Post by FOTG on May 20, 2024 18:43:03 GMT -8
Valley Christian..& Archbishop Mitty were atop the North, A First Title for VC while for MITTY its been a decade since they were top dog. We saw it,and there was No doubt.. For ten years iWCAL has been about two OTHERS. The Bells and St.Francis. This year if fair is fairi.. included Sac.Heart Cath in promenince. A change of the Guard you think ? Champion Warriors return their Soph Sensation with a long bench. The ravages of graduations will hurt SHC more than most of WCAL Mitty has a big ssquad cming back. . than mostk a major toeriuwe. St Francis has a returning star on the front row so we can't ignore them. .
Far from the BAY, consider the two second place teams, Seeing the Clovis celebration after winning Central Section, suggested that was the prime consideration for them.,. Not State so much on.. That could be a rationalization but it could also be true. We've seen that before. Back when Regionals were sited at Dublin High.(nearly equidistant for the sections and excellant design-wise) Strong attendance never happened. Attendance equals $$. So the CIF shifted away from neutral site.to high seed gets to host.
Sanger has had enthusiatic followers for a long time. They will continue on as Top tier. Their biggest threat may be new Sanger West siphoning off tallent. Tri-River "Clovis" League" has an asset that few others manage. In most of NorCal a program looks to incoming freshman to size the future.In the "Clovis League they are evaluating 8th & 9th graders, because middle schools are part of their campus complexes and have middle school teams which play competively.. . HS Coaches have already scoped them out. . When a HS team opens competition with a 9th or 10th grader starting, likely they knew. about him well before. . Its a complicating factor in preseason evaluation.
NO need to be shocked if say Clovis West or North suddenly has a good team even when the previous years squad didn't offer such a likelihood..