MONTEREY >> Using depth to finish in the top three in several key divisions, the Tam High mountain - biking club team won its third consecutive
NorCal Division I race on Sunday at Fort Ord.
The 5 - 10 forward seized the spotlight on the biggest stage by scoring 19 points and leading a stout defensive effort as McClatchy downed Oak Ridge 58 - 49 in
the NorCal Division I girls final at Sleep Train Arena.
«Take the top eight teams, and somehow let them back in (to their own
NorCal division),» Watson said.
Cardinal Newman - Santa Rosa is emerging as a NorCal power after reaching
the NorCal Division IV semifinals in just its fourth year of being a co-ed school.
BIGGEST MOVERS: Berkeley jumped into the rankings in the 13th spot thanks to a great run through
NorCal Division I ««which still couldn't quite push the Yellowjackets past some teams that didn't win D - 1 because 11 losses are, after all, 11 losses.
Granada was given a chance to still qualify for the World Series through the other tournaments, and reached the final of
the NorCal Division II Tournament before Lemoore ousted them to advance to Western Regions.
Then Devin Payne of Las Lomas scored nine points in a three - minute span to spark the Knights to a 44 - 41 win Saturday in the CIF
NorCal Division I finals at the University of Santa Clara.
The Bruins rolled over Brookside Christian - Stockton in
the NorCal Division VI - A final 47 - 18 to advance to the state final against unbeaten Strathmore.
If the team doesn't get picked for the Open, it will undoubtedly be placed in
the NorCal Division I bracket.)
First up is
the NorCal Division I College Men's and Women's Conference Championships that will take place on April 15 and 16.
Basketball Summer Camp is staffed by Head Varsity Coach Heather Brownholtz and coaching staff of St. Francis High School's 8 - Time Sac - Joaquin Section and 2016
NorCal Division Championship teams.
A Tracy victory would throw
the NorCal Division I field into complete chaos that would still probably leave Tracy on the outside looking in.
For all of the attention and notoriety brought to the program by the eye - popping numbers generated by senior quarterback Jake Browning, the 2014
NorCal Division I champion is much more than the state and national records its three - year passing phenom has accumulated.
CIF BOWL IMPLICATIONS: A win for Folsom all but assures the No. 3 - ranked team in the state with
a NorCal Division I bid.
That style earned
them a NorCal Division I title.
If indeed the new CIF committee that selects the Open Division teams (and does all the seeding and bracketing for Divisions I through VI) only chooses six or seven teams, the trickle - down effect would have a major impact on almost every other
NorCal division.
Awarded a penalty kick after a foul in a tied - up tense CIF
NorCal Division I semifinal with Carondelet - Concord, Anderson converted in the 62nd minute and the host Mustangs advanced with a 2 - 1 win on March 8.
The Mustangs became the first CIF
NorCal Division I girls soccer champions after a hard - earned 1 - 0 win over Archbishop Mitty - San Jose in a meeting of two of the nation's most elite programs.
Again a No. 6 seed in the inaugural CIF
NorCal Division I playoffs, Burlingame (15 -4-4) will try its magic on the road once more at No. 2 Montgomery - Santa Rosa (22 -2-1) on March 8 in the regional semifinals.
Not exact matches
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.
I and
NorCal Open
Division championships as the team finished 32 - 3.
Last season, with just two seniors and one junior, the Pride brought a 21 - game win streak into its
NorCal Open
Division matchup with De La Salle.
ANGEL JACKSON Post Salesian - Richmond 6 - 4 Junior WHAT SHE DID: Another great Salesian season — reaching the semifinals of the
NorCal Open
Division playoffs — was anchored on Jackson's play in the paint.
In addition to being the host, the Colts will be beginning defense of their 2016 - 17 CIF
Division I
NorCal title.
The girls are playing in the
NorCal finals — There's an Open
Division and D1 (James Logan is ranked # 20 in the state and very likely will be playing for the D1 Championships), but it also puts pressure on our gym availability.
Another great Salesian season — reaching the semifinals of the
NorCal Open
Division playoffs — was anchored on Jackson's play in the paint.
During his senior year, he was pivotal in leading the team to an undefeated
NorCal season and the
Division I varsity championship.
The Panthers» season ended in the CIF Open
Division NorCal semifinals to eventual state - champion Bishop O'Dowd.
The Bells» challenging early season schedule against top
NorCal competition included a road game at State
Division II - AA qualifier, Del Oro - Loomis, in addition to the West Catholic Athletic League gauntlet.
IV title, a 30 - 4 record, and the top - seed in the CIF
NorCal Open
Division where they were upset by Sheldon - Sacramento.
Salesian — owners of seven North Coast Section championships, mainly in
Division IV — has landed in the CIF
NorCal Open
Division the previous two seasons, exiting with narrow losses to De La Salle - Concord each time.
She led her team to the
NorCal Open
Division by scoring 14.1 points a game, and adding three rebounds and three assists.
Going back to Charlotte, NC representing
NorCal in the Boys
divisions this year were Jesuit in Single School, Granite Bay, Sierra Foothills and North Bay in multi-school.
Though all the attention in the coming weeks will be rightfully focused on the race for state championships, it would be unfair to ignore the quality
Division VI girls teams, which will conclude their season at the end of the
NorCal playoffs.
On the Undergrads team are forward Bryant Jefferson from Palo Alto,
Division I
NorCal finalist in March, and guard Walter Lum of Lick - Wilmerding - San Francisco, which reached the CIF
Division IV
NorCal semifinals.
So if Bishop O'Dowd, a
Division III team in girls basketball according to NCS, qualified for
NorCal basketball but wasn't an Open team, it would automatically drop back to Div.
What many
NorCal fans don't realize, the Southern Section has a long history of moving teams into a stronger playoff
division once they've proven dominant at the lower playoff
division.
Coach Moayed was named Northern California
Division III Coach of the Year by
NorCal Preps in 2012.
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 bas
Division — for championship games between the state's top
NorCal and SoCal programs regardless of
division and enrollment — in both football and bas
division and enrollment — in both football and basketball.
Sections will no longer determine what
NorCal and state
division their teams play in; that's now up to a CIF committee.
When the prep career was complete, Kidd was the first four - time All -
NorCal choice, had led St. Joe to two CIF
Division I titles, set national and state records for career assists and career steals and was a two - time Mr. Basketball State Player of the Year.
In 2014, there was no such game so the two teams didn't play, necessitating the Spartans (also unbeaten) just being selected for the Open
Division while Folsom had to win a
NorCal Div.
Last year, she captured her second league title for Heritage and qualified for
NorCal when she finished tied for second at the North Coast Section
Division I Championship.
With A Triple - OT Triumph Over Archbishop Mitty, Pinewood Won The
NorCal Open
Division Title After Topping The Nation's No. 5 And...
SHC more than held its own, going 18 - 9 and qualifying for the
NorCal Open
Division playoffs (note all nine of those losses came to teams that also played in the Open
Division in postseason).
Too bad the CIF eliminated the
NorCal Open
Division game.
(Thanks to the new
NorCal format, however, Pinewood's days of
Division V titles are over.
The Eagles advanced to the SJS
Division I semifinals and qualified for the
NorCal playoffs where they fell in the second round.
Folsom did not go to the CIF Open
Division in 2014, however, due to suffering two losses in 2012 and 2013 to De La Salle of Concord in the CIF
NorCal Open
Division playoff.
HAILEY VICE-NEAT (Cardinal Newman - Santa Rosa, Sr.) Post 6 - 3 KEY STATS: Averaged 12.2 points and 10.6 rebounds for Cardinal Newman, which advanced to the
NorCal Open
Division finals.