burlingame 3-2
17. Oak Grove 2-2
18. Overfelt 4-0
19. King’s Academy 3-1
20. Alisal 3-2

Colhenry - interesting comment regarding Serra's state title & publicity apparently drawing new talent to the school apparent with the new frosh team 2-0. Apparently SF's state division didn't hurt either as SF's frosh are also 2-0 along with VC, and then there is everyone else behind the "Big 3" [is the separation in gaps between top & bottom of the WCAL growing? ].

 

[observer22]

Serra Frosh team is best team we've had in 30 years. The line has 4 kids over 310 and they can move and play. QB is junior DeShaun Watson...amazing in 30 point win over talented Frosh Pittsburg team.

I didn’t know juniors were able to play on a frosh team.

 

[colhenrylives]

Would have to agree with RLS13 that that move in rankings seems to make sense looking at records and opponents. Mitty & M-A are both to a degree "suspect" at this point with Mitty suffering a bad loss to Serra and M-A seemingly being upset by Palma only to have Palma lose by 2 scores the following week to Salinas who entered the game at 1-2. So as it should be...

Top 20 CCS Teams - REVISED
1. St. Francis 3-1
2. Serra 2-2
3. Palo Alto 5-0
4. Wilcox 5-0
5. Valley Christian 3-1
6. Aptos 4-0
7. Terra Nova 5-0
8. Live Oak 4-0
9. Carmel 4-0
10. Salinas 2-2
11. Palma 3-1
12. Mitty 2-2
13. Menlo-Atherton 2-2
14. SHP 5-0
15. St. Ignatius 0-4
16. Burlingame 3-2
17. Oak Grove 2-2
18. Overfelt 4-0
19. King’s Academy 3-1
20. Alisal 3-2

Colhenry - interesting comment regarding Serra's state title & publicity apparently drawing new talent to the school apparent with the new frosh team 2-0. Apparently SF's state division didn't hurt either as SF's frosh are also 2-0 along with VC, and then there is everyone else behind the "Big 3" [is the separation in gaps between top & bottom of the WCAL growing? ].

It seems so right now. But don't be shocked if Mitty joined the club fairly soon. Bellarmine not so much. Same for the SF trio which remains behind the curve.

 

[Rmbr26]

I didn’t know juniors were able to play on a frosh team.

pc2986 said: [/QUOTE]
Serra Frosh team is best team we've had in 30 years. The line has 4 kids over 310 and they can move and play. QB is junior DeShaun Watson...amazing in 30 point win over talented Frosh Pittsburg team.

Hey observer22 think poster pc2986 is pulling your leg OR Budweiser is on sale again at Safeway - no record of any DeShaun Watson Jr. or otherwise on any Serra roster. Maybe he's related to QB Deshaun Watson of the Houston Texans, Lol!

 

[berdooman]

I believe he means the player is "a junior version" of said player ... in other words he plays like him. Whether he does or not, I don't know.

 

[Rmbr26]

NM

 

[Rmbr26]

WCAL Football 2018 - This weeks games:

Varsity Games This Week
SHC hosts SF Friday 7:00 PM @ Kezar

Saturday Games:
Riordan hosts Mitty 1:00 @ CCSF
Serra hosts Bells 1:00 @ Serra
VC hosts S.I. 7:00 PM @ VC

Last weeks scores:
SF 31-6 over S.I.
Bells 34-20 over ARHS
VC 45-7 over SHC
Serra 42-7 over Mitty

Not too much suspense or excitement over this weeks upcoming games. It appears at least unless a monumental upset that the 4 top tier teams are playing the bottom 4 tier teams in what appears to be 4 mismatches. There has always been to some degree a level of disparity season to season in WCAL football. What has been occurring th ough in recent years [4-5?] is a growing level of that disparity between top & bottom of the league. After 4 games it appears we have SF, Serra at the top, VC & Mitty [possibly] in the middle and S.I., Bells, SHC & Riordan at the lowest tier. I could be off a bit on this as VC could surprise and possibly give SF/Serra a run for their money. As well S.I. is a decent team & the best 0-4 team in CCS and will be a good match-up for Mitty & Bells. So lets see what we have to look forward to in this weeks games.

SHC vs SF - I was actually looking forward to SHC playing VC last week as I thought the game would be closer. Based upon the close SHC loss to Palma and VC's loss to Wilcox & closer game than expected vs Pleasant Valley I thought the game could be competitive. The Irish played very well with the score 10-7 at the 1/2 before fading badly in the 2nd 1/2 being outscored 35-0. SHC has some issues on offense particularly at the QB position and with limited roster depth having their defense on the field for too long. Unfortunately it doesn't get any easier this week facing the Lancer's who is the favored team to win the WCAL at this time. SF has a better passing game than VC and the top defense in the WCAL. SHC's coaches have quite a challenge in how to move the ball vs SF and likewise on how to stop them on offense. SHC will have to stick to the basics in this one & try to execute as best they can against a bigger and more physical team. If the Irish can establish any running game at all and stick with it possibly they can grind out some first downs using all 4 downs - which means field position will be critical. Play smart Irish & avoid penalties at all costs.
Prediction: SF 38-13

Riordan vs Mitty - Riordan gave the Bells a solid game in losing 34-20 while Mitty down 35-0 faced a running clock in the 2nd 1/2 against Serra. This game may be similar to the Mitty-Oakdale game in which Riordan may score a few times, but will be unable to stop Mitty from scoring at will [Mitty won over Oakdale 42-14 in which Shamir Bey threw & ran for 5 TD's]. Mitty is a few notches better than the Bells so an upset this week for the Crusader's is not in the cards without divine help. Some big plays on offense & special teams and a shuffling of the defense may be the best hope Crusader's.
Prediction: Mitty 42-13

Serra vs Bells - After the Serra-Mitty game last week Bells coach Janda cannot be looking forward to the bus ride up to Serra. While SF has the best defense Serra has the most balanced offense in the league which took only 1/2 to unleash on an unprepared Mitty team. Serra QB Luke Bottari played a near perfect first 1/2 and with only 3 plays in the 2nd 1/2 before exiting finished 12/13 passing. The Bells simply do not have the weapons on offense to outscore Serra and likewise their defense will not be able to contain Serra to just a few scores in order to stay close enough to win. While the Bells-Riordan game was close, probably not this one.
Prediction: Serra 42-13

VC vs S.I. - The Wildcats must avoid a sloppy start such as the INT that occurred on the first play from scrimmage last week vs SF [2 plays later SF scores TD & led 7-0 seconds into the game]. I think S.I. will be able to score against VC and may do a better job vs VC's rushing attack then they did vs SF. VC has a big O-line and that will wear on S.I. in the 2nd 1/2. S.I. will have to take some chances and use all 4 downs on offense if field position permits. Both S.I. RB's Mark Biggins & Jahsai Shannon will need to have big games. The biggest plus from last week's game is that S.I.'s defense actually played well vs the Lancer's. Handing SF the first TD to start the game S.I. then drove the field to score to make it 7-6. SF then scored 2 TD's in 2nd quarter & up 21-6 at the 1/2 & S.I. still in it. While S.I. could not muster any points in the 2nd 1/2 the Wildcat defense did limit a very good SF team to 10 points in the the 2nd 1/2.
So Without the give away TD the score would have been 24-6 which with a couple big plays S.I. could have made the game close. The point I'm making is S.I. has played well in all 4 of their games, but has played 4 good teams and had the 3rd toughest schedule to date just behind SF/Serra. Close game perhaps or blow-out? VC does not appear to be on the same level as SF/Serra, but still ran over SHC by 45-7.
Prediction: VC 35-13

 

[iamgearyblvd]

WCAL Football 2018 - This weeks games:

SHC vs SF - I was actually looking forward to SHC playing VC last week as I thought the game would be closer. Based upon the close SHC loss to Palma and VC's loss to Wilcox & closer game than expected vs Pleasant Valley I thought the game could be competitive. The Irish played very well with the score 10-7 at the 1/2 before fading badly in the 2nd 1/2 being outscored 35-0. SHC has some issues on offense particularly at the QB position and with limited roster depth having their defense on the field for too long. Unfortunately it doesn't get any easier this week facing the Lancer's who is the favored team to win the WCAL at this time. SF has a better passing game than VC and the top defense in the WCAL. SHC's coaches have quite a challenge in how to move the ball vs SF and likewise on how to stop them on offense. SHC will have to stick to the basics in this one & try to execute as best they can against a bigger and more physical team. If the Irish can establish any running game at all and stick with it possibly they can grind out some first downs using all 4 downs - which means field position will be critical. Play smart Irish & avoid penalties at all costs.
Prediction: SF 38-13

Agree with the chalky picks. For the most part I'd like to see SH get out of there without any significant injuries to their starters. Ideally SF gets out to a 21-0 lead and then SH pull the starters and start the running clock. SF should follow suit or vice versa and pull the starters. SF unlike some fellow league teams is classy and hardly ever runs up the score. So it will be interesting to see how SH plays this with Bruce Mahoney next week and our only chance of retaining trophy is football and baseball this year. Basketball is not going to be pretty.

 

[Rmbr26]

["iamgearyblvd,] For the most part I'd like to see SHC get out of there without any significant injuries to starters. Ideally SF gets out to a 21-0 lead, SHC pulls starters & start running clock. SF should follow suit or vice versa and pull the starters. SF unlike some fellow league teams is classy and hardly ever runs up the score. So it will be interesting to see how SHC plays this with Bruce Mahoney next week and our only chance of retaining trophy is football and baseball this year. Basketball is not going to be pretty.[/QUOTE]

gearyblvd - makes sense to me & agree the SF current coaching regime has never been about running up scores [as a matter of fact I can't remember when Lancer's last attempted to embarrass a team with needless scoring]. Then again sometimes circumstances facilitate a "blow-out" without "bad intentions" such as Serra's 42-7 win over Mitty last week. With Bottari going 10/10 passing & a 35-0 lead at the 1/2. Serra pulled Bottari after 3 plays in 2nd 1/2 along with other starters and the 2 teams each scored 1 TD in the 2nd 1/2 with running clock. What could have been score had any starters not been pulled beginning of 3rd quarter? The VC-SHC game was a bit different with a 10-7 VC lead at the 1/2 & a bit hard to believe ended up 42-7 [VC scoring 35-0 in 2nd 1/2 over Irish].

 

[colhenrylives]

For a bit of perspective re Bellarmine (and its recent issues on the gridiron), the 2018 version of the Bells' varsity is nearly two-thirds underclassmen; just 19 are seniors out of a roster of 53. The rest are sophs and juniors. Now the question becomes: How strong are the Bellarmine freshmen? If the frosh are promising, maybe 2019 and 2020 can be a step up for the College Park crew. Maybe.

 

[jordan24]

For a bit of perspective re Bellarmine (and its recent issues on the gridiron), the 2018 version of the Bells' varsity is nearly two-thirds underclassmen; just 19 are seniors out of a roster of 53. The rest are sophs and juniors. Now the question becomes: How strong are the Bellarmine freshmen? If the frosh are promising, maybe 2019 and 2020 can be a step up for the College Park crew. Maybe.

Good points Col. From a Crusader perspective, almost 60%of the roster are sophs and juniors. This includes the starting jr QB and RB. One of the starting WRs is a soph and much of the starting linemen are a good mix of underclassmen and seniors. Add to a Crusader JV team that fielded more players than the Bells and came out victorious by 42-16. Bells Frosh edged Crusaders 23-22, so jury is still out on both Frosh teams.

 

[colhenrylives]

Good points Col. From a Crusader perspective, almost 60%of the roster are sophs and juniors. This includes the starting jr QB and RB. One of the starting WRs is a soph and much of the starting linemen are a good mix of underclassmen and seniors. Add to a Crusader JV team that fielded more players than the Bells and came out victorious by 42-16. Bells Frosh edged Crusaders 23-22, so jury is still out on both Frosh teams.

Usually, if loads of sophs are on a given varsity, the JV's are in deep doc-doo.

 

[Scott2138]

["iamgearyblvd,] For the most part I'd like to see SHC get out of there without any significant injuries to starters. Ideally SF gets out to a 21-0 lead, SHC pulls starters & start running clock. SF should follow suit or vice versa and pull the starters. SF unlike some fellow league teams is classy and hardly ever runs up the score. So it will be interesting to see how SHC plays this with Bruce Mahoney next week and our only chance of retaining trophy is football and baseball this year. Basketball is not going to be pretty.

gearyblvd - makes sense to me & agree the SF current coaching regime has never been about running up scores [as a matter of fact I can't remember when Lancer's last attempted to embarrass a team with needless scoring]. Then again sometimes circumstances facilitate a "blow-out" without "bad intentions" such as Serra's 42-7 win over Mitty last week. With Bottari going 10/10 passing & a 35-0 lead at the 1/2. Serra pulled Bottari after 3 plays in 2nd 1/2 along with other starters and the 2 teams each scored 1 TD in the 2nd 1/2 with running clock. What could have been score had any starters not been pulled beginning of 3rd quarter? The VC-SHC game was a bit different with a 10-7 VC lead at the 1/2 & a bit hard to believe ended up 42-7 [VC scoring 35-0 in 2nd 1/2 over Irish].[/QUOTE]

Don't forget toward the end the QBs threw pics for touchdown returns, otherwise the score would have been lower resulting in that big blowout.

 

[jordan24]

Usually, if loads of sophs are on a given varsity, the JV's are in deep doc-doo.

Last season’s Bells-Crusaders Frosh played to a 26-26 tie in a very entertaining game on the Bells campus field. Most of that Crusader Frosh team are on JVs with the exception of 5 players. Dynamic soph QB, Azaan Ledbetter, leads this year’s JV team and gains valuable game snaps.

 

[Scott2138]

Scott2138: In your above post you are quoting Rmbr26 with someone else's post ["iamgearyblvd"]. You then post my remarks as your own post adding your own remark to the end of my post. To clear it up here is your post as it should have been:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

["iamgearyblvd,] For the most part I'd like to see SHC get out of there without any significant injuries to starters. Ideally SF gets out to a 21-0 lead, SHC pulls starters & start running clock. SF should follow suit or vice versa and pull the starters. SF unlike some fellow league teams is classy and hardly ever runs up the score. So it will be interesting to see how SHC plays this with Bruce Mahoney next week and our only chance of retaining trophy is football and baseball this year. Basketball is not going to be pretty.

["Rmbr26] gearyblvd makes sense to me & agree the SF current coaching regime has never been about running up scores [as a matter of fact I can't remember when Lancer's last attempted to embarrass a team with needless scoring]. Then again sometimes circumstances facilitate a "blow-out" without "bad intentions" such as Serra's 42-7 win over Mitty last week. With Bottari going 10/10 passing & a 35-0 lead at the 1/2. Serra pulled Bottari after 3 plays in 2nd 1/2 along with other starters and the 2 teams each scored 1 TD in the 2nd 1/2 with running clock. What could have been score had any starters not been pulled beginning of 3rd quarter? The VC-SHC game was a bit different with a 10-7 VC lead at the 1/2 & a bit hard to believe ended up 42-7 [VC scoring 35-0 in 2nd 1/2 over Irish].[/QUOTE]

 

[Scott2138]

["Rmbr26] gearyblvd makes sense to me & agree the SF current coaching regime has never been about running up scores [as a matter of fact I can't remember when Lancer's last attempted to embarrass a team with needless scoring]. Then again sometimes circumstances facilitate a "blow-out" without "bad intentions" such as Serra's 42-7 win over Mitty last week. With Bottari going 10/10 passing & a 35-0 lead at the 1/2. Serra pulled Bottari after 3 plays in 2nd 1/2 along with other starters and the 2 teams each scored 1 TD in the 2nd 1/2 with running clock. What could have been score had any starters not been pulled beginning of 3rd quarter? The VC-SHC game was a bit different with a 10-7 VC lead at the 1/2 & a bit hard to believe ended up 42-7 [VC scoring 35-0 in 2nd 1/2 over Irish].

[/QUOTE]

Oops sorry.

 

[colhenrylives]

Never wise to run up a score with starters. Injuries beckon.

 

[Rmbr26]

No problem Scott2138 - I was trying to figure out how you did that, Lol!

 

[jordan24]

Gotta agree about Coach Calgagno, he is a class act.
Interesting about Serra’s Coach Walsh the past 2 season’s blowout wins against the Crusaders - he has called multiple flea-flickers both years as payback for that epic record shattering 66-45 Crusader-Padre shootout. I’m sure he and former Riordan OC/new Padre qb Coach, Darius Bell, might dial up it up again together this year. Lol!

 

[Rmbr26]

colhenry - from comments I'm reading including "Serra's frosh may be best frosh team in 30 years", along with reports of 300+ lb frosh lineman & a QB resembling Desean Watson who took down a very good Pitt frosh team - just exactly what are we looking at 3 years from now? It sounds like Serra is ready to reload their varsity from their frosh team and Bells are extracting sophs to their varsity just trying to survive this season - which they will do well to survive this Saturday in San Mateo [this cannot be easy for the Bells alumni to witness, no less Janda & staff..]

 

[Rmbr26]

"jordan24[/B], post: 209751, member: 140"]Gotta agree about Coach Calgagno, he is a class act.
Interesting about Serra’s Coach Walsh the past 2 season’s blowout wins against the Crusaders - he has called multiple flea-flickers both years as payback for that epic record shattering 66-45 Crusader-Padre shootout. I’m sure he and former Riordan OC/new Padre qb Coach, Darius Bell, might dial up it up again together this year. Lol!

Forgot about that jordan & obviously you didn't about the Coach Walsh flea-flickers vs Riordan [take note Coach Walsh].
The one I remember is Serra vs Tulare Union in last year's NorCal semi-final. First of all Tulare Union's coaching was about as bad as it gets with the on side kicks over & over again giving Serra the ball at mid-field. That & playing a 3-man defensive front against Serra when they were using their double-wing on most plays - the poor "Homer" announcers were losing their minds over the Tulare Union coach.
Anyway in 4th quarter with Serra ahead several scores Serra's Coach Walsh used an onside kick which the Padres recovered and led to yet another score. As announcers said at time the Tulare Union players were not at all alert and neither were their coaches. Still makes me cringe to this day [tho not too much, Lol!].

 

[Irish_Cheers]

gearyblvd - The VC-SHC game was a bit different with a 10-7 VC lead at the 1/2 & a bit hard to believe ended up 4[5]-7 [VC scoring 35-0 in 2nd 1/2 over Irish].

VC took advantage of short fields after a pick six and another interception that lead to another score late in the game. It's not like they were scoring at will and running up and down the field. The defense played better than the score indicated.

 

[colhenrylives]

colhenry - from comments I'm reading including "Serra's frosh may be best frosh team in 30 years", along with reports of 300+ lb frosh lineman & a QB resembling Desean Watson who took down a very good Pitt frosh team - just exactly what are we looking at 3 years from now? It sounds like Serra is ready to reload their varsity from their frosh team and Bells are extracting sophs to their varsity just trying to survive this season - which they will do well to survive this Saturday in San Mateo [this cannot be easy for the Bells alumni to witness, no less Janda & staff..]

Actually, for Serra at least, the payoff should occur in 2020 when this year's sophs are seniors and the current frosh are juniors. That looks like the plan on West 20th Avenue. The 2019 campaign could be a tad dicey, however.

 

[berdooman]

Serra flea flickers vs. Riordan were called when outcome was in doubt, in fact one was run on about the first scrimmage play of the game.

 

[jordan24]

Serra flea flickers vs. Riordan were called when outcome was in doubt, in fact one was run on about the first scrimmage play of the game.

True Berdooman, I just enjoyed the gamesmanship of Coach Walsh calling those plays. Crusader-Padre matchups always fun no matter what.

 

[dcpanda]

Serra flea flickers vs. Riordan were called when outcome was in doubt, in fact one was run on about the first scrimmage play of the game.

As usual, berdooman is correct. Riordan hit Serra with two flea flickers on that day of offensive onslaught at City College. I believe it was the very next year that Serra opened the game with something like a 70-yard flea flicker to Shane Villaroman. Quite an answer.

 

[Rmbr26]

jordan - the "66-45 Crusader-Padre shootout" is one of the best HS football games in my memory, which is going back a ways. One of those games that doesn't matter so much who won, but the Riordan faithful who were there in person got to see the game of a life time IMO. The first 1/2 alone contained enough highlight reels for any game..

 

[jordan24]

jordan - the "66-45 Crusader-Padre shootout" is one of the best HS football games in my memory, which is going back a ways. One of those games that doesn't matter so much who won, but the Riordan faithful who were there in person got to see the game of a life time IMO. The first 1/2 alone contained enough highlight reels for any game..

TBT 2015 Serra-Riordan Historic Shootout:

 

[colhenrylives]

jordan - the "66-45 Crusader-Padre shootout" is one of the best HS football games in my memory, which is going back a ways. One of those games that doesn't matter so much who won, but the Riordan faithful who were there in person got to see the game of a life time IMO. The first 1/2 alone contained enough highlight reels for any game..

On the other hand, the defensive coordinators were preparing to commit ritual suicide at halftime.

 

[Rmbr26]

WCAL Football 2018 - QB's at a Glance

Looking at the MaxPreps stats here are the rated WCAL QB's after 4 games. 6 teams report basic stats with Bells & S.I. abstaining & submitting only basic info for several years now. The Bells only throw occasionally & perhaps there is one S.I. fan out there who could give us an idea on S.I.'s QB Jack Hagfeldt performance to date in passing/stats.

Riordan's QB Adham Abdelghani leads in passing yardage by a slim margin over Serra's Bottari. Abdelghani in 4 games has passed for 855 yards completing 45/100 for 10 TD's & 7 INT's. His avg completion of 19-yards also leads the league. Completion rate = 45%, QB rating = 79.4

Serra's Luke Bottari has passed for 820 yards completing 69/93 for 6 TD's and 5 INT's with an avg completion around 12-yards. Bottari currently is completing 74% of his pass attempts which is an amazing number. QB rating = 99.8

Mitty's Shamir Bey one of 2 dual-threat QB's in the WCAL [the other being Riordan's Abdelghani] is the #3 QB having passed for 650 yards completing 42/90 for 9 TD's with only 3 INT's & avg completion 15.5 yards and completion rate of 47%. QB rating = 90.5

SF's Jack Perry was primarily a WR last season and back-up to Reed Vetttel and converted strictly to QB for this season. Perry has performed well in his role and passed for 605 yards completing 35/62 with 5 TD's and just 3 INT's with a completion percentage of 56%. Perry's avg completion of over 17 yards is very good as well. QB rating = 96.5%

SHC's Peyton Monaco is the stat leader of the 2 QB's SHC has been using. Peyton has 17 completions in 27 attempts for 380 yards, 5 TD's and 2 INT's with a completion rate of 63%. QB rating = 115.4

VC's Cory Taylor rarely passes in the run-oriented VC offense and has passed for 217 yards in the first 4 games, completing 15/40 with 4 TD's & 2 INT's for a 37% completion ratio. QB rating = 68.4

* There are 2 QB's listed among the WCAL's top rusher's with Riordan's Abdelghani averaging 58 yards per game with a nearly 5-yard APC. The other dual-threat QB is Mitty's Shamir Bey averaging 45 yards per game and 4+YPC along with 2 TD's.

The Bells primarily a run team don't rely on a pass game & their QB Mingrone's stats would reflect as such. I think that the Bell's QB would probably be ranked/rated in statistical numbers with SHC's QB Peyton Monaco.
The S.I. QB Hagfeldt from what I've seen has performed credibly and I would rank with SF's Perry in performance/stats. The teams having had 3 pre-season games have vastly different "strength of schedule" ratings which would effect the QB stats & ratings as well. Here are the teams in order of strongest game schedules to date
with Serra having played the toughest schedule and SF having had to travel to De La Salle comes in #2. St. Ignatius being 0-4 surprisingly comes in right behind Serra & SF.

Teams in order of toughest schedules:
1. Serra
2. SF
3. S.I.
4. MItty
5. VC
6. Bells
7. SHC
8. ARHS

 

[wcalaholic]

TBT 2015 Serra-Riordan Historic Shootout:

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Throwing it back a little further:

 

[colhenrylives]

Speaking of going back in time, Bellarmine and Serra have been playing varsity football against one another since the 1946 season. Bellarmine has a healthy lead in the series that began during the Truman Administration. Two Bellarmine routs stand out: 66-7 in 1947 and 60-0 in 1965.That said, the last two years have been historic. Serra defeated the Bells by scores of 48-0 and 48-13. Such one-sided, back-to-back beat-downs by the Padres are unprecedented in the rivalry. The two old foes face off again at 1 p.m. in San Mateo.

 

[Rmbr26]

The pay-back to Bellarmine continues this Saturday at Serra for all alumni who suffered at the hands of Serra's biggest rival for many years. All 4 games are projected mismatches this week and Serra is one of the heavy favorites and favored by my projection by 4 TD's. The Padres are waiting for you Coach Janda and the Bells, Lol!

 

[colhenrylives]

One does have to wonder when (or if) the administration and alumni at Bellarmine will decide that, yes, high-quality football still does have a role on that Jesuit campus. For now, it's not clear at all. Another grim season and regular WCAL bashings by rivals south of San Francisco may clarify things. Perhaps soon. Let's see.

 

[ARHS Stats]

The Bells primarily a run team don't rely on a pass game & their QB Mingrone's stats would reflect as such. I think that the Bell's QB would probably be ranked/rated in statistical numbers with SHC's QB Peyton Monaco.
The S.I. QB Hagfeldt from what I've seen has performed credibly and I would rank with SF's Perry in performance/stats. The teams having had 3 pre-season games have vastly different "strength of schedule" ratings which would effect the QB stats & ratings as well.

Bellarmine is passing more this season.

After Bellarmine vs. Riordan Game, I have Bellarmine's QB Mingrone having passed for 469 yards on 40 passes completed out 82 passes attempted, with 4 TDs and 4 INTs. Mingrone has rushed for 166 yards for 41.5 yards per game. He has completed 48.8% of his passes. Bellarmine has about 58 more rushing yards than passing yards.

 

[Irish_Cheers]

WCAL Football 2018 - QB's at a Glance

SHC's Peyton Monaco is the stat leader of the 2 QB's SHC has been using. Peyton has 17 completions in 27 attempts for 380 yards, 5 TD's and 2 INT's with a completion rate of 63%. QB rating = 115.4

SHC Sophomore QB Cian Dowling will be eligible to play starting with the St. Francis game, so expect those passing numbers to change.

 

[drdiablo86]

Bellarmine is passing more this season.

After Bellarmine vs. Riordan Game, I have Bellarmine's QB Mingrone having passed for 469 yards on 40 passes completed out 82 passes attempted, with 4 TDs and 4 INTs. Mingrone has rushed for 166 yards for 41.5 yards per game. He has completed 48.8% of his passes. Bellarmine has about 58 more rushing yards than passing yards.

Impressive stat info. Where did you find those? Thanks for posting.