CIF PLAYOFFS

[thepoloking1999]

Brackets are up sock cuckas

http://www.cifss.org/brackets/2015-boys ... -brackets/

[yolopolo]

My predictions:

D1
WCA: Crepi over Thousand Oaks
WCB: Irvine over LB Poly
First Round:
MD vs Crespi: MD
LB Wilson vs NH: LB wilson, they've played close games, its at belmont, and NH lost Hurst
CDM Vs LosAL: CDM
Loyola Vs Oaks Christian: Loyola
HB vs LB Milikan: HB
OLu vs Beckamn: OLu
Agoura vs JSerra: Agoura
HW vs Irvine: HW
Quarters:
MD vs LB Wilson: MD
CDM vs Loyola: Loyola
HB vs OLu: HB
Agoura Vs HW: HW
Semis:
MD vs Loyola: MD
HB vs HW: HW
Finals:
I see Mater Dei coming through with the win

D2
WCA: Ventura over Coronra
First Round:
Foothill vs Ventura: Foothill
ET vs PV: ET
Damien vs SC: Damien
SB vs King: SB
MC vs CH: MC
Santiago vs SM: Sm
LO vs VP: LO
DH vs Redondo: DH
Quarters:
Foothill vs ET: Foothill
Damien vs SB: SB
MC vs SM: MC
LO vs DH: DH
Semis:
Foothill vs SB: Foothill
MC vs DH: DH
Finals:
Foothill gonna be a close game though

D3
WCA: Estancia Over MK
WCB: Trabuco over Brea
WCC: Chaparral over TC
First Round:
MV vs Estancia: MV
South Pas vs Aliso: Aliso
Bello Vs Costa Mesa: Bello
Moorpark Vs Trabuco: Moorpark
Capo Vs SM: Capo
VM vs Schurr: VM
YL vs royal: YL
Laguna vs Chaparral: Laguna
Quarters:
MV vs Alsio: MV
Bello vs Moorpark: Bello
Capo vs VM: Capo
YL vs Laguna: Laguna
Semis:
MV vs Bello: MV
Capo Vs Laguna: Laguna
Finals:
Gonna be a close one but MV

D4
WCA: Warren over Arcadia
WCB: SLO over Sunny Hills
WCC: Burroughs over Atascadero
WCD: Culver over Brentwood
First Round:
Righetti vs Warren: Righetti
Flintridge vs Sonora: Sonora
Gundo vs Cerritos: Gundo
Hoover vs SLO: Hoover
SAMO vs Burroughs: SAMO
Troy vs Chadwick: Chadwick
Downey vs AG: AG
CV vs Culver: CV
Quarters:
Righetti vs Sonora: Righetti
Gundo vs Hoover: Gundo
SAMO vs Chadwick: SAMO
AG vs CV: CV
Semis:
Righetti vs Gundo: RIghetti
SAMO vs CV: CV
Finals:
Righetti is the class of D4 this year

D5
WCA: California over Chino
WCB:Palm desert over Cajon
WCC: Los Altos over Arlington
WCD: Sage Hill over Xavier Prep
WCE: Yucaipa over Bonita
First Round:
Claremont vs CA: Claremont
Poly vs Palm Desert: Poly
Webb vs Whittier: Webb
Redlands vs Los Altos: Redlands
Ayala vs Sage Hill: Ayala
Walnut vs REV: REV
LQ vs Yucaipa: Yucaipa
Serna vs JWN : Serna
Quarters:
Claremont vs Poly: Claremont
Webb vs Redlands: Redlands
Ayala vs REV: REV
Yucaipa vs Serna: Serna
Semis:
Claremont vs Redlands: Claremont
REV vs Serna: Serna
Finals:
Claremont gonna win it all once again

D6: Malibu vs Temescal Canyon final with Malibu winning it all

D7: Rio mesa has too much talent for any d7 team to handle

[sgvpolo]

D7: Rio mesa has too much talent for any d7 team to handle

#6 Don Lugo and Rio Mesa went into overtime - it will be closer than you think.

[wombat]

Yolopolo, I like that you gave your opinion on the outcome of the CIFSS playoffs and championships. I know some will disagree but that is what makes it fun, and as the saying goes: that is why they play the game.

Anyways, my list will just be who I think will end up Champions in each division. Up front, I will say I have not seen every team play so take it for what it is worth, an opinion only.

D1: Mater Dei
D2: Foothill
D3: Murrieta Valley
D4: Righetti
D5: ?
D6:Segerstrom
D7: ?

[Thersites]

Newport over Wilson.... Missing current starters in previous games and playing better without the HB transfer. Loss to CDM and HB by 1 goal and on a 6 game winning streak.
J Serra over Agoura and OLU will beat HB by 1

[wapo78]

I think Hoovers going to win it all. They have a very strong team and I've seen them do a lot of crazy things and they can be the one to take it all. Cv will give them a good game in the finals, as those two are in the same league. Righetti is strong but not stronger than hoover. I haven't seen SAMO do anything special, but they're ranked 3rd so well see what they come up with. Personally, Hoover has great depth, a great coach, and a deep bench. I predict Hoover will win.

[2plyBathingSuit]

Newport over Wilson.... Missing current starters in previous games and playing better without the HB transfer. Loss to CDM and HB by 1 goal and on a 6 game winning streak.
J Serra over Agoura and OLU will beat HB by 1

I agree with your prognostication of J Serra over Agoura (sort of)…and also with Newport over Wilson….but Olu over HB?! I guess there is nothing wrong with lofty wishful thinking. Regardless, the winner of this match-up then has the pleasure of seeing HW in the next go-around. Good luck with that!

[dallen123]

the semis will be
md vs loyola
hw vs hb

md vs hw finals
too close to call finals, would have taken md except the loss to loyola has me rethinking it.

also hb over olu by 8 in qtr's

[LaPulga10]

I think Hoovers going to win it all. They have a very strong team and I've seen them do a lot of crazy things and they can be the one to take it all. Cv will give them a good game in the finals, as those two are in the same league. Righetti is strong but not stronger than hoover. I haven't seen SAMO do anything special, but they're ranked 3rd so well see what they come up with. Personally, Hoover has great depth, a great coach, and a deep bench. I predict Hoover will win.

I respectfully disagree. Although Hoover and CV may have shown some improvement, Righetti will walk through playoffs. I don't see a single team in the division that could challenge them for 4 WHOLE quarters, as Righetti is traditionally (and this year is no exception) a very smart and extremely well conditioned team.

[veritas137]

Curious, can someone explain to me what the division breakdown is for the SS and what area it covers? I thought they were by playing ability / level but I am pretty sure there are cases where lower division teams can beat those in higher divisions. If this happens, how are adjustments made? Our divisions in CCS are broken down by student body size.

[Skallagrimsson]

My understanding is that it is based upon the performance of the top team or teams in a league. Every two years they make adjustments based upon that criteria. Therefore you can have a higher division League with a really bad team or teams that annually finish at the bottom that are carried by the top team(s) in that league.

However, all of that is supposed to go away next season when they implement the new system that rates each team in a league differently based upon their performance, allowing for teams from the same league to go to different CIF playoff divisions. This is the way it is currently done in basketball.

[yolopolo]

Skallagrimsson is correct cif moves leagues around every two years, when they last realigned leagues (2014) they mostly based their decision upon a teams performance in 2013 and their perceived performance in the next 2 years. The number one team in the league determines which division the league will be placed in, does not matter how the quality of the league as a whole is. You could have something like the pacific coast league where traditionally CDM has easily dominated the league or you could have something like the trinity league every year where 4 or 5 CIF quality teams were competing for 3 spots. Leagues are usually comprised of schools geographically, by school district, private/public status and or religious affiliation. Additionally football plays a big role in it. For example the trinity league is a bunch of catholic schools in oc, the Moore league are LBUSD schools and the sunset league are coastal public schools in north OC. The CIF SS covers basically all of southern ca from San clamente to SLO excluding the bottom portion for the SDS and any school in the LAUSD which are in the LA City section. Picture of the CIF map:http://cdn87.psbin.com/img/mw=242/mh=317/cr=n/d=8kjfr/r5craeq4wca7yrqd.jpg

[Thersites]

How will they determine the match-up's? Based on scores as well as who they play? There are tons of teams in the OC who have winning records, score lots of goals but never play the top 7 teams and place high in their league ... how do u evaluate them? Why don't they have a tournament like they do for JO's?

[9yrwaterpolo3]

I agree with most Div 1 predictions how ever, NH will most likely beat LB and Jserra will beat Agora.

[2plyBathingSuit]

LBW beats Newport 11-10 in sudden death overtime.