Last week was a winning week for both JV and varsity. This week JV will play a home game for the first time in quite a while when they host Mission Vista on Monday. Varsity starts a 5 game stretch of games on Wednesday at Maranatha. Varsity will play Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and next Monday and Tuesday.
Last week I shared the link for the Max Prep rankings. Although we are currently ranked 3rd in Div. III by Max Preps, CIF is not using the Max Prep rankings for this year’s playoffs. CIF will be using the power rankings again this season. The power rankings are based on points for each game played. A team gets so many points for each win or loss depending on the division and the record of the opponent. We are currently ranked 6th in Div. III in the power rankings. Here is the link to the Power Rankings https://www.cifsds.org/school-resources/CIFSDS_Power_Rankings
We have two big opportunities to pick up points in the power rankings coming up. The game this Friday against Santa Fe Christian is not only for first place in our league, but would mean a lot of points since SFC has not lost a game this season. Then next Monday, the game against Bayfront Charter has huge implications as well. Although we knocked them out of the playoffs last season, Bayfront has moved up to Div. II this season and they should have a winning record, so beating them would raise our CIF points quite a bit. Of course losses to any team will hurt the ranking (although losses to those two teams not as much).
Here is the schedule for this week:
Monday: JV home game against Mission Vista at 4:00-early release is at 2:30
Varsity will practice before the JV game starting at 3:30 and during the JV game in the cage or on the side
Tuesday: Regular practice for both JV and Varsity 4:30 to 6:00
Wednesday: Varsity is at Maranatha at 4:00 early release is at 2:15 and the van will leave at 2:30
JV practice 4:30 to 6:00
Thursday: Varsity home game vs. La Jolla Country Day at 4:00. Early release is at 2:45
JV practice TBD
Friday: Varsity home game vs. Santa Fe Christian at 4:00. Early release is at 2:45
JV practice TBD
Jeff Johnson
Softball Coach
760-801-0735