Local high school teams are preparing for Sac-Joaquin Section championship tournaments in volleyball and flag football, with playoffs scheduled to begin next week. Teams from Tracy, Kimball, Mountain House, and Millennium high schools will compete across various divisions.
Playoff action follows recent local competition, such as Tracy High junior Sita Saenz running past Kimball High senior Kelis Spencer at Don Nicholson Stadium.
Kimball High’s flag football team will kick off the playoff action on Monday, hosting Grace Davis High of Modesto at 6 p.m. at Don Nicholson Stadium. This match serves as a play-in game for the SJS Division 2 tournament. The winner of this contest will advance to a first-round game scheduled for Wednesday. Kimball concluded its regular season with a 10-13 overall record and a 5-5 standing in the Tri-City Athletic League (TCAL), securing third place. The team is seeded No. 16A in SJS Division 2. Grace Davis, from the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) where they finished third with an 8-6 record (15-7 overall), holds the No. 16B seed. The victor of Monday's play-in will then travel north to face No. 1 seed Granite Bay, which finished second in the Sierra Foothill League (SFL) with a 12-2 record and a 17-2 overall season.
Also on Monday, the Mountain House High volleyball team will travel to Sacramento for a play-in game in the SJS Division 1 tournament against McClatchy High. Mountain House completed its regular season third in the Valley Oak League (VOL) with a 7-5 record, and a 12-14 overall standing, earning the 15B seed in SJS Division 1. McClatchy, seeded 15A in Division 1, finished second in the Metropolitan Conference (MC) with an 8-2 record (14-8 overall). The team that wins this play-in game will move on to play No. 2 seed Rocklin High on Tuesday. Rocklin finished its season tied for first in the SFL with a 12-2 record and an impressive 36-6 overall.
The Tracy High volleyball team is set to begin its SJS Division 2 playoffs on Tuesday, traveling to Del Oro High for a first-round match. Tracy concluded its regular season in third place in the TCAL with a 6-4 record (14-13 overall), securing the No. 12 seed. Their opponent, Del Oro, finished fourth in the SFL with a 7-7 record (20-13 overall) and is seeded No. 5.
Wednesday will mark the first round of the flag football playoffs for Tracy High. The team will travel to Pitman High in Turlock to open their SJS Division 2 tournament. Tracy finished second in the TCAL with a strong 9-1 league record (19-5 overall) and is the No. 8 seed. Pitman, also a No. 8 seed, finished second in the Central California Athletic League (CCAL) with a 9-1 record and a 14-3 overall season.
Millennium High’s flag football team will participate in the first round of the Division 5 playoffs, traveling to Sonora. Millennium, seeded No. 13, finished fourth in the South Athletic League (SAL) with an 8-6 record (9-7 overall). They will face Sonora, the No. 4 seed, which placed fifth in the Trans Valley League (TVL) with a 3-7 record and a 7-10 overall season.
Winners of the first round in volleyball playoffs will advance to the quarterfinals on Thursday. For flag football, winners of the first round will proceed to the quarterfinals on Monday, November 2.
