LB Poly's playoff chances took turn for the worse

[Dave Keefer]

The Jackrabbits, forced to forfeit three league games because of an ineligible player, finished in a three-way tie for third place with Long Beach Jordan and Long Beach Cabrillo on Friday night.

The three schools' names were put into an envelope to break the tie. The first school chosen was Poly, which eliminated the Jackrabbits from consideration. Jordan will go as the third-place representative because of a win over Cabrillo.

Cabrillo goes as the fourth-place team because of a forfeit win over Poly. Poly can apply for at-large spot, but its 4-6 record and weak league credentials puts it at a disadvantage in the playoff criteria.

In the Trinity League, a three-way tie for third place was broken by coin flips. Orange Lutheran gets third place, JSerra fourth and Servite fifth. That means the Trinity League could once again get the two at-large berths because of Servite's strength of schedule edge over Chaminade, the fourth-place team from the Mission League.

Eric Sondheimer, LA Times

 

[bjbrandon]

Those developments are crazy, Poly will very likely get left out of the playoffs.

 

[doctrk]

On one hand its absurd to think that poly wont be in the playoffs, on the other hand, its poetic justice, no?
A disgruntled parent can happen anywhere and in today's gimme gimme society, it doesn't surprise me that this has finally happened.
Sad for the kids over at Poly really.