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Lady Luck smiles upon the Barons

November 15, 2008 by  
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By Rachel McMillen Sports editor

This was all due to Edison\’s loss to Esperanza at about 9:30 p.m. If Edison had won, they would have taken sole possession of the Sunset League Title. However, because they lost, their record was brought down to 3-2, the same as Los Al, Esperanza, Newport Harbor, and us.

The title, therefore, will go to all five teams.

Also, because of their loss and this five-way tie, names were drawn from a hat to determine who would be going to the playoffs and in which seeded spots. If Edison had won, they won have taken the number one seed, we would have taken the number two seed, and Newport Harbor would have taken the number three seed.

Only three teams from each league are guaranteed a spot in the playoffs. Your seed determines the team you play first. Teams seeded first will play easier teams seeded third. Teams seeded second will play other teams seeded second.

Going into the Edison Esperanza game, Fountain Valley was actually hoping for an Edison win. Though this would have kept us from being named champs, we would have had a definite spot in the playoffs.

However, despite not getting our wish, we ended up better off. The coaches met directly after the game at Edison high school (the most central location) to draw for the seeded spots. Esperanza drew the number one spot, we drew the number two spot, and Los Al drew the number three spot.

Note you did not hear me mention Edison drawing any one of the top three seeds. That is because, due to karma I would like to believe, Edison did not get into the playoffs!

We are going in the same seed we would have been in if they had won, but we now get to share the Sunset League Title and have the satisfaction of knowing that, while they have the bell, Edison has officially ended their season and has no chance of becoming CIF Champions.

Lady Luck was definitely looking down on the Barons tonight and the rest of Orange County should be afraid. Next week the Barons are returning with a newly recovered quarterback, a new school record, and a lot of vengeance. They aren\’t going to leave anything to chance anymore.

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  • Anonymous

    MSIE 7.0 Windows Vista

    hhaahahah edison!! =P

  • Anonymous

    Firefox 3.0.4 Windows Vista

    this was a wonderful article rachel.
    good news (literally) & great coverage
    go baron boys!♥

  • Barons for the win

    MSIE 7.0 Windows XP

    This IS KARMA, EDISON.

    KARMA I TELL YOU.

    FOUNTAIN VALLEY IS THE BEST.

    Great article, too. =]

  • jocelyn s.

    MSIE 7.0 Windows XP

    ok i know its a little pathetic that im on the field yet i know next to nothing about football, but how does the whole CIF thing work?

  • rachel

    Firefox 3.0.4 Windows XP

    Haha well first inside CIF there are seperate division consisting of about 5 leagues (we are the Pac-5 Division). The leagues are then made up of 6 teams each (we’re the sunset league).

    Each team is guaranteed to play every team within their league before playoffs. Those games determine your standing within your league. We won 3 of our league games and lost 2. So did Edison, Los Al, Esperanza, and Newport Harbor though so we were all ranked first in the Sunset League. Marina lost all of theirs so they were last.

    Normally, the top three teams in each league go to the playoffs and the first place team gets the best first seed, the second place team gets the second seed, and so on. However, because there was a tie, they drew names from a hat for the spots. We drew the number two spot.

    If you don’t make it into the playoffs by your standings though, you could still have a shot with the “wildcard” or at-large pick. This is a team chosen by CIF that they feel should have made the playoffs. However, only one team is chosen from each division so you don’t have much of a shot.

    Once playoffs start, if you lose a game you’re eliminated.

    Hope that helped jocelyn. :)