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MVC & SV did not play - It was a scrimmage before SV left for their Texas trip. SV ran their primary starters for two series before turning things over to their underclassman to get some Varsity experience against competition other than their own players. While MVC did OK in the scrimmage, this was far from a real game in every scenario. Every one is entitled to their own opions which is what makes HS football fans so great. But, in seeing MVC play this year as well as SV and other teams in the MBL & SCCAL, SV would have not had any problems in beating MVC or competing in the MBL. SV has a very high powered offense that is extremely balanced in both run and pass efficiency. Their defense is good, not great, but has had the ability all year to step up and make the plays when it has had to. They would have been right there with Montery slugging it out for the MBL championship. Any of the top 5 SCCAL teams would have been very competitive in the MBL, where I don't know it the same could be said for the top 5 MBL teams. Soquel was probably the real #2 team in the SCCAL, but was hit very hard by injuries to key players throughout the year. St. Francis was very young, but talaneted and did a great job of capitalizing on other teams mistakes. SLV & SC were just too inconsistent week to week, but were still good teams who played everyone tough. I don't see the MBL being ahead of the SCCAL from top to bottom and this is reflected in their 3-6 mark against the SCCAL throughout the year. MVC would not have been competitive against SV for a full 4 quarter game. Generally, teams struggle in a game because the other team is better, dominates them in several aspects of the game and makes it appear that they aren't playing up to par. In reality, this is what you get. When you get dominated, your best is usually going to be sub-par. If MVC struggled against St. Francis, they would have really struggled against SV. St. Francis was no match for SV in any facet of the game. SV's only league struggle came against Aptos in a Monsoon that dropped close to 6" of rain in a 36 hour period in the SC/SV area. Bad weather is the only thing that will generally allow a sub-par team to be able to compete against a more dominant team.