Comments on: Prep Corner Live! Friday Night

By: dez

dez — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:36:36 +0000

what’s the ticket info on OAL Championship

By: Jimmy Durkin

Jimmy Durkin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:12:01 +0000

Good point. I think we get so much CV chatter on here that we start thinking of them as an elite program, when really they aren’t there yet. Very good, but not elite yet.

By: Kyle Bonagura

Kyle Bonagura — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:12:41 +0000

Castro Valley has won 2 playoff games in history.

They need to worry about NCS before NorCals even becomes a thought.

By: Jimmy Durkin

Jimmy Durkin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:09:03 +0000

Oh and Bower, the past was brought up because of your “especially this year” comment, which made it seem you thought this to be the case in most other years too. And honestly, the OAL — while down a bit — isn’t as down as most people make it out to be. A team that didn’t even make the OAL playoffs (Tech) is still the only team with a win over DLS.

By: Jimmy Durkin

Jimmy Durkin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:03:36 +0000

Castro Valley should hope to have to play against an OAL school in the postseason (I never really said play AT an OAL school, just get one on the schedule. Home, away, neutral, wherever), since that would mean they would be making NorCals. And I never said schedule Mack. But there's no reason to not go after a Tech or Skyline or Oakland.

By: Kyle Bonagura

Kyle Bonagura — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:25:52 +0000

There is also something to be said for scheduling teams in your division.

Would playing at Mack only to get smashed be better for Castro Valley than playing at Granada or San Ramon (both NCS D1 playoff teams) and winning by 10-15?

Castro Valley would never have to play at an OAL school in the postseason, odds are that at some point it will have to play at an EBAL school.

So why not put together a non-league schedule that is more like what the post season will be like?

By: Trojan73

Trojan73 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:21:40 +0000

I agree with you Michael and I think that is why it is that much harder for CV players and fans to accept that loss last Friday. We were definately the underdogs and the feeling we had being up by 3 with 10 seconds left is unexplainable. No matter what, this season, CV suprised everyone and had a great year. We know we should have won that game and I can only hope that people respect what we did this year….And the next 2 years should be VERY exciting with all the young talent CV has.

By: Michael Bower

Michael Bower — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:05:32 +0000

And let’s remember CV was a really young team. The Trojans overachieved this season by a long ways. I don’t think CV should be worried that maybe it could have done better if it did this or that….

The Trojans did better than anyone expected them to do at the beginning of the season and I think people are forgetting that. CV wasn’t even supposed to be in that game against MV.

By: Michael Bower

Michael Bower — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:55:26 +0000

I didn’t say it would be a cake walk. Just saying it isn’t any better this year than going to MV or DLS or Berkeley. Wasn’t going to change the outcome of NCS for CV if they had an OAL team on the schedule.

By: E_Culb

E_Culb — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:52:50 +0000

Way to go Jimmy, and Bower EVEN this year it was worth while to get an OAL team on your schedule. PLaying Fremont at Fremont is not a cake walk, Skyline is not a cake walk heck Tech beat DLS so even this year it would behove a team to put an OAL team on there schedule dont get it twisted. You will always get a competitive, battle tested game.