CIF State Championships 2018

The CIF big five State Championships will be held at Cerritos College south of Los Angeles for at least the next two years. This means the remaining eight smaller division State Championships will be hosted in the north.

Many schools will be able to host the games at home. But one thing the CIF did this year that I find troubling is that all 8 smaller division championships kicked off at 6:00 pm on Saturday. I think there are many fans who would love to catch two games if they could. I think they should have at least three, maybe four smaller division games on Friday night. This would give some of us the option of catching a couple games.

Why does this matter? Because there are folks down south who want ALL the games moved to the LA region because they fill the stands. The LA Times was bragging about filling a college stadium to its 12,000 capacity for their Division I Section Championship.

The point is, even if your team isn't playing, it pays to attend as many of these games as you can. If you don't and poor attendance moves all title games south, you can't complain when you have to drive 600 miles when your team does make it.

Depending on the yearly rotation, you still might have to drive that 600 miles. But as long as it remains a 2-3 year rotation, it's fair.

State Title Games Underway

Open:

Mater Dei 52, De La Salle 21 (F) [South win]



Other Games:

Crenshaw 46, Placer 43 (F) [South win]

McClymonds 42, Golden West 12 (F) [North win]

Fortuna 54, Katella 33 (F) [North win]

Steele Canyon 44, Half Moon Bay 42 (F) [South win]

Bishop Diego 41, Shasta 6 (F) [South win]

Strathmore 31, Orange 29 (F) [North win]

Milpitas 45, Southwest EC 41 (F) [North win]

Galileo 38, Vincent Memorial 20 (F) [North win]




Division 2-A


St. Francis 22, Grace Brethren 13  (F) [North win]


Division 1-A

Narbonne 28, Pittsburg 21 (F) [South win]


Counting the two North wins yesterday, the North wins 8 state titles vs. 5 for the South.

CIF Friday Final Scores

Division 1-AA

Folsom 49, Helix 42 (F)

Division 2-AA

Serra 38, Cajon 14 (F)

The North is 2-0.

Regional Game Underway

Fortuna 34, Bear River 20 (F)




Other Northern Regional Games:


Pittsburg 37, Granite Bay 14 (F)

Half Moon Bay 28, Sutter 7 (F)

Shasta 40, Marin Catholic 27 (F)

St. Francis 28, Manteca 23 (F)

Milpitas 52, Campolindo 38 (F)

Galileo 20, Rio Vista 14 (F)

Regional Final Scores

Strathmore 49, St. Patrick-St. Vincent 35 (F)



Other Northern Regional Games:


Placer 43, Salinas 42 (OT-F)

Folsom 54, Central 35 (F)

Serra 76, Tulare Union 43 (F)

McClymonds 35, East Nicholas 12 (F)

Regional Games

Division 5-A
Bear River @ Fortuna
     Saturday Dec. 9th  6:00 pm

Division 6-AA
St. Patrick-St. Vincent @ Strathmore
     Friday Dec. 8th  7:30 pm




Division 4-A
Milpitas @ Campolindo
     Saturday Dec. 9th   6:00 pm


Division 3-AA
Marin Catholic @ Shasta
     Saturday Dec. 9th.  6:00 pm



Division 1-A
Pittsburg @ Granite Bay
     Saturday Dec. 9th   6:00 pm


Open Division State Championship

De la Salle vs. Mater Dei
     Saturday Dec. 16th  8:00 pm
     At Sacramento State

Section Champions

Congratulations to NCS Division IV Champion FORTUNA!


Congratulations to NCS Division V Champion ST. PATRICK-ST. VINCENT!



Congratulations to the other NCS Section Champions:

Open Division:  DE LA SALLE

Division I:  LIBERTY

Division II:  CAMPOLINDO

Division III:  MARIN CATHOLIC


Good Luck to all in the regional games. I'll cover all NCS teams in the regional round. As soon as CIF announces the match-ups, I'll post here.

NCS Section Finals Underway

Division IV

Fortuna 44, Hercules 0 (F)




Division V

St. Patrick-St. Vincent 28, Middletown 0 (F)





Open Division

De la Salle 24, Pittsburg 7 (F)



Division I

Liberty 37, Freedom 0 (F)



Division III

Marin Catholic 59, Cardinal Newman 56 (F)

NCS Division II Final Score

Campolindo 42, Granada 7 (F)

Section Finals Weekend

Division IV Section Final

(4) Fortuna vs. (7) Hercules     Saturday, Dec. 2nd
      7:00 pm at McKinleyville High School



Division V Section Final

(1) St. Patrick-St. Vincent vs. (2) Middletown    Saturday, Dec. 2nd
     7:00 pm at Alhambra High School

Other NCS Section Finals

Open Division Final

(1) De la Salle vs. (2) Pittsburg   Saturday, Dec. 2nd

     7:00 pm at Dublin High School

Division I Section Final

(1) Liberty vs. (2) Freedom    Saturday, Dec. 2nd

     7:00 pm at Heritage High School

Division II Section Final

(1) Campolindo vs. Granada    Friday, Dec. 1st

     7:00 pm at Dublin High School

Division III Section Final

(1) Marin Catholic vs. (2) Cardinal Newman    Saturday, Dec. 2nd

     7:00 pm at Rancho Cotate High School