Division II
The Ridgeview football team takes the field.
File photo by Larry Aronat
Saturday, 7:30 at Citrus Valley High School (Redlands)
How the Wildcats got here: The 13-1 Wildcats won the Citrus Belt League and won the Southern Section Inland Division title. They beat JW North (Riverside), Elsinore (Wildomar), Citrus Hill (Perris) and Poly (Riverside) in the playoffs.
Who got them here: Armando Herrera is just a sophomore but passed for 2,917 yards.
Joey Harman has rushed for 1,339 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Khris Vaughn has 1,014 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns.
Why they were chosen: They beat Citrus Hill and Poly in the playoffs, and Poly was undefeated coming in. They also felled Rancho Verde in the regular season and their loss was to St. Bonaventure (Ventura), a Pac 5 team.
Their bowl history: The Wildcats have never played in a Bowl Game.
How the Wolf Pack got here: The 12-1 Wolf Pack won the South Yosemite League title and the Central Section Division II crown. They beat Tulare Union, Sanger and Dinuba in the playoffs.
Who got them here: Sheldon Croney has run for 1,978 yards and 27 touchdowns.
Jaron Stewart has four interceptions and
Byron Mendoza and
Frank Zavaleta each have 7.5 sacks.
Why they were chosen: They beat Sanger, which beat Central Section D-I champ Edison. They also beat Liberty (Bakersfield), and their only loss was to Bakersfield.
Their bowl history: Ridgeview has never played in a Bowl Game.
North: Clayton Valley Charter (Concord) vs. Oakdale
Saturday, 7:30 p.m. at Clayton Valley Charter High School
How the Ugly Eagles got here: The 14-0 Ugly Eagles won the Diablo Valley League title and the North Coast Section Division II title as well. They beat Newark Memorial, Montgomery (Santa Rosa), Casa Grande (Petaluma) and Concord in the playoffs.
Who got them here: Miles Harrison has run for 2,140 yards and the team as a whole has 81 rushing touchdowns, a testament to a great offensive line. The defense has 20 interceptions, and
Sean Vaisima has 5.5 sacks.
Why they were chosen: An undefeated record and a title in a decent playoff division got the Ugly Eagles into the bowls.
Their bowl history: Clayton Valley Charter lost to Oakdale in a 2012 Division II Regional Bowl.
How the Mustangs got here: The 13-1 Mustangs tied for first in the Valley Oak League and won the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III title. They beat Pacheco (Los Banos), Vista Del Lago (Folsom), Rio Linda and Inderkum (Sacramento) in the playoffs.
Who got them here: The offense averaged 40 points per game in the playoffs.
Why they were chosen: The Valley Oak League was very tough this season and they came back to beat then-undefeated Inderkum in the section title game.
Their bowl history: Oakdale lost the 2012 Division II game to Serra (Gardena)
