The Westlake High football team was bypassed Sunday in the selections for this week's CIF-State High School Championship Bowl Games, a victim of an excess of Southern California candidates in the Division II enrollment group (1,101 to 2,399 students).
Getting the nod over Westlake were Servite (13-1) and Crenshaw (14-0), which becomes the first team from the L.A. City Section to play in a state bowl game. Crenshaw will play De La Salle of Concord (12-2) in the Open Division game Saturday at 8 p.m.; Servite faces Rocklin (14-0) in the Division II game at 4 p.m.
"Westlake sits there 14-0, Mission Bay (San Diego Section) sits there 13-0, and Kingsburg (Central Section) sits there 13-0," said Ken Gunn, event director for the bowl games. "That is just an unbelievable division. When's the last time you saw a division with four undefeated teams and a 13-1 team?
"That division was loaded, and obviously, all of those were discussed. In my mind ... it came down to Crenshaw and Servite."
Those teams were deemed to have the edge in strength of schedule.
For more, see Monday's edition of The Star.
The full lineup of bowl games at the Home Depot Center, with the South entrant listed first:
Friday
Small Schools, at 4 p.m.: San Diego Francis Parker (11-2) vs. Modesto Christian (14-0)
Division I, at 8 p.m.: Oceanside (13-0) vs. Bellarmine Prep (11-1-1)
Saturday
Division III, at noon: Serra (14-0) vs. Marin Catholic (13-1)
Division II, at 4 p.m.: Servite (13-1) vs. Rocklin (14-0)
Open Division, at 8 p.m.: Crenshaw (14-0) vs. De La Salle (12-2).
This is the last year on the current bowl-game contract with the Home Depot Center. The facility has bid to continue to host the games, as have the L.A. Coliseum, Bakersfield, Clovis, Stanford and San Jose State.
Getting the nod over Westlake were Servite (13-1) and Crenshaw (14-0), which becomes the first team from the L.A. City Section to play in a state bowl game. Crenshaw will play De La Salle of Concord (12-2) in the Open Division game Saturday at 8 p.m.; Servite faces Rocklin (14-0) in the Division II game at 4 p.m.
"Westlake sits there 14-0, Mission Bay (San Diego Section) sits there 13-0, and Kingsburg (Central Section) sits there 13-0," said Ken Gunn, event director for the bowl games. "That is just an unbelievable division. When's the last time you saw a division with four undefeated teams and a 13-1 team?
"That division was loaded, and obviously, all of those were discussed. In my mind ... it came down to Crenshaw and Servite."
Those teams were deemed to have the edge in strength of schedule.
For more, see Monday's edition of The Star.
The full lineup of bowl games at the Home Depot Center, with the South entrant listed first:
Friday
Small Schools, at 4 p.m.: San Diego Francis Parker (11-2) vs. Modesto Christian (14-0)
Division I, at 8 p.m.: Oceanside (13-0) vs. Bellarmine Prep (11-1-1)
Saturday
Division III, at noon: Serra (14-0) vs. Marin Catholic (13-1)
Division II, at 4 p.m.: Servite (13-1) vs. Rocklin (14-0)
Open Division, at 8 p.m.: Crenshaw (14-0) vs. De La Salle (12-2).
This is the last year on the current bowl-game contract with the Home Depot Center. The facility has bid to continue to host the games, as have the L.A. Coliseum, Bakersfield, Clovis, Stanford and San Jose State.
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