FIVE BOYS STORYLINES IN THE CENTRAL SECTION
1. Ridgeview Moves to D2
The Wolf Pack routed the competition at the D3 level. But D2 at the state level figures to include the likes of Newbury Park, La Costa Canyon, Claremont, Los Angeles Loyola, and Mountain View St. Francis, 1-5 at State last year (the Southern Section division alignment is released in October). The section level includes a San Luis Obispo crew that was runner-up in D2 last year and returns four of its five scorers from the section final. Bakersfield Liberty, the 2018 D2 team champion, is now in D1.
2. Top Returning Section Finalists
Alex Cuevas (Ridgeview) won D3 (after placing seventh as a sophomore), Cameron McFarlin (Coalinga) won D4 (after placing 14th as a soph), and Michael Eggert (Chowchilla) won D5 (after placing fourth as a soph). They all return and they all move up a division. Three of the top five from D1 return in Damian Gavilan (Paso Robles) a senior who was second to graduated two-time champion Marcus Mota (Stockdale), Isaiah Galindo (Clovis North) is a senior who placed third (he was second as a sophomore), and Adham Maher (Stockdale) placed fifth behind his teammate as a junior.
3. Top Boy In the CS?
4. Keep An Eye Out For ...
5. Battle At The Top
Paso Robles is the defending D1 section champion, beating Clovis North by seven points and Buchanan by 20 at the 2018 final. In addition to Gavilan, PR also returns junior Jason Scruggs, senior Michael Hernandez, senior Caelan Casa, and junior Ethan Short from the seven who took the line at the section final. In addition to Galindo, CN returns senior Joshua Ochoa, senior Nick Carter, senior Thomas Allen, sophomore Spencer Mueller, and junior George Yamashita. Buchanan's top returners are senior Kelly Brewer, junior Bo Olsen, junior Sebastian McGehee, junior Agustin Banuelos, and senior Ronnie Barrett from the group that took the line at section finals.
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