Reminder of the new-look football playoff divisions
Here is a reminder of what the realigned playoff divisions will look like this year:
Inland Division (no at-large entries)
Baseline
Big VIII (4 entries)
Citrus Belt
Sierra
Southwestern
Central Division (1 at-large entry)
Mt. Baldy (4 entries)
Desert Valley
Inland Valley (4 entries)
San Andreas (4 entries)
Mid-Valley Division (4 at-large entries)
Valle Vista (2 entries)
Almont (2 entries)
Mission Valley (2 entries)
Montview (2 entries)
Olympic (2 entries)
RIo Hondo (2 entries)
Southeast Division (1 at-large entry)
Hacienda (Includes former Miramonte League: 4 entries)
Del Rio
Pacific (4 entries)
Suburban (4 entries)
East Valley Division (4 at-large entries)
Ambassador (includes former Christian League)
Academy
Alpha
De Anza
Frontier
Mountain Valley
Northeast Division (4 at-large)
Prep
Arrowhead
Desert Mountain
High Desert
San Joaquin
Santa Fe
Eastern Division (one at-large)
Desert Sky
Mojave River
Sunkist
Mountain Pass
Sunbelt
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Clay Fowler has been covering high school sports for six years in California and Texas. He was born in Dallas, attended the University of Texas and worked in Central Texas before joining the Daily Bulletin staff in 2006.
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What happen to the Eastern Division
Sorry about that. The Eastern Division is now on the bottom of the list.
Clay has there been back to back CIF football team that has had a higher rated D-fence than O-FFENCE?And do you think Upland has a chance to repeat?
I've got to believe there have been back-to-back CIF champs with a better defense than offense. As good as Upland's defense was last year - and it may have been the best around here in quite a while - the Highlanders were still overlooked by many, including me, going into the playoffs. Defense is simply more reliable than offense and Upland didn't win many games by much of a margin but that won't be ingraved on the CIF trophy.
As far as Upland repeating, I don't give it a good chance. The Inland Division is an entirely different animal than the Central. The Big VIII League is absolutely brutal and it wasn't even the best league in the Inland Division last year - that would be the Southwestern League, which accounted for both CIF finalists.
Clay, just asking, How do you think the Rancho Cucamonga Football team will do this year? They lost Watson, Telfer, Boyd, Berwick, and
(Senior) Zamarripa (Verbal baseball SDSU). Also will Osos have a passing game like in the pass without Bechtel, do you see Osos running the ball more with Rogina? And is Etiwanda really going to be as good as last year.
Clay, how do you think Etiwanda will do this year? I'll take your answer off the air.
I'm going to preview Etiwanda, Rancho, Los Osos and the rest of the Baseline League shortly. Instead of giving you a quick answer here, I'll have better, more in depth answer for you in the next few days.