LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. – The top four teams in the updated BurlisonOnBasketball SoCal Top 10 Plus 15 will be in the same building Saturday evening.
Unbeaten and top-ranked will face No. 3 Sierra Canyon while No. 2 Etiwanda hooks up with No. 4 Mater Dei at Cal Baptist University in Riverside during the CIF Southern Section’s Open Division championship semifinals.
And, roughly 60 miles to the northwest of CBU, the L.A. City will be holding its Open championship semifinals when No. 6 Westchester faces Granada Hills (an upset winner at Narbonne Saturday night) and No.’s 11 and 17 – Fairfax and Taft – play in the other contest.
The San Diego Section gets into the playoff mix on Friday, with its Open Division pitting St. Augustine at No. 10 Foothills Christian; Vista at No. 18 Mission Bay; La Jolla Country Day at No. 20 Torrey Pines; and Chula Vista Mater Dei Catholic at San Marcos.
Foothills Christian is led by Arizona State-bound Taeshon Cherry (PICTURED), who was a three-year starter at St. Augustine and helped lead the Saints to last year’s SD Open title and a regional upset win at Sierra Canyon.
In notable non-Open Division Southern Section quarterfinals scheduled for Tuesday evening, No. 15 Pasadena visits No. 14 Damien; No. 13 Chino Hills is at No. 21 Centennial; No. 19 Long Beach Poly travels to No. 9 Oak Park; and No. 24 Roosevelt plays host to No. 25 Rancho Verde.
All but Chino Hills were part of the Classic at Damien tournament after Christmas.
Each of the Southern Section winners Tuesday will not only advance to Friday night semifinal games but are also guaranteed spots in the State Regional playoffs which get underway on March 7.
SoCal Top 10 Plus 15
(Records as of Feb. 16)
- Torrance Bishop Montgomery (Southern Section/26-0)
Saturday: vs. Sierra Canyon/Open at Cal Baptist (Riv.)
- Etiwanda (SS/28-1)
Saturday: vs. Mater Dei/Open at Cal Baptist (Riv.)
- Chatsworth Sierra Canyon (SS/22-3)
Saturday: vs. Bishop Montgomery/Open at Cal Baptist (Riv.)
- Santa Ana Mater Dei (SS/21-6)
Saturday: vs. Etiwanda/Open at Cal Baptist (Riv.)
- Temecula Rancho Christian (SS/26-3)
Friday: at St. John Bosco/Open-consolation
- Westchester (L.A. City/28-5)
Saturday: vs. Granada Hills/Open at L.A. Roybal High
- Rancho SM Santa Margarita (SS/20-7)
Friday: at Crespi/Open-consolation
- Bellflower St. John Bosco (SS/21-7)
Friday: vs. Rancho Christian/Open-consolation
- Oak Park (SS/22-6)
Tuesday: vs. Long Beach Poly/SS D-1
- El Cajon Foothills Christian (San Diego/24-5)
Friday: vs. St. Augustine/Open
- Fairfax (City/21-8)
Saturday: vs. Taft/Open at L.A. Roybal High
- Encino Crespi (SS/25-3)
Friday: vs. Santa Margarita/Open-consolation
- Chino Hills (SS/18-11)
Tuesday: at Corona Centennial/D-1
- La Verne Damien (SS/23-6)
Tuesday: vs. Pasadena/D-1
- Pasadena (SS/21-6)
Tuesday: at Damien/D-1
- San Bernardino Cajon (SS/23-6)
Tuesday: at Beverly Hills/D-2AA
- Woodland Hills Taft (LAC/26-7)
Saturday: vs. Fairfax/Open
- Mission Bay (SDS/24-5)
Friday: vs. Vista/Open
- Long Beach Poly (SS/21-7)
Tuesday: at Oak Park/D-1
- San Diego Torrey Pines (SD/27-2)
Friday: vs. La Jolla Country Day/Open
- Corona Centennial (SS/21-10)
Tuesday: vs. Chino Hills/D-1
- Long Beach St. Anthony (SS/27-2)
Tuesday: vs. St. Paul/D-3AA
- Eastvale Roosevelt (SS/25-3)
Tuesday: vs. Rancho Verde/D-1
- Moreno Valley Rancho Verde (SS/21-9
Tuesday: at. Roosevelt/D-1
- Studio City Harvard-Westlake (SS/22-6)
Season concluded
Dropped out: Harbor City Narbonne (LAC/21-7; Friday, vs. Birmingham, Open-consolation)
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