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Post by scobserver on Apr 1, 2017 19:22:48 GMT -5
PD finally reporting on the 3 napa schools coming into the NCS, which will make 28 team in MCAL, SCL, and NBL. The article speculates an option is divide into four leagues of 7 each based on competitive equity....I doubt they will but let's play speculation. The tough part is some schools struggle at football (ie Tam) but doing well now in basketball or other sports. But here goes. League 4 (weakest) Elsie Allen Tamalpais San Rafael El Molino Marin Academy Branson Healdsburg League 3 Sonoma Valley Piner Justin Siena Redwood Novato Santa Rosa Ukiah League 2 San Marin Drake Petaluma Maria Carillo American Canyon Casa Grande Windsor League 1(strongest) Vintage Napa Cardinal Newman Marin Catholic Rancho Cotate Montgomery Analy The NCS is not supposed to consider traditional rivals or same-district requests, or even geography, as I understand, and I haven't either. Whichever format, let the blood letting begin! www.pressdemocrat.com/sports/6838504-181/napa-schools-move-into-north |
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Post by bella on Apr 2, 2017 15:33:22 GMT -5
Pretty good overal. Few minor tweaks.
Swap Redwood and Drake. Not sure if Vintage belongs in league 1, but your league 2 is solid and I doubt you would want to swap any teams or move them up, actually looks like a competitive league.
League 4 only has 5 football playing school. And Tam has been decent to solid, they would dominate that league. That league would be brutal in the "Stanford sports". Brandon , MA would crush it.
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Post by mustangpride on Apr 2, 2017 22:27:47 GMT -5
That league 1 would be brutal. Newman vs MC every year? And Napa is no joke either. I would feel bad for Rancho and Analy. Always good enough to be competitive but probably never good enough to win league. Vintage and Monty would be overmatched in that league but I'm not sure there would be any other teams worthy to place there in a year end year out basis.
I'd also say even though we focus on football here, we can't forget the other sports. Rancho is not "league 1" in basketball or baseball. Casa and Petaluma should be "league 1" in baseball.
A lot for the NCS to consider.
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Post by scobserver on Apr 3, 2017 20:29:33 GMT -5
Yes, how to realign when some schools excel at certain sports and are dreadful in another.
The PD article speculates that just adding American Canyon to SCL makes 8, Napa and Vintage to NBL makes 10, and MCAL stays at 10, all done. But that leaves 9 league football games for NBL...MCAL stays at 8 football playing members, with Branson at 8 man and Academy with none. Though I suspect Branson will want to soon join an 11 man MCAL and I bet they will do well.
Problems, problems. I read where Benicia is joining NCS, too, but with an East Bay league.
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Post by bella on Apr 4, 2017 1:04:53 GMT -5
Personally like 6 team leagues for optimimal non league scheduling, 5 games gives lots of flexibility to find quality games and keep rivalries. But 8 team leagues seems to be more of the trend.
Yes Benicia back in the NCS seems like a better fit for them. Interested to see what the Vallejo and Vacaville schools do down the road.
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Post by gd on Apr 4, 2017 12:16:24 GMT -5
I think the league alignment has to be football bias.
1st for safety.
2nd all other sports have multiple opportunities to play multiple out of league games. Football gets 3 sometimes 4 games out of league. Even if the new league alignment might hurt some schools in other sports out of league, they have plenty of opportunities to play appropriate competition. Football doesn't have this privilege.
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Post by bella on Apr 4, 2017 18:32:10 GMT -5
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Post by pmg81 on Apr 4, 2017 21:53:43 GMT -5
Where would you place Terra Linda? They aren't on here.
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Post by scobserver on Apr 7, 2017 7:03:33 GMT -5
Whoa, did forget Terra Linda. Sorry, Trojans. Guess League 4 fits football, but possibly League 3 for overall program.
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