Villa Park Blue Crew
The Villa Park Blue Crew turned out in force for Thursday’s Villa Park-Canyon doubleheader.
Here is a photo of the Blue Crew.
Not to be overlooked, Canyon’s student section also showed up. Great night of hoops. great atmosphere.
Which leads to me to this question … is Villa Park-Canyon the best rivalry in the county?
“This is Canyon-Villa Park,” Spartans coach Kevin Reynolds said Thursday night. “I’m partial, of course, but this is the best rivalry in Orange County.
“There’s no better atmosphere than what we had.”
No matter who wins or loses tonight’s Orange Lutheran-JSerra game at Irvine Valley College, a 7 p.m. game that decides who in the Trinity League finishes in third place — the league’s final guaranteed playoff berth — both teams will go to the playoffs. There will be plenty of at-large berths in their divisions, for JSerra in Division 4AA and Orange Lutheran in 1AA, and both are high enough in their divisional rankings to get an at-large berth (JSerra is No. 11 in 4AA, OLu is No. 3 in 1A).
But the coaches, JSerra’s Joedy Gardner and Orange Lutheran’s Chris Nordstrom, don’t want to leave it to chance.
As Nordstrom said, “Weird things can happen. It would be difficult to face our players, their parents and people at our school if we somehow did not get into the playoffs because we decided to not play this game.”
A couple of third-place games today that really could matter:
Costa Mesa vs. Godinez at Calvary Chapel, Orange Coast League, 7 p.m.
Los Amigos vs. Santiago at Bolsa Grande, Garden Grove League, 4 p.m.
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Orange Lutheran and JSerra will play Friday, at 7 p.m., at Irvine Valley College to decide which team gets the Trinity League’s third and final guaranteed playoff berth.
They are tied for third with 5-5 league records. While it is most likely that the Trinity League’s No. 4 team will get an at-large berth in the playoffs, JSerra coach Joedy Gardner and Lutheran coach Chris Nordstrom don’t want to chance having a coin flip determine the No. 3 team and then perhaps the No. 4 still not getting in, as unlikely as that would seem. Lutheran is ranked No. 3 in CIF-Southern Section Division 1A, and JSerra is No. 11 in 4AA, and there should be plenty of at-large berths in their divisions to accommodate them.
Los Amigos and Santiago play a Garden Grove League third-place playoff game Friday, too, at Bolsa Grande. Now, the loser of that one might be in danger of not qualifying for an at-large berth. That game could be a wild one.
A Capistrano Valley-Mission Viejo showdown for the South Coast League title? Is that something that you might be interested in?
That’s the case Thursday night when second-ranked Capistrano Valley heads to fourth-ranked Mission Viejo at approximately 7 p.m.
Ocean View 7-foot center Conor Clifford has played well these past few weeks, including 26 points and 13 rebounds Saturday when Ocean View beat Mission Viejo by 12 points in the Nike Extravaganza at Mater Dei.
He is very agile for his frame, with a great touch around the basket and a good level of aggression.
Seahawks co-coach Tim Walsh said Clifford has scholarship offers from UC Irvine, UC Riverside and UC Davis, with Fresno State, University of Denver and Northern Arizona showing growing interest, too.
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4. Loyola
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2. Mission Viejo
3. Orange Lutheran
4. El Toro
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1. Ocean View
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