We have gone from 16 all they way down to 4...And we have lost three local teams each round, lets hope with only 3 teams left the streak doesnt continue.
   Lets start with my semi-surprise team Los Altos, why do I call them a semi-surprise team you ask?  Well at the beggining of the season this is where i expected them to be but then something happened and they scrared all of us by almost letting any hope of even making the playoffs slip away, but thankfully they found that fire from the beggining of the season and got hot again and got themselves into the playoffs and now one game away from the championship game...the onyl thing in the way of that is El Dorado, a team that had their way with Diamond Ranch.  My honest opinion is that who ever wins this game will find themselves CIF champioins the following week.
   The winner of that game will take on the winner of the Charter Oak vs Trabuco Hills game.  CO had their way last week with South Hills and earned a goose egg in a 35-0 rout, while TH squeaked by West Covina 14-6. Bottom line, as long as CO doesnt look ahead, welcome to the championship game.
  Changing divisions, what about colony embarrassing Muir with a 44-7 beating. They will be at home this friday night against Canyon Springs, who demolished a respectable Colton team 51-27.  Omar Bouldin better have the game of his life and the home crowd better drink about 20 energy drink per person cause Colony is going to need them. Not that i dont think Colony cant win. but i am afriad the Muir game could have made them a bit to big headed and have them thinking they are invinsable when they really aren't. dont get me wrong yes they are a good team and yes they deserve to be in the semis but Canyon is a good tough team.
    Talk about a team that had there hands full, the Damien Spartans saw there season come to an end at the hands of of #40 Chris Pesiniella and Temescal Canyon.  You want to talk about a team with a small play book.  I have come to they conclusoin they only have three play and they run one of them 97.5% of the time.  There playbook is, hand it off to #40, or fake the handoff to #40 and have the qb keep it and run it on the outside, or do the same thing but instead have the qb roll out and then pull up and pass it.  But no metter what #40 has something to do with it.  Once the offense broke the huddle they would all sprint to the line and snap the ball on the first sound the qb made.  Never allowing the spartan defense to adjust.  Offensively Mendrun was running to escape a sack all night long.  TC blitzed as much as they gave the ball to #40, in other words, constantly, and it would come from everywhere the the line backers, the safeties, usually from both sides as well. Its not that Damien didnt play well, they just could never get anything going on offense od defense.The 50 some odd man roster was to much for them.  TC will stay at home to take on Chaparal, a team the embarrassed the #1 team in the bracket and #4 team in the state (as i was told), a team that everyone, including me would walk through the bracket and take home the championship.  But Temescal Canyon played Chaparal in week 8 and only lost by a touchdown 35-28 so this should be a great match up.
   Overall i would have to say i am dissapointed in the overall matchups in the semifinals, I dont feel that there are too many must see matchups.  That has nothing to do with the fact that there are only a few of our local teams left.  If I had to pick 1 game each night, on Friday night i would jump in my truck and head out to El Dorado to see them take on Los Altos because I have a good feeling the winner will take it all the next week, and it should be one heck of a matchup.  And on saturday I would do everything in my power to find a time machine so that way I could Redlands take on Norco, two powerhouses and like the forementioned the winner will probably the victorius one in the week following  But since that doesnt exist, I would then make the drive out to Temescal Canyon to see a week 8 rematch between them and Chaparal.
    But to end on a positive note, congrats to the teams that have made it this far and to the teams at home, this is just more motivation for the off season to work harder, for there is always next season, and it will be here before you know it