- East Bay Prep Corner
East Bay Football Poll — 9/24
By Ben Enos
Monday, September 24th, 2012 at 2:24 pm in East Bay Football, East Bay Poll.
| Team | Record | Points | Last week |
| 1. De La Salle (6) | 4-0 | 90 | 1 |
| 2. James Logan | 5-0 | 84 | 2 |
| 3. Concord | 5-0 | 77 | 3 |
| 4. California | 4-0 | 73 | 4 |
| t5. El Cerrito | 5-0 | 62 | 6 |
| t5. Foothill | 3-1 | 62 | 9 |
| 7. Monte Vista | 3-1 | 56 | 5 |
| 8. Freedom | 3-2 | 42 | 11 |
| 9. Campolindo | 4-1 | 40 | 8 |
| 10. Pittsburg | 3-2 | 35 | 12 |
| 11. Amador Valley | 2-2 | 33 | 7 |
| 12. Bishop O’Dowd | 3-1 | 30 | 10 |
| 13. Antioch | 4-0 | 16 | 14 |
| 14. Deer Valley | 3-1 | 14 | 15 |
| 15. Acalanes | 4-1 | 4 | NR |
Also receiving votes: Granada (3-1, 1 point), Salesian (5-0, 1). The East Bay Football Poll is voted on by the prep sports staff of Bay Area News Group-East Bay.
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September 24th, 2012 at 2:46 pm
5 EBAL teams (if you count DLS) and 4 BVAL teams let’s see which league finished stronger
September 24th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
That romping that Logan gave Berkeley really shows for something now that they have common ranked opponents. A 49 point gap stomping does look great compared to Monta Vista beating Berk by 21 and Pitt beating them by 31.
Only difference Logan gave up 5 points (FG and then botched snap) in the first half and some long passes that didn’t turn into scores. Logan needs to hope that SRV pulls off some wins against EBAL opponents.
September 24th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
The Ugly Eagles…surprise surprise..if they get a sound win over Hayward they could be on a roll. Alberta Way may get some respect as Winton Drive does.
September 24th, 2012 at 3:29 pm
CV-C needs to get by College Park and Concord although they seem to be a greatly improved team and are showing consistency in play. There is still a number of weeks and games till the start of NCS. Lets see who is still standing by Thanksgiving. By next season they should be able to take on 1 or 2 teams from Sacramento area and toughen up that game schedule.
September 24th, 2012 at 6:09 pm
With Salesian being the only team of consequence standing in the way of El Cerrito attaining a perfect regular season, the game should be more along the lines of what the Gauchos did to VC last week.
The Middletown game is really the only one to look at in terms of Salesian playing any kind of a decent team to draw some conclusions. Give credit to the Pride for their defense. EC may not score their average 56 PPG (without the Campo game), but the Gauchos won’t need many points as their defense should be able to hold Salesian to single digits.
Prediction: El Cerrito 38-7 over Salesian
September 24th, 2012 at 6:33 pm
Red and blue I’m with you on the ec game I think ec wins but score may be a little closer I know Salesian is a solid team but Pinole played them tough except for giving up big plays I think if Salesian establishes a run game they will be in the game they have a big line but wasn’t impressed with team overall ec wins 24 7………..redand blue campo pulled one out against acalanes do u think they go undefeated in league this year? Or has the rest of league caught up with campo?
September 24th, 2012 at 7:12 pm
Actually PV is better than Middletown this year, the score was closer but if they played PV would take care of Middletown.
Certainly the Pride’s 25 or so win streak is in serious jeopardy this week. During the streak they were underdogs only one other time (Inderkum to open 2011), it’ll be quite an upset this year if they can beat EC. Salesian will be respectable, nothing “along the lines of what EC did to VC”, no way this team gets slaughtered like that.
September 24th, 2012 at 8:20 pm
Clayton should be ranked but lets save the comparisons to DLS…
September 24th, 2012 at 8:36 pm
Howcome Salesian isn’t ranked??
September 24th, 2012 at 9:54 pm
9-24-12
Two games of the week coming up….Logan vs Del Oro and Deer Valley vs. Vacaville, plus two battles in the DFAL to watch between Las Lomas and Acalanes and Campolindo vs Miramonte….And Saleisan will try to stop El Cerrito…AND what about the Foothill vs California game…lots of good football…
Freelance
Logan 31 Del Oro 21…..The Colts are too fast and too big for the Golden Eagles, but DO will not go down with out a fight..
DLS 44 Livermore 7……The Spartans march on..
BVAL
Vacaville 36 Deer Valley 27…This is a tough match for DV…but VV will have to be sharp because DV won’t lay down..
Freedom 41 Heritage 14…This is not the Heritages year
Antioch 49 Mt. Diablo 6….The Panthers are red hot
Pittsburg 37 Liberty 14…The Pirates bag their first league victory…
DFAL
Las Lomas 41 Acalanes 33….The Knights can strike fast
thru the air…but so can the Don’s on the ground…another shoot out is on the way..
Dublin 49 Doughterty Valley 12…..DV struggles thru the DFAL league schedule
Campolindo 36 Miramonte 20….Both teams can strike thru the air fast but Stephens and crew shoiw how its done..
DVAL
Clayton Valley 49 Hayward 13….The Eagles know how to score and do it often….a bad night for the Farmers
Antioch 49 Mt. Diablo 6
Bethel 31 Ygnacio Valley 13….The Warriors are capable of scoring TD’s…but they fall short against the Vallejo team…
EBAL
Amador Valley 26 San Ramon Valley 20….The Wolves defense has a hard time stopping the Don’s
DLS 44 Livermore 7
Foothill 31 California 27….This is a tough call, both teams can score but Foothill’s defense should make the difference…
Monte Vista 33 Granada 20….The Mustang’s rack up game #2…
Mission Valley
Thursday 9-27
Tennyson 20 Kennedy-Fremont 14….This should be a close game
Friday 9-28
Newark 30 Moreau Catholic 24
Washington-Fremont 32 American-Fremont 19
Sat. 9-29
Irvington 38 Mission Valley San Jose 12
Tri County–Rock
El Cerrito 40 Salesian 27….This may be a wild game for a short spell..but EC can’t be stopped..last beig test for EC….
Pinole Valley 27 St. Patrick/St. Vincent 13
Tri Valley–Stone
McClymonds 39 Kennedy–Richmond 13
West Alameda–Foothill
Clayton Valley 49 Hayward 13
Alameda 25 Encinal 20….Back yard battles have a habit of coming up with different results…
Sat. 9-29
BOD 41 Arroyo 20…The Dragons had a hard time with SHC…the game shouldn’t have never gone into over time and now Arroyo…do the Dragons do it again…
West Alameda—Shoreline
Thursday 9-27
Tennyson 20 Kennedy–Fremont 14
Friday 9-28
Alameda 25 Encinal 20
Saturday 9-29
BOD 41 Arroyo 20
September 24th, 2012 at 10:03 pm
@George Manley,Encinal 28 Alameda 14. Jet Pride!
September 24th, 2012 at 11:42 pm
@ George Manley I think you are underestimating American. They play really solid defense, and their front 7 should cause problems all day for the Washington offense. I don’t think American will give up that many points, and I think American wins 21-18.
Also think that Encinal has a shot against Alameda, but that could go either way.
September 25th, 2012 at 12:01 am
Halfway thru the regular season and we should all be comfortable with the fact this years Campolindo team is nothing like last years, by now. That said, it is still a good team if for no other reason than Stephens is the QB. At the beginning of the season I predicted a 7-3 season at worst and a 9-1 season if the defense comes together.
For Campo to run the table in the DFAL is a stretch at this point given what Acalanes did to Campo’s run defense last week. I think Campo gets by Miramonte this week since they don’t feature a power running game.
If all goes well the rest of the season, Campo may only garner a #5 or #6 seed anyways behind the 3 Cathholic scools
September 25th, 2012 at 12:02 am
El Cerrito and Analy, in no particular order.
September 25th, 2012 at 7:49 am
Two teams that probably should not be ranked so high. Antioch and Amador Valley – who have they played especially Antioch kudos for being 4-0 but look at their schedule: Franklin 0-5, Northgate 3-1 who the barely beat by 3 and northgate 3 wins come to weak teams. Golden Valley (is this a convalescent home?) 2-2 who are they? Dougherty Valley 0-4 … combined 5-12 are their opponents. Im a BVAL supporter but Antioch your not helping yourself or our league playing such a weak schedule. Good luck
September 25th, 2012 at 8:38 am
New2this, Amador has beaten #8 Freedom and a tough Dublin squad. Their losses are to #3 Concord and #4 Cal, both of which they were in until the final whistle. I agree with Antioch, although Northgate has played some great football lately, but AV has been tested. Both teams are in tough leagues and will have to beat good teams in the coming weeks to remain in the rankings.
September 25th, 2012 at 10:04 am
@Prep Fan – your right AV has played a nice schedule I was looking at the wrong schedule when I looked at them.
NCS is going to be interesting down the stretch to see who goes against the Green Machine.. Top teams now are Logan, MV and Cal .. But Foothill beat MV and I believe Freedom beat Foothill. Cal barely beat Pitt and Pitt was on a two week stretch of playing horrible. Now league starts and only the strong will survive.
September 25th, 2012 at 10:44 am
Alameda has a real chance to beat Encinal this friday. The situation for Alameda couldnt be better. They get them during a season when they’re loaded with talent and Encinal is going through a rebuilding year. I believe the pressure is on them to win and I believe they pull it off. Alameda wins 35-14
September 25th, 2012 at 11:24 am
Is it official that MC and CN have petitioned up?
September 25th, 2012 at 12:40 pm
SHC was not a slapdick team.. Arroyo is. BOD 56-0
September 25th, 2012 at 1:33 pm
@ManDown
Alameda loaded with talent? They’re not even ranked.
September 25th, 2012 at 2:12 pm
EBfootball, Let me rephrase the quote “loaded with talent” because you’re right they are not “loaded” but they do have some very good athletes that should give Encinal some trouble.
September 25th, 2012 at 2:29 pm
What does Miraman and BleacherCoach forecast Encinal vs. Alameda this week? Old Meddling says Jets by 14. I am being a catalist.
September 25th, 2012 at 2:30 pm
I think with most big rivalry games you can basically throw out the records I think this will be closer than most of us think.I don’t really know but is there really that big of talent differance this year between alameda and encinal? Also I believe encinal probably has the coaching advantage which could make the differance in a close game …I think encinal finds a way to win encinal 32 alameda 28
September 25th, 2012 at 2:53 pm
what is the site for island bowl?
September 25th, 2012 at 3:38 pm
@YoMama, Alameda High’s Thompson Field. I think Tom Tolbert will do the play by Play. I believe his son is still there. The Rest Of You guys, I stand by my Forcast. Win or lose i’ll be here! Jet Pride!
September 25th, 2012 at 4:11 pm
The EBAL Championship will center around Foothill, Monte Vista and Cal High this season.
Amador Valley is a wildcard team that is playing hard and will give Monte Vista and Foothill a battle.
SRV is average at best and will struggle through season. Three solid players quit team after 0-3 start.
Livermore and Granada don’t have the horsepower to compete with the top three teams.
Week 5 Predections (last week record 4-0)
Foothill 35 Cal High 14 – Foothill offense will cause problems for Cal High D.
Monte Vista 40 Granada 7 – MV pissed over loss to Foothill
Amador Valley 28 SRV 24 – Amador at home and tougher D
DLS 40 Livermore 7 – Mismatch
September 25th, 2012 at 4:26 pm
BigDog,
I’ll take Alameda over Encinal by 14, say 28-14. The biggest thing Alameda lacks is confidence.
September 25th, 2012 at 5:15 pm
@MiraMan, You always find away to be on the opposite side don’t you? Hope you’ll be in the house for this Whipping we’ll put on these boys. It’ll be six years straight! Jet Pride!
September 25th, 2012 at 5:16 pm
@MiraMan, You always find away to be on the opposite side don’t you? Hope you’ll be in the house for this Whipping we’ll put on these boys. It’ll be six years straight! Jet Pride!
September 25th, 2012 at 5:25 pm
which 3 solid players quit SRV after the 0-3 start? That have anything to do with coaching staff?
September 25th, 2012 at 5:53 pm
Lemon 617- who’s winning th island bowel?
September 25th, 2012 at 5:58 pm
While its possible that Foothill will beat Cal 35-14 as predicted above in #27, and most everyone predicted Foothill to finish higher than Cal this year, its also very possible that Cal might win. I wouldn’t write off the Grizz just yet. Billeci has never lost to Foothill, having beaten them 45-14 in his first year, 49-7 in 2010 and 22-17 last season. Cal’s JV team went 9-1 last season while Foothill’s was 2-8, but both teams have a lot of returning varsity players who weren’t on the JV teams last year.
Foothill is coming in very confident, fresh from knocking off MV on the road last week, and will get to face the Grizzlies at home. The Falcons, are much improved over last year’s version who won only 4 games all season and missed the playoffs for the first time in about 20 years. Foothill is averaging 34 points per game coming in, but the Grizz are averaging 38. Add in the fact that Foothill QB Kearns is a San Ramon kid who played for the SR Bears youth squad and knows everyone on the Cal team. It should be a good battle with the winner in a prime spot for a run at an EBAL title.
September 25th, 2012 at 7:12 pm
American vs. Washington is going to be a hard fought game thats for sure. I think the score will be close with American having a slight edge
September 25th, 2012 at 7:48 pm
Cal is a funny team. They have a strong running game with four quality runners behind a punishing oline. They have a deep bench of lineman that just wear down the opponent. The areas of concern are defense, which has a bend don’t break atitude. The d seems to make big plays when they have to. If Cal stays with the run, mix in the pass, and get away from the occasional trick play that changes the momentum they will win. They beat Pitt, CV, and AV, but let all three teams come back and make a game of it. Charmed team? You bet!
Cal 38 Foothill 21
September 25th, 2012 at 7:51 pm
I predict a 00-00 tie in the Island Bowl.
September 25th, 2012 at 7:53 pm
why is the foothill qb a san raon product? couldn’t srv 0-3 use him instead? did foothill and sweeny raid the cupboard agsinst srv? i thought that was dls’s job?
September 25th, 2012 at 7:56 pm
prickdiction- Cal 24 Foothill 21.
September 25th, 2012 at 8:33 pm
Kearns is from the city of San Ramon, not SRV.
September 25th, 2012 at 8:38 pm
MVALFremont, I think there are some good MVAL games this week, and it may very well decide who has the edge in winning this league. American vs. Washington and MC vs. Newark should all be tight, great games. Most people probably predicted that these would be the top 4, but no one knew the exact order of these 4. After this week, we should have a clue.
September 25th, 2012 at 8:57 pm
MiraMan, are you drunk? Best thing AHS has is passing league titles last 5 years. A little contact this time around buddy. My prediction is PAIN.
September 25th, 2012 at 9:04 pm
Time to paint McGees blue and white off the cheap stuff. Then give Shamrock all my top shelf cash.
September 25th, 2012 at 9:17 pm
BigDog the Jets may be in an off year but they will take care of the little hornets .
34-7 Jets
September 25th, 2012 at 9:35 pm
Tri City Dude I think American-Washington’s game is MVAL game of the week.Both teams are looking to make a statement Friday Night and I expect a lot to happen with these rivals on the boulevard. Newark and Moreau will be a good one too. Moreau pulled one out late last week and look to take it to the Cougars. Irvington will beat Mission San Jose on Saturday. I think American wins by a touchdown and Newark wins by two scores friday night
September 25th, 2012 at 10:03 pm
Kyle Kearns the soph. QB at Foothill played Bears football with the kids that are on the JV team at Cal right now. He should have gone to Cal High but I think he(his father) thought that Foothill would be a better match since Cal is mainly a running team. Maybe he does not like Billeci. Also Cal High is not known as a program that gets kids recruited, even thought they have had some players that are and were as good as at other schools who got players recruited to D1 programs. Remember the 2010 season team? What I did not realize was that it seems as if you can go to any school you want. Foothill is even in a different district than Cal High. Maybe the grandparents or someone related lives in Pleasanton and he uses that address. I know he lives in San Ramon.
September 26th, 2012 at 12:32 am
Yeah, I know that Washington has won the “Battle of the Boulevard” the previous 20+ years before American pulled off a win last year. American probably wants to prove that last year was no fluke, and that they can compete with the big boys.
As for the MC-Newark game, I admit that I did not expect Moreau to barely beat Kennedy. Nothing against Kennedy, but with MC’s offense I expected them to win by at least 20 points. They better get their offense going agian, because Newark has a strong running game that takes up time and a solid defense.
I think both games can lay claim to the MVAL game of the week. In the end, the 2 teams that win these games should have a slight advantage in the race to the MVAL title. American and Newark are my predictions to win.
September 26th, 2012 at 8:03 am
American should handle washington easily. washington was beat pretty good by cal and oakridge already this year
September 26th, 2012 at 8:19 am
I just can’t see the tide turning that much from last year to this year. So Miramonte blew out Alameda bad. Miraman says his team is really undersized & lacks athletes. But Alameda is gonna beat Encinal by 2 tds? Encinal looks bad & young but I can’t see Miramonte getting worse from last year & there being that big of a gap between them & Encinal. It is a rivalry game & ALameda is at home. From how confident they played last year at Encinal I see a pretty good game. There definitely are some good looking athletes on Alameda’s team. Gotta make them the favorite.
September 26th, 2012 at 10:19 am
Big rivalry game in Orinda Friday night between Miramonte & Campolindo. Two teams with virtually no running game but can throw the ball well. Each team hasn’t been able to stop the run but has defended the pass well. Something has to give.
Purely on the experience of the two QB’s, one would have to give the edge to Campolindo. But I think the winner of this game will be determined by:
1) Whether either coach can find a running game, and
2) Which team’s secondary will have the better night.
September 26th, 2012 at 11:02 am
Ghost
Do you know who the SRV players are that quit the team? Anything about details/circumstances?
September 26th, 2012 at 11:03 am
@45- the “lines” of what determines a school boundary are becoming more blurry. Some districts seem to have little to no boundaries (SRV-MV, AV-FHS, Lamorinda families essentially may “choose” their school while, for example, Cal and DoVal have less wiggle room.) The era of athletic transferring will perpetuate with the new CIF/NCS sit out rules becoming more lax. If that’s the law of the land, I have no problem with it. Most families don’t look for the “best athletic match,” however, and their athletes work hard to stay and compete at their boundary school with their established circle of friends and teammates. Nonetheless, there will always be coaches who will continue to test even the loosening of newer statutes- not only intra-district but out of section transfers- much to the chagrin of the admins and rooted families. One need look no further than the Grizz’ baseball forfeit (after an on field W) this past Spring for game #2, their first intra-section contest, vs. NM.
September 26th, 2012 at 11:29 am
The details around the departures at SRV were not made public. Rumors were that the three players were unhappy with the team leadership and are no longer a part of the team.
September 26th, 2012 at 11:40 am
Each EBAL squad has racked 4 games so here’s my take from best to worst. I’m a part-time assistant coach for one of the frosh teams in Livermore. I have seen every EBAL team on video and all of the teams in person for at least one-half of a game except DLS. Barring injuries to the top players, this is my predicted finish of our league.
*DLS: Even though the Spartans are freelance every EBAL team must play them of course. DLS will struggle against Cal, MV and Foothill for the first half but they should end up beating the top 3 teams by at least 21 points each.
1. Cal: The Grizzlies are good and better than the top of the league now. They run the ball well behind an aggressive O-line and Johnson is a good back but not incredible, I would like to see him run harder between the tackles given his size. They whacked Pittsburg but let them back in the game. They beat an underrated Castro Valley team that runs the ball exceptionally well and we scouted the first half of that game in CV’s impressive stadium. The biggest weakness for Cal is their passing game because it’s extremely vanilla and predictable by their alignments. Their QB is a better runner than passer and it might come back to haunt them if they need to play catch-up too often. Their defense is in need of stepping up to the plate better during the 2nd half of games, could conditioning be a factor?
2. Amador: The Dons are due to finish higher than expected and this year they will do it. QB Moreno is poised but the underrated part of Amador is their defense. Their victory against Freedom was not a fluke as some have hinted at, it was a hard fought effort with tons of nasty hitting. Holding Concord to 16 points on the road was impressive but their own offense faltered. Against Cal they were driving for the go ahead TD but coughed up the ball that went the other way for the Cal win. They have Foothill at home this year and Moreno will not lose his last home game of his senior year, guaranteed.
3. Monte Vista: We scouted them Friday night at Foothill. Bergman is a very good coach known for his offense. What separates the Mustangs this year is their defense. MV’s defense absolutely dominated Foothill’s offense for 3.5 quarters of the game, but it was MV’s special teams and crucial mistakes on offense over and over again inside Foothill’s red zone that cost MV the game. Bergman should have let Zamora throw to WR Mason Melin all night because Foothill had no answer but for some reason Bergman kept trying to run the ball inside the 10 yard line. Foothill should have been routed by at least 21 points but MV blew the game. I don’t think MV will falter like that again after such a painful giving away of the game. Look for them to rebound.
4. Foothill: Throw out the Falcons game against Novato. Is Foothill as good as advertised in the preseason? It’s hard to put stock into their road victory vs. Las Lomas because they’ve been beaten 3 times in five games. It’s not smart to bet against Sweeney and Foothill on a regular basis, but I can see Foothill dropping games to Cal & Amador unless their below average offense gets its act together after getting a gift from MV.
5. Livermore: Coach Haubner is doing a great job for the Cowboys and they had a chance to win against SRV Friday night. They hit some good plays vs. SRV but they should have thrown more on 1st down. They took some of the stuffing out of SRV and the Wolves will lose against Amador, Cal, Foothill and MV, in addition to DLS. Look for Livermore to get better each week and pull off one major upset this year. I like their intensity and focus across the board but they need a few more playmakers to step up in crunch time and they need to pass more on 1st down.
6. San Ramon Valley: Coach Kessler is a good coach but his team is in turmoil. Lots of infighting, backbiting and too many expectations have cost this team in addition to playing against a very tough preseason schedule. Their loss to Logan was a telling sign. Logan’s offense was below average that night but it was SRV’s QB that did not perform well at all. It’s clear to the coaches in the league that Birse is not anything close to the QB that Kline was last year. Birse is decent and he can’t move. SRV’s defense is very respectable but this team seems to be falling apart. After losing to Amador, Cal, Foothill & MV, their season will implode after too many disappointments. SRV did not look good Friday night, they looked iffy.
7. Granada: Coach Silva has never been in the upper echelon of east bay coaches but he is well respected and a very good man and a good coach. The Matadors have a win over a down Heritage team but the other wins are vs. weak teams. If Granada was to play SRV in Livermore this year then I would have switched Granada to 6th place and put SRV in the cellar, but the Mats go to Danville so they will lose that one to an angry SRV team that is fresh off losing this week to Amador.
Comments?
September 26th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
Damn Outsider is just throwing the kids business out all on the Internet. That’s crazy to speak about where a 17 year old kid lived
September 26th, 2012 at 12:39 pm
The alameda encinal game is probably gonna be close or one team could start strong and never slow down. These 2 teams are pretty even so anything could happen
September 26th, 2012 at 12:52 pm
Here’s The Schoolmarm’s Greater Bay Area (NCS/CCS) Week 4 Top 25.
(Teams from out of the Area will have their section and league shown.)
1.(1) De La Salle 4-0. Beat Granada 48-14 @ Granada.
Next: Livermore 2-2.
2.(2) James Logan 5-0. Beat Berkeley 54-5. Next: @ Del Oro (SJS, Sierra Foothill) 0-4.
3.(4) Bellarmine 2-1. Bye. Next: Riordan* 3-0.
4.(6) Archbishop Mitty 3-0. Bye. Next: *6 Serra* 3-0
5.(7) California 4-0. Beat #17 Amador Valley* 31-21. Next: @ #10 Foothill* 3-1.
6.(8) Concord 5-0. Beat Heritage 34-0 @ Heritage. Next: Mt. Diablo 2-2.
7.(9) Marin Catholic 4-1. Beat San Marin* 30-7 9/22. Next: Redwood* 1-3 9/29.
8.(11) Freedom 3-2. Beat Castro Valley 55-27 @ Castro Valley. Next: Heritage* 0-5.
9.(3) Serra 3-0. Beat Buhach Colony (SJS, Central Calif. Conf.) 36-35. Next: @ #4 Archbishop Mitty* 3-0.
10.(15) Foothill 3-1. Beat #5 Monte Vista*(Danville) 21-14. Next #5 California* 4-0.
11.(10) Cardinal Newman 4-0. Beat Ukiah* 53-0. Next: @ Montgomery* 1-3.
12.(5) Monte Vista(Danville) 3-1. Lost to #15 Foothill* 14-21 @ Foothill. Next: Granada* 3-1.
13.(13) Valley Christian (San Jose) 2-1. Beat Milpitas 54-22. Next: #15 St. Ignacius* 2-1.
14.(14) Palo Alto 2-1. Beat Gunn 48-0. Next: Milpitas* 2-1.
15.(12) St. Ignacius 2-1. Bye. Next: @ #13 Valley Christian* 2-1.
16.(18) Pittsburg 3-2. Beat Granite Bay (SJS, Sierra Foothill) 28-27(OT) @ Granite Bay. Next: Liberty* 2-3.
17.(19) El Cerrito 5-0. Beat Valley Christian*(Dublin)
54-0 @ Chabot College. Next: #25 Salesian* 5-0.
18.(16) Oak Grove 3-0. Beat McClymonds 27-0. Next:
@ Independence* 3-0.
19.(20) Beat Liberty(Brentwood) 58-19. Next: Hayward
2-2.
20.(17) Amador Valley 2-2. Lost to #7 California* 21-31 @ California. Next: San Ramon Valley* 1-3.
21.(21) Analy 5-0. Beat Sonoma Valley* 63-20. Next: Piner* 1-4.
22.(24) Bishop O’Dowd 3-1. Bye. Next: @ Arroyo 2-2.
23.(22) Campolindo 4-1. Beat Acalanes 40-39. Next:
@ Miramonte* 2-3.
24.(27) Deer Valley 3-1. Beat San Leandro 26-14. Next:
Vacaville(SJS, Monticello Empire) 2-2.
25.(25) Salesian 5-0. Beat Pinole Valley* 40-21 9/22. Next: @ #17 El Cerrito* 5-0.
Dropped from Week 3 Top 25:
#23 Milpitas 2-1. Lost to #13 Valley Christian(San Jose) 22-54 @ Valley Christian.
* League game.
September 26th, 2012 at 2:48 pm
@45&51 Accurate summary of the Foothil QB situation, good kid, good family looking to give him the best shot the kid is an athlete and should play next level. Also agree with the recruiting comments, former coach Tony S. was starting to change that prior to leaving for Gorman but Coach B. hasn’t learned how important that aspect has become and it’s costing him players. In regards to the 2010 squad a number of players had small school opportunities but didn’t get the support you see from other coaches (look at the all EBAL from 2010). The only question for Friday is will Cal’s D finally step up, the EBAL this year maybe more like 2009 where anybody can beat anybody.
September 26th, 2012 at 3:08 pm
The Golden Eagles of Del Oro will take it to Logan.
Spartans just like in Groundhog Day..Its Déjà vu once again as the Cowboys from Livermore are ambushed by the men of Sparta.
September 26th, 2012 at 3:49 pm
@53. Make no mistake about it, single sport HS athlete’s families that seek the next level are spending more and more money and exercising leverage to get a starters role by the Junior year. Too numerous examples (I prefer not to name under 18′s)to present here. It’s truth in privates and publics and it’ll only get more common (worse?) as the CIF/NCS transfer rules now are lax. A cautionary tale: you may end up with that D1 Scholly… with three other frosh at your position and #8 on the depth chart.
September 26th, 2012 at 4:49 pm
680- you are right. I had a family member invited walkon and he # 15 as a lineman in college his 1st year.
September 26th, 2012 at 4:53 pm
Coach Tony S. who left for Gorman has an outstanding program. He walked into an outstanding program. Coach B at Cal doing a good job but doesn’t and will never have the players or opportunities of a Gorman.
Gorman has been a high powered Catholic program for a long time with lots of college bound atheletes.
September 26th, 2012 at 4:53 pm
@gridiron
You lost all credibility with your slanted take on the ebal. You Amador roots are showing. Its clear to everyone on here that you have no idea what you are talking about. Maybe you should stick to frosh.
@monarch86 – well said – will you be at Cal game?
@FNL680 – no shit….the transferring epidemic has been going on for a long time because of athletics, too many kids and not enought spots on teams and the NCS changes are only catching up with the times. The scholarschip quest is at fever pitch in all sports, even club teams, and academics as well. The reality for many is it’s just a ticket in with very few real scholarship dollars available. Many quit after the first year.
September 26th, 2012 at 5:04 pm
Cali football- you are right. Public transfers have always been there, now it’s easier than before. SoCal publics have numerous transfers, look at Mission Viejo and Long Beach Poly. Poly used to be called the southern california all-stars.
A word to the wise, if kids are good enough and want to compete on a div 2 or div 3 or naia level, there are opportunities. But beware, some of these programs are very tough and demanding and they play bigger schools a lot. They also carry large rosters sometimes.
September 26th, 2012 at 5:08 pm
#47, Washington did get beat easily by those teams. However, in all fairness, American probably would have lost to those teams as well. The adavantage for Washington playing that tough schedule is that they are now battle-tested for league play. American has done well, but they had a pretty weak non-league schedule where their best win was against an average Arroyo team. Regardless, I think both teams are hungry to win.
September 26th, 2012 at 5:22 pm
Amador roots are they blond? Oh sorry no blond jokes.
CV-C should be in that #11 spot by next week.
September 26th, 2012 at 8:30 pm
@stewie – even silver and green roots are better than none, huh stewie?
At all — who will be the biggest jump in the poll after Friday?
September 26th, 2012 at 8:53 pm
Stewie….Logan is bigger and faster then Del Oro…it may be a close game for a while but Logan will win..
September 27th, 2012 at 8:49 am
Here’s TheSchoolmarm’s NorCal (NS,NCS,SJS, and CS) Week 4 Top 25.
(Teams playing intersectional games will have their section and league shown.)(CCS teams will not have their playoff division shown.)
1.(1) De La Salle(NCS D1, Freelance) 4-0. Beat Granada 48-14 @ Granada. Next: Livermore 2-2.
2.(3) Elk Grove(SJS D2, Delta Valley) 5-0. Beat Nevada Union 43-19. Next: Bye.
3.(4) James Logan(NCS D1, Freelance) 5-0. Beat Berkeley 54-5. Next: @ Del Oro(SJS, Sierra Foothill) 0-4.
4.(2) Franklin(Elk Grove)(SJS D1, Delta Valley) 5-0. Beat Jesuit 28-7. Next: Bye.
5.(6) Folsom(SJS D2, Delta River) 5-0. Beat Casa Roble
56-7. Next: Bye.
6.(8) Bellarmine(CCS, West Catholic) 2-1. Bye. Next: Riordan* 3-0.
7.(11) Archbishop Mitty(CCS, West Catholic) 3-0. Bye. Next: #15 Serra* 3-0.
8.(12) California(NCS D1, East Bay) 4-0. Beat Amador Valley* 31-21. Next: @ #20 Foothill* 3-1.
9.(13) Concord(NCS D2, Diablo Valley) 5-0. Beat Heritage 34-0 @ Heritage. Next: Bye.
10.(14) Placer(SJS D3or4, Pioneer Valley) 4-0. Beat Yuba City 42-33. Next: @ Woodcreek 2-2.
11.(15) Oak Ridge(SJS D1, Delta River) 5-0. Beat #17 Vacaville 24-21 @ Vacaville. Next: Bye.
12.(18) Marin Catholic(NCS D3, Marin County) 4-1. Beat San Marin* 30-7 9/22. Next: Redwood* 1-3 9/29.
13.(19) Luther Burbank(SJS D1, Metropolitan) 4-0. Beat Hiram Johnson* 49-0. Next: Sacramento* 3-1.
14.(24) St. Marys(Stockton)(SJS D2, TriCity), 3-2. Beat #5 Lincoln(Stockton) 51-18. Next: Bye.
15.(7) Serra(CCS, West Catholic) 3-0. Beat Buhach Colony(SJS D2, Central Calif. Conf.) 36-35 @ Buhach Colony. Next: @ #7 Archbishop Mitty 3-0.
16.(17) Vacaville(SJS D2, Monticello Empire) 2-2. Lost to #15 Oak Ridge 21-24. Next: @ Deer Valley(NCS D1, Bay Valley) 3-1.
17.(NR) Freedom(NCS D1, Bay Valley) 3-2. Beat Castro Valley 55-27 @ Castro Valley. Next: Heritage* 0-5.
18.(5) Lincoln(Stockton)(SJS D1, San Joaquin A.A.)
2-2. Lost to #24 St. Marys 18-51 @ St. Marys. Next:
@ Granite Bay 1-3.
19.(22) Pleasant Grove(SJS D1, Delta River) 3-2. Beat Roseville 48-14 @ Roseville. Next: Bye.
20.(NR) Foothill(Pleasanton)(NCS D1, East Bay) 3-1. Beat #9 Monte Vista* 21-14. Next: #8 California* 4-0.
21.(23) Cardinal Newman(NCS D3, North Bay) 4-0. Beat Ukiah* 53-0. Next: @ Montgomery* 1-3.
22.(9) Monte Vista(Danville)(NCS D1, East Bay) 3-1. Lost to Foothill* 14-21 @ Foothill. Next: Granada* 3-1.
23.(NR) Buhach Colony(SJS D2, Central Calif. Conf.)
3-2. Lost to #7 Serra(CCS, West Catholic) 35-36. Next: Bye.
24.(NR) Valley Christian(San Jose)(CCS) 2-1. Beat Milpitas 54-22. Next: St. Ignacius* 2-1.
25.(NR) Palo Alto(CCS, DeAnza) 2-1. Beat Gunn 48-0. Next: Milpitas* 2-1.
The following teams were dropped from Week 3 Top 25:
(20) Inderkum(SJS D2, TriCounty) 3-1. Lost to Rocklin 22-31 @ Rocklin.
(21) Del Oro(SJS D2, Sierra Foothill) 0-4. Lost to Grant Union 30-31 @ Grant.
(25) Atwater(SJS D2, Central Calif. Conf.) 3-1. Lost to Clovis(CS D1, TriRiver) 6-7.
September 27th, 2012 at 12:01 pm
About TheSchoolmarm’s NorCal Top 25 Week 4.
There were some big changes, especially “move-ups” from Week 3. The 3 drops(Inderkum, Del Oro and Atwater), I think, were pretty clear. One could make an arguement for Atwater, though, because they played the Cougars extremely tough.
It’s hard to gauge the CS teams because they’re caught in “no man’s land between North and South (hopefully, CIF will move the Central Section into the North Region soon. Other high school sports media organizations have been advocating this for years). Most CS vs SS or LACS “quality” games have had the CS schools on the short end and there has only been 1 CS Cal Bowl team (and D3 at that) over the years.
Anyway, St. Marys, Freedom, and Foothill all made huge jumps. St.Marys routed highly touted Lincoln 51-18(This rivalry has “the curse of the Bambino” for Lincoln. The Trojans seem to always lose, even when they’re supposed to be better on paper! Reminds me of, down South, Servite and Mater Dei until a couple of years ago.). The Rams also played DeLa much tougher than anyone else the week before. I don’t think they’re the “same team” that lost to Central Catholic 21-28 Sept. 9. Also, Lincoln’s record (and offensive weapons) has to have the Trojans in the top 20 at this point.
Freedom’s very decisive 55-27 road win over a strong, on the roll, Castro Valley was very impressive. Also, the Falcons beat Foothill of Pleasanton (who beat Monte Vista, who clobbered Pitt, who squeeked by Granite Bay on the road, who very decisively beat Vacaville,etc,etc) 41-28 at Foothill August 31.
Because of an unimpressive 2-2 record, I left Freedom out of the Top 25 Week 3, but than the week 4 wins by teams Freedom was connected to changed everything.
Foothill beat Monte Vista 21-14. I saw the game. Both teams were very evenly matched, but the Falcons were better prepared. Kyle Kearns, who I think will be the next EBAL QB to get lots of recruiting stars by his name, is only a sophomore who, short of a serious injury, should only get much better as the season progresses. Like Freedom, Foothill’s 2-1 Week 3 record was not impressive, but everything changed Week 4 because of their win over MV and the Mustang game connections.
One would have needed to have driven about 335 miles down US 101, turned left on SR 150 for about 20 miles to the farmers’ and artists’ community of Ojai and seen fairly small(939 public school enrollment)Nordhoff take down the 1000 Oaks Lancers of the mighty Pac 5 Division 29-21 last Friday night.It was Franklin’s 38-28 win over TO, a heavily predicted Pac 5 playoff team (and the Lancers probably still will be; the Marmonte West, besides Oaks Christian, hasn’t shown to be that tough so far this year) Aug.24 at Del Oro HS was the win that appeared to put the Wildcats among the state’s elite and #2 in NorCal. The Nordhoff Rangers are one of the best CalBowl D3 teams in California and have to be the TriValley League and Northwest Division favorite at this point and should get a strong shot at the CalBowl D3 South Regionals if they keep it up.(However, Bishop Diego Garcia of Santa Barbara and in the same league, who’s on a strong 4-0 roll, will be very hard to get by Oct.26). However, a strong Pac 5 team should not lose to a CalBowl D3 team no matter how good D3 they are.
Franklin is no doubt an excellent team,(they beat Freedom on the road 31-21) but with the Nordhoff loss, the win over TO just doesn’t carry the same magnitude that it did Week 3. That’s why the Widcats are #4 Week 4.
(Speaking of the Southland, if you haven’t heard,Santa Margarita’s superstud QB, Johnny Stanton, got knocked out of the St. Bonnie game{35-27 SM} last Friday and is out for the season for ACL surgery. The Trinity and Pac 5 titles are now very much up for grab. Too bad because a Cal Bowl Open game between an undefeated DLS and undefeated Margarita would be the biggest California high school game ever! With all the horses
{an over 300 lb. average oline among other studs) wiley ‘ole Coach Harry Welsh has, an undefeated Spartan undefeated Eagle game is still not out of the question. Although I still have the Eagles ranked #1 in the state, I think Mater Dei will upset Margarita Oct. 12, however.)
One team that I may have under ranked is Palo Alto at #25. They played Mitty to a squeaker 27-28 at home Sept.7. However, other than the Chryst(excuse me if I mispelled it)kid at QB, I don’t think the Paly team is that talented. Also, the DeAnza league has not shown to be very tough so far this year. Most other rankings have the Vikings higher than I do.
September 27th, 2012 at 12:29 pm
@Schoolmarm thanks for explainnig your rankings. They make more sense now. I think Pleasant Grove is ranked too high considering their recent loss to Inderkum who you just dropped. And I see VC-San Jose rising this week with a win over SI.
Where is everyone going to be this weekend?
September 27th, 2012 at 3:21 pm
9-27-12
Guys….Bluedog2 is going to the Logan/Del Oro Game since i have business in the area….i want to see just what Logan is made of…
September 27th, 2012 at 4:06 pm
@ schoolmarm, thanks for putting the NCS/CCS/SJS Rankings. Wut’s your pick on Deer Valley-Vacaville Game?
September 28th, 2012 at 4:07 am
Outsider
Re: 45
Life for a head football, basketball, baseball, even softball coach in the S.R.V.U.S.D. is “unpredictable”.
Remember back in the 80′s when the SRV girls basketball coach took the Lady Wolves to the State Finals at Arco? The next year they won it! The third year the same coach was fired!
More recently, look what happened to Dave Kravitz at San Ramon. In the bleachers at SR games, I’d hear all the “geniuses” whining about his coaching. Apparently their “wisdom” got to somebody in the SRVUSD. Coach Kravitz was able to transfer to Cal Hi, and designed some pretty good offenses there.
I don’t think this atmosphere exists to that extent at Foothill and Amador. Definitely not at De La Salle/Corondelet.
Bay Area Section
Thankyou for reading my rankings and follow up comments.
As to Vacaville vs Deer Valley, it’s a hard one to call(for me anyway).
Don’t know too much about this year’s Wolverines except what I’ve read here. I understand they have some speed and size. Know very little about their coach,Rich Woods.
Saw Vacaville vs Marin Catholic on On Demand TV, where I could run back plays. I don’t think they have the speed and power of the last 2 years. However, I didn’t think the Bulldogs looked that impressive on TV then either. They just went out and won!
Since the games’ at Deer Valley and I’m somewhat loyal to the East Bay, I’ll give DV the edge. (Not by much ,though.)
What does George say?
September 28th, 2012 at 7:10 am
Whoa slow down Schoolmarm. Don’t be throwing out info you don’t really know about. Kravitz was never run out of SRV by whining genius parents or anyone from srvusd. He reigned because he was not supported by the weak SRV admin. He also is known for his offenses at SRV not Cal High.
September 28th, 2012 at 7:20 am
Damn yall thought the Kennedy Tennyson game was gonna be close? You guys must think lowly of Tennyson lol
September 28th, 2012 at 8:00 am
Kravitz coached football at Cal exactly one year, the year after he arrived there. In 2010 he was the QB coach/Passing Game Coordinator and Cal went to the Coliseum. Billeci has not included him since.
September 28th, 2012 at 8:02 am
Since people have asked about it a few times, the NCS website shows that 3 schools petitioned up…
Both Cardinal Newman and Marin Catholic petitioned up to D-III, and Valley Christian-Dublin petitioned up to D-IV
September 28th, 2012 at 8:04 am
Head coaches with egos!
September 28th, 2012 at 9:08 am
That SRV girls basketball coach had a lot more issues than a few SRV parents. He has since been let go from at least 3 other programs (NG, Concord & Cal) for his abusive ways. Just because a team has some good players and is winning doesn’t mean the coach is doing things right. Character counts too.
September 28th, 2012 at 10:11 am
Bottom line with Mike Kravitz is he’s a solid football coach and could add a ton of value at Cal High immediately.
Their current head coach has too large of an ego to hand over the grizzly offense to anyone but himself.
September 28th, 2012 at 10:25 am
Did Kravitz coach at SRV last year and in what capacity?
September 28th, 2012 at 10:54 am
Didn’t I read that Cal is averaging 38 points a game this season? I’ve been following Cal for quite some time now and their offense appears to be the same each year Billeci has been there. Not so sure why you think Kravitz was the answer???
September 28th, 2012 at 11:15 am
First of all Its Dave Kravitz and he has not coached since 2010. He is a AP at Cal High. He is a solid coach though and I hope he gets back to it ASAP.
September 28th, 2012 at 11:16 am
The Ghost, Mike Kravitz is a realtor in Chicago. I believe you were referring to Dave Kravitz.
September 28th, 2012 at 11:52 am
who’s the SRV coach who made the comments about DeLa and the unfair advantage after TiaPepe popped him for 6 tds in championship game?
September 28th, 2012 at 1:14 pm
where’s all the action for the island bowl tonite? Old Meddling, bleacher coach, Miraman, Lemon 617 and the rest? This is big- 2 evenly matched teams this year. It’s time to get down. Yea, I know actions speak louder than words, but we have to have words and then the actions. Time to gussle.
September 28th, 2012 at 3:49 pm
If logan beats del oro tonight (I’m predicting a win 35-27) does it mean anything in terms of toughness of schedule?? I mean I know del oro is 0-4 but they’ve played really good teams so far.
September 28th, 2012 at 3:50 pm
SRV’s Head Coach is Kessler and he is the one who made the comments that, I’m sure, all EBAL coaches feel the same way about. Kessler just happened to tell the whole world in the heat of the moment.
Great article about El Cerrio in Max Preps:
http://www.maxpreps.com/news/XIkCMTRCzkuGiR-e9xv7Lg/football-lineage-at-el-cerrito-continues-to-grow-with-talented-2012-squad.htm
The Gauchos now have 6 potential D1 athletes on a squad of 29 players; unbelievable. Since Campolindo was able to get to the State Championship Game with no D1 athletes, just think what El Cerrio may be able to accomplish.
First things first, I believe El Cerrito will take care of business and end Salesian’s state leading 26 game winning streak.
September 28th, 2012 at 4:06 pm
Because no other coaches or bloggers feel that way either, just Kessler and all the other EBAL coaches. Certainly not the BVAL where they had played previously. I’m pretty sure everyone knows what he meant, but for some reason people don’t want to just let those comments go. DLS isn’t even in the EBAL anymore for football anyway.
September 28th, 2012 at 4:47 pm
BigDog,
I like talking a little smack, but for Miramonte this isn’t the kind of year the lends itself to that. I like our team; kids play really hard. But we really don’t have the kind of super athletes that most top teams have. We have Zati Williams, D2 talent, and some seniors that could play D3, maybe. The other kid on our team I really like is Jr. linebacker/O-line Bennet Stehr. He’ll be a monster next year.
Having said that, I like Miramonte against Campo. I honestly think we will be able to run against them some with Bruen. He’s no marquee back, but he’s better than anyone they have…with Hoffman out. I also think we have the better receivers in Williams, Deutz and Paoletti, among others. They have the QB, but Sheehan is no joke.
The other wild card is that I like our defensive backfield. They’re not Campo circa 2011-2012, but the four starters work well together and have 6 picks so far this year while only allowing one long pass (70+ yard TD against Marin Catholic on a busted coverage). And remember only three of the teams (Marin Catholic, Analy and Alameda) actally threw the ball, so basically 6 pick in three games and only allowing one long pass. And two of the three teams are really good. If we get a couple of picks, which I think we can, we’ll win. That’s my prediction. We’ve got to get pressure on the QB and contain the run and that’s where the question mark is for sure!
Voice of Reason,
I get your point that Campo had less-than-El Cerrito talent on their epic team last year, but Stephens is definitely D1 caliber! Piatt is playing for Cal and I believe is dressing for games…I think?? That would to me be 2 D1-level players. Others, perhaps several others, are in that D3 or maybe even D2 range.
Old Former Meddling Coach,
I don’t dislike Encinal, but my gut tells me that Encinal is down and Alameda is up at least relatively speaking. My thought is that Encinal will have a difficult time scoring more that 14 points (two drives primarily featuring running by Sails), but the passing game is for crap! I still think Alameda is a fairly good team. They got beat by a very good Northgate team and Miramonte was on when we played them. Alameda SHOULD be able to do better than 14 points against Encinal. That’s where I get to 28-14 in favor of Alameda.
September 28th, 2012 at 5:00 pm
News flash..De La Salle relocates to Texas. Why..coaches don’t complain about unfair advantage and the team that finishes 1st is in 1st not 2nd place….In Texas they man-up and don’t whine like some in the EBAL. Don’t be surprised if Sparty starts to play some Sac area teams.
September 28th, 2012 at 5:12 pm
@82, Following the Grizz you know that ’10 is the sole year from 09-12 any sizable OC/DC duties were handed to an AC. Not saying doing both is impossible, however, that’s rare in the EBAL. An experienced, cerebral, calm, collected approach in-game might work, right? In ’10, 8 of 12 opponents were held to 7 points or less. It has been stated by several on this board that Cal’s line on both sides that NCS year was the best in school history, so obviously that was a large factor. If the D steps up from last year, that’d be great and there could be another HUGE game #10, as was in ’10.
September 28th, 2012 at 9:16 pm
MiraMan,BigDog! We won 22-15! Jets win! Jets win! Jet Pride!
September 28th, 2012 at 9:38 pm
Fnl680 true dat about 2010 Kraitz is a genius just ask Reihl
September 28th, 2012 at 10:51 pm
Miraman,
Love your enthusiasm and passion. But it wasn’t gonna happen this year. Campo put on the brakes the entire 4th quarter….it could have gotten really ugly. I think the Mats got the most out of their talent. Stevens was the difference. Next year could be a different story.
September 28th, 2012 at 10:59 pm
old meddling congrats on the jets taking down the hornets! Mira, is el cerrito that good? You saw them against campo right? Coach Nightgale- the Salesian Pride has been smacked- remember when your lame ass coaching staff hosted Don Bosco several years back and stood on their sideline against DLS? Payback time for that 26 game streak- shoulda coulda played better comp during that streak- EC stuck it to ya.
September 29th, 2012 at 1:07 am
@92… that’s where you are wrong. Kravitz wasn’t the “OC” as an “AC” in ’10. Remember when they beat MV 45-3? Reil completed only 3 passes. Does that sound like a Kravitz offense to you?
Cal rolled tonight in case you missed it. 4th straight season Billeci beat Sweeney. Go Grizzlies!!
September 29th, 2012 at 1:07 am
Miramonte played Campo straight up for a half before the Cougars asserted themselves and won the game going away. The Mats were able to run the ball effectively in the first half setting up their passing game. Sheehan throws a nice ball and Miramonte was only down 21-14 at the half.
In what has become a hallmark for Coach Macy and his staff, Campo made the appropriate adjustments and were able to effectively shut down and shut out the Miramonte offense in the second half. CB Luckhurst, giving away nearly 8 inches in height shut down Williams for most of the game. Deutz performed well and was the best player on the team for the Mats tonight.
Stephens took over the game in the 2nd half with both his legs and arm. His 79 yard design draw for a TD gave Campo a 28-14 lead enroute to a 35-14 final that could have been a larger margin of victory if Macy wanted. As for the team with better receivers, Windatt was clearly the best on the field tonight. Add in a slew of talented junior receivers for Campolindo and Stephens has quite a bit to choose from.
Regarding last year’s top players for Campo, both Fadelli and Piatt are walkons at Cal and are redshirting this season; same goes for Ross Anderson of Miramonte, if I am not mistaken.
September 29th, 2012 at 6:21 pm
Re 97- technically, Sweeney wasn’t the head coach in 2009 when Cal beat Foothill 45-14, as Mannion was the official coach that year, but Sweeney was on the sidelines helping out with the carnage and was clearly involved in the decision making. So Billeci is 4-0 vs Foothill, but 3-0 vs Sweeney.
He’s also 3-1 vs AV including the last 3, 3-0 vs Livermore, 2-1 vs MV including the last 2, 3-1 vs SRV, 2-1 vs Granada. Plus although DLS is no longer part of the EBAL, he put a scare into them 2 years ago in the onside kick game and held them to just 24 points last year. Not a bad résumé for being just 2 games into his 4th season.
Also, Bill & Matt Hoefs have done a bang up job with the JV & Frosh teams over that time finishing 1st or 2nd in the EBAL each year. They have the kids ready to go once they reach varsity and although Cal seems to fly under the radar every year, they have a lot of depth and solid players at every position that are used to winning.
September 29th, 2012 at 9:07 pm
Go cal, that wasnt my point anybody that sawbthat qb prior to hi s work with Kravitzz knows whats up go grizz gata!
September 30th, 2012 at 2:11 am
@99 You are wrong. Sweeney was the HC at Foothill in ’09. Mannion, now at OSU, was the QB, not the Coach. Agreed on the rest. Go Cal from top to bottom!
@100 Eventually you will see the light. Just ask Reil
September 30th, 2012 at 6:40 am
@101
I believe Mannion’s father took over HC duties in 2009.
September 30th, 2012 at 10:00 am
No Question that Mannion was the HC in the 2009 football season (2009-2010 school year) which was also Billeci’s first year at Cal. 2 new coaches, although Sweeney was down there on the sidelines trying to help right the ship.
September 30th, 2012 at 10:03 am
And yes Mannion’s son was the QB that year for Foothill.
September 30th, 2012 at 11:01 am
John Mannion and Sweeney were advertised as co-coaches in ’09 if memory serves. Take it easy GoCal. Monarch, Outsider and prob PrepFan will support what I posted. NOT that Kravitz was ANY coordinator but that he had O input. Based on his pedigree, I’m sure it was a benefit. Although the Grizz have very good and dedicated coaches, I don’t believe at the V level there are OC DC labels given. There are at JV/F.
BTW, there are many of us who are hoping for another sellout at Berger in week 10.
October 2nd, 2012 at 4:43 pm
John Mannion great coach in his own right but you better believe Matt Sweeney was calling the shots once he came back since the 08 season