2022 Week 14E: Classical, Granite Hills Seek Titles in D-VIAA & D-IIA
Classical (10-3) makes a first-ever appearance in the Southern California playoffs, host at neutral Del Norte to Lancaster (9-5) in Division VI-AA. Despite finishing with a 1-2 record and in third place in the Pacific League, the Caimans rolled in the playoffs, upsetting Crawford, 33-14, in the D-V championship. OPPONENT DOWN AND UP Lancaster won […]
Read More2022 Week 14D: Blythe Given Computer Edge over Muir in D-VAA
Pasadena Muir (8-6) travels to Blythe Palo Verde (13-1) for a Division V-AA playoff These aren’t the 1935-vintage Muir Mustangs, featuring a future baseball great named Jackie Robinson, who came South and manhandled unbeaten Hoover, 27-0. These Mustangs are more like the Mustangs who came South from 1947-54 and lost seven of nine games to […]
Read More2022 Week 14C: Stats Favor San Jacinto Over Visiting U. City in DIII-AA.
University City is not trying to climb Mt. San Jacinto this week; the Centurions are attempting a different climb, over San Jacinto High, but the calpreps.com computer suggests that neither the hypothetical or real option favors coach Paul Lawrence’s team. Calpreps gives the Tigers a 65 per cent chance of winning the Division III-AA playoff […]
Read More2022 Week 14B: Mater Dei Visits Old San Diego Acquaintance
Mater Dei’s opponent hasn’t been seen by a San Diego team in 65 years. Such are the Southern California playoffs. The Crusaders open defense of their state Division II-AA title this week on the road against the Downey Vikings, who upset San Diego, 24-7, in the Southern Section championship game in 1957. That contest, before […]
Read More2022 Week 14: Hornets Win Last Vote For No. 1
This is the final Union-Tribune poll, as reflected in the first three columns in the table below and coordinated by  John Maffei, but there will be a final, final poll when calpreps.com, Max Preps, and Cal-Hi Sports (columns 4, 5, and 6) weigh in with their final ratings, after the state bowl championship games in […]
Read More2022 Week 14A: D-IAA Lincoln Draws Chatsworth Sierra Canyon, 4-0 vs. San Diego Teams
Notes about this week’s Southern California playoff teams, including contributions from Webmaster and researcher Henrik Jonson: TRAVELIN’ HIVE The state CIF announced a few weeks ago that it would rely on calpreps.com’s rating system in choosing sites for the Southern California playoffs and state bowl games. Lincoln’s 11-1 record is superior to Chatsworth Sierra Canyon’s […]
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