CITY CHAMPS! -- Cambridge players accept medals after victory.Cambridge (plus 1) wins city crown
A squad that was essentially the Cambridge team that placed third in the SCISL last season won the city-wide championship in the under-17 category, with several of its players being named to the Santa Cruz team that will compete for the national championship.
The tournament victory indicated that the quality of play in the SCISL is high indeed. The Cambridge team, augmented with one other outstanding player from another school, easily defeated teams made up of players from the biggest high schools in the city, including LaSalle, Cristo Rey, and San Augustin, by thirty points or more. One of its victories was notched by a score of 81-4. The championship team did not have senior standout Benjamin Ezpeleta, who was too old for the competition. Juan Manuel Salas and Zhau Fua Zhou Zeng made the all-city team.
Volleyball, soccer seasons start Aug 26
The executive committee of the Santa Cruz Interscholastic Sports League approved a schedule for next season's volleyball and soccer competitions that will start Tuesday, August 26.
The precise schedule has yet to be announced, but presumably it will follow the pattern of the past with girls soccer and boys volleyball matches being played on Tuesdays, and boys soccer and girls volleyball games on Thursdays. A full schedule of varsity and junior varsity competition in volleyball and soccer is planned.
The "regular season," in which each school plays the other schools twice, with one contest away and one at home, will end during the week of Oct. 6-10. The junior varsity finals will be Oct. 13. The varsity semifinals in both sports will be played the week beginning Oct. 20, with volleyball games scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, and soccer on Thursday and Friday. .
Varsity volleyball finals are expected to take place Oct. 28, and the varsity soccer finals Oct. 30.
The entire schedule is subject to final review and approval by the four schools involved
The League executive committee also voted to name one all-star team in each sport, and schedule games for the all star team with outside opponents, rather than play an All-Star contest within the League as was done in basketball last season.
The teams in each sport will be chosen by the coaches of the varsity teams, and instead of each school being able to name a certain number of players based on its ranking in the playoff tournament, each team will be represented by a specified maximum of players, and a specified minimum.
For example, in soccer there will be an all-star team of 18 players, and each school will be represented by a maximum of six players, and a minimum of three.
In volleyball (and basketball) there will be an all-star team of 12 players, with each school having a maximum of four, and a minimum of two players on the team.
The executive committee also decided to have the finals played at one of the schools in the league, rather than an outside venue. The school with the best combined record for its boys and girls teams in each sport will host the finals. The semifinals will be played at the facilities of the team with the better record. Games will only be held at schools whose facilities meet League specifications.
The committee also approved a number of small changes in the rules for each sport, named individual chairpersons for each sport, and approved in principal an expanded budget that will cover medals for all-star players. It is hoped that a sponsor can be found to provide all star uniforms. Details are available from the League office.
The main change in rules calls for a 10-minute overtime period in soccer semi-final and final contests. If a winner is not decided in the overtime, the outcome will be determined by a penalty goal shoot-out.
A shoot out will follow any tie games during the regular season as well, and the winner gets an added point in the standings. Thus a win counts three points, a tie in which a school wins the shoot-out counts as two, and a tie in which a school loses the shoot-out counts one. The goal is to reduce ties in the standings. This arrangement is the same as was in force last season. The situation for semifinal and final soccer games had been ill-defined.
A squad that was essentially the Cambridge team that placed third in the SCISL last season won the city-wide championship in the under-17 category, with several of its players being named to the Santa Cruz team that will compete for the national championship.
The tournament victory indicated that the quality of play in the SCISL is high indeed. The Cambridge team, augmented with one other outstanding player from another school, easily defeated teams made up of players from the biggest high schools in the city, including LaSalle, Cristo Rey, and San Augustin, by thirty points or more. One of its victories was notched by a score of 81-4. The championship team did not have senior standout Benjamin Ezpeleta, who was too old for the competition. Juan Manuel Salas and Zhau Fua Zhou Zeng made the all-city team.
Volleyball, soccer seasons start Aug 26
The executive committee of the Santa Cruz Interscholastic Sports League approved a schedule for next season's volleyball and soccer competitions that will start Tuesday, August 26.
The precise schedule has yet to be announced, but presumably it will follow the pattern of the past with girls soccer and boys volleyball matches being played on Tuesdays, and boys soccer and girls volleyball games on Thursdays. A full schedule of varsity and junior varsity competition in volleyball and soccer is planned.
The "regular season," in which each school plays the other schools twice, with one contest away and one at home, will end during the week of Oct. 6-10. The junior varsity finals will be Oct. 13. The varsity semifinals in both sports will be played the week beginning Oct. 20, with volleyball games scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, and soccer on Thursday and Friday. .
Varsity volleyball finals are expected to take place Oct. 28, and the varsity soccer finals Oct. 30.
The entire schedule is subject to final review and approval by the four schools involved
The League executive committee also voted to name one all-star team in each sport, and schedule games for the all star team with outside opponents, rather than play an All-Star contest within the League as was done in basketball last season.
The teams in each sport will be chosen by the coaches of the varsity teams, and instead of each school being able to name a certain number of players based on its ranking in the playoff tournament, each team will be represented by a specified maximum of players, and a specified minimum.
For example, in soccer there will be an all-star team of 18 players, and each school will be represented by a maximum of six players, and a minimum of three.
In volleyball (and basketball) there will be an all-star team of 12 players, with each school having a maximum of four, and a minimum of two players on the team.
The executive committee also decided to have the finals played at one of the schools in the league, rather than an outside venue. The school with the best combined record for its boys and girls teams in each sport will host the finals. The semifinals will be played at the facilities of the team with the better record. Games will only be held at schools whose facilities meet League specifications.
The committee also approved a number of small changes in the rules for each sport, named individual chairpersons for each sport, and approved in principal an expanded budget that will cover medals for all-star players. It is hoped that a sponsor can be found to provide all star uniforms. Details are available from the League office.
The main change in rules calls for a 10-minute overtime period in soccer semi-final and final contests. If a winner is not decided in the overtime, the outcome will be determined by a penalty goal shoot-out.
A shoot out will follow any tie games during the regular season as well, and the winner gets an added point in the standings. Thus a win counts three points, a tie in which a school wins the shoot-out counts as two, and a tie in which a school loses the shoot-out counts one. The goal is to reduce ties in the standings. This arrangement is the same as was in force last season. The situation for semifinal and final soccer games had been ill-defined.
