With the regular season being extended a week after poor air quality four weeks ago forced teams to postpone games, it's a week of uncertainly for programs with playoff aspirations that are done.
Carmel, King City, Seaside are teams on the postseason bubble in their respective divisions, with no idea if they will have enough points to earn an at-large entry.
With their regular seasons over, all three will have to wait a week before learning of their postseason fate at the Central Coast Section seeding meeting on Nov. 11
If you're not an automatic qualifier, you're relying on points to get in as an at-large entry. Points can still shift with an extended week of games in the CCS.
All three programs are expected to practice this week for what could amount to nothing more than a bonding experience.
Ironically all three teams have 6-4 overall records. Seaside will be petitioning for a spot in the Open Division III bracket because it plays in an 'A' Division.
King City would likely be placed in Division IV while Carmel would find itself in Division V, based solely on enrollment for programs that play in a 'B' or 'C' League.
While King City hasn't made the playoffs in 11 years, the Padres haven't missed the postseason in 10 years.
Seaside seems to have the best shot with six wins. Over the last six years, a team with six wins in the Gabilan Division has made the playoffs.
The issue with Carmel and King City is they are among several teams vying for eight total at-large spots between Division IV and V. Christopher and its 8-2 record is in the same boat.
John Devine has been writing about high school sports in Monterey County since, well, practically since he was an athlete at King City in the days just after leather helmets. In PrepNation, John has even more in-depth analysis of the latest results and news he's brought to you in The Herald and in his weekly videos.
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Let's start with the A leagues. There are 4 A leagues in CCS. Each of these 4 A leagues have 4 teams who become Automatic Qualifiers to the Open Division play-offs. (D I through D III). That means 16 A league teams are automatically qualified for the 3 Open Division play-offs. With 8 teams in each division, that means there are 24 teams in the Open Division play-offs. 16 who get in by automatic qualifying which means that 8 A league teams get into the play-offs as At Large teams. Seaside will make the play-offs as an At Large team.
Then there are 5 B leagues and 3 C league teams. Each B league has 2 Automatic Qualifiers and each C league has 1 automatic qualifier. That means that among B and C leagues, 13 teams qualify for the D IV and D V play-offs. With 8 teams in each of D IV and D V that means 13 of the 16 spots are filled by automatic qualifiers. Leaving just 3 spots to be filled by an At Large team.
Your insistence in saying that: "The issue with Carmel and King City is they are among several teams vying for EIGHT total at-large spots between Division IV and V." not only shows that you do NOT read the comments to your blog, but also that you do a disservice to the journalism profession by not correctly presenting the facts.
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