All seven West Catholic Athletic League schools that received a playoff spot among three divisions are still alive in the postseason.
A perfect example of why several coaches are calling for a private school-public school playoff format.
On the other hand, of the 20 teams that remain among five divisions in the CCS, 10 are private and 10 are public.
Then again, public schools outnumber private schools 4-1 in the section.
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In the past 2 1/3 play-offs (2009, 2010 and so far in 2011) private schools have met public schools 26 times. 19 times (73%) the privates have beat the publics. 7 times the publics beat the privates...Carmel 4 times and Palo Alto 3 times (in their run through the Open Division in 2010).
In addition, in 8 of the 19 games the privates have won, the private school has been the lower-seeded team. Included in this are two 8 seeds that beat 1 seeds (in Open in 2009 and 2011), a 7 seed that beat a 2 seed (St Ig beat Aptos) and two 3 seeds that beat 6 seeds including Mitty beating Hollister this year.
Clearly the privates in CCS have an advantage over the public schools. Just would hate to have to be the one to figure out how to set up a new play-off system that is fair to all teams.
And that's just Football. The Volleyball stats are even more ridiculous. Since 2003, when CIF went to rally scoring and CCS no longer allowed teams to "play up", a private school had won 100% of the CCS championships in Divisions 2 through 5... 100%!!! This years CCS championship by Soquel is the first public win in the current format. Before Soquel the only public school winners have been in Division 1, which has had zero private schools since the 2003rules changes. It’s time to recognize the inequity of schools who are limited by a geographic boundary and funding. The fix is simple… Public: Large, Medium, Small. Private: Large, Small. It needs to go beyond just the CCS. It needs to be a CIF (state) change.
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