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The top three girls’ water polo teams in the Central Coast Section will provide a preview, perhaps, of the CCS playoffs when the 14th annual Amanda MacDonald Invitational gets under way this weekend in Atherton.
Top-ranked Menlo-Atherton (14-3), which visits Aragon in a PAL Bay Division match Wednesday, tops the field as one of two section champs from 2007. The other defending CCS champ is Sacred Heart Prep (12-4), which can wrap up the West Catholic Athletic League regular-season title by beating visiting St. Francis on Thursday at 4 p.m.
The Lancers currently are ranked No. 3 in the CCS poll and will head its bracket this weekend. Davis is the other No. 1 seed in its division.
Also competing will be Menlo School, Gunn and Palo Alto in the 12-team tournament.
The top seeds should advance without trouble into Saturday’s third round at Menlo College and Woodside High. Sacred Heart Prep and St. Francis likely will face off at Menlo at noon while Menlo-Atherton and Davis could meet at the same time in the other semifinal at Woodside.
The championship match is set for Menlo at 3:30 p.m. Sacred Heart Prep is the defending champion, beating Menlo-Atherton handily last season, 11-2.
AMANDA MACDONALD INVITATIONAL SCHEDULE
Friday
At Menlo College
Game 1 — St. Francis vs. Palo Alto, noon
Game 3 — Sacred Heart Prep vs. Gunn, 1:10 p.m.
Game 5 — St. Francis vs. Soquel, 2:20 p.m.
Game 7 — Sacred Heart Prep vs. Menlo, 3:30 p.m.
Game 9 — Soquel vs. Palo Alto, 4:40 p.m.
Game 11 — Menlo vs. Gunn, 5:50 p.m.
Game 13 — Leland vs. Burlingame, 7 p.m.
At Woodside High
Game 2 — Menlo-Atherton vs. Woodside, noon
Game 4 — Davis vs. Burlingame, 1:10 p.m.
Game 6 — Menlo-Atherton vs. Presentation, 2:20 p.m.
Game 8 — Davis vs. Leland, 3:30 p.m.
Game 10 — Presentation vs. Woodside, 4:40 p.m.
Saturday
At Menlo College
Game 13 — semifinal, noon
Game 15 — 5th-8th, 1:10 p.m.
Game 17 — 9th-12th, 2:20 p.m.
Game 19 — Championship, 3:30 p.m.
Game 21 — Third place, 4:40 p.m.
Game 23 — Fifth place, 5:50 p.m.
Game 24 — 11th place, 7 p.m.
At Woodside High
Game 14 — semifinal, noon
Game 16 — 5th-8th, 1:10 p.m.
Game 18 — 9th-12th, 2:20 p.m.
Game 20 — Seventh place, 3:30 p.m.
Game 22 — Ninth place, 4:40 p.m.
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