After 13 weeks of soccer, we’ve reached part championship weekend.
Within the Central Coast Part, 10 groups will compete for 5 titles, with every division champion advancing to subsequent weekend’s regionals or, in Serra’s case, the Open Division state title recreation in two weeks.
Friday night time, Serra will play Archbishop Mitty for the Division I crown and Palo Alto will face Monterey within the Division V championship recreation.
Saturday, three extra finals shall be held: Bellarmine vs. St. Ignatius, Menlo Faculty vs. Hollister and Branham vs. Santa Teresa.
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Right here is the part championship preview:
Division I
No. 6 Archbishop Mitty (9-3) vs. No. 1 Serra (12-0) at San Jose Metropolis School, Friday, 7 p.m.: Serra has already had a historic season, changing into the primary crew in this system’s lengthy historical past to go 10-0 within the common season. Friday, the Padres can cement themselves as one of many CCS’s all-time nice groups, particularly in the event that they roll by way of Mitty as they've Palma and Salinas within the first two rounds. Serra crushed Palma 57-7 after which constructed a 50-7 halftime lead over Salinas final week on the way in which to a 57-21 win by which solely the backups performed for the Padres within the second half when the clock ran constantly. For Serra to seize a 3rd consecutive CCS Division I title, the San Mateo college must beat an opponent that has turn out to be one of many part’s all-time nice tales. Mitty received one recreation final season. Now it is going to play for the CCS’s high championship after back-to-back one-point time beyond regulation wins within the playoffs. The Monarchs beat Los Gatos 29-28 within the first spherical and St. Francis 42-41 within the semifinals. QB Wills Towers threw 5 landing passes final week to guide Mitty, which trailed St. Francis by 15 factors with lower than 5 minutes to go. Serra QB Maealiuaki Smith accomplished 17 of 19 passes for 284 yards and 4 touchdowns in a single half of enjoying time towards Salinas. … Serra is 7-0 total and 2-0 towards Mitty in CCS finals. Mitty is 2-6 in CCS finals. The Monarchs haven't captured one in 23 years. … When the groups performed on Sept. 30 in San Mateo throughout West Catholic Athletic League play, Serra received 35-7. … Calpreps.com’s laptop predicts Serra to win the rematch, 41-17. — Darren Sabedra
Division II
No. 5 Bellarmine (6-6) vs. No. 2 St. Ignatius (6-6) at San Jose Metropolis School, Saturday, 7 p.m.: Bellarmine shall be showing in its fifteenth CCS last and searching for its eighth part championship after it beat Menlo-Atherton 30-7 within the first spherical and top-seeded Wilcox 21-17 within the semifinals. The Bells had misplaced 4 in a row and averaged simply 11 factors per recreation after star working again Ben Pfaff went down with a foul high-ankle sprain. Since Pfaff’s return, Bellarmine is 3-1 and has pushed its common when the working again performs to 27 factors per recreation. St. Ignatius reached the ultimate with two playoff wins on its dwelling subject in San Francisco, 24-15 over Half Moon Bay within the first spherical and 28-14 over Aptos within the semifinals. When SI performed Bellarmine at SJCC on Sept. 23, the Bells received 34-14 as Phaff ran for 3 touchdowns, Riley Paran rushed for one and Colin Lakkaraju caught a TD move. In SI’s win over Aptos final week, Soren Hummel handed for 210 yards and two touchdowns and Jarious Hogan ran for 2 TDs to guide the Wildcats into their sixth CCS last. SI is 3-2 in earlier part championship video games, which embody a 13-10 time beyond regulation victory over Bellarmine at SJCC within the Open Division last in 2012. — Darren Sabedra
Division III
No. 5 Hollister (7-5) vs. No. 3 Menlo Faculty (7-5) at Rabobank Stadium in Salinas, Saturday, 7 p.m.: Menlo coach Todd Smith was a bit shocked when he discovered his third-seeded Knights must journey 80 miles to play No. 5-seed Hollister for the D-III championship. Hollister Excessive (previously generally known as San Benito) is simply 29 miles from Rabobank Stadium. Menlo has struggled away from dwelling this season, though its 2-4 highway report most likely has extra to do with the standard of opponents (Amador Valley, Menlo-Atherton, Sacred Coronary heart Prep). Final week Menlo beat No. 2 seed Dwell Oak in enemy territory. Hollister is 4-3 away from dwelling. Search for Menlo to proceed passing. The Knights acquire properly over half their yards within the air. Senior QB Jake Bianchi has carried out an admirable job changing final yr’s all-everything QB Sergio Beltran. TE CortHasley and WR Charlie King each have extra yards in receptions than RB Ty Richardson has rushed for. Richardson is over 400 yards in each dashing and receiving. Menlo shall be making an attempt to win its first CCS soccer title. It’s 0-5 in championship video games since 2009. Hollister received seven part crowns beneath the title San Benito. The final was in 2014 when the Haybalers had been coached by Chris Cameron, who captured 4 CCS championships in 22 years on the college. — Mike Lefkow
Division IV
No. 4 Santa Teresa (7-5) vs. No. 3 Branham (11-1) at San Jose Metropolis School, Saturday, 1 p.m.: One in every of these groups is a victory from celebrating its first CCS championship. In Santa Teresa’s solely look in a last, 35 years in the past, the Saints misplaced to Dwell Oak. Branham reached its solely last three years in the past, falling to Milpitas by some extent. The Saints had been a hard-luck crew for a stretch throughout league play, dropping back-to-back video games in time beyond regulation and one other by three factors. Since then, they've received three in a row, highlighted by a win final week over the Division IV bracket’s high seed, Sequoia, 31-18. QB Jayden Arevalo accounted for 169 yards within the win over Sequoia, together with a 56-yard landing run that widened Santa Teresa’s benefit to 2 scores at halftime. Branham QB William Augenstein ran for 274 yards and 6 TDs in 27 carries and accomplished 12 of 17 passes for 180 yards because the Bruins overcame a two-touchdown halftime deficit to beat Mountain View 68-45 in final week’s semifinals. When these finalists performed in September 2021, Santa Teresa prevailed 27-21. Calpreps.com’s laptop picks Santa Teresa to win 28-27 on Saturday. — Darren Sabedra
Division V
No. 5 Monterey (8-4) vs. No. 2 Palo Alto (6-6) at Sequoia Excessive, Friday, 7 p.m.: After dropping to Wilcox 38-13 on Oct. 14, Palo Alto was 1-6. Since then, the Vikings have reeled off 5 consecutive victories (one by forfeit) to succeed in their first CCS last since dropping to Bellarmine within the Open Division championship recreation 11 years in the past. They closed league play with wins over Mountain View and Milpitas to qualify for the playoffs after which, after a forfeit victory over Jefferson to finish the common season, beat Stevenson 38-13 and Seaside 34-6 to advance to the ultimate. Declan Packer threw two landing passes towards Seaside, which misplaced to Monterey 29-27 in a regular-season finale on Nov. 4. Since that recreation, Monterey traveled to beat fourth-seeded Pioneer 31-13 and top-seeded Westmont 37-14. Westmont was outscored 24-0 within the second half after main 14-13 at halftime. Monterey final appeared in a CCS last in 2010 and received its solely CCS title in 1998. Palo Alto has captured 4 CCS championships, the final in 2010. That was the season the Vikings went on to report certainly one of California’s all-time nice upsets, beating Centennial-Corona 15-13 in a state title recreation to complete 14-0. Davante Adams caught a TD move for Palo Alto in that victory. Calpreps.com’s laptop picks Palo Alto to win Friday, 31-26. — Darren Sabedra