
The CIF-SS Division I playoffs
First Round (Friday, 7pm, unless otherwise noted)
*indicates home team
Top Half (top)
Loyola Mission #1
Bye
*Irvine Pacific Coast #2
Dana Hills South Coast #3
*Dos Pueblos Channel #2
Palos Verdes Bay #2
*Orange Lutheran Trinity #2
Woodbridge Sea View #3
Top Half (bottom)
*Newport Harbor Sunset #1
St. John Bosco Trinity at-lg
*San Clemente South Coast #1
Redondo Union Bay #3
*Foothill Sea View #1
Harvard-Westlake Mission #3
*Wilson/LB Moore #1
San Marcos Channel #3
Bottom Half (top)
*Santa Barbara Channel #1
Lakewood Moore #3
*Edison Sunset #2
Crespi Mission #2
*Aliso Niguel South Coast #2
Mater Dei Trinity #3
*Corona del Mar Pacific Coast #1
Northwood Sea View at-lg
Bottom Half (bottom)
*Santa Margarita Trinity #1
Notre Dame/SO Mission #4
*Poly/LB Moore #2
Esperanza Sunset #3
*Huntington Beach Sea View #2
Beckman Pacific Coast #3
*Mira Costa Bay #1
Buena Channel at-lg
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Look for Dana Hills to take down Irvine.
And for their efforts they get to play Loyola in LA!!! Lucky Dana!
Newport and SC in 2nd round….NOT easy for either teams
Lbguy
Especially since they are ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the county. It’s unbelievable. A great team is going down in the second round.
Ouch.
Predictions 1st round
Dana Hills in 4
Palos Verdes in 4
Orange Lutheran in 3
Newport in 4
San Clemente in 3
Foothill in 3
Wilson in 3
Santa Barbara in 3
Edison in 3
Mater Dei in 4
CDM in 3
Santa Margarita in 3
Esperanza in 3
Huntington Beach in 3
Costa in 3
2nd round
Loyola over Dana in 3
O.L. over P.V. in 5
Newport over S.C. in 5
Wilson over Foothill in 4
S.B. over Edison in 3
Mater Dei over CDM in 5
Santa Margarita over Esperanza in 4
Costa over Huntington in 4
Quarters
Loyola over O.L. in 5
Newport over Wilson in 4
S.B. over Mater Dei in 5
Costa over Santa Mararita in 4
Semis
Loyola over Newport in 3
S.B. over Costa in 4
Finals
Loyola over S.B. in 4
Coin flips will be HUGE in these playoffs!
Predictor
Thanks for these.
My early gut feeling is San Clemente beating Newport Harbor. The Tritons lost to the Sailors in last year’s playoffs and I think that driving force is going to be enough.
We’ll see though.
Also, I think the Santa Margarita-Esperanza match in Round 2 is a coin flip. Gonna go five games.
No SC Newport match up!!!! Now we will never know!!!
How do you like the SC vs St. John game?
I like Aliso’s chances, Caroompas is amazing.
tippin
It’s a great first round match.
Caroompas is going to have to catch fire the whole match though for them to beat Mater Dei.
In the end, I just can’t see the senior-laden Monarchs losing this match. They are going to be hyped, especially coming off a loss to Orange Lutheran, and the opportunity to host CdM at home in the second round.
Aliso will have a huge fan base, which is all the more rowdy considering aliso’s athletics are normally garbage, and thrive off the energy of their fans. If they catch fire, and their crowd gets behind them, expect the upset over the heavily favored Monarchs.
Chuck Norris
You bring up a great point. Aliso’s home fans will be rocking.
One thing to keep in mind is Mater Dei is used to that. Playing on the road in the Trinity League is brutal, and I don’t see it affecting them too much.
Chris
The newport vs san clemente game will come down to home court advantage i think. but Newport has only lost one game on the road….at Mira Costa, and they beat esperanza in 3 at home i think.
Lbguy
The coin flip is going to be huge, to say the least.
I can only hope if they meet at Newport again, we will be blessed with another streaker like last year.
It was classic moment.
This game (SC and Newport) should be played in a neutral site…Why? Because a coin flip shouldn’t be allowed to decide this match!
VB-parent
It would be nice if the coaches decided on that ahead of time, but I think whichever coach wins the coin flip is going to take home court advantage.
I still like San Clemente either way. The Tritons played at Newport Harbor in last year’s final, and that has to give them some confidence being familiar with the Sailors gym.
At the same time, the Sailors played in front of a large, loud crowd at Esperanza and had no problems winning.
In the end, whoever plays the most mistake-free is going to win.
Newport does not make very many mistakes. SC will have to force errors
pancake
You definitely have to beat Newport. They don’t beat themselves.
Chris; Very good point, Newport’s strength’s are their ball control and they do not miss many serves. If San Clemente is to beat them they better get very good passing from their back row. If Metzger can’t set his MD’s they will be in big trouble very early on! Also, leep in mind that Newport has been riding a pretty long winning streak and all streaks eventually come to an end. Also their are always some upsets early on. Look for some good teams to bow out early.
I would say Mira Costa & Loyola are the teams to beat. Imagine if one of these two teams get upset. The team that beats them will have the confidence to win it all.