The opening weekend of the highschool soccer playoffs is right here.
Three weeks of part playoffs will likely be adopted by Northern California regional championship video games on Dec. 2-3 after which state championship video games on Dec. 9-10.
Some groups will likely be at it for 5 extra video games. Others will pack up the soccer gear after this weekend.
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Right here is the Week 12 preview and schedule:
High matchups
(Seeds famous)
No. 6 Archbishop Mitty (7-3) at No. 3 Los Gatos (8-2) in CCS Division I playoffs, Friday, 7 p.m.: Los Gatos is again within the Division I playoffs after profitable one other league title. As soon as once more, the Wildcats are matched within the opening spherical in opposition to an opponent from the West Catholic Athletic League. Final 12 months, Los Gatos was on the point of a profitable rating till Bellarmine prevailed on a 94-yard pick-six within the last minute. This time, the Wildcats must beat a Mitty group coached by former Los Gatos quarterback Danny Sullivan, who led the Wildcats to a CCS title in 2005. After profitable one sport final 12 months, Mitty bounced again with seven this fall and a third-place end within the CCS’s strongest league. Wills Towers has thrown for 1,803 yards and 20 TDs. His favourite targets are Danny Scudero (41 receptions, 717 yards, 12 TDs) and Ben Kim (40 receptions, 620 yards, seven TDs). On protection, the Monarchs have intercepted 11 passes. Los Gatos has a balanced offense led by Jake Boyd (1,270 yards, 10 TDs passing) and Emiliano Mejia (997 yards and 17 TDs dashing). Will Brennan and Jaylen Thomas are the Wildcats’ high receivers, and LB Nicolas Ramos has 68 tackles, together with 10 for loss. — Darren Sabedra
No. 5 Sacred Coronary heart Prep (9-1) at No. 4 Salinas (9-1) in CCS Division I playoffs, Friday 7 p.m.: SHP thought it was getting a house sport till the CCS confirmed with the neighboring NCS that Clayton Valley, not De La Salle, received the EBAL Mountain Division. DLS will get 4 EBAL video games to fill out its schedule however isn’t eligible to win the league title. As a result of Clayton Valley was on its schedule, Salinas obtained a bonus level within the CCS’s system that seeds groups for dealing with a league champion. The bonus level moved Salinas forward of SHP within the seeding. The highway setting at Salinas’ Pit will likely be difficult, however SHP has a veteran group which may have the ability to deal with it. Energy backs Anthony Noto and Andrew Latu propel a dashing assault that averaged greater than 200 yards per sport. Receiver/cornerback Carter Shaw, son of Stanford coach David Shaw, is a big-play menace who turned seven of his 22 receptions into touchdowns. However let’s not child ourselves. It's SHP’s protection that carries a heavy load. The unit is led by senior linebacker Shay O’Kelly (125 tackles, 18 for loss). Seniors R.J Stephens and Eliseo Buffington every have six sacks. The Gators enable 8.1 factors per sport. Salinas is led by dual-threat QB Adam Shaffer, who has thrown for twenty-four TDs and ran for 14. Nyziah Hunter has 12 TD receptions. – Joseph Dycus
No. 5 Bellarmine (4-6) at No. 4 Menlo-Atherton (5-5) in CCS Division II playoffs, Friday, 7 p.m.: These groups being seeded subsequent to 1 one other in a playoff division would have shocked nobody in the beginning of the season. The shock is that the previous High 10 groups had been up and down and fell to the center of the pack in Division II. Bellarmine appeared to proper itself with a three-game profitable streak after an 0-2 begin. However then a four-game skid ensued as its high participant, RB Ben Pfaff, went down with an ankle harm. The Bells snapped the skid on Friday with a victory over Valley Christian. Pfaff returned for the ninth sport of the season, a loss at St. Francis. Menlo-Atherton opened the season with a 48-34 victory over Bellarmine as five-star receiver Jurrion Dickey, a switch from Valley Christian, caught three TD passes and ran for one. Dickey hasn’t performed since Sept. 23 due to a leg harm and isn’t anticipated to return Friday. RB Sherrod Smith has 13 dashing TDs for M-A, which completed the common season with losses to Sacred Coronary heart Prep and Los Gatos. — Joseph Dycus
No. 8 Overfelt (9-1) at No. 1 Sequoia (9-1) in CCS Division IV playoffs, Friday, 7 p.m.: In an period of aggressive fairness, a matchup comparable to this one underscores what the CCS decision-makers had in thoughts after they adopted this playoff format. Calpreps.com’s laptop predicts Sequoia to win 28-21. By comparability, calpreps.com initiatives the highest seed within the North Coast Part’s Division IV bracket, Marin Catholic, to beat eighth-seeded Newark Memorial 62-0. Overfelt went undefeated within the Blossom Valley Athletic League’s Santa Teresa-Valley Division. Its solely loss got here in opposition to Santa Teresa, 23-6, in a non-league sport. Sequoia was the runner-up within the PAL/SCVAL El Camino Division, its solely loss coming in opposition to The King’s Academy, 29-14. Overfelt’s Mathias Legrand Carrillo has rushed for 1,090 yards and 11 touchdowns and caught 21 passes for 537 yards and eight TDs. Gabriel Martinez has handed for 1,899 yards and 17 TDs, and John Stowers (177 tackles, 37 for loss) and Quinton Togia’i (114 tackles, 21 for loss) lead Overfelt’s protection. Johnny Larios, Sequoia’s dual-threat QB, has handed for 1,136 yards and 15 TDs and rushed for 465 yards and 6 TDs. — Darren Sabedra
No. 5 Amador Valley (5-5) at No. 4 Liberty (7-3) in NCS Open/Division I playoffs, Friday, 7 p.m.: Within the North Coast Part playoffs, the place shut video games within the first spherical are exceptions, this contest is intriguing. The Calpreps.com laptop favors Liberty by 13 factors. Within the different three first-round video games on this division, the common unfold is 31 factors. Which group advances will possible be determined by Amador Valley’s protection. The Dons, ranked No. 22 within the Bay Space Information Group High 25, have surrendered 164 factors this season, 12 fewer than 14th-ranked Liberty. On offense, the Lions have amassed 376 factors in comparison with 149 for Amador Valley. On the heart of the Dons’ protection are DEs Brady Nassar (6-foot-5, 245) and James Rothstein (6-6, 240). Each are 247sports.com three-star recruits. Nassar is dedicated to Colorado. Rothstein, whose possible faculty vacation spot is at tight finish, not too long ago obtained a suggestion from San Diego State. As formidable as they're, it’s uncertain they’ve confronted many offenses as explosive as Liberty’s. Senior QB Nate Bell is a load. The 5-10 senior has handed for 1,513 yards, rushed for 633 yards and accounted for 27 touchdowns. Working backs James Searcy and Giancarlo Olvedo have mixed for 1,075 yards and 18 scores. The Lions have 5 gamers together with Searcy with a minimum of 10 catches. If Amador Valley’s protection is on the high of its sport, the rating will likely be shut. If not, a 31-point win for Liberty isn’t out of the query. – Mike Lefkow
No. 7 Salesian (5-5) at No. 2 Moreau Catholic (7-3) in NCS Division VI playoffs, Friday, 7 p.m.: Two colleges from the outdated Catholic Athletic League will renew their rivalry within the first spherical of the D-VI playoffs. After going a minimum of 12 years with out enjoying, the groups have met on three events since 2016. The final time, in 2019, Salesian crushed the Mariners 42-14 within the NCS playoffs. Calpreps.com favors Moreau Catholic by 21 factors on this contest. First-year coach Keith Minor has the Mariners on a roll following an 0-10 season final 12 months. They're 7-1 after an 0-2 begin, with a four-point loss to Berkeley as the one setback. Earlier than arriving at Moreau Catholic, Minor spent the earlier 13 seasons at Encinal and St. Mary’s-Berkeley, the place he was 97-51. Moreau likes to maintain the ball within the palms of 5-foot-8, 165-pound RB Dean-Taylor Chapman, who averages over 100 yards per sport. Robert Morgan, who stands 6-2, is the group’s high receiver. In lots of different years, a matchup between these groups would’ve needed to wait till a minimum of the semifinals. Salesian received CIF-State 6A championships in 2019 and 2021 beneath longtime coach Chad Nightingale. It has 9 seasons of 10 or extra wins since 2004. However this 12 months has been a wrestle. Two of Salesian’s 5 wins had been by forfeit. The Pleasure misplaced video games by over 30 factors on three events. The 5 defeats in 2022 equaled the variety of losses Salesian had from 2019-2021, when it was 27-5. – Mike Lefkow
Schedule
Central Coast Part
Division I
No. 6 Archbishop Mitty (7-3) at No. 3 Los Gatos (8-2), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 7 Sacred Coronary heart Cathedral (6-4) at No. 2 St. Francis (7-3), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 5 Sacred Coronary heart Prep (9-1) at No. 4 Salinas (9-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 8 Palma (8-2) at No. 1 Serra (10-0), Saturday, 1 p.m.
Division II
No. 6 Christopher (9-1) at No. 3 Aptos (8-2), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 7 Half Moon Bay (7-3) at No. 2 St. Ignatius (4-6), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 5 Bellarmine (4-6) at No. 4 Menlo-Atherton (5-5), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 8 Lincoln-San Jose (9-1) at No. 1 Wilcox (9-1), Thursday, 7 p.m.
Division III
No. 6 The King’s Academy (8-2) at No. 3 Menlo College (5-5), Saturday, 1 p.m.
No. 7 Soledad (9-1) at No. 2 Stay Oak (8-2), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 5 Hollister (5-5) at No. 4 Burlingame (5-5), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 8 Terra Nova (8-2) at No. 1 Soquel (9-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
Division IV
No. 6 San Mateo (7-3) at No. 3 Branham (9-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 7 Homestead (4-6) at No. 2 Mountain View (3-7), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 5 St Francis-SCP (9-1) at No. 4 Santa Teresa (5-5), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 8 Overfelt (9-1) at No. 1 Sequoia (9-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
Division V
No.. 6 Woodside (8-2) at No. 3 Seaside (6-4), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 7 Stevenson (6-2) at No. 2 Palo Alto (4-6), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 5 Monterey (6-4) at No. 4 Pioneer (8-2), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 8 Willow Glen (7-3) at No. 1 Westmont (9-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
North Coast Part
Open/Division I
No. 8 James Logan (7-3) at No. 1 De La Salle (7-3), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 7 Antioch (4-6) at No. 2 Pittsburg (9-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 5 Amador Valley (5-5) at No. 4 Liberty (7-3), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 6 California (5-5) at No. 3 Clayton Valley Constitution (6-4), Friday, 7 p.m.
Word: The primary-round winners within the high half of the bracket will play for the Open Division championship in Week 2 of the playoffs. The loser of the Open Division championship will play the winner of the underside half of the bracket for the Division I championship in Week 3 of the playoffs.
Division II
No. 1 San Ramon Valley (8-2) at No. 8 Berkeley (7-3), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 5 Classic (6-4) at No. 4 Foothill (6-4), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 7 Granada (4-6) at No. 2 Campolindo (10-0), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 6 Livermore (8-2) at No. 3 Rancho Cotate (8-2), Friday, 7 p.m.
Division III
No. 8 Montgomery (3-6) at No. 1 El Cerrito (10-0), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 5 Northgate (6-4) at No. 4 Las Lomas (5-5), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 7 School Park (7-3) at No. 2 Windsor (7-2), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 6 Casa Grande (6-4) at No. 3 American Canyon (7-3), Friday, 7 p.m.
Division IV
No. 8 Newark Memorial (5-5) at No. 1 Marin Catholic (10-0), Saturday, 1 p.m.
No. 5 Del Norte (8-1) at No. 4 Tennyson (8-2), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 7 Harmony (9-1) at No. 2 Acalanes (9-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 6 Petaluma (7-3) at No. 3 Cardinal Newman (6-4), Friday, 7 p.m.
Division V
No. 8 Alhambra (4-6) at No. 1 San Marin (8-2), Saturday, 1 p.m.
No. 5 St. Bernard’s Academy (5-5) at No. 4 De Anza (5-4), Saturday, 7 p.m.
No. 7 Sonoma Valley (4-6) at No. 2 Miramonte (6-4), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 6 San Rafael (5-5) at No. 3 Analy (5-5), Friday, 7 p.m.
Division VI
No. 8 Arcata (5-5) at No. 1 St. Mary’s-Berkeley (10-0), Saturday, 1 p.m.
No. 5 Fortuna (4-6) at No. 4 Pinole Valley (5-4), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 7 Salesian (5-5) at No. 2 Moreau Catholic (7-3), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 6 Middletown (5-5) at No. 3 Justin-Siena (5-5), Friday, 7 p.m.
Division VII
No. 8 Hoopa Valley (6-4) at No. 1 St. Vincent (10-0), Saturday, 1 p.m.
No. 4 Willits (8-2) at No. 5 McKinleyville (6-4), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 7 Cloverdale (6-4) at No. 2 Clear Lake (9-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 6 Kelseyville (5-5) at No. 3 St. Patrick-St. Vincent (8-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
Oakland Athletic League
Thursday
Castlemont at Fremont-Oakland, 5 p.m.
McClymonds at Oakland Tech, 7 p.m.
Skyline at Oakland, 7 p.m.
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Predictions
Look right here because the Bay Space Information Group’s Darren Sabedra, Joseph Dycus, and correspondent Mike Lefkow make their weekly predictions.