First of all, I want to thank my good friend and colleague Eric Sondheimer of the "World Champion" LA Times, whom I used to work for many moons ago. I copied the match-ups from his posting on the Varsity Times Insider blog to post here, only for expedience. What I will do in the next couple of days is go over the teams and the potential playoff results before Friday.
But for now, I need to point out a couple of changes that were pointed out to me by former Garfield football coach and now assistant Section Commissioner, John Aguirre. Two traditional facets of the City Section playoffs have been done away with due to the ongoing budget situation. The first round, normally played on Thursday, will now be played on Friday. This now puts the section's games in direct competition with the Southern Section games also being played the same night. Also because of the LAUSD's mandated furlough days the week of Thanksgiving, the Traditional second round match-ups will no longer be held the night before Thanksgiving and now will fall on the Friday after the holiday.
There is one positive change to the schedule this year in my opinion, Normally, the Division II championships have been played the same day as the Division I finals. In years past, when both games were played at the LA Memorial Coliseum, the Division II game was played early in the afternoon and as such never got the attendance it deserved. This year, however, the games have been separated. The Division II final will now be played Friday night, December 10th, at East LA College's Weingardt Stadium. The move was originally planned for both divisions, but after some 11th hour negotiations with the Coliseum Commission, the Division I finals remained at the Coliseum and was moved to a Saturday day game on December 11.
The original plan to move the City Section Finals to ELAC would have created a three-day Championship showcase for the City Section because in addition to having both games played on consecutive nights, Division II on December 9 and Division I on December 10, the District's Band and Drill Team Championships were already scheduled to be held at ELAC on the 11th. Although the Dvision I final will remain at the Coliseum, District officials have expressed interest in possibly marketing the Championships being held at ELAC as a "Champions Festival."
So here are the brackets, Game times are tentatively scheduled for 7:00 p.m. but may change dependent on the schools hosting the first round games, one or two schools may not have lights available for the game and may opt for a 3 p.m. contest.
City Section Division I playoffs
First-round Friday, November 19th, 2010
All games - 7:00 p.m. (tent.)
No. 16 Sylmar (5-5) at No. 1 Carson (8-2)
No. 9 Kennedy (5-5) at No. 8 Garfield (6-4)
No. 12 West Adams (2-8) at No. 5 Taft (7-3)
No. 13 Gardena (2-8) vs. No. 4 Dorsey (9-1) at Jackie Robinson Stadium
No. 14 Locke (5-5) at No. 3 Venice (6-4)
No. 11 Westchester (6-4) at No. 6 San Pedro (7-3)
No. 10 L.A. Jordan (6-4) at No. 7 Narbonne (5-5)
No. 15 Granada Hills (4-6) at No. 2 Crenshaw (8-2)
City Section Division II playoffs
First-round Friday, November 19th, 2010
All games - 7:00 p.m. (tent.)
No. 16 Hamilton (4-6) at No. 1 Reseda (10-0)
No. 9 Fairfax (6-3) at No. 8 Marshall (8-2)
No. 12 Franklin (7-3) at No. 5 Jefferson (9-1)
No. 13 Roosevelt (6-4) at No. 4 Arleta (9-1)
No. 14 Panorama (5-5) at No. 3 South East (7-3)
No. 11 Hollywood (7-3) at No. 6 Chatsworth (8-2)
No. 10 Lincoln (9-1) at No. 7 Palisades (5-5)
No. 15 El Camino Real (4-6) at No. 2 Poly (8-2)
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