INLAND FIELDHOUSE

To revisit some of FOMB’s earlier predictions from this year’s Inland Area football playoffs…

There’s always a need to balance the good with the bad. FOMB was 8-for-8 in the first round (awe-some) but got just 1-for-4 right in the quarterfinals. How could it all go so drasticaly wrong, aside from Rancho Verde (12-0)? Picking La Quinta (10-2) to lose is a start. The do it the right way, way out there in the desert. But do they stand a chance against the freight train that is Rancho Verde? And going against both Cajon (10-2) and Colton (9-3) was a mistake. One of those teams was bound to go through to the semifinals. Now they’ll face each other for a spot in the championship game.

FIRST ROUND
No. 1 Moreno Valley Rancho Verde (10-0) defeats Pomona Garey (5-5) , 55-17
San Bernardino San Gorgonio (6-4) defeats Palm Desert (6-4) , 20-17
Chino (10-0) defeats Rialto Carter (6-3-1), 31-14
No. 4 La Quinta (8-2) defeats Moreno Valley Valley View (6-4), 17-6
No. 3 Riverside Arlington (8-2) defeats Montclair (5-5), 35-20
San Bernardino Cajon (8-2) defeats Coachella Valley (6-4), 28-16
Colton (7-3) defeats Ontario Colony (7-3), 16-13
No. 2 Palm Springs (9-1) defeats La Sierra (6-4), 36-24
QUARTERFINALS
No. 1 Moreno Valley Rancho Verde (11-0) defeats San Bernardino San Gorgonio (7-4) , 38-17
Chino (11-0) defeats No. 4 La Quinta (9-2), 27-18
No. 3 Riverside Arlington (9-2) defeats San Bernardino Cajon (9-2), 32-21
No. 2 Palm Springs (10-1) defeats Colton (8-3), 42-27
SEMIFINALS
No. 1 Moreno Valley Rancho Verde (12-0) defeats Chino (12-0), 49-16
No. 2 Palm Springs (11-1) defeats No. 3 Riverside Arlington (10-2), 34-27
FINAL
No. 1 Moreno Valley Rancho Verde (13-0) defeats No. 2 Palm Springs (12-1), 38-27