Red-hot Sports in Redmond

Playing in the tough 4A Crest Division of Kingco, the Mustangs may have become a beneficiary of playing in a league with not one (like Bothell in Crown) but two dominant teams, plateau rivals Skyline and Issaquah, incidentally the two teams that met for the state title last year.

In the league’s normal “round-robin” play, both the Spartans and Eagles have defeated every division foe that has come their way, and with the Mustangs’ upset of Eastlake in week 4, caused a three-way tie for the third and final playoff spot with Newport, Eastlake and Redmond all at 2-3 records.

To resolve the tie, the Mustangs will play tonight at LW in the first of two “mini games”consisting of two 12-minute quarters.  They will play Newport in the first round, and if they beat the Knights, they will have a re-match against the Wolves, who got a first-round bye, for their postseason life.

Being that Newport had the Mustangs’ number during their matchup earlier this season, a 21-7 Knights victory, and a very hungry Wolves team that will be looking to exact some revenge over the upset, it won’t be any stretch of the imagination to rule the Mustangs’ postseason hopes a longshot at this point in time. They will have to fire on all cylinders and avoid costly penalties which may prove deadly in a 24-minute game.

Nevertheless, this is an exciting time compared to last year, when the cellar-dwelling Mustangs were 1-7 heading into week 9.  Best of luck to the Mustangs tonight as they look to defy the odds against two very good football teams.

Here are the scenarios:

The loser of game one will finish fifth in the league and play Lake Washington in the week nine crossover game, with the loser of game two finishing fourth and playing Roosevelt.
The winner of the playoff will be the No. 3 seed and match up with Inglemoor at Pop Keeney Stadium in Bothell this Saturday, Oct. 31, at 12:30 p.m.

And speaking of crazy playoff scenarios, check out this scenario sheet I prepared for 4A Kingco girls’ soccer based on the outcome of league games tonight:

Team

Issaquah          9      1      0      27
Eastlake         8     2     0     24
Skyline         8     2     0     24
Woodinville     7     2     1     22
Redmond     5     3     2     17
Newport         3     4     3     12
Roosevelt     4     6     0     12
Inglemoor     3     6     1     10
Ballard         2     5     3     9
LW             2     6     2     8
Bothell         1     7     2     5
Garfield         1     9     0     3

Scenarios (assuming Woodinville beats Garfield and goes to 25 pts)

IF Redmond Beats Eastlake….
and Skyline wins OR ties, Redmond will re-match with Eastlake in the first round of the Kingco playoffs.

If Redmond ties Eastlake…
and Skyline loses, Redmond will play Skyline in the first round
and Skyline wins, Redmond will play either Woodinville or Eastlake in the first round
and Skyline ties, Redmond will play either Woodinville or Eastlake or Skyline in the first round

If Redmond loses to Eastlake…
And Skyline loses, Redmond will play Skyline in the first round
And Skyline ties, Redmond will play either Skyline or Woodinville in the first round
And Skyline wins, Redmond will play Woodinville in the first round.

I’ll be covering Mustang soccer tonight and follow up with Coach Pluschke tomorrow with how things went on the gridiron.