OCVarsity staff picks: The playoff version
November 20th, 2008, 1:48 pm · · posted by Damian Calhoun
The regular season is over and now we’re taking our staff picks contest into the playoffs here at OCVarsity.com. By now, you’re aware that yours truly wrapped up the regular season title on the final night (talk about drama). I was able to enjoy my title for a few moments, but now we’re starting the playoffs.
The stakes are higher.
Now, onto the picks …
FIRST ROUND LINEUP:
Esperanza vs. San Clemente
Tesoro vs. Los Alamitos
Fountain Valley vs. Orange Lutheran
Mission Viejo vs. Loyola
Valencia vs. Trabuco Hills
Canyon vs. Cypress
THE PICKS
Albano
San Clemente, Tesoro, Orange Lutheran, Mission Viejo, Valencia, Cypress
Tobolski
San Clemente, Tesoro, Orange Lutheran, Mission Viejo, Trabuco Hills, Cypress
Fryer
San Clemente, Tesoro, Orange Lutheran, Mission Viejo, Trabuco Hills, Cypress
Comment: Congratulations to our champ
Steve Burt
San Clemente, Tesoro, Orange Lutheran, Mission Viejo, Valencia, Cypress
Kay
San Clemente, Tesoro, Orange Lutheran, Mission Viejo, Valencia, Cypress
Arias and Buster, the one-eyed Jack Russell Terrier
San Clemente, Tesoro, Orange Lutheran, Mission Viejo, Trabuco Hills, Cypress
Comment: Los to Buster: “Are you ready to do this?” Buster to Los: “Bring it on!, Let’s take these chumps out.”
Eichelberger
San Clemente, Tesoro, Orange Lutheran, Mission Viejo, Trabuco Hills, Cypress
Calhoun
San Clemente, Tesoro, Orange Lutheran, Mission Viejo, Trabuco Hills, Canyon
Comment: My goal: To be in first play after Thanksgiving weekend.
THE CREW
“Aqua” Dan Albano – Our boys and girls water polo/swimming/diving/Hawaiian shirt guru
Carlos “Los” Arias – Our boxing/mixed martial arts/girls softball/girls basketball/Las Vegas road trip guru
Damian “DC” Calhoun – The people’s champ.
Steve “The Boss” Fryer – Our all things prep sports/classic rock guru
Jason “J-Eich” Eichelberger -Our boys and girls cross country/boys and girls track and field/girls soccer/South County/hip-hop and R&B guru.
Jonathan “JK” Kay – Our girls volleyball guru
Chris “CT” or “Tobo” Tobolski – Our south county guru.
Steve Burt – “The Guy”
RELATED:
- The Calhoun Six: Best first-round playoff games
- Football playoffs: Preview capsules for the first round
- Fryer’s CIF football playoff predictions
- New state football rankings
- CIF football playoff brackets for all O.C. teams
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Why pick these games? Almost everyone has the same exact picks, defeats the purpose don’t you think?
The only game worthy of being on this list is the Trabuco Hills vs. Valencia game, now that is a thinking man’s game.
Props to DC for going out on a limb and picking Canyon, not sure it will actually happen but I like the effort to be different.
I understand what you’re saying, but you never know how people will think. This has been an unpredictable group. I do know for a fact that Eichelberger will never pick against the South Coast League (keep that a secret). Things will get tougher next week.