NCS Rankings - 11/20/08
Thursday, November 20, 2008 NCS Predictions by Peter Brewer Race Predictions: (in collaboration with Albert Caruana and Harry Skandara) Division I Boys 1. Amador Valley -- clear winners in EBAL very tough this year. 2. College Park -- soph Jeff Bickert leads aggressive squad -- dominated the BVAL 3. Monte Vista -- Mustangs have Mike Roderick show up front , but stumbled a bit at EBAL finals 4. Granada -- lost #3 man to injury, but still have strong cluster 5. Castro Valley -- nipped by Bishop O’Dowd at HAAL finals; look to regroup Girls: 1. Castro Valley -- Trojans able to group under a minute in HAAL win 2. College Park -- Falcons swamp DVAL competition; Alycia Cridenbring leads strong group 3. California -- Colleen Lilllig continues to roll; the Grizzlies took third in tough EBAL 4. Granada -- Matadors were barely edged by California in EBAL 5. Monte Vista -- placed 5th on home course in EBAL but have very good 1-2 punch Division II Boys 1) De La Salle -- tough Spartans 1st at Stanford, top NCS time at Mt. SAC but 2nd in EBAL 2) Santa Rosa -- Rory MacLeod and Panthers dominated NBL 3) Washington -- Huskies rampaged through the MVAL 4) Montgomery -- Vikings were 3rd in NBL behind Santa Rosa and Maria Carrillo 5) Alameda -- Hornets are power in ACCAL Girls 1) Livermore -- Diana George and crew are legitimate; beat Carondelet easily at EBAL 2) Carondelet -- Cougars have had up-and-down performances but are among state’s best 3) Casa Grande -- Jacque Taylor leads solid crew; the best of the SCL 4) Montgomery -- gave Maria Carrillo a scare in NBL finals 5) Santa Rosa -- 3rd in NBL behind Maria Carrillo and Montgomery Division III Boys 1) Petaluma -- Coach Jim Lynch has crew more than ready for post-season; swept SCL 1-6 2) Campolindo -- the Cougars are top-notch squad themselves 3) Las Lomas -- The Knights were the only DFAL team in sight of Campolindo 4) Maria Carrillo -- the Pumas chased Santa Rosa in the SCL finals 5) Redwood -- perennial power out of MCAL Girls 1) Maria Carrillo -- even with Curtin twins subpar easily took NBL 2) Campolindo -- in a roll with frosh Carrie Verdon leading pack 3) Petaluma -- Trojans only team to keep Casa Grande honest in SCL 4) Alhambra -- Jewelz Andrew led Bulldogs to upset 2nd in DFAL 5) Las Lomas -- Knights 3rd in DFAL Division IV Boys 1) St. Mary's Berkeley -- took a one-point loss to Albany in BSAL final -- will be hungry 2) San Rafael -- 2nd in MCAL behind Redwood 3) Tamalpais -- 3rd in MCAL behind Redwood 4) Justin-Siena -- 5th in MCAL behind Redwood 5) Moreau Catholic -- 4th in HAAL Girls 1) St. Mary's Berkeley -- one of the state’s best 2) Piedmont -- 2nd behind St. Mary’s in BSAL 3) Terra Linda -- 3rd in MCAL 4) Moreau Catholic -- 3rd in HAAL 5) Arcata -- depleted team took 2nd in HDNL; will be at full strength Division V Boys 1) University -- simply the best this year 2) Berean Christian -- 2nd in DVAL 3) Redwood Christian -- 1st in BCL East 4) College Prep -- 2nd in BCL Est 5) St. Joseph Notre Dame -- 4th in BSAL Girls 1) University -- Red Devils still strong 2) College Prep -- class of BCL East 3) Marin Academy -- chased University well 4) Head Royce -- 2nd in BCL East 5) Lick Wilmerding -- 3rd in BCL West