WCAL Football 2019-20 - NCP's All NorCal Team + SF Chron All Metro & Merc Teams
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Irish ties St. Francis 14-14 with :23 remaining in the first half on a 4th and 9 at the 13 yard line.
St. Francis went up 28-14 late in the 3rd.
Mitty went ahead 17-14 in the 3rd against Riordan.
Riordan went ahead but Mitty answered with a TD pass. It's 24-21 Monarchs.
Irish apparently went for it on fourth down at their 49 and turned it over on downs.
Now it's 35-14 as the Lancers score on a short field.
42-14 with 2:06 left. They run a good first half then run out of petrol.
Mitty beat Riordan 24-21.
St. Francis went up 28-14 late in the 3rd.
Mitty went ahead 17-14 in the 3rd against Riordan.
Riordan went ahead but Mitty answered with a TD pass. It's 24-21 Monarchs.
Irish apparently went for it on fourth down at their 49 and turned it over on downs.
Now it's 35-14 as the Lancers score on a short field.
42-14 with 2:06 left. They run a good first half then run out of petrol.
Mitty beat Riordan 24-21.
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Game was delayed for over 30 minutes after Riordan’s Aden Jackson lay motionless after a late Mitty hit. Fire truck and ambulance arrived.
Riordan definitely affected as entire stadium was quiet the entire injury time...
Crusaders had the ball on its own 40 with 4 min to go. First play after the break was a fumble. Mitty made a couple of first downs and then ran out the clock. Good thoughts and prayers to Aden Jackson.
Riordan definitely affected as entire stadium was quiet the entire injury time...
Crusaders had the ball on its own 40 with 4 min to go. First play after the break was a fumble. Mitty made a couple of first downs and then ran out the clock. Good thoughts and prayers to Aden Jackson.
From this morning's SF Examiner-Ethan Kassel: "Scary injury marks close loss as Crusaders can’t hold halftime lead over Archbishop Mitty"
https://www.sfexaminer.com/sports/sf-preps-riordan-loses-after-aden-jackson-leaves-on-stretcher/
https://www.sfexaminer.com/sports/sf-preps-riordan-loses-after-aden-jackson-leaves-on-stretcher/
they. SH. need to call up Jerry Mixon. He is the one. Joe Mixon younger cousin. He is on freshman. But he is the best RB in the program. comes from a football family...
QUOTE="Scott2138, post: 243751, member: 2030"]SH needs to find a tailback to balance out the offense. It appears that the one we have is not performing to date. I know they are young, but time to start trying them all out now since we haven't won one game.[/QUOTE]
QUOTE="Scott2138, post: 243751, member: 2030"]SH needs to find a tailback to balance out the offense. It appears that the one we have is not performing to date. I know they are young, but time to start trying them all out now since we haven't won one game.[/QUOTE]
Sometimes I look at Twitter feeds and some sites have 6 year old tweets. One would have to figure that someone would care enough to keep up with their respective programs.
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Mixon needs not to be rushed here for what is a lost season for SH. Freshmen need reps and positive reps. You throw him into a varsity squad where the OL play isnt that great and that will do more damage to a kid's psyche than it will benefit. There have been many great Irish RBs in their history and none of them ever were called up to varsity as a freshman. EVER.
They need to fix their line play first, on both sides of the ball. Thats what wins games.
Good to see Dowling make progress against SF with decisive throws into his 3-5 step drops and less scrambling.
Having a JV team where you can promote a promising freshman, provides valuable experience in facing competition a step up from the Frosh level.
Examples are SI’s jr. Hunkin and Riordan’s soph, Atu Kefu. Both benefited greatly playing at the JV level before moving up to Varsity.
The Crusaders appear to be stacking up some very nice rbs as a frosh was recently brought up to JVs and ran very well against Mitty. Add in the soph just promoted to Varsity and jr Ruth and soph Kefu - these players will be fitting very nicely into Coach Modeste's scheme.
Examples are SI’s jr. Hunkin and Riordan’s soph, Atu Kefu. Both benefited greatly playing at the JV level before moving up to Varsity.
The Crusaders appear to be stacking up some very nice rbs as a frosh was recently brought up to JVs and ran very well against Mitty. Add in the soph just promoted to Varsity and jr Ruth and soph Kefu - these players will be fitting very nicely into Coach Modeste's scheme.
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In a word, the Warriors' victory on a magnificent afternoon in the Sunset District was "workmanlike." They did what they needed to do to defeat SI, no frills, no flourishes, no fancy stuff. Just the basics. And that was enough.
I was impressed with S.I. and didn't see much difference in between the 2 teams talent wise. As for VC doing what they needed - they needed the 2 very generous calls that the refs may have blown - the VC pass that looked like it bounced off the turf at the 1-yard line and the interception where VC's Moon Ashby lands out of bounds [Huh? -how in the heck is that an INT?]. 2 HUGE calls that def had a bearing on the game. Question: how old were the refs for the game as they certainly didn't look like young men. Listening to the announcers who were quite good and comments it appeared maybe the refs simply couldn't see the plays well enough to make the correct call [refs with macular degeneration perhaps?]. OK half kidding and 1/2 not as those 2 plays were game changing and I think VC was lucky to get the win in this one. Kudo's to the Wildcats for a very well played game [and IMO this VC team did not look all that impressive].
On a separate note & Apples to Oranges: S.I. loses to SHP by 28-21, then SHP loses to HMB by 40-0, then SHP blows up Terra Nova 42-10, today S.I. loses 17-7 to VC in which was a closer scenario than the score indicates. The HMB 40-0 win over SHP is simply unexplainable and could be that little HMB is the dark horse of the entire CCS. To the naysayers out there not long ago the small school of SHP went thru the CCS playoffs incl, the WCAL Champ to advance to a state bowl game. Could this HMB team be an enigma of the same caliber?
So much for AMHS Athletics twitter site...[/QUOTE]
I can tell you this...Serra CANNOT wait to play Mitty on Friday night!! For multiple reasons. I wouldn't expect starters to come out at HT again.
I can tell you this...Serra CANNOT wait to play Mitty on Friday night!! For multiple reasons. I wouldn't expect starters to come out at HT again.[/QUOTE]
Did something happen between these two teams? Serra is definitely the favored team. Mitty has some good weapons, but Serra will be the team to beat down the stretch.
I can tell you this...Serra CANNOT wait to play Mitty on Friday night!! For multiple reasons. I wouldn't expect starters to come out at HT again.[/QUOTE]
Why risk injury by leaving key guys in a game that's clearly decided? Why not give subs some snaps for experience, team chemistry, etc.?
Why risk injury by leaving key guys in a game that's clearly decided? Why not give subs some snaps for experience, team chemistry, etc.?[/QUOTE]
The league of extraordinary gentlemen (WCAL) and etiquette suggests otherwise.
If they go up big, Walsh will pull starters early as he always has.
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Question jordan and any others who wish to chime in. Have you seen both SHP and HMB play? VC beat S.I. by 10 and SHP beat S.I. by 7. HMB beat SHP by 40-0 which I think says something. I get it about Ben Burr-Kirven, but if anyone remembers no one gave SHP any chance in CCS 1 Open at the time - esp. the overly confidant WCAL fans saying SHP with Ben Burr-Kirven was going to get destroyed - well guess what? SHP cruised through the Open playoffs, won a NorCal division playoff and went to state. Just mentioning a PAL public HMB in the same post as Serra, SF & VC gets some of those WCAL fans blood boiling. Who can say for sure at this point? VC hardly dominated S.I. & if you reverse the 2 questionable calls, then maybe a different scenario...
The league of extraordinary gentlemen (WCAL) and etiquette suggests otherwise.
If they go up big, Walsh will pull starters early as he always has.[/QUOTE]
This is correct. Walsh consistently gets the fifth string in the game if he can. Pc2986 is a wealth of misinformation.
With all due respect to the Moon, its players, coaches and fans, this 2019 Cougar unit is not the reincarnation of that great SHP unit. Comparing 2019 scores doesn't tell the full story. The eye test, matchups, etc., are extremely valuable for comparisons. HMB would match up well vs. SI (a team lacking explosive athletes who can quickly put up gaudy numbers on the scoreboard). But, in the view of this humble corner, HMB would not match up well vs. VC. The Cougs would struggle to score much at all against the Warriors. A more intriguing question would be: Would HMB match up well vs. Menlo-Atherton? That's a subject for another day.
The only time I saw SHP this season was the scrimmage with Riordan. Not huge, but very well coached, disciplined and drilled. Their players are active and they have a very good rb in MoiMoi.
Doesn't surprise me that SHP beat SI @ home - very evenly matched teams. I would take the 'Cats, though, if the game was played in the Sunset. I'm sure the HMB coaches scouted that game and came away with a very good game plan.
VC talent, size and depth at a different level. SI played a great game and was buoyed by their fans. Again, homef ield made a difference in the close game. If it were played on the VC hilltop, I always give them 1-2 TDs when they play the City teams.
On another subject, after seeing both Serra and Mitty in person, and the game being played under the lights on W. 20th Ave this Fri night, I just don't see the Monarchs having a chance as this game could go to running clock in the second half. Mitty had 30 players suited up Fri night. Riordan's 3 TDs came on sustained drives and the Monarchs could not stop Riordan's power running game in the second half. Mitty opted to run the majority of the time as the Crusader game plan was to focus on stopping the pass. Bey was under constant pressure and the Riordan D line sacked him multiple times and hit him very hard when he decided to run. Mitty's first TD came by great field position in Riordan territory. Their second TD came on a trick play after a questionable Riordan fumble. Riordan's AZ Ledbetter had a breakout game as he matched Bey's 2 TD passes to go along with Riordan's rushing success. Riordan had the ball on its 40 yd line with 4 min to go in the game and there were a lot of concerned Monarch fans and excitement on the Crusader side. The scary injury on a late Mitty hit and almost 30 minute delay severely impacted Riordan's (and Mitty's) play the remainder of the game. There was no wild celebrating on the Mitty side once the game ended - it was still eerily quiet.
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Down the line, Riordan is going to be a problem. The prep football situation (shaky at best) in the northern portion of San Mateo County should benefit the Crusaders (and Serra too) going forward.
WCAL Football 2019-20 - CCS Rankings after latest games:
1. Serra 5-0
2. VC 5-0
3. SF 2-3
4. Wilcox 4-2
5. HMB 5-0
6. M-A 2-3
7. S.I. 3-2
8. Los Gatos 5-1
9. SHP 5-1
10. Mitty 4-1
19. Riordan 2-3
21. Bells 1-4
36. SHC 0-5
The top 3 teams remain unchanged. Wilcox moves up from #5 to #4 after 37-0 shut-out of former #4 Los Gatos who drops to #8. HMB moves up from #6 to #5. S.I. moves up from #9 to #7 after strong showing vs VC in 17-7 loss. Mitty drops from #7 to #10. Riordan moves up 3 spots from #22 to #19 in CCS after strong effort vs Mitty in close loss for Crusaders'. No change in Bells at #21 or SHC at #36.
In state rankings Serra has moved up to #14 just behind Folsom #13. Valley Christian moves up to #21 while the next WCAL team ranked is SF at #77.
1. Serra 5-0
2. VC 5-0
3. SF 2-3
4. Wilcox 4-2
5. HMB 5-0
6. M-A 2-3
7. S.I. 3-2
8. Los Gatos 5-1
9. SHP 5-1
10. Mitty 4-1
19. Riordan 2-3
21. Bells 1-4
36. SHC 0-5
The top 3 teams remain unchanged. Wilcox moves up from #5 to #4 after 37-0 shut-out of former #4 Los Gatos who drops to #8. HMB moves up from #6 to #5. S.I. moves up from #9 to #7 after strong showing vs VC in 17-7 loss. Mitty drops from #7 to #10. Riordan moves up 3 spots from #22 to #19 in CCS after strong effort vs Mitty in close loss for Crusaders'. No change in Bells at #21 or SHC at #36.
In state rankings Serra has moved up to #14 just behind Folsom #13. Valley Christian moves up to #21 while the next WCAL team ranked is SF at #77.
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Is that SHC at 0-5?
Rmbr and ColHenry and fellow WCAL Posters, what's your take on next Fri night's Bells-Riordan and SF @ SI game on Saturday. These two appear to be pick 'ems. The other 2 WCAL games greatly favor the home teams as Mitty visits Serra and SHC takes a road trip to the hilltop @ VC.
Riordan's injured kid (vs. Mitty) probably won't play vs. Bellarmine. He's one of Riordan's better players. Bellarmine may have an edge in that one. No real feel for SI vs. SF.
Jackson will be missed. RIordan did bring up a speedy soph 2 weeks ago and he played significant minutes at both rb and db against Mitty. I call this a pick 'em. Intriguing coaching matchup as Modeste once again goes up against Janda. Modeste added some new wrinkles in both his offensive and defensive schemes that threw off Mitty. I would not be surprised if more wrinkles are added this week. The team with the least turnovers and penalties will prevail.
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As of right now I like Riordan vs the Bells as I think the Bells are on the ropes and reeling while Riordan has some momentum going for them. Everyone else will go with SF, but I'm liking what I saw of S.I. and Teddye Buchanan vs VC.
IMO SF is down significantly [not sure of Ryan Daly's disposition currently] and S.I. is trending upward and is above Mitty at this point. SF has a very good TE but S.I. has better WR's and passing game overall. I like the way Riordan's rushing game is improving week to week along with their D and in SF vs S.I. the Wildcats will have the best player on the field. Crusaders and Wildcats for this coming week.
Why risk injury by leaving key guys in a game that's clearly decided? Why not give subs some snaps for experience, team chemistry, etc.?[/QUOTE]
It's personal...
Colhenrylives - This Fri night 7pm @ Jefferson High. This is supposedly the last home game at a neutral site. The next home game for the Crusaders will be Nov 2nd and is scheduled at the new Mayer Family Field at The Carl Gellert and Celia Berta Gellert Athletic Complex on the Riordan campus.
