Calpreps.com to settle Big VIII tie at 7 a.m.
After Friday night, Norco, Roosevelt and Corona Santiago find themselves in a three-way tie for the final two playoff spots in the Big VIII League; Each team is 6-4 overall and 3-4 in league.
There will be no coin flip, rather the tie will be broken by rankings on calpreps.com. When the rankings are released at 7 a.m. Saturday morning, the highest ranked of the three will claim the third playoff spot. The final playoff berth will be awarded to the head-to-head winner of the two remaining teams.
The triangle is as such: Roosevelt beat Norco, Norco beat Santiago and Santiago beat Roosevelt. On Friday night, Santiago defeated Corona 27-7 to pull into a three-way tie when Roosevelt lost to Riverside North 30-27 in OT and Norco fell to Corona Centennial 31-7. Centennial and North finished first and second in the league, respectively.
Although, Norco coach Todd Gerhart believes the fifth-place team in the Big VIII League will claim the Inland Division's lone at-large playoff berth. "We're all over .500," Gerhart said Friday night. "And there's just nothing else out there really."