Section football playoffs: Latest on Bellarmine and top 10 NCS and CCS matchups to watch
With Bellarmine's wins temporarily restored, the CCS had no choice but to put the Bells back into the top division of the playoffs.
Key points
- McSweeney and Steven Braccini said in a statement: "We are pleased that the court recognized the unfairness of the process inherent in CCS." Texts to CCS commissioner Dave Grissom were not immediately returned.
- "Kids just want to play." Many figured Friday's game wouldn't even occur even with the court's temporary restraining order last week of a CCS decision on Nov.
- This week is no exception." The Wildcats graduated 38 seniors including eight all-WCAL players off last year's state-championship team that finished the season with seven straight wins after a 2-6 start.
And upon news Thursday morning that Bellarmine won a temporary injunction in a Santa Clara County Superior Court, the Wildcats couldn't be happier to be hosting a first-round Central Coast Section Open Division/Division 1 game Friday against the Bells.
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- Acalanes quarterback Tyler Winkles (3,444 total yards, 46 touchdowns) and wideout/safety Finn Rivera (70 catches, 1,079 yards, 14 TDs) and Pittsburg receiver/cornerback Kenneth Ward are Chronicle Player of the Year nominees.
- Vintage-Napa (9-1) at Napa Memorial Stadium: Though 50 miles and several counties away, this Division 2 matchup has a short, but strong history of great games with Vintage winning the last three games 30-26 (2023), 28-22 (2022) and 24-21 (2018).….
- "They really answered the call and the moment and hope to do more of it Friday." It's been a huge turnaround season for the Bells, after going 4-26 the previous three seasons and 1-20 in WCAL play.
- Acalanes (9-1) at Pittsburg (7-3): This Open/D1 matchup and first time meeting between the longtime programs pits two offensive juggernauts that combine to average more than 800 yards per game.
- The second-seeded Wildcats (8-2) beat seventh-seeded Bellarmine (6-4) at San Jose City College 26-7 on Oct.
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