The showdown Friday night time between highschool soccer giants De La Salle and Serra was most likely a more durable ticket than some other Bay Space sporting occasion in months.
For these not lucky sufficient to have a ticket to the sport in Harmony, there’s nonetheless an incredible alternative to observe the motion. The 8 p.m. recreation between the Bay Space’s prime ranked groups shall be nationally televised recreation on ESPNU.
This would be the first assembly between De La Salle (1-0) and Serra (1-0 in six years. Each coaches Justin Alumbaugh of the Spartans and Patrick Walsh of the Padres are nice buddies and former star gamers at De La Sale.
“Patrick and I truly joked about it,” stated Alumbaugh, whose Spartans are 10-0 lifetime in opposition to ex-De La Salle star Walsh. “It’s not good for both of our well being. We pull for him each week and he pulls for us each week, aside from this Friday night time.”
This shall be Serra’s second consecutive highway recreation in opposition to a heavyweight crew.
“I've nobody in charge however myself,” coach Patrick Walsh stated concerning the back-to-back highway video games in opposition to Folsom and DLS to open the 2022 season. “I take full accountability for what’s taking place to our crew.”
ESPN cameras apart, for an early September matchup, the stakes have been already going to be monumental. Contemplate:
– De La Salle is No. 1 within the Bay Space Information Group rankings; Serra is No. 2.
– Serra simply gained its season opener on the highway in opposition to Folsom, one other NorCal heavyweight that ended De La Salle’s season final season.
– De La Salle needed to play Folsom within the regionals final 12 months as a result of Serra – not DLS – was picked by the California Interscholastic Federation to characterize NorCal within the Open Division state championship recreation.
For Friday night time’s De La Salle-Serra recreation story, in addition to the Bay Space highschool soccer scoreboard, go to https://www.mercurynews.com/sports activities/high-school-sports/ or https://www.eastbaytimes.com/sports activities/high-school-sports/.