State Southern Regionals/Division IV
Wednesday’s first-round matchups (all 7 p.m. unless noted)
Upper bracket: No. 1 Gardena Serra (29-2)/bye; No. 9 San Diego Francis Parker (17-11) at No. 8 Inglewood Animo South L.A. (20-7); No. 12 Tollhouse Sierra (25-5) at No. 5 L.A. Pacific Hills (28-4); No. 13 Kingsburg (17-11) at No. 4 Encino Crespi (23-7).
Lower bracket: No. 14 Chowchilla (22-7) at No. 3 L.A. Price (22-8); No. 11 Montebello Cantwell Sacred Heart (25-6) at No. 6 La Jolla Country Day (20-9); No. 10 N. Hollywood Campbell Hall (13-17) at No. 7 Visalia Central Valley Christian (28-2), 7:30; No. 15 Ontario Christian (21-3) at No. 2 La Verne Lutheran (23-7).
Division V
Wednesday’s first-round matchups (all 7 p.m. unless noted)
Upper bracket: No. 1 Playa Del Rey St. Bernard (23-7)/bye; No. 9 Encino Holy Martyrs (20-11) at No. 8 Fresno Christian (24-2); No. 12 San Diego Jewish Academy (14-11) at No. 5 Sun Valley Village Christian (20-3); No. 13 Burbank Providence (26-5) at No. 4 San Luis Obispo Mission Prep (23-6).
Lower bracket: No. 14 San Diego Vincent Memorial (22-6) at No. 3 Sunland Renaissance Academy (24-6); No. 11 San Diego Rock Academy (18-10); No. 10 Wildomar Cal Lutheran (20-4) at No. 7 Cajon Foothill Christian (20-11); No. 15 Laton (16-14) at No. 2 L.A. Ribet Academy (20-9).
What to watch for:
*Division IV top seed Serra has already knocked off No. 2 Lutheran and No. 3 in the Southern Section semifinals and final. No. 4 Crespi lost to Lutheran in the other Southern Section semifinal.
*St. Bernard should be considered an overwhelming Division V favorite based upon its 16-point victory over No. 2 Ribet Academy in the Southern Section final. The Vikings’ biggest obstacle to a second consecutive regional title and trip in the state championship game could be No. 4 Mission Prep in a likely semifinal.
*The most compelling individual matchup should take place in a likely Saturday IV second-round game between No. 2 Lutheran and No. 7 Central Valley Christian, which would pit Lutheran 6-9 McDonald’s All-American (and Arizona recruit) Grant Jerrett and 6-8 Grant Verhoeven, who signed with Stanford in November.
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