II section championship and beat St. Ignatius - San Francisco and Serra - San Mateo before topping Cosumnes Oaks once again for
the NorCal title.
It was Menlo's fifth consecutive
NorCal title and the Knights didn't drop a single match in the tournament.
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NorCal title had they not been pulled up to the Open Division.
After stunning St. Mary's, there just wasn't enough in the tank for the team to win its ninth
NorCal title; Miramonte ended their season with a 73 - 40 thumping.
All other divisions finish their season in the regional championships, so in this case, for example, O'Dowd's last game would have been against Vanden for
the NorCal title, and that would have been it.
But after Las Lomas adjusted, the Knights combined just enough offense with impressive defense to win their first - ever
NorCal title.
The Saint Mary's - bound point guard was a four - year starter who led the Bulldogs to two SJS championships and a CIF
NorCal title.
Despite the fact that he hasn't seen any change in demeanor from his team since it won
the NorCal title, DeLuca spent the past week keeping expectations simple and anxiety low.
The score was just good enough to edge Robert Louis Stevenson - Pebble Beach (366) for the Falcons» second
NorCal title in three years.
It then won its first
NorCal title in 2015.
In addition to being the host, the Colts will be beginning defense of their 2016 - 17 CIF Division
I NorCal title.
Rushed for CCS - best 2,206 yards, 23 TDs while eclipsing the century mark 12 times en route to
a NorCal title.
After all, she's got 28 league titles, 25 Central Coast Section titles, 11
NorCal titles and six state championships.
• The boys volleyball team won NCS and
NorCal titles, and Saturday, in poetic fashion, the baseball and softball teams won section crowns as well.
Ten SJS golfers have won
NorCal titles with Beyer - Modesto's Marina Martinez taking the individual championship most recently in 2006, but no SJS girls golfer has ever won a CIF State Golf Championship.
Not exact matches
In all, the mighty Southern Section won 19 of the 32 possible state
titles, but
NorCal came away victorious in six events.
Overview: The first good shot at a
NorCal state
title falls upon Nicolaus Aguilar of Gilroy, a four - time state qualifier and two - time runner - up.
Smotherman shot a 4 - under 67 at San Gabriel Country Club to win the state
title while
NorCal swept the top three team spots, led by Sierra Foothill League rival Granite Bay.
That style earned them a
NorCal Division I
title.
The Spartans, who finished No. 1 in SportStars» final
NorCal Top 20 rankings for 2017, lost a road game to Bishop Gorman - Las Vegas on Sept. 16 before winning eight straight and capturing the program's 26th consecutive North Coast Section
title.
As long as the Gauchos can take care of business and win their first NCS
title, they should be a lock for one of the two CIF
NorCal Bowl participants.
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title, a 30 - 4 record, and the top - seed in the CIF
NorCal Open Division where they were upset by Sheldon - Sacramento.
It's the Sunday after section playoffs have ended, and teams with visions of state
titles have been preparing for and scouting the teams they might face in the first round «'' Â ± and then CIF decides, you know, Chowchilla really belongs in the D5
NorCal bracket, so we're going to put them in.
Since losing five consecutive section
titles to Modesto Christian from 2003 - 07, the Cougars have established themselves as a Sac Joaquin Section and
NorCal power.
CIF High School Sports Successes: 17th all - time winningest coach in California with a record of 530 - 133 20 league
titles (BVAL & EBAL) 10
NorCal Championships with a California state championship 10 NCS championships Sent more than 32 athletes to play ball at the collegiate and pro level Numerous «Coach of the Year» honors including her favorite honor, «California Coaches Association's Northern California's Coach of the Year, 2014»
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.
With losses by the other four SJS schools in
NorCal finals, the Eagles were the lone section representative to play for a state
title.
Despite Mitty's dominance during a 13 - 1 league season, six WCAL teams reached the Northern California playoffs, five reached the
NorCal semifinals, four reached the CCS Open semifinals, three won CCS
titles, and three played for state championships.
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...
It wouldn't be a surprise to see both contending for the North Coast Section and
NorCal individual
titles.
And as the only team with five golfers posting rounds in the 70s, Foothill claimed the
NorCal team
title for the third time since 2007.
In both cases, Pleasant Grove lost to the eventual champion (Kennedy - Sacramento won the section
title and Berkeley won
NorCal).
(Thanks to the new
NorCal format, however, Pinewood's days of Division V
titles are over.
Archbishop Mitty stands in the way of a CCS
title and any
NorCal Open success, but perfectionist Jump is undeterred.
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title and reach the semifinals of the
NorCal Open playoffs added luster to her impressive 18.0 points and 12.5 rebounds a game.
A third league and individual
title are well within Conder's grasp, but she has her sights set on NCS and
NorCal.
Austin Smotherman, Del Oro, Sr, The SMU - bound senior is probably the section's best shot to winning a
NorCal and / or state
title after finishing fourth at both tournaments as a junior.
Sutter should contend for a state bowl
title after falling 27 - 10 to Oakdale to end a then - perfect season in the CIF Division 3 - A
NorCal State Bowl Championships.
Omitted, Diablo Athletic League (DAL) MVP, DAL league
title,
NorCal D1 Championship and game MVP, D1 State finalist,
Gordon led Mitty to the first
NorCal Open Division
title, earned MVP honors at the McDonald's All - American Game and was the choice for Mr. Basketball once again.
NAME TO NOTE: Matt Kjeldgaard, DL, Sr. — The 6 - foot - 3, 270 - pounder anchored the defensive front as a huge force in the middle of an Oakdale defense that allowed just under 16 points per game, including holding opponents scoreless in the last six quarters of the
NorCal regional final and CIF State Bowl
title game.
The game plan, since the Lions fell to Berkeley in the 2014
NorCal quarterfinals, was to win a state
title.
The Pleasant Grove - Elk Grove girls did not win a league or section
title, but reached the
NorCal final with three consecutive 2 - point wins on the road and then upset perennial power Berkeley 51 - 42 to punch its ticket to the state final.
V, and there's no doubt they would have been heavy favorites to not only win the
NorCal championship, but the state
title as well.
MATCHUP: No. 1 Archbishop Mitty (27 - 2) vs. No. 7 Cardinal Newman - Santa Rosa (30 - 3), 6 p.m. at Santa Clara University HISTORY: With six state and 11 regional
titles under longtime coach Sue Phillips, Archbishop Mitty is familiar with the
NorCal stage.
Cardinal Newman is making its second - straight
NorCal appearance after head coach Monica Mertle's bunch made a storybook run to the D - IV state
title in 2016.
Last year, Cardinal Newman allowed just 32 points in the
NorCal final and 37 in its state
title win.