DE LA SALLE: COACH WANTS NORCAL OPEN GAME

By the time De La Salle plays Santa Margarita for the CIF Open Division state title game on Dec. 13, the Concord school will have gone 21 days without playing a game.

The Spartans beat Pittsburg on Nov. 21 to capture their 33rd consecutive North Coast Section title, earning a long three-week break. By maintaining their status as the best team in Northern California, De La Salle does not have to play a NorCal playoff game, and instead gets an automatic bid to the Open state championship game.

While three weeks of rest sounds nice, coach Justin Alumbaugh believes the long break is a disadvantage for his team.

“It’s a challenge. It’s really hard to figure out,” Alumbaugh said.

But Alumbaugh believes there is an easy solution to this problem.

“Wh

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