Taking yet another look at the football playoff picture
October 20th, 2012 by nathan joyceNext week is the final week of the regular season. The playoffs
will finally be settled.
Let’s take a look at the playoff picture:
Narrows League
The four spots are basically filled (though Olympia losing at Yelm
next week could cause some tiebreakers to come into play) and
Bellarmine has the top seed wrapped up.
Central Kitsap hosts South Kitsap in a key game. If CK wins, it
gets the second seed and a home playoff game. If SK, wins it could
cause a three-way tie (assuming Olympia beats Yelm) for 2-3-4. All
three teams qualify for the playoffs, but the seeding comes down to
tiebreakers.
It comes down to point differential. SK needs to beat CK by two or
more points to take the top spot.
Metro League
Bainbridge heads into the Metro League crossovers suddenly alive in
the playoff hunt. Bainbridge coach Andy Grimm was told there was
only six playoff spots available from the Metro, meaning his
Spartans had to finish third in the Mountain Division.
They finished fourth, but he recently there was actually a seventh
playoff spot. Bainbridge plays West Seattle on Saturday for the
seventh seed into the Class 3A state preliminary round. They would
play in Vancouver if they win.
Olympic League
Bremerton has the top seed and the league title wrapped up. It’s
the Knights’ first postseason trip since 1993.
They get to host a game in the Class 2A West District
tournament.
The second seed also gets a home game. Kingston has the inside
track thanks to their win against North Kitsap on Friday. If they
beat winless Port Angeles on Friday, they get it.
North Kitsap hosts Olympic. If they win, they’ll take the third
seed and they could move up to No. 2 if Kingston stumbled.
If North Kitsap loses, things get interesting. It would leave
Olympic and North Kitsap tied at 4-3, and if North Mason beats
Sequim at home, all three would 4-3. A Kingston loss could put four
teams at 4-3.
At that point tiebreakers would come into play to decide third and
fourth.
If North Kitsap beats Olympic, the Trojans would need North Mason
to lose to Sequim to make the playoffs. The two teams would be
tied, but Olympic has the head-to-head tiebreaker.
There’s also sorts of crazy tiebreaker scenarios that could into
play for that fourth spot. If Olympic and North Mason lose and
Klahowya upsets Bremerton, they would all be tied at 3-4. If
Olympic lost, Sequim and Klahowya won, they would all be tied at
3-4.
The cleanest scenario? Kingston beats Port Angeles and takes the
two seed. North Kitsap beats Olympic and takes the third seed.
North Mason beat Sequim and takes the fourth seed.
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October 20th, 2012 at 9:43 pm
I will ask goofy for his predictions. Go Wildcats, er, Knights. Nice to see BH S back on top. Good luck to all area teams. See ya in a week.