THE BRACKETBUSTER:
Bradshaw Christian - Sacramento (23 - 2, 12 - 0 Sierra Delta League).
The lack of strength in the Sierra Delta League likely hurt
Bradshaw Christian, but coach Mike Ruble's squad has beaten bigger schools like Grant and Modesto Christian.
V champion
Bradshaw Christian now in Div.
Seven - time SJS champ
Bradshaw Christian - Sacramento (7 - 3) is the top seed and favorite, thanks to a pair of running backs (Mateo Bromstead and Gerret Robbins) that combined for over 2,500 all - purpose yards and 36 touchdowns during the regular season.
FINALS PREDICTION: Capital Christian 31,
Bradshaw Christian 21.
GAME WE WANT TO SEE: Hilmar vs.
Bradshaw Christian.
Five teams are locked into Division II, regardless of enrollment (Del Oro - Loomis, Modesto Christian, Sacramento, Vanden - Fairfield and Wood - Vacaville), and two are Division III - bound (Christian Brothers - Sacramento and
Bradshaw Christian - Sacramento).
Not exact matches
But
Bradshaw has to survive a bracket that includes the section's traditional small - school powerhouses, second - seed Escalon (6 - 4), third - seed Summerville (8 - 2), four - seed Modesto
Christian (5 - 5), five - seed Gustine (8 - 2) and six - seed Hilmar (5 - 5).
Daniel B. Botkin, Henrik Saxe, Miguel B. Araújo, Richard Betts, Richard
Bradshaw, Tomas Cedhagen, Peter Chesson, Margaret B. Davis, Terry Dawson, Julie Etterson, Daniel P. Faith, Simon Ferrier, Antoine Guisan, Anja Skjoldborg Hansen, David Hilbert, Peter Kareiva, Craig Loehle, Chris Margules, Mark New, Flemming Skov, Matthew J. Sobel, David Stockwell, and Jens -
Christian Svenning.