Comments on: Boys Volleyball: NorCal, Rankings, Standings

By: Matt Smith

Matt Smith — Sun, 13 May 2012 01:53:10 +0000

Monte Vista ended up 16-16 overall, and 10-11 in Division I. I think NCS looks at enrollment of out of area teams than I did.
Either way, MV should be in the playoffs. The over .500 rule has to go.

By: Not on the committee

Not on the committee — Sun, 13 May 2012 00:20:46 +0000

So Drake gets rewarded for beating Campo once early in the season, then bows out of every tournament after that (Deer Valley, SRV. Check their schedule online). Yet they can field a JV team for a JV tournament, though they have no JV team.

Meanwhile, Campo taking on all comers playing in the second best tourney in NorCal and almost winning the Foothill tourney (19-21 in game 3 against St Pat’s).

Not to mention a better record against teams with over a .500 winning record.

Who is on the committee again?

Not a case of sour grapes. Just calling them as I see them. I realize you have to play everyone.

By: Prep Fan

Prep Fan — Sat, 12 May 2012 20:41:15 +0000

I’m not sure if Freedom and Pitt had winning records, but it certainly seems like MV got hosed. There was 1 more opening as only 11 teams made the field and MV was the stronger of those 3 teams. MV was far better than Berkeley who got the #11 seed. MV could have easily been placed as the #10 seed and faced #7 AV or #11 seed and faced #6 Cal, while Berkeley would have moved down to the #12 seed to face SRV. Perhaps they either didn’t apply or didn’t get their paperwork in on time?

http://cifncs.org/sports/volleyball/files/RESULTS/2012/D1bvb2012.pdf

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Sat, 12 May 2012 20:11:30 +0000

So Freedom, Monte Vista and Pittsburg are all out of the D-I brackets. Interesting results.

By: Shinguard

Shinguard — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:51:27 +0000

RE EBAL Soccer 4pm Varsity game times Parents need to contact your schools AD and voice your opinion.
Amador Valley High School, Pleasanton
California High School, San Ramon
Foothill High School, Pleasanton
Granada High School, Livermore
Livermore High School, Livermore
San Ramon Valley High School, Danville
Monte Vista High School, Danville
De La Salle High School, Concord

By: Shinguard

Shinguard — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:38:02 +0000

@Matt, URGENT
EBAL Soccer just voted for 4pm Varsity game times starting next winter…THAT IS JUST PLAIN WRONG for all of the working parents of junior and senior players..Its hard enough to make 6pm games with some regularity…they just eliminated 50% of the parents from being able to attend games….EBAL PARENTS voice your opinion. SPEAK-UP and fight this.

By: Mv fan

Mv fan — Wed, 09 May 2012 06:44:08 +0000

Doesnt matter, mv beat cal. That should put them in.

By: Prep Fan

Prep Fan — Tue, 08 May 2012 19:33:01 +0000

That is very sad. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and the American HS community.

By: Matt Smith

Matt Smith — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:36:41 +0000

I just learned that American High volleyball coach Eric Cruzada passed away last night. This is very sad. He was a great guy.

By: Prep Fan

Prep Fan — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:26:17 +0000

So I was correct on the rule, but it doesn’t look like it’ll affect any of the top 15 teams in the poll. Thanks for the clarification Matt.