67° SUNNY, NCS BOYS' SOCCER SEEDINGS
No bye for No. 2 seed Santa Rosa
Windsor is No. 3, Elsie Allen No. 5; Anderson Valley gets third seed in Div. III
Last Modified: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 9:13 p.m.
The Santa Rosa boys’ soccer team just finished charging through the North Bay League regular season. If the Panthers are to capture their first North Coast Section title since 1997, it looks like they’ll have to slice through the Sonoma County League.
WEDNESDAY
Boys’ Div. I:
Piner (13) at Terra Linda (4),
2:30 p.m.
Healdsburg (15) at Santa Rosa (2),
7 p.m.
Arcata (14) at Windsor (3), 7 p.m.
Montgomery (12) at Elsie Allen (5),
7 p.m.
Tamalapais (10) at Sonoma Valley (7), 7 p.m.
Analy (9) at Maria Carrillo (8), 7 p.m.
Francis Drake (6) at Casa Grande (11), 7 p.m.
Girls’ Div. I:
Fortuna (11) at Petaluma (6), 7 p.m.
Ursuline (7) vs. Arcata (10) at Humboldt St. Univ., 7 p.m.
Sonoma Valley (8) at Eureka (9),
7 p.m.
Boys’ Div. III:
Anderson Valley (3) vs. Sonoma Academy (14) at Mendocino Co. Fairgrounds, 7 p.m.
Bentley (13) at Calistoga (4), 7 p.m.
Roseland Prep (7) vs. College Prep (10) at Elsie Allen, 5 p.m.
Rincon Valley Christian (11) vs. SF University (6) at Kezar Stadium,
7:30 p.m.
Head—Royce (5) at Fort Bragg (12), 5 p.m.
Branson (2) at St. Helena (15), 5 p.m
.
Girls’ Div. III
Clear Lake (12) at Fort Bragg (5),
7 p.m.
St. Bernard Catholic (11) at St. Helena (6), 7 p.m.
Roseland Prep (7) at Cloverdale (10), 7 p.m.
Rincon Valley Christian (8) at Calistoga (9), 5 p.m.
SATURDAY
Girls’ Div. I:
Montgomery (1) vs. Sonoma/Eureka winner, time/place TBA
Ursuline/Arcata winner at Casa Grande (2), 7 p.m.
Petaluma/Fortuna winner at Maria Carrillo (3), time TBA
Windsor (5) at Santa Rosa (4), time TBA
Girls’ Div. III:
Sonoma Academy (1) vs. RVC/Calistoga winner, time/place TBA
St. Vincent (2) vs. Roseland Prep/Cloverdale winner at Rancho Cotate,
7 p.m.
St. Helena/St. Bernard winner at Middletown, 7 p.m.
The 17-3-2 Panthers received a No.2 seed in the NCS Div. I championships. They play No. 2 15 Healdsburg when the first round begins Wednesday. And if the results follow the seedings, they’ll face No.7 Sonoma on Saturday and No.3 Windsor next Wednesday en route to the section final.
As expected, Marin Catholic (21-2-2) drew the No.1 seed. Elsie Allen got the No. 5, and will host No.12 Montgomery in an all-NBL first-round game. Defending Div. III champion Maria Carrillo is the No.8, Analy the No.9 and Piner the No.13.
Santa Rosa heads into the playoffs feeling healthy and ready. One of the Panthers’ captains, Will Parente, is back at full strength after being a little battered, and two key players — Arturo Camacho and Jesus Morfin — are eligible after making grades. Coach Jon Schwan said Camacho and Morfin will not start, but will play off the bench.
About the only negative for Santa Rosa is that, because of an expanded field of 16 teams, it won’t receive a bye in the first round.
“It changes things a little,” Schwan said. “We were prepared to have five days of practice. Now we’ll tweak a couple things in our practice plans. But 16 teams, in the long run it’s for the greater good.”
Anderson Valley, champion of the NCL II North, got the highest seeding among Empire teams in Div. III, the No.3. Calistoga is No.4, Roseland Prep No.7, Rincon Valley Christian No.11, Fort Bragg No.12, Sonoma Academy No.14 and St. Helena No.15.
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