Palma football

 The beauty of the changes in the Central Coast Section playoff format is a loss in non-league play doesn't come back to haunt you if you have higher expectations.
 Hence, you don't have to be afraid to play a loaded non-league schedule.
 Of course, how much of a toll it takes on your program won't really be known until the end of the year.
 Palma didn't mince words when it put four defending section champions on its non-league schedule.
 Two games into its four-game title tour, it's 1-1.
 If you're going to put yourself in the spotlight, you have to respond.
 The Chieftains have a loss because they didn't capitalize on two golden opportunities, reaching the 2 and 1-yard lines on two occasions in the fourth quarter and not producing points.
 Of course, Palma dug itself to deep of a hole in the first place in falling behind 28-7 to defending CCS Division II champion and WCAL power St. Francis.
 Now comes reigning Open Division champion Sacred Heart Prep, who like Palma is 1-1.
 I would be more concerned with health than results when playing a punishing non-league schedule. Palma is already down two receivers.