The Scouting Guru has been all over the San Gabriel Valley and beyond, and like always, he’s offered to share his thoughts, free of charge. Don’t hate, enjoy it for what it’s worth, which is one man’s opinion on the talent in the San Gabriel Valley. Today the Guru talks Bracketology. The Guru shared this with us last year and was pretty darn close.
From the Guru: OK, it’s time for Dr. Bracketology to put his pencils, pens and paper to work for you and get you up to snuff as we head into week 10 of the high school football season. Today I will concentrate on the Pac-5 and Inland DIvision. Tomorrow, I will try to put together a Southeast and Mid-Valley bracket for you. The CIF-Southern Section will announce its playoff pairings on Sunday.For a breakdown of the Pac-5 and Inland and how it might shake out for Sunday’s draw, click the thread and enjoy.
Let’s start with the Pac-5.
16 Entrees
4- Moore
3- Serra
3- South Coast
3- Sunset
3- Trinity
(No At-Large Births)
Top 10 CIF-SS Poll
1. Mission Viejo
2. Servite
3. Bishop Amat
4. Alemany
5. Santa Margarita
6. Long Beach Poly
7. Lakewood
8. Tesoro
9. Mater Dei
10. Edison
Top Ten Cal Preps
1. Mission Viejo
2. Servite
3. Santa Margarita
4. Bishop Amat
5. Alemany
6. Mater Dei
7. Crespi
8. Tesoro
9. San Clemente
10. Long Beach Poly
Play-In Games
Crespi vs Sherman Oaks Notre Dame (Third Place in Serra)
Newport Harbor vs Fountain Valley (Third Place in Sunset)
Playoff Implication Games
Bishop Amat vs Alemany (1st Place in Serra)
Edison vs Los Alamitos (1st Place in Sunset)
Santa Margarita vs Mater Dei (2nd Place in Trinity)
Tesoro vs. San Clemente (2nd Place in South Coast)
As you can see, we have a lot to be settled by 10 p.m. on Friday night. Using the projections from calpreps.com for some of the results Friday night, here is what our bracket looks like at the present moment. Remember, you can see the formula the playoff committee in the CIF-SS Playoff Handbook which
is available at www.cifss.org
(1) Mission Viejo
Long Beach Wilson
Winner of Edison/Los Alamitos
Crespi
Loser of Bishop Amat/Alemany
Winner of Santa Margarita/Mater Dei
Loser of Tesoro/San Clemente
(4) Long Beach Poly
(3) Winner of Bishop Amat/Alemany
Long Beach Jordan
Loser of Edison/Los Alamitos
Loser of Mater Dei/Santa Margarita
Lakewood
Winner of Tesoro/San Clemente
(2) Servite
Newport Harbor
INLAND DIVISION
16 Entrees
4 – Big 8
3.- Baseline
3 – Citrus Belt
3 – Sierra
3 – Southwestern
No At-Large Births
Top 10 CIF-SS Poll
1. Corona Centennial
2. Vista Murrieta
3. Rancho Cucamonga
4. Corona Roosevelt
5. Chino Hills
6. Redlands East Valley
7. Norco
8. Upland
9. AB Miller
10. Claremont
Top Ten CalPreps
1. Corona Centennial
2. Corona Roosevelt
3. Vista Murrieta
4. Norco
5. Chino Hills
6. Redlands East Valley
7. Rancho Cucamonga
8. Upland
9. Redlands
10. Claremont
Play-In Games
South Hills vs. Charter Oak (3rd Place in Sierra)
Playoff Implication Games
Damien vs. Claremont (Possible 3rd place in Sierra for Damien)
Norco vs. Corona (Possible 4th place for Corona in Big 8)
Redlands East Valley vs. AB Miller (1st Place in CBL)
Murrieta Valley vs. Chaparral (Possible 2nd place in Southwestern)
Centennial vs. Roosevelt (1st Place in the Big 8)
As you can see as well, there is plenty of work that has to be done by 10 p.m. Friday night. And since I am accused of being a SH honk (especially by JFR) we’ll do a projection with Charter Oak winning on Friday night.
(1) Corona Centennial
Great Oak
Claremont
Redlands
Upland
Murrieta Valley
Chino HIlls
(4) Roosevelt
(3) Rancho Cucamonga
Charter Oak
AB Miller
Norco
Redlands East Valley
Etiwanda
(2) VIsta Murrieta
4th Place in Big 8