- East Bay Prep Corner
Week 11: Prep football recap from Friday night
By Jon Becker
Saturday, November 3rd, 2012 at 2:51 am in Uncategorized.
Many teams around the East Bay secured playoff berths on the final Friday night of the regular season, while some also clinched league titles.
Hercules made history when it secured the school’s first-ever league title by defeating Kennedy-Richmond. Hercules’ Marquise Davenport is pictured above running against Kennedy Friday night.
The best way to catch up on Friday night’s action is to check out our weekly recap.
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November 3rd, 2012 at 8:25 am
Where is the recap of the El Cerrito game?
November 3rd, 2012 at 8:46 am
when do the playoff seedings come out?
November 3rd, 2012 at 8:53 am
this blog says Mt Eden beat Piedmont 31-0 but calpreps has Piedmont winning 31-0. Who won?
November 3rd, 2012 at 9:24 am
Would love to hear everyones thoughts on updated playoff seeding after last nights games..
November 3rd, 2012 at 9:24 am
NCS Seeding Sunday between 10-3
http://cifncs.org/sports/football/
Click on your Bracket D1, D2 and so on
They typically post the lowest div ie. Div 4 first and work their way up to D1
November 3rd, 2012 at 9:45 am
Cal played tough and the Spartans need to do better.
November 3rd, 2012 at 10:19 am
Enjoying the DVAL scores, and have to laugh. CVCHS & Northgate were the biggest complainers when they were blown out the last several years. Principals/AD’s calling the school that caused the embarrassment. Funny, shoes on the other foot and they sure aren’t walking the talk and keeping their scores down to keep the other teams “feeling good”. It’s okay, we always new they were a bunch of whiners. Thanks for the laugh.
November 3rd, 2012 at 10:21 am
thx stevie. the spartans are whole different team come playoff. lad will get those boys ready.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:03 am
Mt Eden did indeed win the game last night over Piedmont 31-0.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:13 am
They just need to clean it up a bit. Sparty is starting to show who are the go to guys and again Cal played tough but still could not hold the veer. Again Sparty made some key plays at the right time which paid off in a score or preventing a score against. NCS With State is like another mini season and you know DLS is going to be hitting harder and performing at a high level for each game.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:17 am
CREDIT: LA TIMES TODAY.
Mission Viejo dominates El Toro, 49-7, to clinch South Coast League title
By Steve Galluzzo
The Diablos stay perfect at 10-0 by intercepting six passes. Mission Viejo is in contention for one of the top seedings in the Pac-5 Division playoffs.
St. John Bosco routs Santa Margarita for first Trinity League title
By Eric Sondheimer
St. Bonaventure rallies to beat Oaks Christian for Marmonte League title, Alemany and Notre Dame finish as co-champions in the Serra League while the City Section has five champions go unbeaten in league play.
November 3rd, 2012 at 11:37 am
Mt. Eden won 31-0
November 3rd, 2012 at 2:35 pm
St Bernards 14 Ferndale 0 11:00 2 Qtr
November 3rd, 2012 at 2:39 pm
St Bernards 14 Ferndale 6 8:52 2 Qtr
November 3rd, 2012 at 2:51 pm
My prediction for D-1 Playoffs:
1. DLS
2. Logan
3. Cal
4. SRV
5. AV
6. MV
7. Freedom
8. Pitt
9. Foothill
10. DV
11. Berkeley
12. Castro Valley
13. Heritage
14. Antioch
15. Irvington
I think 4-7 could be arranged any way you want it, because some people could argue that a 8-2 Freedom team shouldn’t be ranked so low. But their best wins are against 5-5 Foothill (beat MV lost to SRV, Cal, AV) and 7-3 Pitt who both lost to MV and Cal. Include the factor of MV routing pitt, and Freedom only beating pitt by 1. Add in the factor that AV beat freedom and only lost to SRV, Cal, and DLS (concord could play a factor however if they realize that pitt beat clayton valley who romped concord, though you could neutralize the fact that AV beat MV who routed pitt.. but i doubt the committee will dig that deep). Over all that’s Logan/Cal > SRV > AV > Freedom > Foothill > MV OR Logan > SRV/Freedom > Foothill > MV > Cal > AV. It really is complicated, but in most scenarios the AV loss will hurt Freedom, as well as Foothill and Pitt having no ground unless foothill’s win over MV gets them somewhere. On that note, Cal could get screwed too with the scenario of SRV > AV > Freedom > Foothill > MV > Cal but that’s really pushing it.
As for the rest, it’s pretty simple with head to heads across the board. I heard that the bottom 3 teams might not apply, and if they don’t.. it shouldn’t affect anyone’s seeding.
November 3rd, 2012 at 2:56 pm
I still cannot believe Salesian lost to Valley Christian. EC goes undefeated and gets no coverage? Que? They had a running clock in the first quarter and still put up 60.
November 3rd, 2012 at 2:58 pm
St Bernards 14 Ferndale 14 2:21 2 Qtr
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:04 pm
St Bernards 14 Ferndale 14 Half
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:28 pm
San Leandro wins to avoid 0-10 but Dougherty Valley finishes 0-10…. Any news on those coaches jobs for next year?
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:32 pm
This is how I see the D1 seedings shaking out:
2012 NCS D1 predictions.
1. DLS 10-0. No brainer.
2. Logan 9-1. Weak schedule, but solid team with 1 loss. Crushed SRV.
3. Cal 8-2. Wins over SRV, AV, Foothill & Pitt. Held DLS under 30.
4. Freedom 8-2. Won BVAL, beat Foothill but lost to AV.
5. Pit 7-3. Beat GB & CV, but lost to Cal, Freedom & crushed by MV.
6. SRV 5-5. EBAL co-champs. Tough preseason schedule.
7. AV 6-4. Beat Freedom, MV & Foothill. Ended year on a roll.
8. MV 6-4. Beat Cal and crushed Pitt. Ended year with 3 losses.
9. Berkeley 5-4. Won WAC-Foothill. Why did they play just 9 games?
10. Foothill 5-5. Beat MV, Picked #1 in EBAL, too much talent to go 5-5
11. DV 6-4. Beat Vacaville. Bad loss to Heritage to end season.
12. Castro Valley 5-5. Losses to Cal, Freedom, MV & Berkeley.
13. Heritage 3-7. Beat DV & Antioch.
14. Antioch 6-4. 5th place. Weak schedule. Only good win was NG.
15. Irvington 4-6. May not even apply.
November 3rd, 2012 at 3:59 pm
Ferndale 41 St Bernards 20 11;41 4th Qtr
November 3rd, 2012 at 4:05 pm
Prepfan….Its funny how Deer Valley got dumped by Heritage…the lose to Freedom must have taken the win out of their sails…But whats stranger yet…is the beating that Deer Valley put on Vacaville…that has to be one of the great wins this season…
The loss to Berkeley wasn’t expected by Castro Valley and if Irvington were to apply and be excepted…the end result would not be good….always good comments..
November 3rd, 2012 at 4:13 pm
415….The coach at Dougherty Valley will still be around….he just has to get kids with skill that so far haven’t shown up yet….The area is growing..but it could be several years before DV can be a threat to the DFAL…or down the road the EBAL….San Leandro is different….There are kids there that can play football, but would rather hang out, don’t want to play football or can’t make the grades…
November 3rd, 2012 at 4:26 pm
St Bernards quarterback Christian Mello ejected in 3rd quarter. Will miss next wks game.
November 3rd, 2012 at 4:31 pm
Ferndale 41 St Bernards 20, Final
November 3rd, 2012 at 4:56 pm
Thanks Bluedog2. When DV beat Vacaville, I thought they would contend in the BVAL, but instead lost to Pitt, Freedom & Heritage to close out the year with 3 losses.
I’ve heard that Dougherty’s frosh team was pretty good this season, so maybe there is a light at the end of the tunnel over there after such a rough season for their varsity.
November 3rd, 2012 at 5:15 pm
Does anyone know what will happen if those bottom teams don’t apply??..will the committe pick new teams or can they still be put in anyway?..could see some interesring EBAL rematches depending on how the seeding works out…
November 3rd, 2012 at 5:42 pm
If teams opt out, there will just be more byes for the top seeded teams, unless there are more than 16 who qualify. They won’t force a team like Irvington to play a game if they choose not to apply.
There will be a lot of rematches in D1 for sure, with 5 EBAL teams (6 if you factor in DLS who played every EBAL team this year), and 5 BVAL teams in the mix. Plus, teams like CV, Berkeley & Logan each played several teams in the field, and there were a few EBAL vs. BVAL games as well. Probably half the games will be rematches.
November 3rd, 2012 at 5:51 pm
ALAMEDA YOU GUYS SUCK!
November 3rd, 2012 at 5:58 pm
Agree with Prep Fan on seedings, except maybe see Pitt’s bad loss to MV drop them all the way to 8.
November 3rd, 2012 at 6:29 pm
bring back the rock! back to back 3-7 seasons its time to go! the rock had more wins in his first season than the slithery one has in 2!
November 3rd, 2012 at 6:31 pm
Anyone have the Alameda-Arroyo Score today? Jet Pride!
November 3rd, 2012 at 6:45 pm
@Post 17
Berkeley high only played 9 games because the first preseason game, i believe Kennedy forfeited
November 3rd, 2012 at 7:20 pm
Yeah agree with ebjc, Pitt has no relevant wins to put them above the likes of MV AV and SRV… No higher than 8 is where i predict them.
November 3rd, 2012 at 7:22 pm
EB JC Guy @27, that was a tough call. Pitt at 7-3 has the next best record and played a tough schedule, but as you point out the MV loss was bad. I initially was going to put them behind MV, but then figured the secret committee may not put the 2nd place BVAL team behind 4 EBAL teams, and MV ended the year limping in with 3 straight losses. It is hard to slot Pitt in between the SRV-AV-MV group, so I figured it was either #5 or #8. Had MV & Pitt ended with the same record, there would be no question, but last night’s come from ahead loss to SRV kind of messed up things for MV.
November 3rd, 2012 at 9:56 pm
After last night’s game, Irvington coach verified that he does plan on applying for an at-large berth. That means Division II will have just 13 teams (if everyone applies). College Park, Hayward, Santa Rosa and Alameda all needed wins to be eligible this week and all four teams lost.
Prep Fan #28: If teams don’t apply, they will not get in. Example: Division has 15 eligible teams, but 10 teams apply (or has automatic berth), it will just be a 10-team field.
November 3rd, 2012 at 10:28 pm
MVAL,
I don’t blame him, they already played Logan once and lost 66-0.
November 3rd, 2012 at 10:39 pm
Kids at Heritage are learning the system and starting to play. Scary match-up for a lot of teams….but, Head Coach stepped down and refuses to take team to playoffs. At 3-7 I don’t know if that’s a bad idea. Should it be up to kids??? They finished 3-2 in BVAL with a 1 TD loss to Freedom and a loss to Pitt.
November 3rd, 2012 at 10:43 pm
MVAL Fan @36, that was exactly my point. “If teams opt out, there will just be more byes for the top seeded teams, unless there are more than 16 who qualify. They won’t force a team like Irvington to play a game if they choose not to apply.” Thus, unless Heritage or someone else also chooses not to apply, it looks like there will be 14 teams and 2 byes in D1 this year.
November 3rd, 2012 at 10:55 pm
Mixed thoughts on Heritage not applying with 3-7 record, but winning record in second-best league in section and close game with Freedom. Gotta respect the decision by the coach, though, sending message to his kids that they can’t lose all those games and still move on. Unlike Antioch, who basically sends the message to their team that as long as you schedule crappy lower division teams, and then win one league game over a decimated team, you can go to the playoffs! Just an embarrassing way for a Division 1 team to back into the playoffs. Makes me respect Heritage decision even more though.
November 4th, 2012 at 12:45 am
Having a losing record does look bad going into the playoffs. At some point I do agree with the Heritage coach. On the other hand, the kids did play hard and maybe deserve the shot. I feel for the seniors who may not ever play again. As for Antioch, it’s a shame how they try to qualify for the playoffs. The coaches there just plain suck. It doesn’t do anyhting good for the program. They are always gonna be looked at as a joke in the bval. Those kids gets their hopes up thinking they can compete, but come league time, they get their asses handed to them.
November 4th, 2012 at 1:29 am
Arroyo 17 Alameda 14. A well played and exciting game.
November 4th, 2012 at 2:51 am
I gotta agree w spectator a bit. A coach shouldn’t pull the plug on a team like that.. especially for the chance to be a cinderella/bracket buster team. I think some of it though has to be that some coaches may hate the fact ncs opened up to having 16 teams in a division compete with the idea of teams with losing records being eligible and maybe saying it might not be competitive, and the idea that throwing their team in into a game with a or top EBAL/BVAL/DLS/Logan team…
Which bring me to the other side of the argument… Would you rather have your team end a season on a win… Or sign up to a major chance of your team being blown out?
November 4th, 2012 at 6:52 am
@ 34 Seven72deuce,
Pitt does have a relevant win that many who are posting are simply disregarding. Pitt beat Granite Bay, Max Preps 11th ranked team in Northern California. Granite Bay beat Del Oro, who beat Logan, who beat San Ramon, who beat Monte Vista, etc., etc., etc.
Will the D-1 seedings also include strength of schedule or only BVAL-EBAL head to heads?
November 4th, 2012 at 7:00 am
Coach P.
November 4th, 2012 at 7:05 am
Suli you ever gonna make post season?
November 4th, 2012 at 9:17 am
#43.. Personally, if I coached a team that had a losing record but I felt confident that there was a chance they would make it, they were going to work their tails off during the week AND be competitive with all of the playoff teams, I would apply.
November 4th, 2012 at 9:34 am
fire moyer hire perry! 1 win in the b league is not cutting it.
November 4th, 2012 at 9:44 am
Whats so great about this Perry guy?
November 4th, 2012 at 9:55 am
which could bring up an interesting discussion.. what coach openings does anybody see for next year?
November 4th, 2012 at 9:57 am
Let’s hope the folks on the NCS brackets committee aren’t as biased towards EBAL as most of you here.
So many keep referring to Pitts loss to MV 44-14, yes Pitt did not show up that game it happens, but to say that’s why they should be ranked below MV, AV, Foothill etc is pure stupidity.. MV beat Cal 44 – 23 so does that mean MV should be ranked above Cal too… get a clue.
November 4th, 2012 at 10:52 am
TJ, I hate to put down any coach out there, but there are some that probably need to be replaced for the sake of the program. One that comes to mind is the San Lorenzo coach. I heard a lot of people complaining about him over the season, but I thought he would make SL somewhat competitive in the new league. However, I think this has to be the final straw for him after his team finished last in their league.
I think Nate Smith of Liberty should also be let go. In fairness to him, the BVAL league is tough to win in. However, he’s had a few years to make his team a winning team, and he just has not done it.
Those are just a few, but we will see what happens.
November 4th, 2012 at 11:12 am
Pitt grunt
I hope the coach mentions that because the committee won’t have the information that GB beat del oro, that’s kind of out of the picture for them to look it up. Thats the only reason why I disregarded it. The league will probably look at the games that pertain to teams in the section, Logan who beat SRV who beat MV who beat Pitt is gonna be stronger than Pitt who beat GB who beat del oro who beat Logan. Simply because it happened to teams that are in the NCS playoffs. And even if you want to take it further, adding up the margin of victory doesn’t help pitt’s case for that GB way either. Pitt over Logan would be about +18 Logan over Pitt is about +79…
KIR
That’s going to be written off as a fluke game IMO. If head to heads loop in a circle then they go by overall/league records. For example, cal beat foothill who beat MV who beat cal. So who the hell do you rank ahead of each other?? Pitt should be ranked lower than MV/cal as they have a loss against them, straight up. Foothill beating MV and AV beating freedom/MV doesn’t help your case that much either. Trust me a lot of teams have jumped each other but there’s a huge circle.
November 4th, 2012 at 11:23 am
KIR, I had Pitt slotted in at #5, and acknowledged their good wins over both Granite Bay & Clayton Valley. Had they beaten MV, Cal or Freedom, there would be no question they belong that high, but the MV loss could cost them. And by the way the MV-Cal score was 44-26, with MV scoring in the final seconds. Cal had the ball in MV territory down 38-26 with 6 minutes left and turned it over. Had they scored there the next series would have been huge, but they didn’t and it cost them. It was a much closer game than 44-23. Pitt is a good team that no one is going to be happy to see in the playoffs. Good luck to the Pirates!
November 4th, 2012 at 11:39 am
Seven duece and Prep Fan, I’m not saying arguments can’t be made both ways. It just bugs me that people keep bringing up our loss to MV but yes it was the one game we did not even compete. (we did it to ourselves). But like I said Cal slipped against MV, Freedom choked against AV. MV is like DV in our league.. they started strong and finished with 3 big loses they need to move down big time. Even at 5-5 I wont argue SRV being above us at 7-3. SRV 5 loses are all to really good teams all top teams in playoffs.. Just like us we lost to 2 tops teams and MV.
Bottom line DLS is 1… CAl, Freedom, Logan are 2-4 can go in any order… SRV, Pitt, AV should be 5-7 in any order.. this is my opinion.. MV should drop if MV wins any of their last 3 games were not even having this convo but they didn’t and rankings should show that..
Prep FAn right back at you GL to whoever you role with in the playoffs..
November 4th, 2012 at 11:43 am
i wish someone could ask tennyson & hercules coaches what seed they think they deserve?
November 4th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
Brackets are up?
November 4th, 2012 at 12:10 pm
Yes they are up
November 4th, 2012 at 12:12 pm
Arroyo and Hayward got played!!!!!!!!
November 4th, 2012 at 12:14 pm
Good job by the Grizzlies much maligned defense in holding DLS to just 27 points Friday. That is the 3rd year in a row they held DLS to more than 10 points under their season average in week 10. After a rough 1st series in which DLS ran through them as if they weren’t there, they went to work. Cal held DLS without a 1st down for 3 straight series, including a 4th down stop. Cal was in the red zone down just 7-0 with 2 minutes left in the half, but couldn’t capitalize. A sack, a penalty and a missed FG left them still down 7-0 with about a minute to go and it looked like that would be the score at half, but Das took one to the house for 80 yards, breaking several tackles in what was a back breaker.
Cal again stopped DLS on the first 2nd half series, and then Johnson scored to make it 14-7 late in the 3rd quarter. DLS scored quickly to make it 21-7 after 3, and then added another in the 4th but missed the PAT to make it 27-7. Cal scored late on a couple of nice Owen to Cornwell plays to close to 27-14 with about a minute left, and then put a scare into Sparty with another apparent onside kick recovery but it was ruled (I think) that the whistle hadn’t blown. DLS ran 1 more play and when Cal didn’t call a TO they took a knee to end it.
Cal had plenty of chances, taking over with great field position on the 4th down stop and a botched punt, but DLS’ defense rose to the occasion each time. I thought Owen played well and counted about 5 dropped passes by Grizz receivers as they may have heard Sparty footsteps approaching. Cal also had a sure INT slip through their hands at about midfield, missed an opportunity on the botched punt as the Cal player just let it drop instead of catching in the air as it bounced within 5 yards of the LOS and there was a lot of daylight had he grabbed it.
DLS’ defense looked great as usual, but the offense, although they got a lot of yards, sputtered at times. They’ll need to be more consistent from here on out as they’ll surely be facing much better defenses than Cal’s as they progress. Williams has a solid build and looks much more like a RB than Houston’s classic QB look. He’s a crafty lefty and moves well but needs to learn to hang onto the ball, which I’m sure the DLS coaching staff is working on. It was a good tune up for both teams as they head into NCS.
November 4th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
If you look at the NCS forms verification, Arroyo did not apply
November 4th, 2012 at 12:22 pm
Hayward also did not apply
November 4th, 2012 at 12:24 pm
Hayward was not eligible. Arroyo? Somebody really f…ed up!! AD & Coach need to answer for this!
November 4th, 2012 at 12:38 pm
Wow Arroyo is trippin! That’s the biggest mistake you can ever make. I feel for the kids.
November 4th, 2012 at 12:39 pm
Bleacher Coach, MiraMan,
I guess you guys was right. Novato is in their rightfully deserved spot. SOS is over-rated.
November 4th, 2012 at 12:55 pm
Really disappointed Alameda had a down season. They had a lot of talent, but unfortunately some key guys went down early. Could of have been a big year for them.