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Semi final time as Six Sonoma County teams still have a shot at that North Coast Section Championship.   Between enjoying their Thanksgiving Day Turkey they will be practicing for the biggest games of their lives.
A little early with this..but it is a Holiday Week..so while we are at it….a Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone and enjoy the Turkey and then some playoff football.
 
REMINDER:  ALL GAME TIMES ARE 7 PM.  Seems like there were some very late arriving crowds in the games last weekend, almost like they were preparing for the normal 7:30 kickoff time.
 
3A SEMI FINALS;  This has the appearance of last years Semi Finals.  The seeds are No. 1-4 and both matchups are NBL vs. SCL with one game at the NBL home, the other at the SCL home.  Last year the NBL took both wins in one sided games.
FRIDAY NIGHT
NO. 4 SONOMA (8-2-1) AT NO. 1 CARDINAL NEWMAN (9-1-1)…If opposites attract this should be quite a attraction.  These two teams have gotten to this point with different DNA’s.   Sonoma with one of the best defenses in the county, Cardinal Newman with the best offense.  Sonoma has averaged 17.9 points a game, which is eight point less then anyone whose left in this playoffs.  Their defense has given up 13 points a game, they have allowed 20 points twice and scored over 20 three times.  Cardinal Newman on the other hand averaging over 38 points a game and scored over 20 in every game.   Sonoma beat Montgomery 14-0 in Round 1.  Each team total offense was  197 yards.  Montgomery averaged 22 points a game on the season and scored 3 points total in their two losses to Sonoma.  Cardinal Newman beat Redwood 35-14 in Round 1, jumping out to a 21-0 lead 8 minutes into the game.  The win for Sonoma was their first playoff win since November 19, 2004 when they beat Petaluma 28-12.  Cardinal Newman has won seven straight North Coast Section Playoff games and the last two NCS Championships.  One of their wins was over Sonoma 42-20 in Round One last season.   Sonoma and Cardinal Newman were the only two teams that didn’t have a loss to the original eight teams in the 3A bracket, both going 3-0.
Cardinal Newman is a 11 point favorite (via Cal Preps).
SATURDAY NIGHT 
NO. 2 RANCHO COTATE (9-2) AT NO. 3 CASA GRANDE (9-1-1)…The opposite attracts line applies here to and for prove of that go back to these two teams first round playoff game.  Rancho Cotate outlasted Petaluma 35-28 in a game that had five touchdowns in the 4th quarter alone and over 700 yards in total offense.  Casa Grande held off Santa Rosa 13-7 in game that had a little over 400 yards of total offense, a good chunk of that was Casa Running Back Anthony Biasi rushing for 179 yards.  Casa Grande’s defense held the county’s leading rusher Therman McGowan to a 18 carry 77 yard night.  If you want more prove Rancho Cotate is averaging 31 points a game and has hit the 30 mark in six straight.  Casa Grande defense has given up 8 points a game, and has four shutout and held 3 other teams to 7 points.  Including in those seven games are Petaluma, Healdsburg and the playoff win over Santa Rosa.  This is the third time in the last four years that these two teams have met in the playoffs, with Casa Grande taking the other two in games like the Santa Rosa game, winning in 2004 14-6 and last year 17-10.
Casa Grande is an 8 point favorite.
 
2A SEMIFINALS.
FRIDAY NIGHT (NOTE THE CHANGE)
NO. 2 HEALDSBURG (10-1) AT NO. 3 DEL NORTE (10-0)…After easy wins over league opponents in the first round these two teams get down to the real business of the playoffs.  The only question about Del Norte is what will happen if things start going wrong.  Nothing has gone wrong yet.  They have outscored their opponents by an average of 40-6.  Their closest game was a Week 2 20-0 win over Hidden Valley of Grant Pass of Oregon.  Eight of their ten games they have scored 30 points and the most they have allowed is 14 which was in a 40-14 win over Eureka.  Only one other game did they allow double figures.   Eight of their ten wins have been over teams with under a .500 record.
Healdsburg’s lone loss was to Casa Grande 30-7 in Week 8.  Healdsburg has scored at least 30 points in seven games and five of their last six.  The two teams have one matching opponent and that is Fortuna.  Healdsburg beat them on the road 48-7 in Week 6.  Del Norte was 3-0 vs. them the closest game was 39-6.
Del Norte is a 9 point favorite
 
CLASS B SEMI FINALS
FRIDAY NIGHT
NO. 4 POINT ARENA (8-2) VS. NO. 1 ST. VINCENTS (7-3) AT SANTA ROSA HIGH SCHOOL…Point Arena came in second in the North Central League II.  Their two losses are to teams with a combined record of 17-4.  They are averaging 26 points a game and has scored at least 30 in four games.  They give up 11 a game and has had three shutouts.  St. Vincents, who came in second in the North Central League South, has numbers alot like Sonoma.  They have averaged 19 a game on offense and given up 12.8.  Only twice have they given up more then 20 points.  The two teams have one matching opponent is Tomales.  St. Vincent beat them in Week 1 by a score of 15-8, Point Arena lost to them in Week 8 14-0, the game that decided the NCL II championship.  
St. Vincents is  an 11 point favorite.