CIF State volleyball playoff brackets released: Here's who grabbed top seed
West Valley, Foothill, U-Prep and Fall River all grabbed home games in the first round of the CIF state playoffs as the brackets were announced Sunday.
The state finals are Nov. 17-18 at Santiago Canyon College in Southern California.
The Eagles, who won the Northern Section Division III title on Saturday, landed the No. 6 seed in the state Division III bracket. They host 11-seed Lodi (20-10) at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
With a victory Tuesday, the Eagles would play the winner of No. 3 Archie Williams of San Anselmo (15-10) and No. 14 Ripon (30-6).
There’s a chance for West Valley to meet Palo Cerdo’s Foothill, which landed a No. 7 seed in the D-III bracket after falling in straight sets to Pleasant Valley in the Northern Section D-II finals. The Cougars host No. 10 Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa (28-7). The Cardinals fell 3-0 to Head Royce in the semifinals of the North Coast Section Division 4 bracket.
The high seed on West Valley and Foothill’s side of the bracket is No. 2 Mercy of Burlingame (22-11). The one-seed in the D-III bracket is Harbor of Santa Cruz (29-8).
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U-Prep dropped to the Division V bracket after its Northern Section Division IV title on Saturday over Willows. The 23-13 Panthers grabbed the No. 6 seed and host No. 11 Big Valley Christian (24-12). The Bears of Modesto fell 3-0 to Bradshaw Christian in the Sac-Joaquin D-V semifinals.
The Panthers would draw the winner of No. 3 Bear Valley of Grass Valley (30-2) and No. 14 Roosevelt of Fresno (16-17) should they advance to the second round.
Willows, which fell to U-Prep in four sets in the Northern Section finals, grabbed a No. 7 slot in the state bracket and hosts No. 10 Trinity, which lost in five sets to East Nicolaus on Saturday.
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The Willows-Trinity winner plays No. 2 Bradshaw Christian, which won the Sac-Joaquin D-V title. Skyline of Oakland (16-3) is the No. 1 seed in the Division V bracket.
Fall River, who ran to a NorCal Division VI title last season, again grabbed the top seed in the Northern California-only bracket. The Bulldogs (20-6) swept Maxwell on Saturday in the Northern Section finals on Saturday.
The defending champs earned a first-round bye and host the 4-5 winner between Sacramento Country Day (21-5) and St. Bernard’s of Eureka (18-9). A rematch of the section final is possible as Maxwell grabbed the two-seed and the bye. The 26-4 Panthers await the winner between No. 3 Stone Ridge Christian of Merced (24-11) and No. 6 North Hills Christian of Vallejo (22-2).
Pleasant Valley, the Northern Section Division II champion, grabbed a two-seed in the state D-II bracket and hosts No. 15 Tamalpais on Tuesday. Fellow Northern Section teams Chico landed the three seed in the D-IV bracket and hosts No.14 Bullard and Orland is on the road as the No. 13 seed against No. 3 Fresno Christian.
Aaron Williams has covered North State sports for more than 20 years in print and on the radio. He works at MaxPreps as the national volleyball and girls basketball editor while also writing about football nationally.
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