HS BASE: Is that a two-headed coin or what?
What terrible luck local local teams endured Saturday during coin flips in Los Alamitos to decide the home teams for the second round of the Southern Section playoffs.
Seven of the area's eight surviving teams needed to flip because their opponent in the second round had the same amount of home playoff games -- for years, that's the way the Southern Section has done it -- and here's how it went down:
In Div I, Simi Valley lost the flip, Hart lost the flip and Thousand Oaks lost the flip -- all must play at distant locations in the second round -- while, voila, Valencia won the flip to play host to Lakewood.
In Div. II, Crescenta Valley lost the flip.
In Div. III, Notre Dame lost the flip, and Crespi lost the flip.
For those scoring at home, the locals were combined 1-6 on coin flips. Certainly nothing to flip out about, that's for sure.
Oh well, the good news is some should have automatic home games in the quarterfinals -- if they survive.
gerry.gittelson@dailynews.com