Special Saturday

Did anyone notice that the Salinas boys water polo team knocked off nine-time defending CCS champion Bellarmine Prep Saturday? That's one way to justify your No. 1 seed.
If opening the season with a school record 17 straight wins didn't catch your attention, this did. Salinas is acting like it's been here before, which it hasn't. I like that demeanor.

No doubt, five divsions in cross country dilutes the competition. That being said, times don't lie.
And Alisal's Diego Estrada ran one of the fastest in capturing the Division I title for the second straight year.
King City's CCS Division IV boys team title marked the school's first section boys title in any sport in 20 years.

I like Salinas' chances of unseeding Division I top seed Homestead Wednesday in the volleyball semifinals.
Forget for a minute that the last time Salinas won a CCS title in 2004, it was the No. 4 seed, just like it is this year and was third in the Tri-County Athletic League.
Beating San Benito two weeks ago changed this teams attitude.
No surprise that Notre Dame and top seed Menlo are meeting in the Division IV semifinals. At one point, these two programs met six straight years in the playoffs, with the winner capturing a CCS title. Here's going out on a limb and saying the winner ends up with another title.