Mt. Baldy could have 5-way tie for 2 playoff spots
"There are like eight different scenarios," Chaffey football coach Chris Brown said of the postseason situation in the Mt. Baldy League. To illustrate the range of playoff possibilities, every team in the league including a Chaffey team in sole possession of last place, can still make the postseason.
Considering two teams have already clinched their playoff spots, the myriad possibilities in the league are simply limited to two postseason berths. Anytime five teams have the potential to finish with the same leage record, something unique is going on and that is exactly the case with one week remaining in Mt. Baldy League play, beginning Wednesday with two of the league's final three games.
Chino has clinched the top playoff seed and can win the outright league title with a win over Don Lugo Friday. Colony has clinched second-place and the accompanying playoff berth. Montclair and Ontario still control their own destiny but there is a scenario for the final two playoff berths that could leave the bottom five teams all with 2-4 league records necessitating a coin flip to break the tie.
Owning the head-to-head tiebreaker with Ontario and Don Lugo, Montclair is in the postseason with a win over Chaffey on Wednesday. A Montclair loss, however, would tie both it and Chaffey with Garey, whose regular season is finished.
Ontario is in with a win over Colony on Friday but an Ontario loss drops the Jaguars into what could be a mass tie at 2-4 in league.
Don Lugo is in with a win over Chino and a loss by either Montclair or Ontario. A Don Lugo loss drops it into the tie at 2-4 in league, making the best case scenario a coin flip for the final playoff spot(s).
Garey is of course already at 2-4 in league and the best case scenario for the Vikings to end a 10-year playoff droght is a coin flip.
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The Cowboys will win friday and win the championship. The Milk Can will back at Chino!
Coach Mccain has done a hell of a job turning that program around
Martin is out at Don Lugo. He was bad.
Koffler is out at Rosemead...stepped down. AB Miller open now too. What else do people hear? Wilson is opening, Zavala is stepping down.