BOYS' SOCCER PLAYOFFS: OPENERS TO PAIR TEAMS FROM MARMONTE, FOOTHILL.Byline: Matthew Kredell Staff Writer The Foothill and Marmonte leagues The Marmonte League is a high school sports league primarily made up of schools from Ventura County. The Marmonte Leauge is part of the CIF Southern Section. Click here to view the league schedule. are ready to rumble. Playoffs usually are about individual teams, but the Southern Section made it league against league Monday with the announcement of its boys' soccer playoff pairings. The top three Foothill League teams play their Marmonte counterparts in Div. II first-round games. ``I was surprised because I've never seen that before,'' Calabasas coach John Reich said. ``It will be interesting because those three teams were neck and neck all season, just like we were.'' The odd pairing of leagues apparently was part of an attempt by the Southern Section to match up teams better geographically in the first round. Westlake, the Marmonte League champion, was seeded fourth in Div. II and will play host Saturday to Hart of Newhall, which finished third in the Foothill League. Calabasas, third in the Marmonte, takes on Foothill winner Canyon of Canyon Country. Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. will be home against Saugus in a matchup of second-place teams. Those aren't favorable matchups for the first-place teams. Calabasas, which upset the second seed in the playoffs last year, is 17-4-4 and finished strong with victories over Thousand Oaks and Royal of Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. . Hart, the Foothill favorite early in the season, finished 19-3-2 - with one of the losses a forfeited for·feit n. 1. Something surrendered or subject to surrender as punishment for a crime, an offense, an error, or a breach of contract. 2. Games a. victory. ``I don't understand what's the point of coming in first in your league if that's the team you have to play,'' Westlake coach Bill Propster said. ``(Hart) won the second-most games in our division.'' Royal, which got the at-large bid An at-large bid is a bid or berth in a sporting tournament granted by invitation, not right. This term is most commonly used in the United States to refer to berths that the NCAA grants in its annual Division I men's and women's basketball tournaments, although at-large berths are from the Marmonte League, will play at second-seeded Santa Barbara Santa Barbara (săn'tə bär`brə, –bərə), city (1990 pop. 85,571), seat of Santa Barbara co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1850. , the school Calabasas upset last season. The Southern Section showed respect to the Mission League, giving it two of the top three seeds in Div. II. Loyola of Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. was seeded first and St. Francis of La Canada third. ``As good as Loyola was this year, I think we could have won any other league we played in,'' St. Francis coach Glen Appels said. ``The Marmonte League is tough top-to-bottom, but I think our top two are the best.'' Matthew Kredell, (818) 713-3607 matthew.kredell(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): box Box: SOUTHERN SECTION BOYS |
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