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The Padres play in one of the state’s toughest leagues, the West Catholic Athletic League.
Hogwash, says Walsh, whose Padres are led by reigning WCAL Player of the Year Leki Nunn and are ranked eighth by The Chronicle.
[...] it does prepare you for WCAL.
Besides our win percentage, (scheduling tough opponents) has always helped us.
[...] part of a ramped-up Diablo Valley Athletic League, which includes No. 2 Clayton Valley Charter-Concord, No. 14 Concord and No. 15 Miramonte-Orinda, the 20th-ranked Cougars added WCAL foes Valley Christian (No. 7) and St. Ignatius, along with Deer Valley-Antioch and Sac-Joaquin Section power Oakdale, which is a combined 100-22 since 2007.
Coach Vic Galli always schedules tough.
Besides being part of the Bay Valley Athletic, which features No. 3 Antioch and No. 11 Freedom-Oakley, the Pirates host No. 23 Mitty and Serra, and play at SJS power Vacaville.
The 10th-ranked Bells open at home with No. 21 Menlo-Atherton, then travel to Central Section power Clovis East before hosting SJS’s top-ranked team, Del Oro-Loomis.
The Panthers and Najee Harris, the nation’s No. 1 recruit, open at home against a strong Lincoln-Stockton team that returns 15 starters from last year, and also have games at No. 16 Milpitas and No. 1 De La Salle.
Deer Valley:
Besides three ranked BVAL foes, second-year coach Robert Hubbard scheduled Clayton Valley, Campolindo and No. 5 Monte Vista-Danville.
Rich Cotruvo left Justin-Siena-Napa after 18 seasons — and six North Coast Section titles — and is now the head coach at Terra Linda-San Rafael.
Quarterback Jacob Westphal (2,726 passing yards, 31 touchdown passes) is one of only three returning starters for Campolindo, which has gone 65-6 since 2010.
First meeting between the teams.
M-A has a big, physical offensive line and one of the Central Coast Section’s top all-around players, Jordan Mims.
Bellarmine graduated a stellar senior class but always reloads under the section’s winningest coach, Mike Janda (270 wins).
Promising MC QB Spencer Petras has a tough debut against the four-time defending state champs, who ended Marin Catholic’s 2015 season with 49-14 regional drubbing.
East Bay matchup, pitting Mitty’s dynamic dual-threat, QB Phillip Tran, against Pittsburg’s high-powered running game led by Montaz Thompson (1,766 yards, 19 TDs last year).
SHP lost a lot to graduation, but shouldn’t miss a beat with physical RB Isoa MoiMoi (1,108, 15), third-year starting OL Kyle Stalder and superb new QB Thomas Wine.
In a new offering featured on SFGate.com, The Chronicle will be live streaming several high school football games.
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Hogwash, says Walsh, whose Padres are led by reigning WCAL Player of the Year Leki Nunn and are ranked eighth by The Chronicle.
[...] it does prepare you for WCAL.
Besides our win percentage, (scheduling tough opponents) has always helped us.
[...] part of a ramped-up Diablo Valley Athletic League, which includes No. 2 Clayton Valley Charter-Concord, No. 14 Concord and No. 15 Miramonte-Orinda, the 20th-ranked Cougars added WCAL foes Valley Christian (No. 7) and St. Ignatius, along with Deer Valley-Antioch and Sac-Joaquin Section power Oakdale, which is a combined 100-22 since 2007.
Coach Vic Galli always schedules tough.
Besides being part of the Bay Valley Athletic, which features No. 3 Antioch and No. 11 Freedom-Oakley, the Pirates host No. 23 Mitty and Serra, and play at SJS power Vacaville.
The 10th-ranked Bells open at home with No. 21 Menlo-Atherton, then travel to Central Section power Clovis East before hosting SJS’s top-ranked team, Del Oro-Loomis.
The Panthers and Najee Harris, the nation’s No. 1 recruit, open at home against a strong Lincoln-Stockton team that returns 15 starters from last year, and also have games at No. 16 Milpitas and No. 1 De La Salle.
Deer Valley:
Besides three ranked BVAL foes, second-year coach Robert Hubbard scheduled Clayton Valley, Campolindo and No. 5 Monte Vista-Danville.
Rich Cotruvo left Justin-Siena-Napa after 18 seasons — and six North Coast Section titles — and is now the head coach at Terra Linda-San Rafael.
Quarterback Jacob Westphal (2,726 passing yards, 31 touchdown passes) is one of only three returning starters for Campolindo, which has gone 65-6 since 2010.
First meeting between the teams.
M-A has a big, physical offensive line and one of the Central Coast Section’s top all-around players, Jordan Mims.
Bellarmine graduated a stellar senior class but always reloads under the section’s winningest coach, Mike Janda (270 wins).
Promising MC QB Spencer Petras has a tough debut against the four-time defending state champs, who ended Marin Catholic’s 2015 season with 49-14 regional drubbing.
East Bay matchup, pitting Mitty’s dynamic dual-threat, QB Phillip Tran, against Pittsburg’s high-powered running game led by Montaz Thompson (1,766 yards, 19 TDs last year).
SHP lost a lot to graduation, but shouldn’t miss a beat with physical RB Isoa MoiMoi (1,108, 15), third-year starting OL Kyle Stalder and superb new QB Thomas Wine.
In a new offering featured on SFGate.com, The Chronicle will be live streaming several high school football games.
More...