The San Diego Sockers will have home field advantage in their quest for a PASL-Pro championship. The league decided on Tuesday night to move the playoffs from Cincinnati to Del Mar in a vote of coaches, GMs and owners, bringing the six-team, three-night championship to the West Coast.
The opening round of the PASL playoffs will take place on March 11th, with the semifinals on the 12th and the championship on the 13th. All games will be played at the Del Mar Arena. Six teams will make the playoffs, with the divisional champions receiving byes into the second round.
On Thursday night, after the Sockers wrapped up their final practice in advance of Saturday’s showdown game in Stockton with the California Cougars, head coach/GM Phil Salvagio spoke to 619 Sports about the big news:
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With one week left in the high school regular season, there are three 9-0 teams in our 619 Sports/NC Times Top 10 Poll, and four unbeatens. The logjam at the top has been unchanged for weeks, with Oceanside & LCC receiving the same number of #1 votes and hanging next to each other 1-2 in the poll. Valley Center’s resounding 45-7 loss on Friday sent it tumbling in the poll, while Escondido’s second straight loss almost dropped them out altogether. Mission Bay, Vista and Valhalla, meanwhile, are rising. Without further ado…
Here’s this week’s Top 10 (first place votes in paretheses):
Oceanside (17), 9-0
La Costa Canyon (2), 9-0
Eastlake, 7-0-2
Cathedral Catholic, 8-1
Mission Bay, 9-0
Ramona, 8-1
Vista, 7-2
Valley Center, 8-1
Escondido, 6-2-1
Valhalla, 7-2
Also receiving votes: Mission Hills, Francis Parker, Brawley, Madison, Rancho Bernardo, Chula Vista
There are still a couple of league titles to be decided, with rivalries and revenge games on the schedule for Friday. After the jump, we reveal this week’s selections for the 619 Sports Prep Games of the Week, along with the 619 Sports Top 10 ballot: Continue Reading →
