Sentences with phrase «cif open state»

I by De La Salle — which inevitably would get placed in the CIF Open State Bowl, anyway.

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De La Salle - Concord 49, Folsom 15 (12/8/12) Much - hyped and highly - anticipated game was the first Open Division Regional bowl game to determine the NorCal berth to the CIF State Bowl.

Shelton helped Chino Hills reach the CIF State Division I championship game during his freshman season and was the sixth man on the Huskies record - setting 35 - 0 team that won the Southern Section Open Division and CIF Open Division championships during his sophomore campaign.

One major change in the CIF girls volleyball state championships, beginning this season, is the addition of an Open Division.

It's not quite the same as the CIF Open Division in some state playoffs, but it does guarantee that just about every top - ranked CIFSS softball team is going to be in the Division I bracket.

The Panthers» season ended in the CIF Open Division NorCal semifinals to eventual state - champion Bishop O'Dowd.

Turnovers doomed the Spartans, who did come back to win a third straight CIF Open Division state crown.

Whether the Open Division in girls volleyball works out well for the top teams will be hard to determine, but it's clear to see that many more teams from other divisions will now have better odds at winning a CIF state title than they did previously.

And coming into the 2011 season, the Spartans were a two - time defending CIF Open Division state champion while St. Thomas Aquinas was still happy about being mythical national champions both in 2008 and 2010.

One of those two certainly could be unbeaten and No. 1 in the nation coming into the CIF Open Division state final.

Most observers wrote the Bulldogs» ticket to the regional final in August, and a CIF rule change in the selection of the Open Division participants in the state bowls presents Folsom with a path to Carson that does not include a third straight showdown with De La Salle - Concord.

Twenty eight wins later, the 6 - foot - 8, Arizona - bound talent had the Monarchs in the inaugural CIF Open Division state final.

Saco has since led the CIF in adding regional playoff games to qualify the section championship teams for the state bowl games, and also added an Open Division — for championship games between the state's top NorCal and SoCal programs regardless of division and enrollment — in both football and basketball.

MATCHUP: No. 1 Bishop Montgomery - Torrance (29 - 2) vs. No. 2 Mater Dei - Santa Ana (33 - 2), 8 p.m., March 18 at Long Beach State HISTORY: Bishop Montgomery defeated Mater Dei, 70 - 55, just weeks ago in the CIF Southern Section Open Division championship game at Honda Center.

CANDICE DENNY Archbishop Mitty - San Jose — Volleyball — Junior Denny was a Cal - Hi Sports All - State selection after her dominant season as the CIF Open Champions» middle blocker.

This was the year when the Pacers faced CIF Southern Section Pac - 5 Division champion Long Beach Poly (ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation) and beat the Jackrabbits 25 - 20 for the first CIF Open Division state title.

After two years of seeing the North and South eliminate one of their strongest candidates for the California Interscholastic Federation State Football Bowl Championships, the CIF announced Monday it would be doing away with the regional bowl for its Open Division.

They won the CIF Open Division state boys championship in 2015, the Division I title in 1981 and played in eight other state title games, as well as earning 17 North Coast Section titles since 1978.

Mitty — which ended Marin Catholic's 2016 season in the CIF Northern Regional quarterfinals before winning the state's first Open Division championship a week later — entered the last week of October ranked No. 3 in the state.

As the final quarter of California basketball for the 2016 - 17 season ticked away, and Bishop Montgomery - Torrance mustered just enough moxie to eventually hold off Woodcreek - Roseville 74 - 67 in the CIF Open Division state final, it was easy to draw two conclusions.

I bracket in girls volleyball also featured a lot of other strong teams, but with the same problem that basketball has had in recent years and that's that the fifth or sixth - best overall teams from the CIF Southern Section that don't get into the SoCal Open Division teams have tended to be a lot better than other non-Open Division teams from the rest of the state.

Of course, JT and the Monarchs could care less about passing stats and record lists because their focus has been developing the chemistry and toughness they'll need to go all the way and win the CIF Open Division state bowl title.

For those of you who have attended CIF State Basketball Championship games in Sacramento over the years, there have been outstanding teams in divisional finals lower than the Open Division, lower than Division I and even a few in Division IV and Division V.

Barton was a three - time starter at linebacker for a Spartans team which won its third consecutive CIF Open Division State Championship bowl game.

They have been a participant in the CIF Open Division state playoffs each of the last three years, earning at least one regional win in two of those three years.

The Dragons went 30 - 3 with two out - of - state losses and a loss to Windward - L.A., which they would avenge by defeating the then - unbeaten Wildcats 60 - 45 in the CIF Open Division state championship game on March 23.

Modesto Christian (28 - 3) begins this year's CIF Northern Regionals Open tournament as the the No. 3 seed, and will host Bellarmine - San Jose (24 - 3) to start their fifth run at a NorCal and State Open Division Championship in six years of the format designed to pit the best of the best teams regardless of school size.

The top local teams are defending CIF Division III state champion Bishop O'Dowd - Oakland, and CIF Central Coast Section Open Division champion Sacred Heart Cathedral - San Francisco.

Nearly a year ago, at the conclusion of the CIF State Basketball Championships, I wrote in this space that I may have been a little too harsh on the new Open Division — a new state championship bracket created to pit the top 8 teams from the North and South, regardless of enrollment diviState Basketball Championships, I wrote in this space that I may have been a little too harsh on the new Open Division — a new state championship bracket created to pit the top 8 teams from the North and South, regardless of enrollment divistate championship bracket created to pit the top 8 teams from the North and South, regardless of enrollment division.

«cents BREAKDOWN: De La Salle is coming off a third straight CIF Open Division State Championship bowl victory, and is currently on one of the most impressive defensive runs it's ever had.

To refresh, Bishop O'Dowd High's Ivan Rabb needed to make a free throw in double - overtime with less than one second on the clock «'' and after he had missed the first one in a two - shot situation «'' in order for his team to win the CIF Open Division State Championship.

>> The North Coast Section will finally land a second large school in a CIF State Bowl final — While Pittsburg, San Ramon Valley, Freedom - Oakley, Clayton Valley Charter or any other school is unlikely to take down De La Salle in the NCS Open Division, whoever gets a shot at the regional bowl will break through to join the Spartans at Sac State.

One year after winning 28 games and taking a runner - up finish in the CIF Open Division state final, the Dragons open the season atop the CalHiSports.com state rankings, and are No. 7 in one national rankings list and No. 12 in anotOpen Division state final, the Dragons open the season atop the CalHiSports.com state rankings, and are No. 7 in one national rankings list and No. 12 in anotopen the season atop the CalHiSports.com state rankings, and are No. 7 in one national rankings list and No. 12 in another.

They also have, after all, won five of the last six CIF Open Division state crowns.

Capital Christian is the defending SJS Division III champion, and is expected to challenge for another section title and CIF State Open Division berth this year.

In this year's CIF Open Division state final, of course, everyone there will be able to tell the story of Bishop O'Dowd's Ivan Rabb for many years.

The Rams definitely got the job done last season as they went 34 - 1 and knocked off favored Mater Dei - Santa Ana 76 - 69 in the CIF Open Division State Championship.

After De La Salle's 49 - 15 victory over Folsom in the regional final that sent the Spartans to the CIF State Open Bowl for the fourth consecutive year, Rasmussen stuck around Hornet Field and reconnected with Ladouceur and others.