Coach Elijah Asante's sixth-seeded Bulldogs of Jordan High will host 11th-seeded Harbor City Narbonne on Thursday afternoon in a first-round City Section playoff game. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times) |
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Los Angeles Jordan High Coach Elijah Asante thanked his fellow coaches and league representatives Saturday morning when San Pedro edged the Bulldogs in voting for the No. 5 seeding in the City Section football playoffs.
Why would Asante be happy about his team getting a worse seeding?
Because it meant Jordan would play at the opposite side of the bracket from top-seeded L.A. Crenshaw (10-0), which has defeated opponents by an average of 38 points and is a heavy favorite to win its first City title since 2005.
Carson (8-2) was seeded second, Venice (9-1) third and Woodland Hills Taft (6-4) fourth in voting conducted in a classroom at the L.A. Santee Education Complex.
Venice Coach Angelo Gasca said he felt his team should have been seeded second because its only loss came against Westlake Village Oaks Christian but acknowledged that the bracket positioning didn't matter.
"If we can't win where we're at, we can't win," Gasca said. "I want to win the championship and to do that we have to beat some good teams."
Sixth-seeded Jordan (6-4) will host 11th-seeded Harbor City Narbonne (5-5) on Thursday afternoon in a first-round game. In another compelling matchup, fifth-seeded San Pedro (7-3) will host L.A. Dorsey (7-3).
Lake Balboa Birmingham (3-7) squeaked into the playoffs with the No. 16 seeding on the strength of three consecutive victories to close the regular season.
"If you look at our schedule, we'll play anybody," said Birmingham Coach Jim Rose, whose team edged Gardena and San Fernando for the final playoff spot. "So Crenshaw, here we come."
L.A. Roosevelt (9-1) was selected the top-seeded team in the City's Division II playoffs and L.A. View Park (10-0) was the top-seeded team in the eight-man playoffs.
ben.bolch@latimes.com
Why would Asante be happy about his team getting a worse seeding?
Because it meant Jordan would play at the opposite side of the bracket from top-seeded L.A. Crenshaw (10-0), which has defeated opponents by an average of 38 points and is a heavy favorite to win its first City title since 2005.
Carson (8-2) was seeded second, Venice (9-1) third and Woodland Hills Taft (6-4) fourth in voting conducted in a classroom at the L.A. Santee Education Complex.
Venice Coach Angelo Gasca said he felt his team should have been seeded second because its only loss came against Westlake Village Oaks Christian but acknowledged that the bracket positioning didn't matter.
"If we can't win where we're at, we can't win," Gasca said. "I want to win the championship and to do that we have to beat some good teams."
Sixth-seeded Jordan (6-4) will host 11th-seeded Harbor City Narbonne (5-5) on Thursday afternoon in a first-round game. In another compelling matchup, fifth-seeded San Pedro (7-3) will host L.A. Dorsey (7-3).
Lake Balboa Birmingham (3-7) squeaked into the playoffs with the No. 16 seeding on the strength of three consecutive victories to close the regular season.
"If you look at our schedule, we'll play anybody," said Birmingham Coach Jim Rose, whose team edged Gardena and San Fernando for the final playoff spot. "So Crenshaw, here we come."
L.A. Roosevelt (9-1) was selected the top-seeded team in the City's Division II playoffs and L.A. View Park (10-0) was the top-seeded team in the eight-man playoffs.
ben.bolch@latimes.com
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