And the complaints just keep coming ...

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Over the weekend, the complaints trickled in...

Why did Culver City, undefeated and the top seed, have to travel to the hostile headquarters known as ‘The Pit’ -- St. Paul’s home turf? Some said it’s puzzling. Unfair. And just plain dumb.

If you missed it, here’s what one angry -- and sensible -- Culver City fan said: ‘That’s like the Patriots going on the road to play San Diego in the playoffs... The CIF playoffs really need to be re-evaluated.’

I agree. Home-field advantage belongs to the top seed. Any other way is just not fair.

-- Anthony Stitt

-- Editor Bob: The City Section, which is part of the CIF, awards home field to the higher of the seeded teams that are playing each other up until the championship game, which is played in the Coliseum. The Southern Section, also part of the CIF, gives the higher-seeded team home-field advantage in the first round, then decides the home team in the quarterfinals based on which of the two opponents had home-field advantage in the first round. If a higher-seeded team was home in the first round and its lower-seeded team wasn’t, the quarterfinal game would be played at the lower-seeded team’s field. If both had home games in the first round -- or were on the road in the first round -- a coin flip would determine which team would have home-field advantage. A perfect system? Perhaps not, but few teams go through the playoffs without getting to host at least one game.