Centennial gets No. 3 seed in D-I volleyball; Frontier No. 1 in Div. II
| Friday, Nov 06 2009 11:56 PM
Last Updated Friday, Nov 06 2009 11:56 PM
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The Division I Bakersfield schools are cast as the underdogs with Fresno-area schools the favorites in the upcoming Central Section volleyball playoffs.
Centennial, which went unbeaten against section competition, was given the No. 3 seed when the section unveiled brackets Friday. Bakersfield is No. 4, Liberty No. 6 and Stockdale No. 8.
Liberty beat Bakersfield in five games Thursday to split the Southeast Yosemite League title, but the Drillers, who beat Liberty two previous times, were seeded two spots above the Patriots.
Stockdale hosts No. 9 Clovis in Tuesday's first round; in Thursday's quarterfinals, Liberty visits Centennial and Bakersfield hosts No. 5 Fresno-Bullard.
Clovis-Buchanan and Clovis West, who have combined for the past four Division I championships, are the top two seeds. A Kern County school hasn't won the D-I crown since Stockdale in 2004.
In Division II, Frontier was given the nod for the top seed over No. 2 Garces, the defending champion. Frontier beat Garces two out of three times the teams played, but the Rams won the only best-of-five meeting. Both schools will open their runs in Thursday's quarterfinals.
South Sequoia League champion Tehachapi is the top seed in Division III, with Golden Valley No. 4, Independence No. 5 and Ridgeview No. 6.
McFarland is No. 4, Bakersfield Christian No. 5 and Taft No. 6 in Division IV.
WATER POLO
Kern County's only water polo program, Garces, will have its first home playoff game Tuesday when the Rams girls team hosts Hanford West at McMurtrey Aquatic Center.
Garces is seeded No. 3 in the section's Division III bracket. With a win, the Rams would visit No. 2 Fresno-San Joaquin Memorial in the semifinals Thursday.
Garces' boys are seeded No. 5 in their bracket. They play at No. 4 Visalia-Mt. Whitney on Tuesday.
