Bellarmine won’t be as good as last year but for them, that’s still plenty good and they’ll have a big team in another season.

THEanonymous…Think we are in agreement that we both want a strong EBAL. (Tired of SouCal posters talking about the only competitive leagues residing in the southland).
Don’t think it is the responsibility of one school “to promote better and more hard-nosed competition among the EBAL….” That is the job of all the schools, their programs, players and fans. Beside playing their best in league games there are other ways to boost the League. How many student athletes, parents and fans go
to inter-league games even if it is not their team playing? Have you ever saw any East Bay Athletic League apparel for sale?…except at a few championship events?

The remark about “DLS football fans have a little more class….” reads like a sour compliment. I’ve worked home games for the last 4 years and I’ve seen a fair share of classless behavior from parents, fans and occasionally student-athletes from both the home and visiting teams. No-Class behavior is alive an kicking at all the schools.
BUT I have met many more great people from both sides whose love of their kids, of their schools and of prep football makes my job and Friday Night football special. People I look forward to seeing the next year and when luck has it we run into one another around the Bay Area or at other activities involving our kids.

Finally, thanks the updates on next years squad…Cal is becoming one of those teams I like to follow.

Offense: Pearson, Garwood, Pricco, Watson, Hall, Reil, Sarmenta, Taft, Alvarez
Defense: Deans, Spalliero, Maalouf, Fielder, Preuss, Prenot, Dowling, I can’t really remember who else was a starter.

But don’t be deceived. The way CAL recovered going into 2010-11 will not be missed by next year, because it was such a huge recovery. I can tell by how much they take advantage of their depth that they will reload just fine. CAL is a team more than a solid program, as they have in spite of lacking any D1 players and from what I’ve heard as a matter of fact aren’t really sending many players to the next level in any division, achieved the ranking of number two in the east bay. I agree highly with Prep Fan’s comment that “the grizzlies will have their work cut out for them.”

I’m also glad to see that DLS football fans have a little more class than the soccer fans (and by a greater margin, the basketball fans), especially S1lverngreen, who understands that his school has a mission to promote better and more hard-nosed competition among the EBAL rather than harass it with their high status among the athletic powers. Even if there is still some bashing in favor of DLS, at least it wasn’t done before something provoked it. It will improve the NCS greatly for DLS to show class as a team, even to STA early in the year! No unnecessary roughness or what have you…….

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