Friday's game
North Salinas (1-8) at Alvarez (2-6), 7:30 p.m.
Not only have both teams struggled in the Gabilan Division, but their enrollments may go down next year with the opening of a new high school in Salinas in 2018.
The future looks a little more promising for the Eagles -- at least at the lowers levels. Which means they'll likely remain in the upper division next season.
Since a 2-0 start, in which it produced 72 points, Alvarez has dropped six straight, having scored just 46 points. It has scored just two touchdowns in the first half in league play.
The Vikings erupted for a season high 30 points last week -- and still fell by 30. It's been that kind of a year for them, having allowed 108 points in their last two games.
Ritchie Reyes has 45 catches for 655 yards and seven touchdown for North Salinas this season while Tim Hunter has accounted for nearly 700 yards in rushing and receiving yards.
Michael Ramirez is someone opponents pay attention too, as he needs 141 rushing yards to reach 1,000. The senior is five tackles shy of 100.
In three stops in the Gabilan Division, North Salinas is 2-16. One of those wins came last season against Alvarez.
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1 comment:
You asked the other day how a 7 win 20 losses team makes the volleyball play-offs. I ask you why a 3 and 7 football team will "likely remain in the upper division next year"?
If this is going to be an EQUITY league then place teams in divisions by equity. The maxpreps computer model says that Alvarez is the 13th best team in our area. If the Gailban has 8 teams (I think it should have 7 but the coaches don't like that because 7 teams makes scheduling "tough") then Alvarez is the 5th best team in the Pacific division. After Scotts Valley, Carmel, MVC and Alisal. At least that is what the computer says after week 9.
Now if a rule is put in place that schools above a certain enrollment must be in the Gabilan division, so be it. But assigning schools to a certain division because of rules like enrollment or geography make this no longer an equity league.
Having said that, I do think things like number of graduating seniors or JV team record can be factors that allow a team to move up. As long as the team they are replacing in the upper division agrees to move down. And the number of spaces that factors like graduating seniors or JV team record allow you to move should be capped. You'd have to tell me that Alvarez has no graduating seniors and a JV team that was undefeated and beat their opponents by 40 per game, before I would consider moving a team up 5 slots to place them in the higher division.
If this is going to be an equity league then let's take emotion out of the equation. Whether it is the emotion of a sportswriter or the emotion of a committee of coaches or athletic directors.
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