What the Old Style Playoffs Might Have looked like

I know it is late. High school football season is complete. However, a friend mentioned to me how the playoffs in the Sac-Joaquin Section used to work. That got me wondering how the playoffs might have looked if the old style was still used. In the old style, the league the team was in alone determined which division it played under. Neither enrollment nor continued success played any part. The amount of spots a league had in the playoffs depended on how many leagues were in that division. Since nearly all divisions had 8-team brackets, if there were 4 leagues in the division, then each one had two teams. If it was a three-league division, then two leagues would have 3 teams and the third had two. Leagues rotated for the two teams. For the leagues that had two teams, each team had a first round home game. It is impossible to tell for sure what it would have looked like, because we don't know whose turn it would have been to have only two teams. For this model, I looked at the third place teams in all the respective leagues, and the strongest two got in the playoffs in my model with one exception. That would be in division V. The reasoning behind it is that in the real playoffs, both the MLL and TVL got extra spots, while the GEL did not. Another factor in this model is the MMC, CCC, and SJAA are in lower divisions for enrollment-based sports. In league-based playoffs, they are still in division I. It is the same thing with the TCC. In enrollment-based playoffs, it is in divsion IV, but in league-based, it is in division II. Finally, two matchups happened in real life, though one was in a different Division than in my model. Here is my model for each division. *= host D1 South (4 leagues, 2 bids each) TCAL 1*- St. Mary's MMC 2- Beyer SJAA 1*- Stagg CCC 2- Pitman CCC 1*- Turlock TCAL 2- Tracy MMC 1*- Downey SJAA 2- McNair D1 North (3 leagues, 3 bids for DL and SFL, 2 bids for MEL) SFL 1*- Folsom DL 3- Davis MEL 2*- Vacaville DL 2- Jesuit DL 1*- Elk Grove SFL 2- Oak Ridge MEL 1*- Napa SFL 3- Del Oro Note: In the old style, the North winner would play the South winner for the overall Division I championship. D2 (8 teams, 3 leagues. CVC and SCAC get 3 teams each. ML gets 2 teams) CVC 1*- Antelope SCAC 3- Vanden ML 2*- Burbank SCAC 2- Benicia SCAC 1*- American Canyon CVC 2- Roseville ML 1*- Sacramento CVC 3- Cosumnes Oaks D3 (8 teams, 3 leagues. VOL and TCC get 3 teams each. CAL gets 2 teams). VOL 1*- Oakdale TCC 3- River City CAL 2*- Vista del Lago TCC 2- Yuba City TCC 1*- Inderkum VOL 2- Central Catholic CAL 1*- Christian Brothers VOL 3- Manteca D4 (8 teams, 3 leagues. PVL and SVC get 3 teams each. WAC gets 2) PVL 1*- Lincoln (L) SVC 3- El Dorado WAC 2*- Los Banos SVC 2- Liberty Ranch SVC 1*- Cordova PVL 2- Placer WAC 1*- Central Valley PVL 3- Center D5 (8 teams, 3 leagues. MLL and TVL get 3 teams each, GEL gets 2 teams) MLL 1*- Sonora TVL 3- Modesto Christian GEL 2*- Marysville TVL 2- Ripon GEL 1*- Capital Christian MLL 3- Calaveras TVL 1*- Hilmar MLL 2- Amador D6 (2 leagues, 6 teams. Each league gets 3 teams) SDL 1- Bradshaw Christian Bye SL 2*- Delhi SDL 3- Golden Sierra SL 1- Orestimba Bye SDL 2*- Rio Vista SL 3- Gustine D7 Currently uses the old system CCAA 2 Brookside Christian @ SMAL 1 Woodland Christian SMAL 2 Delta @ CCAA 1 Stone Ridge Christian

Former VOL vs. Current VOL 2016

One thing I would like to see is a former VOL vs. Current VOL challenge in basketball. For this project, I have a model of what it might look like for the major sports and water polo based on rankings. To my knowledge, here is the list of former VOL members. I am not sure about Riverbank, but I put them on the list anyway. List of Former VOL Teams Bear Creek Bruins (Stockton) Buhach Colony Thunder (Atwater) Central Valley Hawks (Ceres) Ceres Bulldogs Downey Knights (Modesto) Livingston Wolves Los Banos Tigers Modesto Panthers Pitman Pride (Turlock) Riverbank Bruins (I think) Sonora Wildcats Tracy Bulldogs West Wolfpack (Tracy) Here would be my list of games. Former VOL vs. Current VOL Football Sonora vs. Oakdale Pitman vs. Central Catholic Tracy vs. Manteca Downey vs. East Union Buhach Colony vs. Sierra Central Valley vs. Lathrop Los Banos vs. Weston Ranch Modesto vs. Kimball Volleyball Pitman vs. Oakdale Tracy vs. Kimball Sonora vs. Central Catholic Buhach Colony vs. Manteca West vs. East Union Los Banos vs. Lathrop Modesto vs. Weston Ranch Bear Creek vs. Sierra Boy’s Water Polo Downey vs. Sonora Livingston vs. Ripon Bear Creek vs. Bret Harte Tracy vs. Oakdale Ceres vs. Calaveras Los Banos vs. Kimball Pitman vs. Central Catholic Girl's Water Polo Downey vs. Oakdale Buhach Colony vs. Kimball Bear Creek vs. Sonora Los Banos vs. Ripon Ceres vs. Bret Harte West vs. Calaveras Modesto vs. Central Catholic Boy’s Basketball West vs. Weston Ranch Pitman vs. Manteca Sonora vs. Sierra Modesto vs. Central Catholic Central Valley vs. East Union Riverbank vs. Lathrop Bear Creek vs. Kimball Downey vs. Oakdale Girl's Basketball Sonora vs. Central Catholic Pitman vs. East Union Livingston vs. Lathrop Bear Creek vs. Oakdale Central Valley vs. Kimball Tracy vs. Weston Ranch Buhach Colony vs. Sierra Downey vs. Manteca Baseball Tracy vs. Manteca Los Banos vs. Oakdale Bear Creek vs. Central Catholic Pitman vs. Sierra Buhach Colony vs. East Union Livingston vs. Weston Ranch Ceres vs. Kimball Central Valley vs. Lathrop Softball Tracy vs. Oakdale Ceres vs. East Union West vs. Sierra Los Banos vs. Manteca Riverbank vs. Central Catholic Bear Creek vs. Kimball Downey vs. Weston Ranch Pitman vs. Lathrop Ideally the basketball thing would be an annual event, and I would have each school participate at least once before I have any repeats. Of course if this event happened in real life, I would make matchups that could sell the most tickets. I would have Sonora vs. Oakdale, Bear Creek vs. Weston Ranch, West vs. Kimball, and Tracy vs. Lathrop.