WCAL Football 2018 - San Jose Merc All Bay Area Team
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46-20 for the Serra frosh. Utter BS calls, plenty of obvious holds not flagged, bad SHC coaching decisions and classless Serra coaches running up the score by constantly taking onside kicks and 2-point conversions with a big lead. It's still not surprising to see this crap after all these years.
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Lets see when Serra calls off the dogs. Theres no point in... oh nm, its Serra. They are the Kobra Kai of the WCAL. STRIKE FIRST, STRIKE HARD, NO MERCY!!!
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SF 14-7 over Mitty at 1/2.
Serra's Malacai Rango just ran for an 85 yard TD to make it Serra 21-0 end of 1rst quarter. Irish D & Dowling have played well but cannot stop the big plays by Serra. SHC's Dowling shows a lot of poise for a soph QB.
SF 14-7 over Mitty at 1/2.
Serra's Malacai Rango just ran for an 85 yard TD to make it Serra 21-0 end of 1rst quarter. Irish D & Dowling have played well but cannot stop the big plays by Serra. SHC's Dowling shows a lot of poise for a soph QB.
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With Serra up 35-0 in the 2nd quarter it is looking like a total mismatch with Irish. Watching SF & Mitty Sf looks good, but not completely dominant currently 28-7 in 4th. Having said that I could be wrong as SF is playing many senior's on "senior nite" and could be on "cruise control" vs Mitty [maybe Mitty isn't a viable threat to Lancers??].
From my observations it is looking like Serra's blow-out loss to VC just might have been a "perfect storm" of a terrible nite by the Padres & VC catching every break. Not taking anything away from Warrior's win, but will bet SF does not put a 37-6 beat-down on Padres next week as VC did.
With Serra up 35-0 in the 2nd quarter it is looking like a total mismatch with Irish. Watching SF & Mitty Sf looks good, but not completely dominant currently 28-7 in 4th. Having said that I could be wrong as SF is playing many senior's on "senior nite" and could be on "cruise control" vs Mitty [maybe Mitty isn't a viable threat to Lancers??].
From my observations it is looking like Serra's blow-out loss to VC just might have been a "perfect storm" of a terrible nite by the Padres & VC catching every break. Not taking anything away from Warrior's win, but will bet SF does not put a 37-6 beat-down on Padres next week as VC did.
Next Saturday afternoon in San Mateo: Opposites attract, SF at Serra. Rock-hard defense vs. big-play offense/special teams. Three-way tie hangs in balance. Or SF wins the big enchilada outright. Get there early. Parking no picnic in the neighborhood.
Looking at both teams schedules & records there may just be a clue as to next week - will post a bit more later on re: SF-Serra..
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As always, the humble and self-effacing Colonel will defer to the Rambling Individual in all WCAL matters.
Understand the frustration of the Irish fans, however some recent scores to put the picture in perspective:
VC 35-0 over Bells
MItty 34-6 over Riordan
SHC 58-6 over Homestead
SHC 39-0 over Riordan
VC 45-7 over SHC
Not so sure the depiction of the Padres pouring it on is accurate to any degree. It is the highest scoring offense in the WCAL and Serra has scored a lot of points in most games getting up very early and pulling starters very early. St. Francis has a slow grind it out offense and therefore doesn't put up big scores [SF 14-0 over SHC]. So what would have score been such as last night with score 42-0 at the 1/2 if Serra really wanted to "pour it on" instead of taking their foot off the gas? That Serra did not score in the 2nd 1/2 just doesn't support the argument. At what point in SHC's wins over Homestead & Riordan did the Irish "call off the dogs?" [SHC up 37-0 on Homestead at 1/2 scored 2 TD's in 3rd & another TD in 4th for another 21 points in 2nd 1/2, so just depends what side of fence you're on I suppose..]
VC 35-0 over Bells
MItty 34-6 over Riordan
SHC 58-6 over Homestead
SHC 39-0 over Riordan
VC 45-7 over SHC
Not so sure the depiction of the Padres pouring it on is accurate to any degree. It is the highest scoring offense in the WCAL and Serra has scored a lot of points in most games getting up very early and pulling starters very early. St. Francis has a slow grind it out offense and therefore doesn't put up big scores [SF 14-0 over SHC]. So what would have score been such as last night with score 42-0 at the 1/2 if Serra really wanted to "pour it on" instead of taking their foot off the gas? That Serra did not score in the 2nd 1/2 just doesn't support the argument. At what point in SHC's wins over Homestead & Riordan did the Irish "call off the dogs?" [SHC up 37-0 on Homestead at 1/2 scored 2 TD's in 3rd & another TD in 4th for another 21 points in 2nd 1/2, so just depends what side of fence you're on I suppose..]
In other news, with one game remaining in league play both SF and VC have given up just 16 points in league play. SF closes with Serra, VC closes with Riordan.
My issue wasn't so much with the score, it was with the defense giving up all those big plays. Also, the frosh game was so frustrating. It was only 22-20 starting the third, then the refs decided to not flag many holding penalties and I disagreed with some coaching decisions that gave Serra some small fields to work with. Pads constantly going for 2-point conversions didn't exactly have "class" written over them either.
As for Homestead, that was too much of a mis-match. A little less so with Riordan. VC got a lot of late breaks, so I can't really call that a run-up.
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Maybe they were trying to win the game. I didn’t realize going for two was so controversial, especially when only up by two points at halftime. Is it now only acceptable to win by one or two scores? I am genuinely curious.
The frosh team at Serra does not have a kicker. That is why they do not kick extra points and why the kick offs look like onside kicks. I know of many teams that just go for two all of the time. If they are 50% effective out of 10 tries they match 100% perfect kicking.
The Serra Frosh team does not have a kicker. That is why they go for two and also why their kickoffs look like onside kicks.
OK. That explains that. It doesn't explain the refs missing all those holding penalties. If I can see it from the stands, they can see it from the field.
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Is what we have seen this season is a tale of 2 Lancer teams. The first one that had Darrell
Paige at RB and Perry at QB with the D to back it up. If the Lancers had THAT team the Lancers may have won state. This years Lancer team started well with out Page. Perry was a solid athletic QB.
No, we don’t have that team anymore. The night of the Valley Christian game. We lost our QB Perry and our RB Bishop who was Pages back up. We also lost 5 other starters.
Daly the junior back up QB is doing as well as can be expected and looks to have a good future. But this is a completely different Lancer team on offense. It’s not the team that started the Season. The offense has been and continues to struggle. I think Daly and his receivers are starting to get a feel for each other. But will that be enough against a team like Serra, VC or other regionals teams?
If this Lancer team is going to win going forward it will be won on defense and in the trenches on both sides of the ball through their physicality.
This is not the team that started the season. It’s called next man up. I think coach Calcagno said it best s few weeks ago. He said “we don’t feel sorry for anyone else, so why should anyone else feel sorry for us”
Paige at RB and Perry at QB with the D to back it up. If the Lancers had THAT team the Lancers may have won state. This years Lancer team started well with out Page. Perry was a solid athletic QB.
No, we don’t have that team anymore. The night of the Valley Christian game. We lost our QB Perry and our RB Bishop who was Pages back up. We also lost 5 other starters.
Daly the junior back up QB is doing as well as can be expected and looks to have a good future. But this is a completely different Lancer team on offense. It’s not the team that started the Season. The offense has been and continues to struggle. I think Daly and his receivers are starting to get a feel for each other. But will that be enough against a team like Serra, VC or other regionals teams?
If this Lancer team is going to win going forward it will be won on defense and in the trenches on both sides of the ball through their physicality.
This is not the team that started the season. It’s called next man up. I think coach Calcagno said it best s few weeks ago. He said “we don’t feel sorry for anyone else, so why should anyone else feel sorry for us”
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Then we get to do it all over again in a couple of weeks. With runner up slots available to move on,the seeding of D-2 becomes important as you know from last year.
Although I’m not predicting anything about this game yet. It looks to me from watching games that Serra should win this. It’s really a no brainer. But then I think back to the 2 games that SF and Serra had with VC.
In the VC game SF was able to stop VC’s run game. So VC went to the air. The problem with that is SF has the best secondary in the WCAL and those interceptions were costly.
In the Serra game the physicality of VC and their run game were able to put Serra in the position of playing from behind. Serra found themselves giving good field position to VC allowing VC to take advantage.
SI is routing Riordan 28-0 early in second period at Kezar. The nightmare season continues for the Crusaders who are simply not a competitive unit.
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Final: 35-0. Over the last three seasons (with one league game to be played in 2018) Riordan has lost 19 of 20 WCAL contests, allowing an average of about 37 points per game.
Yes, they did. But the big picture is not pretty at all. Something has to change, unless the Riordan administration, alumni, parents, etc. don't really care anymore. Or they are powerless to remedy a situation that seems to have hit bottom.
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I think the brotherhood only exists on the basketball and wrestling teams. All other sports are just there for participation so kids can have it on their college applications.
Let's be real here. Lincoln has that ranking because it's The Chronicle. Nowhere else in NorCal is Lincoln even considered much of a factor at all. Lincoln would struggle mightily in any of the CCS A leagues and some of the B leagues. Not that the Lions are horrible. They aren't. But their schedule has been less than challenging for sure. The AAA is a C league at best.
Make that "Mustangs."
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I didn't see any of the games "live" like IC did. The frosh game appeared to be a pretty good football fight until after the 3rd quarter. Serra Frosh is dominant in the league though. However, I don't feel like the score was run up either by Serra on the Varsity, historically in football, its about right. The SHC varsity Defense seemed pumped until Serra started scoring at will, the Irish D didn't play poorly at all for the first quarter, Serra as a good team just started to click on everything especially guys like Rango and a few slips there and and a missed angle and Serra just makes you pay.
...which is why the SF-Serra matchup is interesting. Defense first grinders vs. big play speed...
Hate to correct you but they're the Mustangs.
I saw some of the Riordan-SI streaming. Looked like a small crowd.
As of today, the Freeman rankings indicate that the WCAL is the fifth-best league in Northern California. That includes the Central Section's leagues. If those are excluded, the WCAL is fourth in NorCal.
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Tough situation when you have a team in any league that is simply not competitive to any degree & next to no chance of any kind of upset. As for S.I. fans with a decent 1-7 team [if there is such a thing], there could have been not much excitement about the Wildcats upcoming expected blowout of their cross-town rival. If Riordan was 1-7 and S.I. 1-7 and there was doubt as to who would win that would be another situation altogether & hence a bigger crowd. When there is absolutely no suspense as to the outcome and the game not expected to be close to any degree people will find other ways to spend their evening.
S.I. now 2-7 and ranked 15th in all of CCS if that is possible [an indication of just how weak the rest of the CCS is].
A few of the teams S.I. is ranked above: San Benito 6-3, Oak Grove 6-3, Burlingame 7-2, King's Academy 7-2, Los Gatos 6-4.
Riordan now 1-8 and ranked 45th in CCS. A few of the teams ranked above Riordan: Capuchino 5-4, Menlo 3-5, Piedmont Hills 4-5, Bellarmine 2-7, Aragon 2-7.
Looking at the 3 PAL league divisions: Bay = strongest, Lake & Ocean = weaker divisions about even.
Here is where Riordan would stand in each of the 3 PAL Public League Divisions of which 6 teams in each division.
Bay Divison: Riordan would be in last place and winless.
Ocean Division: Riordan would be in 3rd place.
Lake Division: Riordan would be in 4th place.
Keep in mind Riordan would be finishing ahead of teams such as SSF, Hillsdale, Mills, San Mateo of which some of the teams have rosters in the 25+/- range.
Tough situation when you have a team in any league that is simply not competitive to any degree & next to no chance of any kind of upset. As for S.I. fans with a decent 1-7 team [if there is such a thing], there could have been not much excitement about the Wildcats upcoming expected blowout of their cross-town rival. If Riordan was 1-7 and S.I. 1-7 and there was doubt as to who would win that would be another situation altogether & hence a bigger crowd. When there is absolutely no suspense as to the outcome and the game not expected to be close to any degree people will find other ways to spend their evening.
S.I. now 2-7 and ranked 15th in all of CCS if that is possible [an indication of just how weak the rest of the CCS is].
A few of the teams S.I. is ranked above: San Benito 6-3, Oak Grove 6-3, Burlingame 7-2, King's Academy 7-2, Los Gatos 6-4.
Riordan now 1-8 and ranked 45th in CCS. A few of the teams ranked above Riordan: Capuchino 5-4, Menlo 3-5, Piedmont Hills 4-5, Bellarmine 2-7, Aragon 2-7.
Looking at the 3 PAL league divisions: Bay = strongest, Lake & Ocean = weaker divisions about even.
Here is where Riordan would stand in each of the 3 PAL Public League Divisions of which 6 teams in each division.
Bay Divison: Riordan would be in last place and winless.
Ocean Division: Riordan would be in 3rd place.
Lake Division: Riordan would be in 4th place.
Keep in mind Riordan would be finishing ahead of teams such as SSF, Hillsdale, Mills, San Mateo of which some of the teams have rosters in the 25+/- range.
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