Poway A III

The SDCLA finishes the season with a championship round for the top 8 teams in Div I and a Consolation round for the next 8 seeded teams (seeds 9-16).  These playoffs will commence Tuesday June 3 with semi-finals on June 5 and the finals on June 7.  The games on June 3 and 5 will be at the site of the higher seeded team.  The finals for both groups will by June 7. 

In addition, the SDCLA also has all star games on June 7 for three groups: Div I A for the top 16 seeded teams, Div I B for the remaining teams in Div I, and Div III. The site for the finals and all star games on June 7 will be announced this week. 

The participants in the Div I championship and consolation rounds will be determined by a seeding committee that consists of Steve Whitman (SDCLA commissioner), Matt Holman (SDSU coach) and Russ Olsen (Canyon Crest HS Coach).  The seeding committee will meet May 31 at 3pm and announce the seedings by 6pm.  The seeding committee will primarily consider the following in arriving at its results: won-loss record weighted for the strength of schedule and seeding information forms that teams have the option of submitting.  We are still in the process of creating the form but it will be a form that should be e-mailed to me by 2:30 pm on 5/31 in order to be considered. Unlike last year, there will be no league meeting to work out the seedings among the coaches.  If you want a sense of how your team may be seeded, you should go the Power Ranking section of the SDCLA website.  This is updated once each week. 

The playoffs for the top 8 teams will match up the first round based on seedings with #1 vs. #8, #2 vs. #7, etc.  The playoffs for the consolation round may take geography into consideration for the first and second round so there may not be a precise matching of seeds as being used in the championship round.  If the higher seeded team cannot host the game on the specified date then the lower seeded team will host the game.  Changing the game date is not an option. 

The all star games are organized by allocating a number of players to each team based on their final seeding.  Each team will then select which of their players will participate in the all-star game.  Each game will be organized with approximately 30 players to each side.  In the Div I A group, the teams will be allocated 6 players for the two top teams down to 2 players for the lowest seeded teams (#15 and #16).  For Div I B and Div III, the range will be from 4 players for top seeded teams to 2 players for the lower seeded teams.  The allocation of players will also be announced May 31 by 6pm.  Each team will then need to notify me by the end of day 6/3 of the players selected, their position and whether they will attend the all star game.  Players will be listed on the website and a game day program handout.  They will also receive all star t-shirts the day of the game. 

The following are the planned game times for the finals and all star games on June 7: 

In addition to the all stars, each year the SDCLA issues an award for the Most Outstanding Player, Best Attackman, Best Middie, Best Defenseman, and Best Goalie.  This is only done for Division I.  This process will be addressed separately.