PENINSULA/SANTA CLARA VALLEY ATHLETIC LEAGUE OCEAN DIVISION
(Predicted order of end)
No. 1 TERRA NOVA
Coach: Jason Piccolotti
2021 Document: 4-6
What to anticipate: Gone is the potent pass-catch combo of Dominic Gordon and Nathaniel Bendo, however Terra Nova ought to really feel good realizing it has an acceptable successor at a type of positions. Wideout Mason Mini was second on the staff with 489 yards and first on the squad with 5 touchdowns final season. He's listed as a quarterback on the staff’s MaxPreps roster. Senior runner Caleb Catalano has a chance to say a beginning spot whereas he waits for baseball season. Linebacker Dominic Tiasosopo is again after main the staff in tackles, and defensive sort out Frank Ward is likely one of the staff’s higher pass-rushers.
Season opener: Aug. 26 vs. Santa Clara, 7 p.m.
No. 2 CAPUCHINO
Coach: Jay Oca
2021 Document: 5-5
What to anticipate: Capuchino completed final season .500, however the league’s coaches anticipate the staff to take a step into the upper-tier this season. Jay Oca’s staff is skilled alongside the defensive position, the place finish Emilio Ramos and sort out Josef Sehorn are each anticipated to be senior starters. Quarterback Alton “AJ” Wealthy enters his senior 12 months because the staff’s starter, and sophomore pass-catcher Lucas Zayac may play linebacker. Capuchino begins its season with an enormous recreation towards Burlingame.
Season opener: Aug. 26 vs. Burlingame, 7 p.m.
No. 3 HILLSDALE
Coach: Mike Parodi
2021 Document: 9-3
What to anticipate: The Combating Knights have to interchange just a few contributors from final 12 months, however they return the league’s 2021 participant of the 12 months Liam Smith at quarterback. However he’ll have to search out new targets as a result of 26 landing receptions from final season graduated. Diego Jimenez will play on each strains and can create openings for runner Makoa Ah Tou. Matt Spivack is established at security and could have an opportunity to make a mark as a receiver within the wide-open WR room, as will Jackson Sierra, whom coach Parodi says “will get us aligned and flies throughout the sphere” when he strains up on protection.
Season opener: Aug. 26 at Silver Creek, 7 p.m.
No. 4 SAN MATEO
Coach: Jeff Scheller
2021 Document: 8-2
What to anticipate: A 12 months after being an enormous fish in a Lake — as within the Lake Division — San Mateo will attempt to swim within the Ocean. The San Mateo triple-option is in good arms, with senior Giancarlo Selvitella a three-year starter who ran for 500 yards and handed for simply as many final season, whereas not throwing a single decide. Lining up behind him is one-time rugby participant Nalesoni Fakava, who at 250 kilos is bigger than most linemen. Whereas San Mateo is a run-first, second, and infrequently third staff, it does have a weapon that will not keep secret for lengthy. Cameron Palma is a proficient sophomore who can begin for a WR group that doesn’t deliver again a single receiving yard from 2021.
Season opener: Aug. 26 vs. El Camino, 7 p.m.
No. 5 CARLMONT
Coach: Eric Rado
2021 Document: 2-8
What to anticipate: Carlmont struggled via a tough 2021 season, however the items wanted for enchancment are there. Like just a few groups within the Ocean, the Scots return a senior quarterback in Jack Wiessinger, the staff captain who additionally performs shortstop on the baseball staff. John Hanna performs each methods and coach Rado says Hanna “diagnoses properly on protection and is an efficient route-runner from the backfield.” Austin Li and Luca Byers-Mora play either side of the ball and are pure pass-catchers. Preserve an eye fixed out for Nate Wong, a basketball participant whom the coach says “has a terrific really feel for the ball within the air.”
Season opener: Aug. 26 vs. San Lorenzo Valley, 7 p.m.
No. 6 JEFFERSON
Coach: Sergio Portela Jr.
2021 Document: 4-5
What to anticipate: Jefferson might be a 12 months away from contending, however the staff has just a few gamers who might smash that projection. With a full season underneath his belt, coach Portela mentioned dual-threat quarterback Tyler Taylor additionally “benefited enormously from spring and summer season ball.” Wideout Hector Alipio could possibly be his primary goal this 12 months, and security Raymond Tsang ought to proceed to enhance in his second 12 months enjoying the game. Nathan Sanz and Daemian Killian had been each pressured to play varsity final season and must be much-improved this 12 months as juniors.
Season opener: Aug. 26 at Lincoln-San Francisco, 3 p.m.
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