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For all the attention Diego Estrada has received in cross country at Alisal, and justified I might add, overshadowed has been Palma's Tyre Johnson, who actually ran four seconds faster than Estrada at the CCS finals -- in different races.
Johnson, who logged 700 miles during 10 weeks over the summer, is running over a minute faster than last season. Only two runners among the five divisions at the CCS finals ran faster than Johnson.
He will go into Saturday's state championships in Fresno ranked in the Top 10 in Division IV.
A team that could make its presence felt at the state finals is CCS Division IV champion King City. The last time the Mustangs won a boys CCS title in 2002, they finished third at the state finals.


People seem to be writing Pacific Grove off in this Friday's CCS Small Division IV semifinals against Scott Valley.
Why?
Granted Scotts Valley is peaking, having won seven of its last eight. It certainly looked good last week in pounding Carmel. And it's a disciplined team.
But correct me if I'm wrong. Isn't Pacific Grove 10-1, with its only loss coming to Gilroy? And didn't it defeat Scotts Valley earlier this year?
The only time the Breakers have failed to reach the CCS finals under the Buck Roggeman regime is when it lost in the opening round of the playoffs.