Girls' volleyball: City playoff results and upcoming schedule

GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL

DIVISION I

First round, Monday

Granada Hills d. San Fernando, 25-4, 25-5, 25-10

El Camino Real d. Granada Hills Kennedy, 25-20, 23-25, 21-25, 25-20, 15-11

Sun Valley Poly d. Los Angeles Marshall, 19-25, 25-12, 25-17, 25-8

Carson d. Los Angeles Roosevelt, 25-15, 25-12, 25-11

Birmingham d. Los Angeles Hamilton, 25-10, 25-10, 25-12

Sylmar d. Huntington Park, 25-23, 25-22, 25-21

Narbonne d. Manual Arts, 25-17, 25-7, 25-21

San Pedro d. Chatsworth, 25-10, 25-10, 25-19

 

Quarterfinals, Thursday, 7 p.m.

#8 El Camino Real at #1 Granada Hills

#5 Sun Valley Poly at #4 Carson

#6 Sylmar at #3 Birmingham

#7 Narbonne at #2 San Pedro

 

 

DIVISION II

Second round, Monday

Venice d. Lincoln, 25-13, 25-8, 25-19

Bravo d. King-Drew, 25-20, 16-25, 7-25, 34-32, 15-12

Eagle Rock d. Franklin, 25-16, 25-14, 25-16

Van Nuys d. Fairfax, 25-13, 25-13, 25-15

Taft d. Los Angeles University, 25-16, 28-26, 25-14

Grant d. Verdugo Hills, 25-22, 25-22, 21-25, 20-25, 15-13

Reseda d. West Adams, 16-25, 25-23, 25-16, 15-25, 15-8

Palisades d. South East, 25-10, 25-5, 25-14

 

Quarterfinals, Thursday, 7 p.m.

#8 Bravo at #1 Venice

#5 Eagle Rock at #4 Van Nuys

#11 Grant at #3 Taft

#23 Reseda at #2 Palisades

 

 

SMALL SCHOOLS

First round, Monday

Foshay d. Discovery, 25-9, 25-7, 25-9

Orthopaedic d, Vaughn, 25-15, 25-12, 25-18

View Park d. Central City, 25-20, 25-21, 13-25, 25-14

Los Angeles CES d. Fulton, 25-10, 25-22, 25-20

Elizabeth d. Animo Robinson, 25-11, 25-14, 25-11

Annenberg d. Northridge, 25-20, 16-25, 7-25, 34-32, 15-12

Huntington Park College Ready d. Gertz-Ressler, 25-16, 25-18, 25-20

Sherman Oaks CES d. Community Harvest, 25-8, 25-7, 25-22

 

Quarterfinals, Thursday, 7 p.m.

#9 Orthopaedic at #1 Foshay

#5 View Park at #4 Los Angeles CES

#11 Annenberg at #3 Elizabeth

#7 Huntington Park College Ready at #2 Sherman Oaks CES

 

Semifinals, Nov, 17; championships, Nov. 21 at Roybal (Small Schools at noon, Division II at 2:30 p.m., Division I at 5 p.m.)

Comments

[VB parent]

LAUSD's latest educational experiment is to further dilute the quest for excellence in the sport of girl’s volleyball. Palisades girls volleyball has won more LA City Section Division I championships than all other schools combined. Yet the downtown bureaucrats saw fit to separate Palisades based not on achievement, but on its total attendance numbers. Smaller schools like Pali and Venice have been relegated to Division II with no other real competition but each other. The regular season has become a two month running joke as the only two teams that are competitive in Div II are Palisades and Venice. Larger Division I schools like Granada Hills and San Pedro who were regularly beaten by Palisades are left to wonder if they could beat the dolphins in a championship match.
Palisades Charter High School separated from LAUSD academically and has significantly improved its student’s experience and performance. Maybe it’s time to do the same with its sports team so that the Dolphins can move their volleyball game up to the level of Mira Costa and Redondo Beach.

[Anonymous]

It is in fact the goal of the volleyball coaches' association to have two equal divisions and not have all the good teams compete against each other. While the athletics office did not approve the motion for two equal divisions, the result is something similar based on school enrollment. But more important is your information regarding the talent and level of the teams in division two. When the bracket is played out you may be surprised to find that Venice and Palisades are not the top two teams in the division. Pali may be the 6th best team in division 2 this year; despite their seed at 2.

[VB parent]

A member of the coach’s association confirms that it is not the goal of LAUSD to create equal quality of play in each division. Then what was the goal? Was it to put one more team into the State Playoffs? Was it to increase the chances that a valley team wins a City Section Championship? Playoffs should represent the best that LAUSD has to offer and the old system did just that. So there must be a compelling benefit to the students for a bureaucracy as large as LAUSD to make this change. What is the compelling benefit? By splitting up the best teams into two divisions they’ve diluted the quality of competition which makes these playoffs less meaningful and less of a learning experience for all the competitors.
As to your comment about the seeding committee not doing a good job, I’d have to say that Granada, Pedro, Venice and Pali are likely the best four teams in the LA City Section. But that’s why we play the games, to prove who is best…or maybe not when it’s LAUSD.

[VB parent]

Reseda never quit, but was never really in the match. The Dolphins swept Reseda in three straight games without breaking a sweat. Pali's back court made several passing errors and serving continues to be a frustration, but even playing at 70% Pali just over powered their opponent. Reseda's middle (#22) had an impressive block for a kill late in the third game which brought cheers from even the Pali fans.