LAGUNA NIGUEL, Ca. – The Southern Section’s representatives to the State Southern Regionals are set following the quarterfinal results of Tuesday night in Divisions I-to-4A.
The section’s regional Division I field was completed via the road victories of Long Beach Poly (Oak Park, 85-76), Chino Hills (Corona Centennial, 87-74), Pasadena (Damien, 88-75) and Moreno Valley Rancho Verde (Eastvale Roosevelt, 53-43).
Those results set up Friday night semifinal matchups of Rancho Verde-Pasadena and Poly-Chino Hills.
Each of those teams will join Open first-round losers Crespi, Rancho Christian, Santa Margarita and St. John Bosco in Southern Regional D-I action, which tips on March 7.
Those four play Open consolation games Friday night (Rancho Christian at SJB and Santa Margarita at Crespi).
Joining those eight programs will be four from the L.A. City and two apiece from the San Diego and Central sections.
Seedings and matchups won’t be determined until March 4, following sectional title games of the previous two days.
Here are the other Southern Section programs that cinched regional bids Tuesday night:
II: 2AA quarterfinals, Santa Monica Crossroads (Los Altos, 69-67), San Bernardino Cajon (Beverly Hills, 84-68), Upland (Campbell Hall, 68-64) and L.A. Brentwood (Irvine Northwood, 65-42); 2A, Valencia (Hesperia, 53-49), Riverside Poly (Oaks Christian, 66-58), Santa Barbara San Marcos (Cypress, 76-67) and Pasadena Muir (Walnut, 62-50).
III: 3AA quarterfinals, Long Beach St. Anthony (Santa Fe Springs St. Paul, 63-39), Irvine Crean Lutheran (San Gabriel Academy, 42-40), Fontana Knight (Huntington Beach Ocean View, 67-58) and Twenty-Nine Palms (Lawndale Leuzinger, 88-79); 3A, Riverside Notre Dame (Diamond Bar, 71-53), Murrieta Mesa (Citrus Valley, 58-55), La Puente Bishop Amat (Fontana A.B. Miller, 80-73) and Ventura Buena (Culver City, 80-61).
IV: 4AA quarterfinals, Riverside Hillcrest (Rialto, 60-32), San Luis Obispo (Silverado, 58-37), Santa Ana Segerstrom (Barstow, 86-82) and Ventura St. Bonaventure (Alhambra Mark Keppel, 51-41); 4A, San Pedro Rolling Hills Prep (Ontario, 55-33), Covina (Garden Grove Orangewood Academy, 71-64), Lompoc (Desert Hot Springs, 92-83) and Riverside Carnegie (San Pedro Mary Star, 58-49).
V: Friday’s semifinal winners in the 5AA, 5AA and 5 divisions will advance to state, as will two at-large selections from the semifinal losers.
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